Tony Macalpine comes from the school of technical guitarists occupied by guys like Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Italian progressive music intrigues me, and while I cannot claim great expertise from much knowledge of the European progressive community, I can tell you this one thing for certain: Marco Machera is a very intriguing, insightful composer and performer.

This outfit is quite an intriguing one.

What Magellan has produced should slacken the stickiest fan from the mud as they’ve created something new and fresh while keeping its best parts. 

Bay Area progmetallers Magellan's single "Keep It,” at just slightly over six minutes long evokes the saying about good things and small packages.

What is life? Are we just pawns in someone’s game of chess? These are just two of the life mystery questions posed in the epic album, The Suffering Joy, by Norwegian progressive rock band, Magic Pie.

I have to admit, despite wanting to hear them for a long time, this is the first time I’ve gotten to check out Magma.

After several years on hiatus, Birmingham rock band Magnum returned with their comeback album Breath of Life in 2002.

The mix of sounds here is pretty wide ranging.

This is easily one of the best albums of 2010.

Majestic is back, and rather quickly after the fantastic album Ataraxia, with another album full of prog epic masterpieces.

Any time a compilation like this is released, fans will debate whether they like the choice of songs included or not. 

This is the reissue of the 2000 reissue of Phil Manzanera’s 1976 solo album. 

There is clearly a lot of jazz in this musical mix.

Jazz is arguably the biggest constant here.

Marillion in these days were often dubbed a Genesis clone. Certainly there is basis for that assessment. 

Marillion are included in the progressive rock section of Music Street Journal because in the beginning they were very definitely prog. 

This is quite a tasty album. In fact, it might be the best album from the Steve Hogarth version of the group.

The music here is related to the guitar hero music of the late 1970s. It’s got a lot of classic rock built into it along with some fusion and progressive rock.

When I first heard the name “Mars Hollow” in 2009, my initial thought was “how perfect a name that was for a neo-progressive rock band.”

I can see why these guys are getting so much attention these days, they are without question one of the most compelling modern progressive rock bands.

The debut disc from Mars Holllow, this album is a great modern progressive rock set.

This band is related to Oho, and I thought that would mean it would feature the sort of weirdness heard on their first disc.

This double CD compilation is an interesting and unique collage of multiple percussive styles given to a wide palette of genres and colors therein.

The music on this is pretty bizarre. It’s also pretty wide ranging.

The name Jim McCarty might be familiar.

In the third installment of the Bat Out of Hell series, Meat Loaf finds himself surrounded by a lot of very talented musicians.

Flamenco guitar is merged with fusion and more general world music along with some space rock and progressive rock to create a powerful and unique sound.

The debut from The Memorials is the kind of album that fans of heavy, complex music who are thirsting for something new and original with which to fill their ears will definitely appreciate.

There is a school of modern art rock or progressive rock that focuses on moody, mellow music.

This disc does a great job of combining progressive rock, jazz, funk and a whole lot of other sounds into an album that is quite fun.

The new disc from Kurt Michaels combines progressive rock with pop rock ala The Beatles.

This is the kind of progressive rock concept album that was such a big deal in the 1970s.

This is one very hard to describe Polish release, as it is a very slow paced effort, but a very enjoyable disc.

This group talks about their sound being extremely groove oriented.

The music on this disc is definitely progressive rock. It wanders between varying styles throughout, though.

Moksha combine jam band sounds with fusion, space rock and progressive rock to create a sound that’s just plain impressive.

In the 1980’s the Moody Blues took on a more electronic sound. I know that sound didn’t sit well with a lot of fans. For them this was probably the last great Moody Blues album – at least for a while. 

I’ve only seen the Moody Blues live once and it was a disappointing show. They pushed the sound system past the point of good music and into the distortion zone. 

This Moody Blues album is somewhat typical of the group, but in many ways seems less effective than some of the other releases in the group’s catalog.

A live album from Moraine, their studio disc was described as heavy chamber music.

Although there’s no question that not everything here fits as progressive rock, there’s a lot of prog throughout and Jeremy’s other music is prog, so this one’s getting included in that category.

According to Bill Evans Media (http://billevansmedia.com), Neal Morse is the best selling solo progressive rock artist since 2003.

When I first saw the official video of the title cut, I became pretty excited.

It’s a real wonder that there is so much residual talent left in the family to produce yet another marvelous artist.

I suppose it makes sense that if Steve Morse can't really be pegged to any one style, it's because his influences can't be pegged either. On Major Impacts 2 Morse continues to pay respect to the musicians who caught his ear.

After Steve Morse found himself in Deep Purple by way of Joe Satriani's rather swift exit due to contractual obligations, or so the story goes, this was one of his opportunities to continue in the fiery direction he was going in on his solo albums with Dave LaRue on bass and Van Romaine on drums.

This is Steve Morse's first real solo outing, and it is still considered one of his very best albums.

This debut disc should appeal to a lot of people.

Moody and ambient music creates the format for these sedate soundscapes. There aren’t huge variants here, and everything moves very slowly, but it never feels redundant or samey either.

While this is really more like dark electronic music, I’ve included it in the progressive rock section because it really isn’t that far removed from some stuff by other electronic groups that get set in prog.

This disc is meant as music for role playing gaming, specifically Lovecraftian.

Combining fusion with modern progressive rock and a lot of other sounds, “Invocations / Transformations” is an intriguing disc.

This might not be the most obvious choice for progressive rock, but really, I don’t see how it fits anywhere else.

I suppose that a quick explanation of this music could be rendered by simply saying, “electronic.”