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Check out ‘Truck’, the new track from The Fierce And The Dead

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The last couple of years have really seen British art-rock band The Fierce And The Dead gathering momentum.  Their ‘Magnet’ EP contained some of their best work to date and also appeared on the Prog stage at the Ramblin’ Man Fair.

Quite understandably, there’s a fair amount of buzz surrounding their upcoming album, ‘The Euphoric’.   The album’s launch show at The Black Heart in London (May 18th) is the band’s biggest London headline show to date…and the forthcoming album promises some of their biggest sounds.

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Tour dates from As The Crow Flies, a new band featuring ex-Black Crowes man Chris Robinson

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Not content with only fronting the Chris Robinson Brotherhood – an excellent jam band bringing the spaciousness of Grateful Dead to other retro styles – Chris Robinson, the one-time Black Crowes frontman – has formed a new band, As The Crow Flies.  The main reason for this?  He’s got a great catalogue of songs that deserve live performances; much loved songs that wouldn’t necessarily fit the Brotherhood ethos.

What’s more, there’s a string of US live dates scheduled for April and May.

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Deluxe 3CD version of Twelfth Night’s prog classic ‘Fact & Fiction’ coming in 2018

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For the past few years, prog legends Twelfth Night have been raiding their archives.  Their cassette only release ‘Smiling At Grief’ has seen a much-loved expanded CD reissue, while their classic live albums ‘Live At The Target’ and ‘Live & Let Live: Live at The Marquee’ were afforded a wealth of bonuses on thoughtfully created deluxe sets.

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Watch ‘Merry Christmas’, the new video from Big Big Train

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It’s been a long journey for Big Big Train.  From early gigs and their first proper album ‘Goodbye To The Age of Steam’, the elusive ‘Bard’, work with vocalist Sean Filkins and beyond, their first decade or so was about constant growth and change.  While often recording great material, it seemed the band just couldn’t settle.  With the release of ‘The Underfall Yard’ and the addition of vocalist David Longdon to their ranks, the band’s fortunes changed.

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