garethsprogblogMar 297 minHow prog is skiing?The Page family annual ski trips have resumed after quite understandable Covid restrictions kept the European pistes closed to UK...
garethsprogblogMar 188 minProg and the violinSometime in 1978 or 1979 in a Zoology class at Goldsmiths’, fellow students Jo Wallace and Karen Fraser were discussing the use of the...
garethsprogblogJul 10, 20207 minLive 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...
garethsprogblogJun 14, 20207 minLockdown singles and EPsEven though much of the world has been in lockdown to reduce the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, many musicians have been working away...
garethsprogblogApr 20, 20156 minWar and peaceIt’s indisputable that progressive rock was a genre of grand concepts from the straightforward interpretation of classic novels (Camel’s...
garethsprogblogMar 29, 20157 minBroad churchEarly in the new millennium, when progressive rock was emerging from underneath rocks and dragging itself out of slimy ponds, I...
garethsprogblogFeb 1, 20156 minThe magic fluteBack in 2015, the lack of availability of albums by progressivo Italiano band Jumbo forced me to buy a download of DNA, the first of...
garethsprogblogAug 16, 20136 minLittle Red RecordThere is an increasing amount of printed information about Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI.) From the odd line or two in the original...
garethsprogblogJun 8, 20134 minTrippingIn mid-May I was in Dublin to see Steve Hackett and while I was there I indulged in some retail therapy. Tower Records in Wicklow Street...