Since we have been blessed with all of these great bands from the Netherlands I thought I would say thank you to them with this show review by one of my all time favourite bands, The Pink Floyd. So this is for my Dutch Family; Iris (Ier!), Frank, Eric, Peter and the other members of…
Month: April 2016
PROJECTiON: (noun) An Estimation of What Might Happen in the Future. (Adj) A Prog Band from The Netherlands
When a band names themselves after what they do you can generally and almost immediately get a feel for what they are all about and in this case it’s about the music and how they project it. PROJECTiON comes to us from the town of Varsseveld in The Netherlands where they share the sound landscapes…
In Vacuum, In Space or In Mind it’s all about Profuna Ocean’s way here
From the Netherlands and founded eight years ago we bring you Profuna Ocean with their latest release of “In Vacuum“. Coming from the land of; windmills, tulips, cheese and wonderful river systems the Netherlands are rich in their history as well as their landscapes and beautifully kept cities but it’s also steeped rich in music…
Armonite Brings Us a New Sun Each Day to Bask in its Glow
From the scenic and historical lands of Italy comes Armonite a Prog duo that is both innovative and experimental in their unique style of sound. What comes to mind when one thinks of Italy? Food, Wine, Art, Romance among many other things brilliant and beautiful about the country but also music and this time, Prog…
Canadian Zen from Beautiful North Bay with Khan Tengri
Canada; the true north, strong and free as our national anthem says and throughout its vast lands of beautiful forests, lakes and cities we are also known for putting out some great bands over the years in several genres; Rush, The Tragically Hip, April Wine, Max Webster, Barenaked Ladies, The Guess Who to name but…
Crescent Moon…… They’re Not on The Dark Side of it… Or Are They?
The Netherlands is home to many great bands over the last few decades and they just keep creating and producing some amazing sounds in an assortment of genres to appease anyone’s ears and for our requests of more Prog we have been sent, Crescent Moon from the small village of Babberich with their debut record,…
Bay of Bengal, not for Geography Class but Prog from Bangladesh
One never knows where one will find Prog in the world but here we find it from the city of Chittagong in the southeastern region of Bangladesh with this band, “Bay of Bengal“. Discovery of this band was by pure fluke and absolutely unknown to me until I saw and asked, “What is this? The…
The REAL Slow Hand, Mr. David Gilmour & Co. Plays Toronto’s Air Canada Centre March 31st 2016
With a little stroke of luck from one of the sales reps at my mom’s work I was able to scoreĀ seats at what was probably 20,000 people packing Toronto’s Air Canada Centre tonight. It’s amazing that David Gilmour could even hear himself play let alone sing over the the thousands of voices who sang…