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THE VOYAGE CONTINUES: The Alphataurus story - from 1971 to the third studio album, 2084: Viaggio nel nulla
A history of progressivo italiano group Alphataurus - the voyage continues as they release their third studio

garethsprogblog
May 186 min read


ProgBlog and Meta
When social media turns sour, discard it

garethsprogblog
Apr 106 min read


The difficult second
A band's second album (American: sophomore) is frequently cited as 'difficult' but should it tread the same ground as its predecessor?

garethsprogblog
Mar 118 min read


Anthem?
I’ve just reposted, with only minor editing, the blog ‘ 100 not out ’, the story of Prog magazine reaching its 100th edition in ten...

garethsprogblog
Dec 20, 20249 min read


A ProgBlog guide to Milan
Everything the prog fan needs to know about Milan

garethsprogblog
Dec 7, 202419 min read


Progressive rock in 1974
By 1974 I’d had over a full year of immersion into progressive rock, a term which wasn’t yet being applied to the genre, though what I...

garethsprogblog
Nov 16, 20249 min read


Prog and TV theme tunes
I grew up at a time when progressive rock was a successful musical form and when there were programmes to stimulate my teenage imagination.

garethsprogblog
Sep 5, 20249 min read


ProgBlog and the C18 agriculturalist
For someone who was into progressive rock in 1972, my appreciation of the music of Jethro Tull, indisputably one of the genre’s ‘big...

garethsprogblog
Feb 20, 202411 min read


A ProgBlog guide to Venice
Contrary to my previous pronouncements about the availability of prog in Venice, I can now reveal that there is a record store in the...

garethsprogblog
Apr 22, 202310 min read


Coffee and prog
Any fool knows that progressive rock was invented by the English and by extension, the best beverage to consume while you’re listening to...

garethsprogblog
Mar 18, 202311 min read


A ProgBlog guide to Rome
I’d been to Rome a couple of times before 2017’s Progressivamente Free Festival, in August 1980 by InterRail as a student and in 2006 as...

garethsprogblog
Dec 14, 20228 min read


A ProgBlog guide to Genoa
Assuming there’s no last-minute hitch with flight cancellations or travel restrictions being imposed because the Omicron BA.4, BA.5 and...

garethsprogblog
Jul 13, 20229 min read


How prog is skiing?
The Page family annual ski trips have resumed after quite understandable Covid restrictions kept the European pistes closed to UK...

garethsprogblog
Mar 29, 20227 min read


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...

garethsprogblog
Mar 18, 20228 min read


The return of live music
There was a long wait for a prog gig during the Covid era from 13th September 2020 in Genoa until HRH Prog X on 4th September 2021

garethsprogblog
Sep 13, 20217 min read


Live albums for lockdown (part 2)
While a live album can’t compare with being physically present at a gig, the best of them are able to convey a sense of outstanding music...

garethsprogblog
Jul 10, 20207 min read


Lockdown singles and EPs
Even though much of the world has been in lockdown to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, many musicians have been working away...

garethsprogblog
Jun 14, 20207 min read


100 not out
Producing a magazine dedicated to prog every 6 weeks traces a difficult path, catering for those stuck in the past and the more open-minded

garethsprogblog
Jul 12, 20196 min read


Nine album challenge
The Instagram and Twitter trend ‘9 albums that changed my life/mean most to me’ (#9albums) which appeared in January 2018 didn’t pass me...

garethsprogblog
Mar 5, 201818 min read


Hype & existential questions
BBC Four has just shown a new, three-part series Hits, Hype & Hustle: An Insider’s Guide to the Music Business where the timing of the...

garethsprogblog
Feb 5, 20187 min read

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