A new boxed set titled Love From The Planet Gong: The Virgin Years 1973-75 will be available on September 27, 2019. From that we’ve listened…
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Author: 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.
Artist Profiles: Gong
Gong is a psychedelic rock band formed in the late 1960s when Australian musician Daevid Allen was refused entry back into Great Britain following European…
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Interview with Annie Haslam of Renaissance
Singer Annie Haslam has one of the most recognizable voices in the progressive rock world. She joined progressive symphonic rock group Renaissance during its early…
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Bram Stoker, Progressive Rock with a Gothic Twist
Bram Stoker – No Reflection (Bram Stoker, 2019) British progressive rock band Bram Stoker has a long story and has gone through various incarnations. No…
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Magnatar – Parallel Worlds (Magnatar, 2019) On Parallel Worlds, Florida act Magnatar delivers an instrumental set of mandolin-fueled progressive rock. The band is led by…
View More Magnatar: Climactic, Mandolin-Propelled Progressive RockArtist Profiles: The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings started as a conduit for Swedish guitarist, singer and composer Roine Stolt in 1994. It was a time when a third generation…
View More Artist Profiles: The Flower KingsJamey Arent Finds His Blues
Jamey Arent – The Back Burner (Jamey Arent, 2019) Guitarist and composer Jamey Arent delivers a tasty mix of funk jazz, blues, neo-soul, rock and…
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Richard Henshall Ventures into More Progressive Territory
Richard Henshall – The Cocoon (The Burning Shed, 2019) Richard Henshall is one of the best known guitarists in the prog metal field. He is…
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A Finely-crafted Contemporary Celebration of Early Progressive Music
Maurizio Brunod, Giorgio Li Calzi, Boris Savoldelli – Nostalgia Progressiva (distributed by MoonJune Records, 2019) Three forward-thinking Italian musicians celebrate the progressive music of the…
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Ricochet, At the Early Edge of Electronica and Rock
Tangerine Dream – Ricochet (Virgin RecordsUniversal, 2019 reissue) Ricochet was the first live album released by trailblazing German electronic music band Tangerine Dream. The release…
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