prog Archive
25 Jun 2014
Art is Long, Car Rides are Short: The Keith Emerson Interview
At age 69, keyboard legend and virtuoso Keith Emerson has slowed down his pace, but ever so slightly. He no longer tours on a level commensurate with his 70s work […]
13 Jun 2014
RPWL in Color and in Black and White: The Yogi Lang Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: From the beginning, RPWL has always sung its lyrics in English. I assume that is because English is more or less the language of […]
12 Jun 2014
RPWL in Color and in Black and White: The Yogi Lang Interview, Part One
Freising, Germany-based RPWL came together in 1997, initially as a Pink Floyd cover/tribute band. But the group quickly moved beyond the limitations of covering Floyd, creating their own original music […]
03 Jun 2014
Album Review: Clearlight — Impressionist Symphony
With precious few exceptions, attempting a classical-rock hybrid is at worst a fool’s errand, at best a thankless task. All too often, this most ambitious of goals – bringing together […]
02 Jun 2014
DVD Review: I Dream of Wires, Hardcore Edition
The producers of I Dream of Wires‘ “Hardcore Edition” weren’t kidding when they named the film. The original film is a lovingly detailed and insightful feature-length documentary look at the […]
06 Mar 2014
Hundred-word Reviews: New Rock/pop
More albums that deserve your time, but that I haven’t the time nor space to cover in a more in-depth fashion. Levin Minnemann Rudess – s/t This project brings together […]
05 Feb 2014
Hundred Word Reviews: February 2014, Part One
The backlog of music here at Musoscribe World Headquarters has gotten massive; it’s nearly overwhelming. Anyone who tells you that there’s no good new music out there clearly doesn’t deserve […]
06 Jan 2014
Concert Preview: Welcome (Back) to The Machine
New York-based Pink Floyd tribute band The Machine have long made Asheville NC’s Orange Peel the first or an early stop on their annual winter tour itinerary. The group routinely […]
11 Dec 2013
Digital December
Longtime readers will know that I review digital releases only in the rarest of cases. Only slightly more often will I cover physical releases for which I have access only […]
25 Nov 2013
Album Review: RPWL — A Show Beyond Man and Time
The last time anything truly new was released underneath the Pink Floyd banner (not counting expanded reissues of 70s albums) it was way back in 1994. That was almost twenty […]