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Prog and the violin
Sometime in 1978 or 1979 in a Zoology class at Goldsmiths’, fellow students Jo Wallace and Karen Fraser were discussing the use of the...
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garethsprogblog
Jul 3, 20207 min
Live albums for lockdown (part 1)
By this time of the year in 2019, even with a slow start, I’d seen ten gigs and attended Steve Hackett’s The Edge of Light playback,...
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garethsprogblog
Mar 28, 20157 min
Broad church
Early in the new millennium, when progressive rock was emerging from underneath rocks and dragging itself out of slimy ponds, I...
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garethsprogblog
Apr 13, 20145 min
When did prog emerge?
When did prog emerge? That's one of the great prog questions...
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garethsprogblog
Jan 18, 20147 min
The Lord of the Rings
Towards the end of the golden era of progressive rock, the denigration of the genre took a number of different forms. One of these was...
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garethsprogblog
May 10, 20137 min
Motivation radio
In the early 70s, radio was a vital medium which began to play an increasingly important role in my interest in prog. Though BBC Radio 3...
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garethsprogblog
Apr 14, 20134 min
Definitions
Though most readers will have a good understanding of the term ‘progressive rock’ it is inherent in the nature of many prog fans to query...
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garethsprogblog
Apr 6, 20135 min
From the Beginning
Close to the Edge by Yes One Saturday morning in September 1972 shortly after my thirteenth birthday, I accompanied my brother Tony on...
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