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…
DESERTED ISLAND PICKS: The 5 SPOCK’S BEARD Albums to Take With You
Nothing goes together quite as well as progressive rock fans and lists, am I right? They’re like oil and water, Democrats and Republicans, eight-string guitars…
Night of the Prog Festival 2018: Two Days of Progressive-Rock Sensory Overload from Atop the Eastern Shores of the Rhine River
I’ve been fortunate enough over the years to experience a lot of progressive music festivals, but thus far all of them have been based in…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 11 (The Pineapple Thief / Unpopular Opinions Discussion – Part 1 / A Dying Planet)
Welcome to what was a truly fun and powerhouse discussion, the middle section of which left friendships in tatters and battle scars for all. Joining…
TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Episode No. 10 (Immediate Impact Albums vs Growers / Owning A Record Store)
For the second straight week we have a discussion that involved Nick, Gonzo, and Jordan, this time talking mainly about albums we found had an…
