prog Archive
03 Apr 2015
Rick Wakeman, Cannonball Adderley, and Me
Today I’m going to indulge in a brief change of pace. I’d like to tell you about a pair of reissues with which I am involved. I won’t be reviewing […]
20 Mar 2015
Album Review: Todd Rundgren — At the BBC 1972-1982
Several years back, Todd Rundgren took a proactive approach to the myriad live recordings that exist documenting his long and varied career. A true renaissance man who engenders fierce loyalty […]
19 Mar 2015
Album Review: Supertramp — Crime of the Century (Deluxe Edition)
Among fans of progressive-minded 1970s rock, Supertramp have rarely gotten a fair shake. And the reasons are difficult to discern. Could it be the high-pitched lead vocals of co-lead singer […]
05 Mar 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for March 2015, Part 4
Prog, jazz, blues: there’s something for most musical tastes in today’s roundup of hundred-word reviews. Mark Wingfield – Proof of Light If there’s a common raison d’être among the varied […]
04 Mar 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for March 2015, Part 3
“Rock” is such an all-encompassing term. It can include speedy punk, gothic rockabilly, krautrock, indie rock, and more. So, too, can a selection of my hundred-word reviews. To wit: Stuyvesant […]
02 Mar 2015
Hundred Word Reviews for March 2015, Part 1
Time for some more backlog-clearing hundred-word reviews. All of these are worth my (and your) time in some way, but because of the sheer volume of worthy material in my […]
17 Feb 2015
Album Review: District 97 with John Wetton — One More Red Night
With exceedingly few exceptions, progressive rock is a man’s game. There’s certainly no law against women singing or playing in the style – Julie Slick, for example, is one of […]
28 Jan 2015
Hundred-word Reviews: January 2015, Part 3
There’s a never-ending stream of new music, so it’s time once again for some hundred-worders to work off some of my backlog. As always, these all deserve full reviews, but […]
16 Jan 2015
Album Review: Son of Kraut: The Next Generation of Krautrock
Though it might seem otherwise to the casual observer, the term krautrock is neither pejorative nor disparaging. In its classic sense, the label refers to improvisationally-based rock with spare musical […]
24 Dec 2014
Best of 2014: Concerts
One of the many pleasures associated with living in the small mountain city of Asheville NC is access to great live music. I grew up in the 70s and 80s […]