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Album review: KANSAS – The Absence of Presence

Inside Out Records [Release Date 17.07.20] Kansas are an object lesson in regeneration and renewal for veteran bands. Having been around since 1974, many feared for their future when lead singer Steve Walsh retired in 2014, but continuing with a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Kansas, Phil Ehart, Progressive Rock, Richard Williams, Ronnie Platt, Tom Brislin, Zak Rizvi
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Album review: KANSAS – Leftoverture Live & Beyond

Inside Out [Release date 03.11.17] This release is a collection of concert performances culled from Kansas’s ‘Leftoverture’ 40th anniversary tour and it comes either as double CD or a 4-LP vinyl box. The band asked back producer Jeff Glixman, who … Continue reading
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Tagged album, classic album, Inside Out, Kansas, Leftoverture Live & Beyond, live, melodic, Phil Ehart, prog rock, review, Rich Williams, rock, Ronnie Platt, Steve Walsh
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Album review: KANSAS – Always Never The Same

Store For Music www.storeformusic.com An album overlooked in the Kansas catalogue being originally released back in 1998, three years after their last studio album ‘Freaks Of Nature’. I remember reading an interview back at that time where drummer Phil Ehart … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Always Never The Same, classic, Kansas, orchestral, Phil Ehart, prog, re-issue, review, rock, Steve Walsh, the Store For Music
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Gig review: KANSAS – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 17 July 2014
Kansas were back after a nine year gap since their last London date and this was always going to be a special gig as Steve Walsh had announced a couple of weeks earlier that he was leaving the band after … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Greer, classic rock, David Ragsdale, gig review, Kansas, Kerry Livgren, Phil Ehart, pomp rock, prog rock, Rich Williams, Shepherd's Bush Empire, Steve Walsh, Tax The Heat, Thursday 17th July 2014
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