Flaming Row -The Pure Shine (Album Review)
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.” …
Author Mark Boardman
Mark Boardman
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.
A Year In Review: Our 2019 Favorite Progressive Rock Albums
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…
VIDEO/SONG REVIEW: Watch and Hear THEOCRACY Shatter a World of Selfishness and Insanity on “Snowglobe”
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…
DAVE KERZNER and NICK D’VIRGILIO Remember KEVIN GILBERT and GIRAFFE on the Anniversary of Their Performance of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY: “This Show Changed Our Lives and Careers.”
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…
Knight Area – D Day (Album Review)
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…
PIETER VAN HOORN, Drummer for KNIGHT AREA: “This Album Is Also a Warning: We Must Protect Our Freedom, and That Takes Work”
The Dutch band Knight Area has been something of a shape shifter in its 15 years of existence. Only one original member—keyboardist Gerben Klazinga—is still…
EIRIKUR HAUKSSON, Singer/Lyricist for MAGIC PIE: “You Make Some Decisions in Your Life, and You Think You’re So Right. Then You Realize It Wasn’t Paradise”
Eirikur Hauksson has had quite the career. He started singing in Icelandic rock bands nearly 40 years ago. He’s performed in the Eurovision Song Contest…
SONDRE SKOLLEVOLL, Sheriff of The MORON POLICE: “It Was Time To Grow Up To Make Some Changes, If We Were to Get the Band In front Of People”
Moron Police. The name just jumps out at you. But up to now, the Norwegian group has been a bit obscure, perhaps limited by the…
THE FLOWER KINGS Announce Studio Double-Album “Waiting For Miracles”
Progressive rock legends THE FLOWER KINGS are pleased to announce the release of their brand new studio double-album Waiting For Miracles on November 8th, 2019.…
Moron Police – A Boat on the Sea (Album Review)
How weird is this? Two of the best progressive-rock albums of 2019 come out of Norway. Both bands have the initials “MP.” Both are powerful,…
