After seeing The Anderson Council’s incendiary performance at a local venue in New Jersey, TPA’s John Giordano was able to grab a few words with vocalist/guitarist Peter Horvath and lead guitarist Michael Potenza. The two were both warm and engaging,…
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My local record store is also host to the occasional concert. About fifty people fit comfortably into the space otherwise occupied by vinyl, CDs, music paraphernalia and chips and sodas. When the owner recently told me I just had to…
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Not only is John Boegehold of Pattern-Seeking Animals one of the more prolific artists working in any genre today, he is one of the warmest, most gregarious persons you could hope to meet. The following is an edited (no, really)…
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I have been living with the new Pattern-Seeking Animals album, Spooky Action At A Distance, for a while now. Even more so than with the three previous albums, the longer you listen, the more the album reveals itself. P-SA are…
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Rivoli Theater, the Williams Center, Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A. Friday 6th – Sunday 8th October 2023 This will not be your typical concert review. But then, ProgStock is not your typical prog music festival. Yes, there are numerous bands from…
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Glass Hammer have never been afraid to try something new. From the Tolkien-influenced symphonic prog of the early albums, to full on sword and sorcery concepts, to prog pop, to heavy prog and back again, co-founders Steve Babb and Fred…
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The first time I encountered solo Marc Almond was the song My Hand Over My Heart on the 1991 Pride compilation Get Out. I was completely enthralled by such a perfect ’90s pop tune and would play it for anyone…
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I can still remember it vividly. My sister and I, both huge fans of Renaissance, had seen them perform in smaller venues. Now we were going to see them on a warm summer night in June 1975 at Carnegie Hall,…
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Lately it seems that the reimagining of classic albums is in vogue (see the recent TPA reviews of Pink Floyd reimaginings). Rarely, in my opinion, do these albums stray from the original template, something that would be difficult considering how…
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Randy George is probably best known as the go-to bassist for Neal Morse, but if that is all you know about the man, you are selling yourself short. As the bassist/multi-instrumentalist for Ajalon, he helped to elevate Christian progressive rock…
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