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At The Barrier

Live music, reviews and opinion / Est. 2018

Phil Cooper – Playing Solitaire: Album Review

By John Barlass on 2nd May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

At The Barrier perennial Phil Cooper returns with his first solo album in five years.  Playing Solitaire is a triumph, packed with high quality songs.

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Forever Now Festival June 2025: Preview

By Graham Hilling on 2nd May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The Forever Now Festival debuts at the Milton Keynes Bowl in June 2025 – we cast an eye over an impressive line up.

Abigail Lapell – Anniversary & More Songs About Love: Album Review

By John Barlass on 2nd May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Four time Canadian Folk Music Award winner Abigail Lapell revisits her 2024 triumph, Anniversary, and comes up with something very special indeed.  How do you improve on perfection?  Like this!

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SUMAC and Moor Mother – The Film: Album Review

By Harry Hodgson on 1st May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Described as ‘a soundtrack to our living experience’, The Film is an unstoppable combination of two different musical worlds.

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Billie Maree Band – The Barrelhouse, Totnes: Live!

By Special Guest on 1st May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

We catch up with Billie Maree (and Anna Ling in support) down at The Barrelhouse in Totnes.

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Tekulvi- Transmission: New Single

By At The Barrier on 1st May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

News of the new single and reissued EP from Tekluvi.

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Quick Takes – April 2025: Album Reviews

By At The Barrier on 1st May 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Welcome to Quick Takes for April – a quick look at a handful of album releases that we simply didn’t want to escape detection!

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Razorlight w/Seb Lowe & Florentenes – O2 Guildhall, Southampton: Live Review

By Micha Thompson on 30th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

British indie-rock band, Razorlight, head to O2 Guildhall in Southampton to kick off their Planet Nowhere Tour.

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Track Dogs – Tracks Laid, Tracks Covered: Album Review

By Seuras Og on 30th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

A required retrospective of the adopted Madridēnos, the track record of these dogs with a few newies thrown in for better than good measure.

Mamuthones – From Word To Flesh: Album Review

By John Barlass on 30th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Ready for a collection of ritualistic mantras cloaked in psychedelic ambience?  The monolithic Mamuthones project has just the thing for you.

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PFM – The Manticore Studio Albums: Box Set Review

By Mike Ainscoe on 29th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

The classic mid seventies era sees Italian Prog standard bearers PFM get a dedicated collection.

Imogen Clark – Squinters: Single Review

By John Barlass on 29th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Relocated Australian singer/songwriter Imogen Clark previews her forthcoming album with a reflection on what might have been.

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Jakko M. Jakszyk – Son Of Glen: Album news/video

By At The Barrier on 29th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Jakko M. Jakszyk announces new solo album Son Of Glen and launches epic title track.

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Anyone – Echoes Of Man: Album Review

By Howard King on 29th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Acclaimed musician and respected environmentalist Riz Story as Anyone, has concocted another awesome conceptual tale on Echoes Of Man.

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Jess Silk – Old, Broken Isle: EP Review

By Seuras Og on 28th April 2025 • ( Leave a comment )

Give a girl a guitar and she’ll gallop: more broadsheets from the Jess Silk barricades!

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