Mark Boardman's first concert was The Beatles at the Indiana State Fair in 1964. Since then, he's seen hundreds of bands and shows and accumulated way too many records, cassettes, CD's, Blue Rays, downloads, etc. He began reviewing music in the 1970s and has done so ever since. Mark also writes about the Old West and is pastor of a small United Methodist church in Indiana.
Back in the mid-1970s, a Prog group came out of Harrisonburg, Virginia of all places. It was not a YES or Genesis or ELP knockoff. …
About a year and a half ago, Sonic Perspectives contributor Mark Boardman messaged Martin Schnella. He’s a wonderful guitarist and singer and songwriter. And with…
The Dixie Highway originally connected Chicago to Miami – the first vital thoroughfare between the Midwest and the South – before eventually being replaced in…
AEGIS –-ˈē-jəs. A shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena. Also – protection. About eight years ago, the folks at…
I have a history with Blue Oyster Cult. I bought their first album when it came out in ’72. The lyrics were quirky, the riffs…
About a year-and-a-half ago, I asked Martin Schnella if he was going to be doing any electric Prog albums. “No.” No hesitation, no obfuscation. “No.” …
Some of the most pervasive names in music history are those of progressive rock bands, and across the world, few genres have had as much…
For a number of years, the Athens, Georgia-based Theocracy had a Christmas gift for fans—a song for the season. These freebies—yep, they didn’t cost the…
In the fall of 1994, multi-talented musician Kevin Gilbert had an idea. He and some friends would perform the Genesis classic The Lamb Lies Down…
Peggy and Billie Harris had been married just six weeks when he was called to the WWII front in the summer of 1944. That was…
