garethsprogblogMar 18, 202311 minCoffee and progAny fool knows that progressive rock was invented by the English and by extension, the best beverage to consume while you’re listening to...
garethsprogblogDec 14, 20228 minA ProgBlog guide to RomeI’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...
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...
garethsprogblogJan 31, 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...