Reviews of Prog Rock, Classical Music, Art Rock and Jazz
2024 was a stunning year for Prog Rock new and old The Cover of Living & Alive by Beatrix Players The Return of Beatrix Players Beatrix Players, led by Ms Amy Birks, made a welcome return to the progressive rock scene in late 2023 with the release of their album Living and Alive. In 2024, …
Saturday 16 March 2024 Barlaston Village Hall, Stoke-on-Trent ***** Living & Alive thrillingly brought to life Beatrix Players recently reformed after a hiatus during which their lead singer and main songwriter Ms Amy Birks released two solo albums, In Our Souls (2022) and All That I Am and All That I Was (2020). The Players' …
'Start Again' is the first single from the forthcoming album by Beatrix Players, Living & Alive. The song is about founding member, lead singer and main songwriter Amy Birks, re-forming the band after a hiatus following the first album Magnified released in March 2017. Since then, Birks has released two solo albums, All That I …
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Ms Amy Birks is an award-winning vocalist and songwriter, and also produces and arranges her own music. She previously sang with the acclaimed band Beatrix Players, and she released her first solo album All That I am & All That I Was in 2020. Now she returns with her new album In Our Souls. In …
**** Achingly beautiful music in troubled times In those distant days before the world was gripped by the hands of a virus that forced us all into lockdown, I was on my way back home on a train from London. I was doing some research on my laptop into the Prog Rock band Porcupine Tree …
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