FORGOTTEN GEMS: In 1975, CRACK THE SKY Had a New Take on Prog-Rock…One That Most Have Never Heard About
Crack the Sky should have been big—I mean, really big. Yes, I know, that can be said about so many bands… but Crack the Sky…
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.
ONE LAST TIME: The Final Live Performance Of A Dying Prog-Rock Fan
A bucket list. Things you want to do before you die. For many of us who live and thrive on music, that list includes a…
FORGOTTEN GEMS: A Saga of Freedom And Redemption Through CELL15’s Musical Brushstrokes
CELL15 is Robert Scott Richardson’s band, and the album Chapter One is his story—a powerful story of entrapment and imprisonment presented in a progressive-rock fashion.…
FORGOTTEN GEMS: Six Years Ago AFFECTOR Took Us On A Tale About The End Of The World… And A New Beginning
Apocalyptic visions are nothing new or rare in music, especially in metal and prog-rock. But in 2012, a multinational band called Affector took things in…
A quirky documentary on one of Britain’s best-loved and most influential bands of modern times – “XTC: This Is Pop”
It starts as you might expect, the disembodied voice spouting forth on his distaste for “rockumentaries.” Then, there he is, the Bald Buddha of Britain,…
