De Boerderij, Zoetermeer Saturday 14th September 2019 In 1979 I witnessed for the first (and last) time a performance by the legendary Mike Oldfield, together with a choir, an orchestra and an extensive rock ensemble, when he visited my hometown…
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Toto is a band that divides music fans into two camps, pro or con, and there is no middle ground. You either condemn the group for its silky smooth productions, catchy tunes and (too) high hit content, or you embrace…
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Quantum Pig claim that they are, at the same time, ‘a prog band and not a prog band’ and mention influences as diverse as Carl Sagan, Queen, Maya Angelou, Frost*, Richard Buckminster Fuller and Hüsker Dü. Astronomy, science, classic and…
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Although as reviewers at The Progressive Aspect we are quite free when it comes to form and content of our work, some limitations remain: the subject should clearly belong to the ‘Prog’ category and compilations or ‘best of’ albums are…
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De Boerderij, Zoetermeer (NL) Friday 21st June 2019 They hadn’t been around for many years and then all of a sudden they appear two (or possibly even three) times within twelve months. I am talking, of course, about the Swedish…
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