Stop Press: Van Der Graaf Generator announce UK dates. Seven years since the great band last toured and an amazing fifty years on from their debut UK album release, Van Der Graaf Generator will take the stage once again, back for a UK Tour in 2020. 03 May 20 Edinburgh, Queens Hall 04 May 20…
“I don’t normally big up bootleg Vids and the sound gets pretty murky here but, well, I guess a lot of people would be interested to see this…” so said Peter Hammill via his always interesting Twitter feed in response to a post from Isildurs Bane on their feed – “Somebody filmed the world première…
ISILDURS BANE & PETER HAMMILL – In Amazonia (Ataraxia) – An album arrives, without any real warning, no idea what to expect, well no, that’s not true, Peter Hammill is involved, well no, still don’t know what to expect, you’re kind of hoping to hear that voice, that wordplay, that learning not to shoot from…
“I’ve just put up a post at Sofasound about a live box set which is going to be released on the 29th of next month. Gallows humour, eh?” so announced Peter Hammill via his Twitter feed “And now, ladies and gentlemen, news of the release of a project on which I’ve been working for most…
A man just knocked on the studio door, a postman, a package, the latest Peter Hammill album, a live album called X…. Now don’t be taking this the wrong way, everything about this album is so so right, but could anyone else really get away with this? So laid bare, a live album from the…
Peter Hammill, yhe leader of Van Der Graaf Generator, plays a rare London concert, at the Southbank’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, performing music from his new album, as part of a UK tour. The other dates on the tour are: 24 April – GLASGOW Oran Mor, 25 April – MANCHESTER Stoller Hall, 27 + 28 Apr…
ALBUM REVIEW: PETER HAMMILL – From The Trees (FiE) – Is it possible to be too Peter Hammill? Surely no one else could get away with all this? All these metaphors, all this whispering through megaphones, all these public faces he’s prepared to wear? What else would be squandered other than time? There’s always beauty to…
