by Blake Carpenter | May 10, 2023 | Staff
Scott grew up in the suburbs of Tampa, Florida, in the 70s and 80s, immersed in music from multiple genres all at once. His mother was a classical music and jazz lover, while his father appreciated folk music and tiki-influenced exotica sounds. Of course, AM radio at...
by Blake Carpenter | Jan 16, 2023 | Staff
Ian Carss is an Englishman living in Boston. Grew up in the 70’s and 80’s listening to Pink Floyd, Yes, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and the like. Since the explosion of the internet has become a fan of the edgy, the dissonant and the experimental from Rehearsal...
by Blake Carpenter | Nov 18, 2022 | Staff
What happens when an 8-year-old kid in 1972 gets his first transistor radio and his first musical loves on WABC-AM and WWRL-AM in New York are classic R&B, the symphonic soul of Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra, and the “pop Prog” of Jeff Lynne and the...
by Rayna Monforti | Sep 20, 2020 | Staff
Mark B, proud English-American (there’s a parade every year but it’s a secret), even prouder New Yorker. Cat lover and open-eared music obsessive. Refuses to recognize genres. “there’s only two types of music – music you like and music...
by Rayna Monforti | Sep 20, 2020 | Staff
<strong>”Purveyor of the Best of Prog, with a passionate enthusiasm (leaning towards the obsessive) from around the world”</strong> Never afraid to dig into the archives and scour the world for Progressive Rock. Richard spends a big part of his...
by Rayna Monforti | Sep 20, 2020 | Staff
Chuck Simons grew up in the 70s with mostly classic rock and the big 4, YES, Genesis, Pink Floyd, and Rush. I had no idea of all the other Prog music going on at the time. Got married in the 80s and focused on family at the same time prog rock was going through a...
