by TW on January 25, 2010
Hugo Flores is a multi-instrumentalist based in Lisbon, Portugal. He’s a multi-instrumentalist by necessity, that is. You see, Hugo’s head is filled with many very detailed dreams of distant solar systems, automated replacement of the functions of humanity, and failing experiments related to social engineering. Hugo has been trying to bring life to these dreams [...]
by TW on December 20, 2009
So many bands these days are challenged to present a sound that encompasses their diverse influences yet sets them far apart from all that has gone before. Raleigh, North Carolina’s, Between The Buried And Me are a band that has been able to move forward by discarding labels and paying absolute attention to their muses. [...]
by TW on December 14, 2009
For whatever reason progressive rock has never established a foothold in Ireland. Just across the Irish Sea, in neighboring England, progressive rock flourished in the 1970s so much that entire “schools” of prog were born. Maybe it was the political climate of the land that kept the often fantasy-themed explorations of prog from finding roots [...]
by TW on December 7, 2009
I have been a fan of guitarist Steve Morse from the first time I heard his playing with the Dixie Dregs. At the time, there certainly wasn’t another band fusing rock, jazz and country into such musical statements as Free Fall, Industry Standard or Dregs Of The Earth. The Dregs’ sound was certainly the result [...]