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RoSfest Festival 2017: A sublime progressive feast for your musical senses – Part II
If you landed in this page without reading the first part of this article, you can do so by going here. SATURDAY: The second day…

RoSfest 2017: A sublime progressive feast for your musical senses – Part I
As we passed the summer solstice and the year dives headfirst into its warmest season after the longest day of 2017 is gone, I look…

Martin Barre Band at The Arts Garage, West Palm Beach, Florida (March 7, 2017)
Jethro Tull is one of my favorite bands from the seventies, and Martin Barre’s sound is very much responsible for that. Playing alongside Ian Anderson…

Al Dimeola at the Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (February 16, 2017)
The Hendrix of Jazz. This is what I have heard people call Al Di Meola. He is one of those musicians that have built a…

Flotsam and Jetsam at The Piper’s Bar and Grill, West Palm Beach, Florida (November 27, 2016)
Ever since I listened to “Doomsday for the Deceiver” for the first time, I fell in love with Flotsam and Jetsam. That debut album was…

Steve Vai at The Parker Playhouse, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (November 26, 2016)
Considered one of the most sublime exponents of modern rock guitar, Steve Vai has played with many of rock’s heavyweights, whom we don’t even have…

Steven Wilson at The Culture Room, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (November 20, 2016)
Modern Prog Icon Steven Wilson concluded the latest US leg of his “Hand.Cannot.Erase” tour in Fort Lauderdale, FL. While he had played in South Florida…

Evanescence at The Jackie Gleason Theater, Miami Beach, Florida (November 13, 2016)
When Amy Lee of Evanescence hits the stage, she’s a one woman wrecking ball of energy, in unison with the raw emotion, and unequaled performance…

Progtoberfest II: Chicago’s mammoth prog-rock festival takes musical celebration to an unsuspected level – Part II (Final)
You can read the first part of this article by clicking here… SATURDAY Sonus Umbra: Prior to my trip to Chicago, crossover prog-band Sonus Umbra…

Progtoberfest II: Chicago’s mammoth prog-rock festival takes musical celebration to an unsuspected level – Part I
In October 2016 music lovers from all around the country converged at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago for Progtoberfest II, the second installment of an…

Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman at The Seminole Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Florida (October 12, 2016)
Former Yes veterans Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman finally took the stage at The Seminole Hard Rock Live, in Hollywood Florida, exactly a…

Fates Warning ProgPower USA XVII, Center Stage, Atlanta (September 9, 2016)
The American progressive power metal legends FATES WARNING, considered by many as the true forefathers of the genre, celebrated the 30th anniversary of their “Awaken…

Haken at ProgPower USA XVII, Center Stage, Atlanta (September 10, 2016)
Around the middle of their North American tour dubbed “Affinitour v2.0” Haken appeared at Atlanta’s prominent and marathonic progressive and power metal Festival ProgPower USA…

Gus G and Angel Vivaldi at The Haven Lounge, Orlando, Florida (September 6, 2016)
For whoever following heavy metal in the last decade; Gus G is a familiar name. Born in Thessaloniki, Greece as Konstantinos Karamitroudis; Gus is a…

Glenn Hughes at The Bull Run, Shirley, Massachusetts (August 13, 2016)
The name Glenn Hughes needs no introduction. Nicknamed by his fans “The Voice of Rock”, Glenn is a living and breathing embodiment of British rock…

Great White at The Pompano Beach Amphitheater, Pompano Beach, Florida (June 19, 2016)
I can’t think of a more epic trip down memory lane to LA’s fabled Sunset Strip of the 80’s than attending a Great White concert.…