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Barock Project - Misteriosevoci

The Barock Project is the name of a relatively new Italian progressive rock band led by keyboard virtuoso Luca Zabbini. Their desire is to promote baroque music in a progressive rock context with a...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Basement 3 - Under

Bay Area singer-songwriter-musician Kenny Schick (also known under the moniker Basement 3) is back with a new album that’s a left turn. Basement 3 albums have always been an outlet for Schick’s...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Bass Communion - Pacific Codex

Steve Wilson of Porcupine Tree has his hands in any number of diverse musical projects. One of them, Bass Communion, is his ambient drone explorations with Theo Travis. Bass Communion has been...

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(Posted by Henry Schneider 2008-10-01)

Beardfish - Sleeping in Traffic: Part One

Over the years there have been so many “next great things” in progressive rock that the phrase has lost meaning. The world is big enough, and prog varied enough, that there are always good things...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Beardfish - Sleeping In Traffic: Part Two

Beardfish’s rise to prominence is due to hard work and good music, as long as your tastes run toward the sort of modern prog that pays homage to classic 70s bands. Main man Rikard Sjöblom is one of...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Bernie Worrell - Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth

Keyboardist Bernie Worrell is no stranger to making friends while making music. Since his initial ground breaking work as keyboardist and synthesizer innovator for Parliament / Funkadelic, the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2008-10-01)

Bert Jansch - Fresh as a Sweet Sunday Morning

Drawing a British folk icon out of semi-imposed retirement can seem like an impossible task. But contrary to many fans’ expectations, Bert Jansch not only demonstrated the delicate finger...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2008-10-01)

Bevel - Phoenician Terrane

I’m generally a big fan of music born of lofty ambition, even if it doesn’t entirely succeed, but there’s something to be said for a modest recording that accomplishes its goals completely. Via...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Birds and Buildings - Bantam to Behemoth

Like Dan Britton’s other project, Deluge Grander, this is an album for true prog geeks. It’s the same sort of uncompromising assault on the ears that was so riveting on Änglagård’s debut or...  » Read more
(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Born Again Floozies - Street Music

This Indiana based quintet led by singer, guitarist and songwriter Joey Welch caught this writer's ear a few years ago with their debut EP Novelties, Addenda and Ephemera, five songs...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)

Buyi - Buyi, Namejiu & Endless Wine

Sometimes I think that every tradition of folk music must at some point have its own Fairport Convention. Of course it’s an oversimplification, but in broad terms we can say that FC melded...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Caamora - She

Clive Nolan (Arena, Shadowlands, Pendragon, etc.) rarely does anything on a small scale, and elements of theatricality and drama have appeared in much of his past work so it seems only natural that...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Canartic - Bouncing Radar Beams off the Moon

For the quick-and-dirty part of the review I’ll say this: imagine Bill Laswell’s kind of dub production only with a dose of psychedelic space rock instead of world music. The Austin, Texas duo of...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Carsick Cars & Snapline - Two Debut Albums

These two closely related bands represent Beijing's current underground rock scene quite nicely. Both are trios, and they share two musicians: Li Weisi (bass) and Li Qing (drums in Carsick...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2008-10-01)

Cast - Originallis

For their latest, Mexican proggers Cast have delivered a super-sized collection of 16 songs spread across two CDs – a Flower Kings-like effort, with similar strengths and weaknesses. For some...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Chandeen - Teenage Poetry

The Projekt label has been searching beyond US shores for new groups to host on their label, one example being Chandeen from Germany. This trio was formed around keyboard player / programmer Harald...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Chris Squire - Swiss Choir

Chris Squire's second solo album since 1975's classic Fish out of Water is actually the third Christmas album from a Yes alumnus... In tow is ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett who...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2008-10-01)

Circa - Live

Billy Sherwood’s plan to get some kind of Yes-related project into play resulted in this DVD from one of the band’s first performances. On board are Yes stalwarts keyboardist Tony Kaye...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2008-10-01)

Craig Padilla - Below the Mountain

Practitioners of electronic or space music can often times be seen as little more than technicians with the knowledge and ability to produce interesting sounds from arcane and complex synthesizers...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2008-10-01)

Cronico - Delirium Room

Cronico is a promising new entry in the classic symphonic proggy-prog field from Mexico City. A five piece featuring bass, drums, acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, and a female vocalist,...

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(Posted by Peter Thelen 2008-10-01)