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From Renaissance to Illusion —
A Profile of the Relf / McCarty Renaissance

The emergence of Renaissance in 1969 coincided with the birth of a new musical genre: Progressive Rock. The British rock scene was then in the midst of a highly creative period following the psychedelic era and the musical earthquake caused by the Beatles' landmark album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.  » Read more
(Posted by Aymeric Leroy 1997-05-01)

Trying on New Threads —
The Doane Perry Interview

We spoke with Doane Perry, drummer for Jethro Tull, about his new project called Thread backstage at the Concord Pavilion, prior to their gig that night with ELP. We'd like to thank the following people for their involvement in setting up the interview: Mark Cella from M&M Music, and Kenny Wiley, Tull's tour manager.  » Read more
(Posted by Jeff Melton, Paul Hightower 1997-05-01)

10cc - King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents 10cc in Concert

The King Biscuit archives are vast commodity of lost recordings of live bands in action, as they were: warts and all. One of the many missing chronicles in live music history is the early period of...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

After Crying - De Profundis

I'm not sure how this fits in in the overall scheme. It's one of those albums that makes you feel maybe you're just not hip enough for this yet. You know, if I give myself a couple of...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-05-01)

Ajalon - Light at the End of the Tunnel

The first CD release for this Christian progressive band (stop cringing) is part of Rick Wakeman's venture on his new Hope label located on the Isle of Man. These residents from uptown...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

Alan Stivell - Brian Boru

Anyone who doesn't recognize this name is definitely sticking too hard to certain genres, as Alan Stivell is a legend — and as deserving of praise as any other individual musician I could...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-05-01)

Amaia Zubiria / Pascal Gaigne - Zineman

This is a serene, sometimes melancholy album of predominantly instrumental pieces. Pascal Gaigne alternates between piano, accordion, synth, and some brief acoustic guitar. He is joined on various...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1997-05-01)

Ant-Bee - With My Favorite "Vegetables" and Other Bizarre Muzik

Featuring a handful of early Mothers of Invention personalities and track titles recalling the antics of Frank Zappa's early musical and theatrical explorations, With My Favorite...

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(Posted by Rob Walker 1997-05-01)

Area - Chernobyl 7991

Hmmm? A new release from Area? Yep. Fariselli, Capiozzo return with bassist Paolo dalla Porta for one of the strangest releases in a long time. Tic & Tac this is not, but it has a...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1997-05-01)

Area - Concerto Teatro Uomo

Released virtually in parallel with the magnificent Parigi-Lisbona towards the end of last year, this double-live bootleg-quality set gives an even more impressive account of the Area...

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(Posted by Dan Casey 1997-05-01)

Art in America - Art in America

So many albums from the early 80s that weren't big sellers got lost in shuffle when the CD medium took the world by storm. If an album wasn't brand new or a "classic," it was...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Arti e Mestieri - Quinto Stato

Formed by ex-Trip drummer Furio Chirico, Arti e Mestieri was one of Italy's best jazz-rock / fusion bands (certainly equal to Perigeo and Area), and they launched their career with two classic...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 1997-05-01)

Bertrand Loreau - Sur le Chemin...

France hasn't exactly been renowned as a breeding ground for solo electronic artists. I can call to mind only a small handful who have surfaced over the years. So this album by the one-man...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-05-01)

Bill Nelson - After the Satellite Sings

Solo artist extraordinaire (due in no small part to the huge volume of work generated in almost 30 years), Bill Nelson's latest collage is a splash of modern sophisticated pop, sampled amusing...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)

Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy

Young, hungry, and ambitious. That's how I would describe this American quartet who play a rip-roaring, Crimson-inflected set of fusion-on-fire. A youthful vigor that is too busy rampaging its...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-05-01)

Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy

Anything this excellent is hard to review without being reduced to giggles and a sheer state of awe. It’s like how good can you say this is while distinguishing this review from any other?...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-05-01)

Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy

These guys are all over the place! Is it progressive, punk, polka, prairie, power? (Or whatever their ad for the live show said...) Yes. It's all that and then some. Having already made a name...

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(Posted by Mike Grimes 1997-05-01)

Brainstorm - Smile a While

Although Germanofon released this less than a year ago, I think its a much better idea to buy this version. We all know what a fine job Musea does on their CDs, and this one is no exception,...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 1997-05-01)

C.W. Vrtacek - Days of Grace

Try tackling a review for a project like this and inevitably you end up with blank pages and a headache brought on by acute frustration. Whenever I listen to music of a very personal, experimental...

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(Posted by Mike Ezzo 1997-05-01)

Caravan - All over You

Caravan finally takes the plunge into Unplugged Greatest Hits territory, but with mixed results. New versions of ancient tracks are really no better or worse than their two decade-old predecessors,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 1997-05-01)