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The Fender Rhodes
The desire for the authentic sounds of the 70s harboured by some modern prog bands has led to a quiet revolution in digital samples. The...
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garethsprogblog
Mar 12, 20166 min
Keith Emerson
Already 2016 seems to have been blighted by more high-profile musician deaths than previous years. I was still reading articles about Sir...
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garethsprogblog
Dec 5, 20156 min
Single
I’ve now set up my new Rega RP3 and have started to put on vinyl in preference to my somewhat larger collection of CDs. My first record...
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garethsprogblog
Nov 28, 20155 min
Come on the Amazing Journey, and Learn All You Should Know
(A guest blog by Mike Chavez) The scene: a dimly lit village hall around 7pm in a small town in rural Wiltshire. A group of middle-aged...
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garethsprogblog
Nov 15, 20154 min
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
My thoughts go out to the families of the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks in France (13/11/15). Such a cowardly and brutal attack...
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garethsprogblog
Sep 12, 20155 min
Building utopia with prog
I was offered, and accepted, a new job this week. My rolling post-retirement contract with the private organisation that was drafted in...
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garethsprogblog
Jul 4, 20155 min
Chris Squire
Chris Squire died on 27th June 2015. He was being treated for Acute Erythroid Leukaemia in Phoenix, Arizona. A true giant of the bass,...
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garethsprogblog
Apr 20, 20156 min
War and peace
It’s indisputable that progressive rock was a genre of grand concepts from the straightforward interpretation of classic novels (Camel’s...
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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
Jan 31, 20156 min
The magic flute
Back in 2015, the lack of availability of albums by progressivo Italiano band Jumbo forced me to buy a download of DNA, the first of...
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garethsprogblog
Jan 25, 20156 min
Time to dream
Edgar Froese, the founder member of Tangerine Dream died unexpectedly last week from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 70. Edgar Froese...
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garethsprogblog
Dec 6, 20145 min
Burmese Blue
The headline for a review of a Procol Harum gig in The Independent from early December 2014 suggested that Procol Harum should be...
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garethsprogblog
Oct 4, 20145 min
Genesis revelations
I don’t watch very much television. Broadcasting corporations don’t really cater for my tastes and commercial stations are nauseating...
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garethsprogblog
Oct 1, 20145 min
Referendum
Edinburgh (photo: Wix media) September’s referendum for independence for Scotland energised political debate north of the border and late...
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garethsprogblog
Jul 12, 20147 min
The instruments of Prog: the Mellotron and the mini-Moog
I’ve been lucky enough to play around on a Mellotron but I didn’t have the foresight to buy the Beast. The instrument was in a music shop...
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garethsprogblog
Jun 26, 20145 min
The beat goes on
Bill Bruford The idea of the Progblog is to challenge readers with my opinions so I don’t really have to warn you when I’m about to stray...
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garethsprogblog
Apr 17, 20145 min
Rights of Man
Lewes is a really pleasant place, nestled in the Sussex Downs and only 50 minutes from Croydon. The name Lewes has two possible...
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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
Feb 15, 20145 min
National Health
I was a bit shocked, though not at all surprised, to hear Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has hired former M&S chief executive Stuart Rose...
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