Elmo Karjalainen The Free Guitar Album (KC Sound, 2015) If you’re into the electric guitar hero albums, you need to check out this outstanding collection…
View More Top Notch Electric Guitar Virtuosity by Elmo KarjalainenAuthor: Angel Romero
Angel Romero has been writing about progressive music and world music for many years. Publications include Eurock (USA), Marquee (Japan), and Nuevas Músicas (Spain). He founded the websites progressiverockcentral.com and worldmusiccentral.org. Angel also produced Musica NA, a music show for TVE (Spain) featuring fusion, avant-garde, world music, new age and electronic artists.
Jazz-Rock Power and Dexterity
Ligro Dictionary 3 (MoonJune Records MJR072, 2015) Indonesian jazz-rock band Ligro showcases the talent of 3 outstanding musicians. The power trio is led by guitarist…
View More Jazz-Rock Power and DexterityPiano Beauty from English Maestro
Robert John Godfrey The Art Of Melody (Operation Seraphim RJGCD01, 2013) Progressive rock keyboardist and composer Robert John Godfrey is well known as the founder…
View More Piano Beauty from English MaestroLucifer’s Friend Now and Then
Lucifer’s Friend Awakening (LF001CD, 2015) Lucifer’s Friend was a well known German rock band in the early 1970s. The group featured a British-born vocalist and…
View More Lucifer’s Friend Now and ThenRïah Sahïltaahk Revisited
Magma Rïah Sahïltaahk (Seventh Records, 2014) The masters of exploratory progressive rock have updated one of their early pieces titled Rïah Sahïltaahk, originally recorded in…
View More Rïah Sahïltaahk RevisitedChris Squire, Progressive Rock Pioneer and Yes Co-Founder, Dies at 67
British progressive rock bassist, vocalist and composer Chris Squire passed away last night, June 27 in Phoenix, Arizona. Chris Squire was the co-founder of legendary…
View More Chris Squire, Progressive Rock Pioneer and Yes Co-Founder, Dies at 67Progressive Rock Masterpieces: Trilogy
Emerson Lake and Palmer Trilogy Deluxe Edition (Sony Music Entertainment UK, 2015) At last, Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Trilogy reappears as a deluxe three-disc collection.…
View More Progressive Rock Masterpieces: TrilogyArtist Profiles: Genesis
In 1967, flutist Peter Gabriel, keyboardist Tony Banks, guitarist Anthony Phillips, bassist Mike Rutherford and drummer Chris Stewart formed Genesis, an extraordinary musical act that…
View More Artist Profiles: GenesisProg with Spanish Roots
Arcabuz Orígenes (Arcabuz, 2014) Orígenes is an instrumental recoding by Arcabuz, a progressive rock band from Santa Coloma de Gramanet in Spain. They have a…
View More Prog with Spanish RootsOutstanding Progressive Jams
Glazz The Jamming Sessions: Take II (Lo Suyo, 2014) This is the second jam session recording by eclectic progressive band Glazz from Cadiz in southern…
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