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THE SETTING IS 1983. A year after Britain won the Falklands War, an emboldened Tory government swept to power with the biggest political majority since 1945. With Margaret Thatcher at the helm in the

The unconventional instrumentation favoured by Tortoise is an indicator of how many different lineups have always jostled for space under the jazz umbrella. The national treasure that is The Pete Alle

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Ex-Tangerine Dreamer returns with evolution of his emotional ‘guitartronica’.

Featuring the return of drummer Mike Portnoy, the 71-minute epic explores belonging, faith and renewal.

Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery embraced his more electronic side this year with Bioscope, his soundscape project with Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning. But he’s not ditching the day job: work is well underway on Marillion’s next studio album, and there’s his long-awaited collaboration with a certain Mr Hackett still to come.