prog Archive
10 Jan 2013
Capsule Reviews: January 2013, Part One
Here’s another installment in my occasional series of capsule reviews, this time covering new reissues and compilations. My self-imposed limit for this particular exercise is 150 words on each album. […]
11 Dec 2012
Album Review: Renaissance – Tour 2011 Live in Concert
“Carpe diem,” quoth the poet Horace. Even in a dead language, wiser words have rarely been written. And while F. Scott Fitzgerald limited his observation to Americans when he claimed […]
05 Nov 2012
Album Review: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays the Music of Rush
Normally, I don’t write negative reviews. Yes, I will point out those qualities that make a work less than it could be, but if a release is mostly or wholly […]
18 Apr 2012
Album Review: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon (Experience Edition)
Pink Floyd‘s The Dark Side of the Moon is one of the greatest albums of the 1970s – right up there with Who’s Next and a very short list of […]
22 Feb 2012
From the Beginning to Now: The Greg Lake Interview, Part Two
Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: To me, one of the most appealing things about Emerson, Lake & Palmer was that each of you brought your own dimension, your own […]
21 Feb 2012
From the Beginning to Now: The Greg Lake Interview, Part One
For a band that – for all intents and purposes – ceased operation in 1979, progressive rock giants Emerson, Lake & Palmer still get their share of attention. Save for […]
15 Dec 2010
Album Review: Camel – Rainbow’s End: An Anthology 1973-1985
“They tell me you’re searching…” So begins “Slow Yourself Down,” a track originally on Camel‘s debut LP in 1973. In fact the material on the first disc of the new […]
17 Feb 2010
Album Review: King Crimson – Lizard (40th Anniversary Series)
Among King Crimson fans, 1970’s album Lizard is a misunderstood release, and ranks among the least-popular of the group’s albums. That’s a shame, as Lizard is effective and groundbreaking in […]
19 May 2009
Album Review: Porcupine Tree — Lightbulb Sun
The 2008 reissue of Lightbulb Sun makes one of the rarest parts of the Porcupine Tree catalog readily available again. The group’s seventh album of studio material, Lightbulb Sun was […]
09 May 2009
DVD Review: Emerson, Lake & Palmer — Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Released (or more accurately, repackaged and re-released) in 2009, this is actually a live performance of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dating from 1992. As such, it’s dated in a number […]