BARONESS ON AVOIDING REPETITION, AIRBNB RECORDING AND ACCESSIBLE PROG
Whether sequestering themselves in an Airbnb to make an album or dropping down to smaller venues to play shows with the setlists curated by the audience, Baroness, six albums into its career, is not g...
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CARL PALMER ‘REUNITES’ ELP FOR US TOUR WITH SOME TECHNOLOGICAL HELP
Emerson, Lake & Palmer always did things a bit differently as a classically inspired rock trio. ELP is doing the unexpected again, mounting a US tour despite the fact that only one member, drummer...
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JOHN PETRUCCI DISCUSSES SOLO TOUR WITH MIKE PORTNOY AND THE STATE OF PROG METAL
John Petrucci's fall trek is being billed as a solo tour, but it's much more like a working family vacation. The Dream Theater guitarist has enlisted DT founding member Mike Portnoy on drums, big news...
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JERRY MAROTTA REVISITS HIS TENURE WITH PETER GABRIEL IN THE SECURITY PROJECT (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Jerry Marotta, who was the drummer in Peter Gabriel's touring and recording band from 1977 to 1986, leads The Security Project, a band that reimagines Gabriel's music from that classic era. The band, ...
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WITH THE PROGJECT, DRUMMER MOVER HONORS HIS HEROES
Jonathan Mover has been an in-demand drummer for decades, manning the kit for Alice Cooper, The Tubes, Joe Satriani and other rock giants, but there had been a gap when it came to the genre closest to...
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COHEED AND CAMBRIA’S PROG METAL MAJESTY ON DISPLAY AT XL LIVE IN HARRISBURG
Photos and review by Ken Jones I recently experienced the hat trick of my favorite addictions. In one night, music, photography and comic book love affairs all came together to give me one of the b...
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MARILLION TACKLES PANDEMIC, CLIMATE CHANGE ON MUSICALLY UPBEAT 20th ALBUM (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
Progressive rock juggernaut Marillion has never shied away from big ideas, and 40 years and 20 albums into its career, the U.K. progressive band has tackled one of its grandest yet: an album largely i...
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FOR CARL PALMER, IT’S ‘THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS’ AS ELP CELEBRATES 50 YEARS
Emerson, Lake & Palmer is in the midst of celebrating its 50th anniversary, and with only one of the three members, drummer Carl Palmer, still alive, it has fallen on him to lead the charge. He's ...
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STEVE HACKETT’S MEDITERRANEAN ODYSSEY (VIDEO INTERVIEW)
British guitarist Steve Hackett has thrilled audiences for decades with his epic electric guitar work, first as a member of the Peter Gabriel-fronted version of Genesis and since then as a prolific so...
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STEVE HACKETT BRILLIANTLY SHOWCASES SOLO MATERIAL, GENESIS ERA AT KIRBY CENTER
Steve Hackett rose to prominence as the virtuoso guitarist in the Peter Gabriel-led Genesis of the 1970s, which earned him a permanent position in the annals of progressive rock lore and the hearts of...
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