The World’s Best Progressive Rock Festival Isn’t on Land: CRUISE TO THE EDGE Sails Again
Progressive Rock festivals have taken place in amphitheaters, outdoor fields, bars, indoor theaters small and large, but few venues reveal their splendor as much as…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Career Retrospective with JOHN MACALUSO (Episode No. 20)
Drummer virtuoso John Macaluso is a name that will be familiar to anyone following the melodic metal scene for the last 20 years. One of…
A Year In Review: The 2018 Best Progressive Metal Albums
Progressive metal can mean a lot of things. If you take the most accepted definition you would hear something like “a blend of heavy, guitar-oriented…
A Year In Review: The 2018 Best Progressive Rock Albums
Yes, the pain in the lower back task, also known as the end of year lists is back. And as we continue saying, year after…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: 2018 – A Year In Review (Episode No. 19)
That dreaded moment when you have to look back and choose the album releases you liked the most for the year. Uff! Let’s get it…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 18 (Jason Becker / Haken, Leprous and Bent Knee recent tour / Surprising albums of the year)
Can one compose music while unable to move? Could anything go wrong when a group of Bostonians drive across the country during a snowstorm? Can…
FORGOTTEN GEMS: How PLUS was ahead of its time with the 1969 concept album “The Seven Deadly Sins”
Question: how can an album (or band) be a forgotten gem if next to nobody knew it existed in the first place? That was, and…
Grapes Under Pressure IV – A Dream Come True for 150 RUSH Fans
As a marathon runner and a music reviewer, I am aware that timing is of the essence. Ideally, the recap of events like the one…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 17 (The Timing of Fandom)
Do you remember when you first got into your favorite band? How you quickly ran through everything they had done up to that point and…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 16 (ProgStock 2018 Festival Recap)
Talking Perspectives road trip! We head to the land of ProgStock, a progressive rock festival that was held over the weekend of October 6th in…
By the Time We Got to PROGSTOCK 2018: Progressive Rock Fans Follow their Bliss (Part I)
When the opportunity arises to come together in celebration of the music they love, the prog faithful jump in and seize the day. Or in…
By the Time We Got to PROGSTOCK 2018: Progressive Rock Fans Follow their Bliss (Part II)
If you landed here without reading the first part of this article, you can do so at this location. Saturday night headliners IQ have the…
