Category: Progressive Rock

Progressive rock, also known as prog rock or prog, is a rock music subgenre that originated in the United Kingdom, with further developments in Germany, Italy, and France, throughout the mid-to-late 1960s and 1970s. It developed from psychedelic rock and originated, similarly to art rock, as an attempt to give greater artistic weight and credibility to rock music.

Tim Morse – Faithscience (2012)

Tim’s latest album is called Faithscience and will be released by AEP on 08/31/12. The project started out as a concept album based on the life of Charles Lindbergh, but eventually strayed from that original vision to be more all encompassing. The music on Faithscience continues where Transformation left off, exploring the best of Progressive Rock. As the producer of the project Tim was able to get some of his favorite musicians to participate including Jerry Jennings on guitar and the David Ragsdale (of Kansas) on violin. In addition to the release of Faithscience Tim continues to perform with Parallels (Yes tribute), After the Beatles and the Jerry Jennings band. He is the process of putting together a new band to perform original music.

Progressive Rock | Rock
Posted on by

The Pineapple Thief – All the Wars (2012)

The album is the latest step for the band who over the last few years have truly emerged onto a higher stage… bigger and better tours, triumphant festival slots, recording at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios, artwork designed by Storm Thorgerson and new management all give the sense of act who are destined for greater things.

Much of this is down to the band’s 2010 album, Someone Here Is Missing, and the reaction it received. While this release, along with 2008’s Tightly Unwound, was many people’s introduction to the band they have actually spent the past ten years quietly building up a dedicated fan base across the globe, selling over 50,000 records and nurturing their ‘bittersweet’ progressive sound.

All The Wars marks another leap in the band’s progression, as frontman Bruce Soord continues to mature as a songwriter and the band’s ever growing confidence and status allows them to move in bold musical directions, including the use of a 22-piece string section and a choir. Soord explains, ‘no expense has been spared regarding the production of this record but at its heart it’s still a rock record. It’s very heavy in parts and very delicate and beautiful in others.’

Progressive Rock
Posted on by admin