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Songs from the Hedgerow: Preliminary Awards, 2012
by Brad Birzer, Progarchist Editor Though Progarchy is only two months old, I’m absolutely thrilled with its successes. A thanks, first, to all of you out in the world (it’s a blast to look at the...
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Danny Manners Boards Big Big Train
Nick, Andy, Dave, David, Danny, big red sign, Greg.Photo by Willem Klopper. Great news today on Facebook from the station master himself, Greg Spawton of Big Big Train. Bassist and keyboardist Danny...
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Thomas Dolby’s Golden Age
In the late spring of 1982, as I completed 8th grade, I met one of those kids who is always at the height of cool. But, it was a calm, somewhat cynical, real cool, not the show-off cool of the wealthy...
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Medium-sized Egos, The Seventh Train, Lush Soundscapes, and Big Big Train:...
N.B. AP is Andy Poole, DG is Dave Gregory, DM is Danny Manners, GS is Greg Spawton. Progarchy interview conducted by Brad. *** Progarchy (BB): When you put EE1 and EE2 together, how do you expect the...
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The Permanent Way: The Music of Big Big Train
by Tad Wert The long-awaited release of the second part of Big Big Train’s English Electric does not disappoint. It continues the band’s reverence and celebration of the unsung heroes of Great...
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Modern Rock at Its Finest: English Electric Vol. 2
Photo of Andy Poole, co-founder of BBT, by the brilliant Willem Klopper. Used with his kind permission. by Frank Urbaniak Reviewing Part Two of Big Big Train’s English Electric presents an interesting...
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It just gets better. . . BBT EEv2
by Erik Heter It Just Gets Better … As great as EE Pt. 1 was, BBT might have exceeded its excellence with EE Pt. 2. The second half of this double album opens with the fantastic ‘East Coast Racer’,...
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A Peerless Evocation of English History: BBT English Electric Vol. 2
by Ian Greatorex A joy to listen to and, as always, a peerless evocation of English history, both rural and industrial. The musicianship is impressive and the arrangements for woodwind, brass and...
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What’s in a Name?: Quite a lot when it comes to Big Big Train
Aubrey and D’Virgilio, courtesy of the uber-great Willem Klopper. by John Deasey Just looking at the artwork of EE2 and taking in the song titles is a pleasure all of it’s own. I savour the industrial...
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The Moral Law of Big Big Train
by Craig Farham Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, a charm to sadness, and life to everything. (Plato) The members of Big Big Train with...
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Making Much More than Noise: An Exclusive Interview with Greg Spawton
English Electric Full Power, September 2013 An exclusive interview with Greg Spawton of Big Big Train. Interview by progarchy editor, Brad Birzer. [N.B. I was going to write a longish introduction,...
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Perfecting Perfection: Big Big Train’s English Electric Full Power
English Electric Full Power, September 2013 Set in stone. Chiseled, carved, done. Or, at the very least, set in digital stone. For the ever-growing number of Big Big Train devotees (now, called...
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I’m not the-list-kind-of-guy but…
…nevertheless I have done my homework and now will present my list of the best albums from this absolutely fantastic year of prog! I mean 2012 and 2013 have been excellent years both of them but 2013...
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TUPVR #9: Big Big Train English Electric Full Power
Tagged: Andy Poole, Big Big Train, Danny Manning, Dave Gregory, David Longdon, Greg Spawton, Nick D'Virgilio, Progressive rock, Rob Aubrey, Totally Unprofessional Video Review
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Three Major Awards for Big Big Train
This photo was rather unceremoniously stolen from Steve Llewellyn’s Facebook page. Let’s hope he doesn’t mind! If you’ve not noticed before, we progarchists kind of, sort of, really, really like Big...
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Cosmograf News
One of our heroes, Robin Armstrong, just posted the following at Facebook: Album update – It’s finished!, well very very nearly. Last night was spent holed up in Aubitt Studios with Rob Aubrey,...
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Using Available Light: The Skaldic Musings of Greg Spawton
The cast. A review of “The Underfall Yard” from The Underfall Yard by Big Big Train (English Electric, 2009). Song and words by Greg Spawton. Additionally: David Longdon, vocals and vocal...
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An Edwardian Trip through Hades: CAPACITOR by COSMOGRAF
Stunning album cover by the wonderful Graeme Bell. A progged-out version of Dolby’s GOLDEN AGE OF WIRELESS. Brilliant. Cosmograf’s CAPACITOR is everything a rock album should be. And, I do mean...
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A Good Little Truth: BBT’s Wassail
Big Big Train, Wassail (English Electric, 2015) Tracks: Wassail; Lost Rivers of London; Mudlarks; and Master James of St. George. Wassail, the new EP from Big Big Train As far as I know, I’ve never...
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Anglo-Saxon Perfection: English Boy Wonders by Big Big Train
Big Big Train, ENGLISH BOY WONDERS (Giant Electric Pea, 1997; 2008) 14 Tracks on the re-released version, 2008. Interior/booklet art by Jim Trainer. The interior art of English Boy Wonders. All...
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