Progressive Rock

Progressive Rock Rock 

Rock Bottom: Geddy Lee Contributes an Important and Entertaining Memoir

December 11, 2023January 27, 2024 Ken Kurson 8 Comments Geddy Lee, Kiss, Leonard Cohen, Mordecai Richler, Mort Zuckerman, My Effin Life, Nazareth, Neil Peart, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush, World War II

Rush operated on epic scale, but Holocaust portion elevates this book beyond peers

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The Ancient: Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes Turns 50

December 8, 2023December 10, 2023 Craig Peters 5 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Alan White, Atlantic Records, Chris Squire, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Tales from Topographic Oceans, Yes

Remembering the enormity of the band’s magnum opus

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Welcome Back My Friends: ELP’s Brain Salad Surgery at 50

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Brain Salad Surgery, Carl Palmer, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Greg Lake, Keith Emerson, King Crimson, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, The Nice

Looking back on the classic fourth LP from Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer

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Art Pop New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

How Yes Revised Prog for the ‘80s with 90125

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, 90125, Alan White, Chris Squire, Geoff Downes, Jon Anderson, Leave It, Owner of a Lonely Heart, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Yes

Happy 40th to the album that rescued and revitalized the band

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Art Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

A Normal Life: Peter Hammill at 75

November 5, 2023November 5, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, Genesis, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel, Peter Hammill, The Paradise Rock Club, Van der Graaf Generator

Looking back on the career of an English art rock icon

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Experimental Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Pink Floyd to Release Special Edition of Atom Heart Mother

October 26, 2023October 26, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1970, 1971, Atom Heart Mother, Atom Heart Mother: Special Edition, David Gilmour, Hakone Aphrodite Festival, Japan, Meddle, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Sony Music

Special two-disc package includes rare Japan 1971 concert footage

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Art Pop New Wave Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

Steven Wilson Goes Solo Again With The Harmony Codex

October 4, 2023October 4, 2023 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Interpol, Manic Street Preachers, Meat Beat Manifesto, Porcupine Tree, Roland Orzabal, Spinefarm Records, Steven Wilson, Tears For Fears, The Harmony Codex

An exclusive chat with the Porcupine Tree frontman

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Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

That’s All: the Self-Titled Genesis LP at 40

October 3, 2023October 3, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 1983, Atlantic Records, Cabaret Voltaire, Devo, Genesis, Mama!, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, That's All, Tony Banks

Looking back on the band’s last grasp at art-rock glory

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Art Pop Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

Peter Gabriel Returns to Boston

September 16, 2023September 16, 2023 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Boston, David Rhodes, Don McLean, Peter Gabriel, Sledgehammer, Steve Biko, TD Garden, Tony Levin

The i/o Tour’s first U.S. show was filled with emotional and cerebral engagement

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Experimental Fusion Hard Rock jazz Progressive Rock Psychedelics Rock 

Hawkwind Celebrates 50 Years of Space Ritual with Box Set

September 12, 2023February 19, 2024 Tim Sommer 1 Comment 1973, 50th anniversary, Box Set, Cherry Red Records, Dave Brock, Doug MacKinnon, Hawkwind, Lemmy Kilmister, Magnus Martin, Space Ritual, Steven W. Tayler, Tim “Thigpaulsandra” Lewis

We talk to the band about their half-century of orgiastic trancepunk

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Fusion jazz Progressive Rock Rock 

Soft Machine Plots New Directions on Other Doors

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023 Jim Allen 0 Comments 2023, Fred Thelonious Baker, John Etheridge, John Marshall, MoonJune Records, Other Doors, Roy Babbington, Soft Machine, Theo Travis

The veteran fusion band isn’t done exploring

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Summer Elegy: Pink Floyd’s Richard Wright at 80

July 28, 2023July 28, 2023 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 1978, 1996, 80th birthday, Broken China, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Pink Floyd, Richard Wright, Roger Waters, Ummagumma, Wet Dream

Looking inside the late keyboardist’s unsung solo work

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Fusion Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock 

Original Journey Guitarist George Tickner Gone at 76

July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments George Tickner, Gregg Rolie, Journey, Neal Schon, Prairie Prince, RIP, Ross Valory

He was instrumental in helping shape the band’s early sound

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And Introducing Acoustic Guitar: Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells at 50

May 30, 2023February 19, 2024 Craig Peters 0 Comments 1973, 50th anniversary, Mike Oldfield, The Bonzo Doo-Dah Dog Band, The Exorcist, Tubular Bells, William Friedkin

Looking back on a prog rock classic that’s more than creepy

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Progressive Rock Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Gentle Giant’s Raymond Shulman

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 Rev. Keith A. Gordon 0 Comments A.R. Kane, Acquiring the Taste, Civilian, Derek Shulman, Elton John, Free Hand, Gentle Giant, Octopus, Phil Shulman, Raymond Shulman, Reginald Dwight, RIP, Simon Dupree and the Big Sound, The Sugarcubes, The Sundays

The British prog rock legend was 73

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