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12th June 2022 Album 3 Comments 2020sBurning Shedprogressive rocksymphonic rock

In Disequilibrium

"Well, it's all topsy-turvy", sings Peter Hammill as his second collaboration with Isildurs Bane starts to swing. "Everything's turned upside-down", he continues as In Disequilibrium, part 1 kicks off their latest album. It's the first section of a three-part title track, and it sets us up nicely for 45 minutes of good, old-fashioned symphonic prog…Read more In Disequilibrium

28th July 2019 Band/Artist 3 Comments 1970s2000s2010scountry rockfolk rocknew to meprogressive rocksymphonic rock

Wally

Crotchety Man has been hearing a lot of slowish soft-to-ambient music recently and was looking for something with a bit more bite to spice up his listening hours. But the airwave gods were not paying attention. Although the cuisine was excellent and the menu was varied, each dish they served up had clearly been prepared…Read more Wally

22nd July 2018 Track Leave a comment 2010snewsprogressive rocksymphonic rockTrack of the Week

The Voice of Beauty Drowned

"I hear those voices that will not be drowned" is a quote from Benjamin Britten's opera, Peter Grimes. It is cut into the rim of this stunning sculpture of a scallop shell standing proudly on Aldeburgh beach on England's east coast. The Scallop is a memorial to Britten who lived in the town and used to…Read more The Voice of Beauty Drowned

16th July 2018 Album 1 Comment 2010sAlbum of the Monthart rockrock operasymphonic rock

Heterotopia

Utopia is a place where everything is good; dystopia is a place where everything is bad; heterotopia is where things are different ... - Walter Russell Mead Heterotopia is a difficult concept to define succinctly. The word comes from the Greek roots, heteros (other) and topos (place). So a heterotopia is an other place, somewhere that…Read more Heterotopia

30th May 201631st May 2016 Track 5 Comments 1960sbaroqueclassicalpopsymphonic rockTrack of the Week

A Whiter Shade …

Southend-on-Sea lies on the north side of the Thames estuary to the east of London. It's a seaside resort with all the usual tourist trappings: a beach, gift shops, an amusement park, a few hotels and lots of guest houses. But Southend is most famous for its pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world at a…Read more A Whiter Shade …

17th January 201617th January 2016 Track Leave a comment 1960sprogressive rocksymphonic rockTrack of the Week

Island

One day in 1969, when I was just a lad, rippling piano arpeggios rang out from the radio. That was odd because the portable transistor radio in the kitchen was always tuned to the light entertainment channel. Radio 3, the BBC's classical music station, might have been on in the living room but not until…Read more Island

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