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John Wetton, Rest In Peace
It hit hard and personal. I was aware of John Wetton‘s state, and knew this tragic day would come rather sooner than later, so the more surprising seemed his upbeat mood and brave front. John, who has...
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Wetton and Downes’ ICON Release A Live Album
It was ASIA in microcosm, named ICON – the group and started back in 2005 to test waters for their main ensemble’s official reunion. But even after that the duo carried on and issued, all in all,...
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John Wetton And Geoff Downes: From Archival Tapes To A New Music
Since ‘s passing the creative future of ASIA may remain in limbo, although there’s a number of songs he and wrote in preparation for the band’s next record that can be finished to see the light of...
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JOHN WETTON – Akustika / Akustika II
Blueprint 1996 / Primary Purpose 2017 Sanguine and intimate self-portrait of pilgrim trying to forsake pride for the sake of personal progress. Appearing quietly in the wake of the boisterous “Chasing...
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WETTON-DOWNES / ICON – Urban Psalm – Live
Epicon 2017 Some enchanted evening in a church of orient majesty and rock abandon binding new angles to Anglo pop music. “It was much more a vehicle for songwriting, whereas ASIA is much more a band”:...
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WETTON-DOWNES / ICON – Zero
Stallion 2001 / Epicon 2017 No rest for the wicked: power pop drivers recover the path to their backroads and untrodden tracks to reveal the tunes that never stopped flowing. ASIA may have run the...
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PHENOMENA – II: Dream Runner
Ariola 1987 / Cherry Red 2018 Sweet escapism into nightmare in search of tinseltown acceptance – with fallen heroes and unsung angels. Given its strong melodic focus, “Phenomena” – the of Tom Galley’s...
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PHENOMENA – Anthology
The Right Honourable 2019 Burning with desire a quarter of a century down the line, opening trilogy of ambitious sci-fi tale is distilled and fleshed out. Concept albums were thin on the ground and...
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VARIOUS ARTISTS – Legends Play The Beatles
Cleopatra 2021 Rock elite and kindred spirits try to put a new spin on perennial classics – with much gusto and mixed results. Covering The Fabs used to be a blessing an a curse. For musicians who...
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ALAN SIMON – Excalibur V: Move, Cry, Act, Clash!
Spirit Of Unicorn Music 2021 Producing aural imagery out of rage, stellar cast of ongoing rock opera deliver a lackluster tapestry. Having always felt more like franchise than a loose framework for...
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