Progressive Rock
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Taken from the Cleopatra Release, Ultima Thule. Read more
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Joff Winks and Matt Baber of Sanguine Hum join me for an in-depth conversation about their latest release, a deluxe, expanded reissue of their obscure, proto-Sanguine Hum album, 2007’s Songs For Days. Read more
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These seven songs capture a teenage Keith Emerson at the start of what would become a tremendous career. Read more
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These seven songs capture a teenage Keith Emerson at the start of what would become a tremendous career. Read more
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A full concert of vintage Tangerine Dream in their prime, now reissued officially. Read more
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Progressive composer Keith Emerson’s diversions into soundtrack work are neatly compiled into a three-volume box set. Read more
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This reissue of French progressive-rockers Heldon sounded futuristic then, sounds contemporary today, and is an enjoyable collection of instrumental sounds. Read more
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One of the more interesting trends of the 1970s was the development of the “farewell residency,” when bands would end their run with a series of shows, which would result in the the release of a final concert album. Thus was the case for Welsh-based Man, a band that had specialized in an enjoyable blend Read more
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Okay, so where has this record been hiding? Paul Nelson was a young man of musical ambition, a nerd-like love for computers, and, apparently, Tangerine Dream and other prog-rock records. He recorded this, his lone album, and it’s a shame he didn’t make more. First things first: skip over the first song, “Automated Man,” as Read more
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If one were feeling sarcastic, one might suggest that Honky, progressive keyboardist Keith Emerson‘s solo album from 1981, should have been titled Prog-Rockers in Paradise. While Honky is far from a Jimmy Buffett-style affair, it most certainly isn’t the austere, almost solemn affair of Emerson’s work with Emerson, Lake & Palmer; if anything, the record Read more
