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Beware of the Winery Dogs…. Good rockin’ headed your way!

So two of my all-time favorite power trios, (guitar, bass and drums) are Cream (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton) and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (Hendrix, Noel Redding(bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums)). Saturday, Andrew told me to be on the look out for a new power trio, The Winery Dogs, composed of the ubiquitous drummer from Dream Theater, Mike Portnoy, guitarist Richie Kotzen, and bass player Billy Sheehan from Mr. Big. He says the advance press from the youtube videos that are on-line is pretty good! The Winery Dogs’ self-produced album is set for release on on Jul 23rd on Loud…

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A Good Music Day ends in Knight Area from the Netherlands!

Yesterday was a Blues and Prog Rock day I. started the day listening to the new album Seesaw from Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa. This was my first listen to the album and. I liked what I heard!  Beth Hart’s strong blues voice and Joe’s powerful guitar are a perfect match! This album will get played a lot over the next  week! Next up were a couple of tracks from a blues album that I’ve been listening to lately Knockin’ Around These Blues from John Primer and Bob Corritore. You’ll be hearing more about this album in the next week!…

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Prog Explorations – from Germany Crises – Coral Dreams

  Crises – Progressive Metal – Germany So one of the albums that’s been on the iPhone for a while and really hasn’t been listened too fully is from the German Prog Rock band Crises. The album is their 2009 release Coral Dreams But tonight I was listening to a mix of tracks on the iPhone and several of the tracks on the album came on and they sounded really good , so I went and listened to a few more and I say I am going to have to give the album a full listen! From ProgArchives: This Prog…

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Lunchtime Prog Rock from Suspyre – A Great Divide

Over the last few days an album that has been listened to several times is the 2007 release from a band called Suspyre, the album is A Great Divide. Here is a quote about their music from their website: “Suspyre’s music has a wide range of influences and members with distinct personalities that make up the band’s sound. We all have a common interest in progressive rock and metal, while jazz and classical are also at the top of our lists. Our current goal for the future is the push our musical boundaries even further by creating a fusion of…

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Life’s Soundtrack: A trip to 30th Street Station with Prymary!

So the soundtrack on my drive into Philly last night to pickup Elizabeth at 30th Street station was The Enemy Within from the progressive metal band Prymary. The album is a little harder rock then what I usually listen to, but the music is just flat-out good, especially from the drums of Chris Quirarte! Anyway here’s some info from the Prog Archives: PRYMARY is a progressive metal band that was formed in 2000 in Southern California and consisted of members Mike Di Sarro (vocals), Sean Entrikin (guitar), Smiley Sean (keyboards), Chris Quirarte (drums), and James Sherwood (bass). PRYMARY released their…

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Kotebel – Ouroboros – and a little ramble by me!

After a folkie morning listening to Left Arm Tan and Matt Harlan, I switched it up this afternoon and put on a little and turned to the symphonic progressive rock of Kotebel. last week I listened to and enjoyed  their 2012 release Concerto For Piano And Electric Ensemble. Today I listened to the band’s 2009 release Ouroboros Of the two I like Ouroboros just a little better. One thing I’ve learned over the last two years of writing this blog is that I am not good at describing the intricacies of the music, what I can tell you is whether…

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New Prog Rock from Old Friends – Soft Machine now Soft Machine Legacy!

So tonight I visited the Jazz Music Archives to see what was new. What I found were some old friends. The second review I saw was for the latest release from Soft Machine Legacy, Burden of Proof. Hum, way back in 1970 or so I was a fan for at least one album of The Soft Machine having bought and played many times, their album Third. Anyway I was interested in finding out who Soft Machine Legacy were what I found out was that the original line-up for the band only lasted through 1971 when Robert Wyatt left the band, after…

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Prog Exploration Goes to France and finds Delusion Squared II

Delusion Squared -Crossover Prog – France So I’ve written before, I like that Prog Rock bands come from all over the world. For example, Delusion Squared.,the band that was the soundtrack for my ride down to the Garden State Parkway is a French band  The album is their sophomore release appropriately titled II The band, formed in 2009, is a trio composed of lead vocalist and guitarist, Lorraine Young, guitarist, keyboard and drummer – Steven Francis and bassist/keyboardist – Emmanuel de Saint Meen. Their music can be classified as Crossover Prog (or Art Rock). If you are a novice to the…

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Prog Rock Explorations: Blind Ego – Numb

So I this morning I listened again to the album Numb from the German group Blind Ego and I liked it as much this time as I did the several previous times I listened! So I was surprised when I went to ProgArchves and saw a rating in the low 3s (3.12). To me, and I know I am just a neophyte when it comes to Prog Rock, the album has everything – good musicianship and vocals, and lots of tempo changes keep me interested in the music! The band is a side project for RPWL guitarist Karlheinz “Kalle” Wallner….

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Prog Explorations: Shadow Circus – On a Dark and Stormy Night

Ok so maybe I have to reconsider my approach to music listening when it comes to Prog Rock. Typically, I listen to an album and then go and find out about the artist and their music. With Prog Rock I think it is most time wise to visit their site and read about the album BEFORE listening! You see many prog rock artist don’t create songs, they create albums many times concept albums and even when it’s not a concept album the tracks often are based on something!! This became clear with my latest listen, On a Dark and Stormy…

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