by Blake | Apr 4, 2017 | Prog Report
Dan Briggs, bassist for Between the Buried and Me, talks about the group’s recent tour and the upcoming live set Coma Ecliptic Live, as well as, his new project Nova Collective.
Coma Ecliptic Live is a full performance of the band’s recent album played in its entirety on tour. Read our review of the album here.
Also, Nova Collective’s new album The Further Side with members of Haken and Cynic is out as well, our review can be read here.
For the full audio interview click the link below or download the podcast on iTunes.
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by Blake | Apr 4, 2017 | Prog Report
New York City prog quintet Edensong are pleased to present the premiere of their brand new video for the track “In the Longest of Days” from their 2016 album ‘Years in the Garden of Years’, which you can see here.
Vocalist James Schoen had this to say about the song:
“In the Longest of Days” is really the song that inspired the concept behind the album Years in the Garden of Years. It was the first song I wrote from scratch for Edensong since the Fruit Fallen days and it remains one of my favorites, and one that flowed really easily for me.
Conceptually, the song depicts a lifetime in the span of a single day; All our desires, aspirations, and struggles distilled into a solitary rotation of the earth on its axis.
True to the concept, we filmed the video in the span of a single day, up in rural Vermont, where I felt the epic landscape could really complement the feel of the music. Once again, we teamed up with our good friend filmmaker Nick Fiore, and worked with an incredible local dancer Hanna Satterlee. Since just getting the guys in the band together for rehearsal can often be a challenge, I was quite nervous about our ability to pull all this off in a day (especially considering it was an outdoor shoot in VT in the middle of November) but things couldn’t have come together more perfectly! Thanks, Global warming! Both the song and the video shoot flowed pretty effortlessly, a rarity in my experience!”
The band have been described by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull as “a great example of the contemporary face of Progressive Rock.
Years In The Garden Of Years is available through Laser’s Edge; CD orders can be placed HERE and the digital HERE.
EDENSONG Tour Dates:
5/07/2017 RoSfest – Gettysburg, PA w/ Neal Morse, Anglagard, more [info]
5/20/2017 Terra Incognita Festival – Quebec City, QC w/ Glasshammer, Universe Effects, more [info]
5/22/2017 Sneaky Dee’s – Toronto, ON w/ Imminent Sonic Destruction
5/24/2017 The Firebird – St. Louis, MO w/ Imminent Sonic Destruction
5/25/2017 Martyrs – Chicago, IL w/ Imminent Sonic Destruction
5/26/2017 The Loving Touch – Detroit, MI w/ Imminent Sonic Destruction
5/27/2017 Sherlock’s – Erie, PA w/ Imminent Sonic Destruction
5/28/2017 DROM – New York, NY w/ Imminent Sonic Destruction
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by Blake | Apr 3, 2017 | Prog Report
The Flower Kings started as a solo album by Swedish guitarist and singer Roine Stolt in 1994, who’s first album was titled The Flower King. The need for a backing band turned into the band that would become The Flower Kings and by their 3rd album, Stardust We Are, the band really began to click and Prog fans took real notice. Catapulted by the 25 minute closing track of the same name, the album would make The Flower Kings one of the top groups in the new world of modern Prog.
Joined by fellow songwriter Thomas Bodin and vocalist Hasse Froberg, who would become an official permanent member at the time of this recording, ‘Stardust We Are’ saw the band maturing as writers and really finding their footing. Roine Stolt explains, “I think at that point I realized though there was actually an audience for this kind of music out there, outside of Sweden, and maybe even in Sweden. And I realized there was an audience for my band, people like seemed to like The Flower Kings, and so that was kind of a revelation; realizing that okay we can actually make albums and people will buy them. I think that was probably the spark that got us into making a double album which ‘Stardust We Are was. I had so many songs and so many ideas, some older ideas just lying there for a while. I had some new ideas and I was writing new songs. So it was a very creative moment in time for me, and happy one as I remember it.”
The band have released 12 studio albums, the most recent being Desolation Rose in 2013.
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by Blake | Apr 3, 2017 | Prog Report
In actual Yes news, the band have announced a special event with SiriusXM to celebrate the band’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Class of 2017, this Friday, April 7 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The exclusive in-studio audience event “SiriusXM Volume Presents an Artist Confidential with YES” will be hosted by David Fricke and broadcast live this Wednesday, April 5 on the VOLUME channel (106), the first 24/7 talk radio channel dedicated to the discussion of music, starting at 8pm ET.
The hour-long event will feature an interview with the YES line-up of Rock Hall inductees Steve Howe (guitar) and Alan White (drums), Geoff Downes (keyboards; first joined Yes in 1980), Jon Davison (vocals since 2011) and Billy Sherwood (guitar/keyboards in the 1990s and the late Chris Squire’s choice to take over bass/vocals in 2015), plus a few acoustic performances.
Photo credit: Glenn Gottlieb
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by Blake | Apr 1, 2017 | Prog Report
In somewhat surprising news, the members of the current lineup of Yes and the newly formed ARW have announced a joint tour. This comes following Yes’ overdue induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The ceremony, which will feature a reunion of sorts with Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, and Rick Wakeman, with Steve Howe and the remaining current lineup of Yes of Jon Davison, Geoff Downes, Billy Sherwood, and Alan White, is taking place on April 7th.
It was the rehearsals for the performance at the ceremony that prompted the core to decide to tour together. They are planning to tour under the new name of YARWES with tour dates to be announced following the induction ceremony.
Stay tuned for more details to come.
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