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Prog Magazine’s Review of my New Book on the Music of Steven Wilson
Colin Edwin and John Wesley’s Voyage 35 present the music of early Porcupine Tree – Live Review
Thursday 17 September 2026 The Ritz, Manchester ★★★★★ Voyage 35 take us on a joyful trip to the outer reaches of the Porcupine Tree catalogue Colin Edwin and John Wesley. Image courtesy of Steve Livesley In an interview with Nick Holmes Music in August, bass player Colin Edwin explained how Voyage 35, his newly-formed band …
Steven Wilson – The Overview – Album Review Part Three: ‘The Overview’Â
This is an analysis of the second half, and title track, of Steven Wilson's eighth solo album, The Overview. For an introduction to the album, click here. For an analysis of the first half of the album, 'Objects Outlive Us', click here. The Earth Seen from Apollo 17. Source: Wikimedia Commons THE OVERVIEW Perspective Perspective …
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Peter Hammill – Live Review
Tuesday 1 October 2025 RNCM, Manchester Nearly 60 years since first playing in Manchester, Hammill is still a supreme communicator and a powerful performer **** 'The hits just keep on coming', quipped Peter Hammill early in his set at the RNCM in Manchester this evening. In 2013, when Guy Garvey interviewed Hammill for a documentary, …
THRAK (1995) by King Crimson – Album Review
My own response to King Crimson is one of quiet terror Robert Fripp (Die Zeit May 1995) In 2019, I heard that King Crimson had released an album called THRAK in 1995. The title reminded me of another great progressive rock band, the mighty Thotch who recorded their classic song Land of the Crab in 1975. But Seriously © Phil …
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