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…
Browsing: Mark Boardman
SPOCK’S BEARD / ENCHANT Singer TED LEONARD About His LEGACY MUSIC FOUNDATION: “We’re Not Trying to Churn Out the Next Yngwie Malmsteen. We Are Trying to Foster an Interest that Hopefully Becomes Therapy For Them”
Ted Leonard stands in front of his audience—and he’s nervous. These folks don’t know him. They’ve never heard of his bands, Enchant and Spock’s Beard. …
URIAH HEEP’s Drummer RUSSELL GILBROOK: “When We Get Together in the Studio, the Music Just Comes Out as URIAH HEEP”
Russell Gilbrook is one of those musicians who thrives on variety. He’s drummed for Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, with Van Morrison, with skiffle king…
RAUSCH’S Doug Rausch: “Whatever You Call My Music, Don’t Call It Prog-Rock!”
Doug Rausch is a driven man, a man who releases no music before its time – or at least until he’s darned good and ready.…
Rausch – Book II (Album Review)
Say this about Doug Rausch: he won’t put out an album until he thinks it is just right. His first effort – entitled Rausch – came…
We Came From Space – While You Were Away (Album Review)
Let’s face it—the name We Came from Space sounds like a grade B sci-fi flick from the ‘50s. Or a cheap comic book about strange…
Cell15 – River Utopia (Album Review)
Sophomore albums can be hell. If your debut was lousy, well, nobody will care what you do on the next one. But if that first…
Interview With Robert Richardson (Cell15)
For musicians, the road to success can be marked with figurative potholes, stop signs, wrecks and flat tires. Some abandon the journey; others use the…
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…
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…
