Side Two opens with more of the funk in the shape of Frippa ... but this time it is a more tricky, progressive groove, almost as if Nile Rodgers had abandoned his plans for Chic and instead joined Gentle Giant... Solstice studio albums just at this moment seem to be a little like buses -..
SOLSTICE – HUDDERSFIELD PARISH TEMP, 12 April 2025
Solstice once said, in the lyric from their old song New Life, that 'You are the music, we're just the band'. This evening demonstrated that sentiment in one of the strongest ways I've witnessed, and I - along with most of this crowd - will definitely be back. Photo above: Andy Cowley It's astonishing to..
SOLSTICE RELEASE NEW ALBUM AND EMBARK ON UK TOUR
UK prog-rockers Solstice have released their new studio album, Clann, on vinyl and CD variants. There is also an option being trialled on the gig merchandise desk to get a pin badge which includes the download code for the album, as an innovative way of giving something tangible with the download. The album follows up..
ARE SOLSTICE FINALLY THE BAND THEY WERE MEANT TO BE? …. Andy Glass opens up
A mere forty plus years after they started, Solstice are finally beginning to get the acclaim and recognition their efforts down the years have deserved. In the wake of two successful new album releases and gigs played to larger crowds, the 2024 readers polls in Prog Magazine saw Solstice voted ‘Band of the Year,’ alongside..
SOLSTICE – Return To Cropredy (Wild Thyme Records)
Guardian ... can rarely have been played better: utterly belying its origins back in those very early '80s days when the band (and audience!) were young and possibilities stretched before us like a sun-drenched highway. It is delivered with verve, passion and precision... Recorded at the band's enthusiastically-received Cropredy Festival set in 2023, it is..
A NEW DAY FESTIVAL – Mount Ephraim Gardens, Faversham, Kent, 16th-18th August 2024
A main review, and around and about chatting to some of the bands... All Band Photos: Les Linyard, Linyard Photography Once again, the beautiful grounds and gardens of Mount Ephrain provided the setting for this year’s A New Day Festival (ANDF). One glance at the festival line-up and, if you’re a rock fan of a..
Solstice Announce Limited Double Coloured Vinyl Edition Of ‘Return To Cropredy’ Live Album, Limited-time Pre-Order Window Open Now
In 2023, Solstice made a triumphant return to the globally famous Cropredy Festival, marking 25 years since they last played there. Back in 1998, the band’s performance was plagued by sound difficulties and their plans to release a live recording was somewhat stymied. But, true to form, they reconvened the following day to recreate, live..
ANDY GLASS LIGHTS UP! – Solstice Man Talks About The New Album And Other News
Despite a few periods of musical inactivity, Solstice has been around for over forty years now, and IS still led and directed by guitarist and main-man Andy Glass. They began in the early eighties, a time when prog rock was undergoing some kind of renaissance after a fallow few years, when bands like IQ, Pendragon and..
SOLSTICE – Light Up (Giant Electric Pea)
Light Up is, as much as anything Solstice have ever released, a comprehensive musical celebration of their own unique furrow, bringing together all of the strands running through their work, and knitting them together into one highly satisfying whole. There's something about Solstice which is both magical and yet comforting after all this time. It's..
SOLSTICE – Sia Live
Sia Live isn’t an official live release from Solstice as such, it’s a special online edition sent out to fans and supporters of the band, recorded over two gigs at the Crauford Arms, Milton Keynes, with one being a ‘secret’ gig on 27th June 2021 and the other at the same venue on 4th September. ..