Critics' Choice 2015 - Tim Bowness

By Jerry Ewing
( Prog )
published

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With his second solo album, Stupid Things That Mean The World, Tim Bowness continued to reposition himself beyond the collective umbrellas of No-Man and Henry Fool, with another collection of ecelctic progressive wonderment. “Operates within lush lovely perimeters,” said Chris Roberts in his review in Prog 57. “Music has been something I’ve been obsessed with since I was a teenager and, stupidly, it means as much to me now as it did when I started out at 17,” Tim told us earlier this year.

So at No. 14 in the 2105 Critics’ Choice is Tim Bowness. And here’s The Great Electric Teenage Dream…

Jerry Ewing
Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.