Rush 1984–2015: On Track by Richard James (Sonicbond Publishing); Every album, every song — and a band that refused to stand still Richard James’ book arrives just in time as a companion to the reunited Canadian Prog-Power masters. The book jumps into the band’s heady days. By the time Rush hit Grace Under Pressure in […]
Following the momentum of his debut solo effort Until We Meet Again, Japanese-American drummer and producer Shane Sato shifts gears with his second single, “Deep Dive”. Released via Mixto Records, the track serves as a moody, sophisticated preview of his upcoming album, Wavelength. The song finds Sato collaborating with his indie-rock outfit, Box Dream, transforming […]
Kansas City’s The Freedom Affair doesn’t revive Southern soul so much as inhabit it. Their self-titled sophomore set moves like Muscle Shoals with a Midwest passport—deep-pocket grooves, church-rooted harmonies, and songs that understand both joy and pressure. Produced with Grammy vet Boo Mitchell at Royal Studios, the album wears its lineage proudly without sounding like […]
Nuit Parisienne à la Havanefeels less like an album and more like an overheard conversation at 2 a.m.—intimate, unguarded, and quietly profound. Pianist Roberto Fonseca and cellist Vincent Segal strip everything down to essence, trusting touch, space, and shared history to do the heavy lifting. There’s no virtuoso flexing here, just deep listening and instinctive […]
Didn’t multi-instrumentalist Fernando Perdomo give us 120 wonderful Prog-Rock songs in 2025? His “Waves’ series, which culminated with the recently released ‘The Best of Waves’ not only demonstrated Perdomo’s prowess as a composer but also his skill as an arranger and player. ‘Clouds’ continues the ‘Waves’ formula yet is an evocative journey through atmospheric soundscapes […]
Some albums capture a moment, and others quietly define an era for the people who lived with them. Stories of a Stranger has always been the latter. Released in 2005, it marked O.A.R.’s transition from road-tested grassroots heroes to a band capable of translating communal joy into mainstream resonance—without sanding off the edges that made […]
In Welcome Back My Friends, author and music historian Bruce Pegg builds a living, breathing oral history of Emerson, Lake & Palmer—one of prog rock’s most daring and divisive trios. Rather than another chronological biography or technical deep dive, Pegg opens the microphone to the fans themselves—370 of them—whose memories capture the band’s fire, spectacle, […]
Projekt Gemineye’s The Dark Days of Yesterday is a powerful, intricately produced album that explores personal struggle, resilience, and reflection. Across its tracks, band conceptionalist Mark Anthony K channels the dark chapters of his past into a cinematic collection of prog-rock compositions that reward both casual and deep headphone listening. The album opens with “You […]
For a man whose guitar has spoken volumes for nearly five decades, Triangulation feels like both a reckoning and a renewal. From the opening track, “Break Through,” Morse, bassist Dave LaRue, and drummer Van Romaine operate like a single organism. Their interplay is precise yet organic, each riff and rhythmic twist part of a greater […]
“Torrential Pain” picks up where he was with ’Splinters’ in many respects. Bailey’s preference for hard-charging melodic rock and his ability to look in the shadows remain. The opening track, “Life Runs Out,” sets the tone with its usual path, its ominous keyboard textures, and Bailey’s dark, powerful vocals. “A Rhapsody of Sanctum and Disguise” […]
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