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…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 15 (Use of Click and Backing Tracks in Music / Haken’s New Album “Vector” / Musical Sequels)
On this week’s episode Nick, Jordan, and Gonzo were joined once again by Edge of Reality and Kyros axeman Joey Frevola. The quartet discussed the…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 14 (Special Morsefest 2018 Recap)
For Neal Morse fans, the annual two-day Morsefest festical is a “must be there” musical event. The 2018 edition was held on the weekend of…
MORSEFEST 2018: Annual Neal Morse’s Festival Hits All the Right Notes with Spock’s Beard’s Classics and a Brand New Progressive Rock Opera
A concert hall…in a church? A self-named festival called…Morsefest? Complex albums played in their entirety cover to cover…for one time only? All in the anti-progressive…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 13 (Riverside / Internet Radio / Phideaux)
This week on Talking Perspectives regulars Nick and Jordan were joined by Mark and Rayna Monforti, co-owners of the ProgRock.com internet radio station and show runners…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 12 (Lux Terminus / Unpopular Opinions – Part 2 / Value in Music)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends, unless of course you count the part where it ends after about an hour! This…
