prog Archive
28 Jul 2015
Six Years of Musoscribe: King Crimson
My retrospective continues on this, the sixth anniversary of my Musoscribe blog. One of my favorite groups – like so many others, I discovered ’em during my college years – […]
22 Jul 2015
Hundred-word Reviews for July 2015, Part 2
Five releases from five acts from five different countries (Poland, The United States, Germany, Belgium and Sweden) are the focus of today’s brief reviews. Lunatic Soul – Walking on a […]
07 Jul 2015
Album Review: Yes — Like It Is: Live at the Mesa Arts Center
2015 sees the release not only of Yes‘ Progeny recordings, but another live set, Like It Is: Live at the Mesa Arts Center. The latter was recorded in the summer […]
06 Jul 2015
Album Review: Yes — Progeny: Seven From Seventy-Two
It was just a bit more than three years ago today that I got the opportunity to speak with Chris Squire of Yes. Though he was never put forth as […]
03 Jun 2015
Video Review: Genesis — Sum of the Parts
One could say that The Beatles did it first, and thus set the tone and standard for future official biographies. Their Anthology documentary series afforded them the opportunity to tell […]
27 May 2015
Album Review: Jethro Tull – Minstrel in the Gallery, 40th Anniversary La Grande Edition
The latest example of Ian Anderson‘s ongoing twofold mission (to encourage a modern-day reconsideration of Jethro Tull‘s back catalog, and to provide be-all-and-end-all versions of those albums) continues with Minstrel […]
26 May 2015
Album Review: Jethro Tull – WarChild, 40th Anniversary Theatre Edition
Jethro Tull‘s 1974 album WarChild occupies a curious place in the band’s history. Their previous album, 1973’s A Passion Play, had been roundly shellacked by critics. That album certainly had […]
15 May 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for May 2015, Part 10
Over the last nine business days, I’ve surveyed 45 albums of new, reissued, and/or archival music from a wide array of artists in jazz, prog, soul, rock and other genres. […]
13 May 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for May 2015, Part 8
Today, it’s five more capsule reviews. It’s great stuff all, dating from the 1970s. Stories – Stories Untold: The Very Best of Stories The, um, story of Stories in inextricably […]
04 May 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for May 2015, Part 1
Once again, it’s time for me to review several handfuls of CDs. Today’s five all fall (more or less) into the progressive rock bag, and are decidedly European in sensibility. […]