While I've put this set under progressive rock, it's not traditional progressive rock. It has an electronic vibe that sometimes leans toward space rock and even pure progressive rock.
Echolyn - The End is Beautiful Review by Josh Turner After Echolyn steamrolled fans with a shockingly long and surprisingly well-written song, they are back at it again. This time, however, they opt for a more song-oriented approach.
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Echolyn - Cowboy Poems Free Review by Gary Hill With this album Echolyn have truly created a unique work that should stand the test of time. The true strength of this band is not in musical virtuosity, although there is plenty of that on display.
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Echolyn - Mei Review by Gary Hill To this writer, Echolyn's greatest strength has always been their uncanny ability to craft music that, although quite progressive in nature, still manages to maintain a mainstream, almost pop sensibility.
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Eclat - En Concert Review by Gary Hill Hailing from France, this prog rock outfit does music a bit in the styles of UK, Genesis and others with a definite fusion tilt to it. The guitar on this album really steals the show in many places.
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Eela Craig was an Austrian progressive rock band. They released quite a few albums after this 1971 debut disc, but this one has been largely forgotten.
I previously reviewed the largely forgotten debut album from this Austrian band. this three-CD set includes the rest of their catalog, with the exception of the final album.
The mix of sounds here might not land under progressive rock to your senses. However, it's got a healthy helping of space rock in the mix along with psychedelia.
Discovery really represented ELO's foray more fully into pop based music, and particularly disco. It wouldn't land under prog were it not for their previous catalog.
Let me say upfront that this is not Electric Light Orchestra's best, not by a lot. Also, if I were judging just on this album, it wouldn't go under prog.
This is the second release from this act to across my desk for reviewing. I'm a fan of Gayle Ellett in pretty much every project he's involved with, starting with Djam Karet.
This is a new single from an interesting artist. I've included this under progressive rock more because of its artsy nature than a real progressive rock connection.
I've reviewed this and two singles from the album for this issue of Music Street Journal. I have put all of them under progressive rock, but I can see how some people might take issue with that.
This is one of three reviews of this artist in this issue of Music Street Journal. The other two are another single and the album from which both of these singles came.
So, you say you like melodic fusion? Well, then you should give this a try. It's a great album. The music varies well enough from song to song, but also feels like one cohesive set at the same time.
I've reviewed quite a bit of music from Pablo Embon. His music always lands under progressive rock at MSJ because it's fusion and that's where we put fusion.
This upcoming digital release from Pablo Embon will be available on February 27th. It's definitely the kind of quality release I've come to expect from Embon.
Emerald - Crown of Creation Review by Gary Hill I got this CD not having heard anything about the band. I put it in and was immediately captivated.
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer - King Biscuit Review by Gary Hill A compilation of tracks from two ELP performances are presented here in a double disc set. These performances are from the King Biscuit Flower Hour radio show. More
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Then And Now Review by Gary Hill This two disc set is a live album featuring performances from two different ELP eras, "then" and "now". The "then" material is from Cal Jam `74, and the "now" is from shows on the most recent tour.
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Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery Review by Josh Turner I would not be the first to say that their music has not held up over the years, because it obviously hasn't. Before we count them out completely, it is important to point out that Emerson demonstrated many innovations in music long before the digital age.
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What a year it’s been, and not in a good way. Since the last issue of Music Street Journal went up at the end of January, we lost three great (and very different musicians).
Emerson Lake and Palmer broke up in 1979. They got back together in the 1990s, though, and this disc was the first music they released after that reunion.
Keith Emerson and the Nice - Vivacitas - Live at Glasgow 2002 Review by Gary Hill Billed as Keith Emerson and the Nice, this recent release is accurate with that name from a technical standpoint, but in some ways it is a little deceptive. While all of the music on the disc does feature Keith Emerson, only the first CD is actually with The Nice, and even then, it's only two of the members of the band (plus the keyboard wizard).
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Enchant - A Blueprint of the World Review by Gary Hill Although, perhaps more progressive than metal, this album still seems to fit fairly well into this category. The musicianship and song writing on this disc are quite accomplished.
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Enchant - Juggling 9 or Dropping 10 Review by Steve Alspach You know when you're in Europe when even the little record shop at the airport has a Prog section. Duly impressed, I took a chance on this band based on the interesting album title alone. More
Enchant - Break Review by Gary Hill With Break Enchant have created a concept album that is both personal and universal. Such a dichotomy is appropriate for this band, as they seem to be experts at dual natured concepts.
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Epica - Consign To Oblivion Review by Gary Hill If I had to choose one word to describe this CD it would be "mind-boggling." OK, so technically that's two words - still it fits.
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This new compilation set is very cool. The main person here is Udo Erdenreich, and these songs all come from various projects he has worked on with various artists.
One could expect Esquire to sound like the music of Yes (and particularly Chris Squire). One half of this band, Nikki Squire, used to be married to Chris Squire, and they do share some musical reference points.
Although I've reviewed these guys in the past, I'm not well versed in the band history. Apparently the concept and parts of the music here date back to the origins of the act.
I've landed this under progressive rock to a large degree because it's so hard to pin down in terms of style. The music here is very slow moving and moody.
Explorer's Club - Age of Impact Review by Gary Hill This album could well be the most important progressive disc of the decade for two reasons. Firstly, by the sheer magnitude of performers on this CD. More
Explorer's Club - Raising the Mammoth Review by Gary Hill Explorer's Club is in session once again. This time Trent Gardner has assembled a different group of musicians that includes drummer Terry Bozzio (UK, Frank Zappa, Bozzio Levin Stevens), bassist John Myung (Liquid Tension Experiment, Platypus, Dream Theater), Kerry Livgren (guitarist for Kansas), Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery) and keyboardist Mark Robertson (Cairo).
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