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Gig review: JOE BONAMASSA – Live Stream, Austin City Limits Live, Austin, Texas – Thursday April 1, 2021
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Feature: Albums that time forgot – CHIMPAN A

F2 Music (2006) Chimpan A, released in 2006, was a project featuring Rob Reed (better known for his work in the prog-rock band Magenta), and two members of country rock band The Storys: Rob Thompson (guitar) and Steve Balsamo (vocals). … Continue reading
Posted in Albums that time forgot, All Posts, FEATURES
Tagged album, ambient, chill, Chimpan A, Christina Booth, electronica, Magenta, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Reed, Steve Balsamo
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Album review: MAGENTA – Acapela 2016 and 2017 (CD/DVD)

Tigermoth Productions [Original release date 04.11.19] Magenta are one of those bands who have influenced many other prog wannabes whilst sometimes getting overlooked themselves. They’ve never had significant wider acclaim, never employed big time PR or appeared on major labels, … Continue reading
Gig review: MAGENTA – The Citadel Arts Centre, St. Helens, 13 May 2017

With the band celebrating fifteen years together and with a fabulous new album to promote, Rob Reed’s Magenta completed their (all too) short Spring tour in front of a suitably appreciative audience at The Citadel in St. Helens – a … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 May 2017, Chris Fry, Christina Booth, gig, Magenta, Progressive Rock, review, Rob Reed, St Helens, The Citadel Arts Centre, Vulture Cult
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Album review: ALAN REED – Honey On The Razor’s Edge

White Knight Records [Release date: 14.03.17] You can take the boy out of Pallas but you can’t take Pallas out of the boy… Alan Reed, unceremoniously dumped from Scottish progsters Pallas a few years back, returns with his second studio … Continue reading
Album review: MAGENTA – The Twenty Seven Club

Tigermoth Records [Release date 02.09.13] Rob Reed, fresh from his triumphant ‘Kompendium’ project (a real ‘follow that’ job if ever there was one) has returned to his day job in Magenta with Christina Booth and Chris Fry to deliver yet … Continue reading