Sonja Kristina of legendary progressive rock band Curved Air, was honored at the Prog Magazine Awards ceremony held at the Globe Theatre in London.…
View More Curved Air Vocalist Sonja Kristina Receives Guiding Light Award at the Prog Awards 2014Author: 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.
Influential Jazz Keyboardist Joe Sample Dies at 75
American keyboard player and composer Joe Sample passed away on September 12, 2014. He was one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders,…
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State of the Art Symphonic Rock Explores the Directions of Life
Alex Carpani 4 Destinies (F2 Music Ltd / Festival Music 5060161580426, 2014) If you love progressive symphonic rock, there is a new major act in…
View More State of the Art Symphonic Rock Explores the Directions of LifeGracefully Elegant Latin Jazz from the Sur
Florencia Gonzalez Between Loves (Zoho Records ZM201404, 2014) When you think of Latin jazz you normally think of a combination of jazz and Cuban or…
View More Gracefully Elegant Latin Jazz from the SurAlex Carpani Band with David Jackson at ProgDay 2014
The closing act on Sunday at ProgDay 2014 was another highly anticipated concert. Keyboard maestro Alex Carpani arrived from Italy with his band and…
View More Alex Carpani Band with David Jackson at ProgDay 2014Electro Tribal Hybrids
Cyrille Verdeaux – Pascal Menetrey Tribal Hybrid Concept (Gonzo Multimedia, 2014) Keyboard maestro Cyrille Verdeaux steps away from progressive rock and symphonic electronic music works…
View More Electro Tribal HybridsTravis Larson Band at ProgDay 2014
The third act of Sunday at ProgDay 2014 was electric guitar virtuoso Travis Larson Band. This was a power trio who delivered a potent…
View More Travis Larson Band at ProgDay 2014Interview with Necromonkey
The eagerly anticipated second act on Sunday at ProgDay 2014 was the relatively new Swedish progressive rock band Necromonkey. This group features two essential…
View More Interview with NecromonkeyBackhand at ProgDay 2014
The opening act on ProgDay 2014, day 2, was Venezuelan band Backhand. The group had a grueling trip from Caracas. They flew into Miami…
View More Backhand at ProgDay 2014Interview with The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra
Eclectic Minneapolis band The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra recently performed at ProgDay 2014. The group includes four gifted musicians: Lisi Wright on electric violin and…
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