BEYOND A DREAM
In 2011 Pandora released their sophomore work on AMS/BTF, “Sempre e ovunque oltre il sogno” (Always and everywhere beyond the dream), with the same line up of their debut album featuring Beppe Colombo...
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Minstrel's debut album, “Faust”, in my opinion is a very interesting work but for the band it was very difficult to perform it on stage on account of the many characters and voices. So, after its...
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Il Bacio della Medusa come from Perugia and were formed in 2002 by Simone Cecchini (vocals, 6 & 12 acoustic guitar, mandolin, charango), Federico Caprai (bass) and Diego Petrini (drums, organ,...
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Colster come from Bra, in the province of Cuneo, and began life as a duo on the initiative of Livio Cravero (guitars, bass, synthesizers) and Francesco Previotto (drums, percussion). Their influences...
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MAXOPHONE Live in Milan January 11, 2013More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/353216344776142/Find out more about prog concerts in...
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“Neo”, the second studio album by La Torre dell’Alchimista, was released in 2007, six years after their beautiful debut eponymous work. The line-up is slightly changed and now it features Michele...
View ArticleDREAMING OF BACH
Il Rovescio della Medaglia were one of the many bands of the Italian prog scene of the early seventies. They were from Rome and after two albums in hard rock style, “La bibbia” and “Io come io”, in...
View ArticleA GOLDEN CIRCLE
Il Cerchio d’Oro are an Italian prog band from Savona, formed during the seventies, when they released some singles but had not the chance to release a full length album. The band reunited in 2006 with...
View ArticleFLYING OVER THE LAGOON
Quanah Parker began life in Venice in 1981, going against the tide in a period when progressive rock was completely out of fashion. They split up in 1985 but, after a long hiatus, in 2005 they came to...
View ArticleTHE GENERATION GAP
E.A. Poe are one of the many one-shot bands of the Italian prog scene of the early seventies. They came from the surroundings of Milan and the line-up featured Giorgio Foti (keyboards, vocals), Beppe...
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Moogg come from Brescia and began life in 2003 under the name Moog on the initiative of Marco Dolfini (drums, percussion. vocals), Rosario “Penny” Rampulla (bass) and Toni Gafforini (keyboards), one...
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LA MASCHERA DI CERA+PSYCHO PRAXIS+FLOWER FLESHLive in GenoaFebruary 15, 2013More info: http://www.facebook.com/events/421063207962573/Find out more concerts in...
View ArticleLANGUAGES AND SOUNDS
Rêverie began life in Milan in 1996 on the initiative of composer and guitarist Valerio Vado with the aim of performing an original “ethnic-progressive” music inspired by European and Mediterranean...
View ArticleHEAVEN AND HELL
La Maschera di Cera are an Italian prog band based in Genoa that came to life in 2001 on the initiative of bassist and multi instrumentalist Fabio Zuffanti. The line-up on “LuxAde”, their third album,...
View ArticleTHE FLOWERS OF EVIL
Psycho Praxis began life in Brescia in 2004 but it wasn't until 2011 that the current line up featuring Andrea Calzoni (vocals, flute), Paolo Vacchelli (guitars), Paolo Tognazzi (keyboards), Matteo...
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LA COSCIENZA DI ZENO + GARYBALDI Live in Genoa February 22, 2013More info:http://www.muddywaters.it/Find out more prog concerts in...
View ArticlePIANO VARIATIONS
Tony Pagliuca was Le Orme's keyboardist until 1990. In the early nineties he went solo following a personal artistic path and since then ha has released six albums so far. His last work, “Après Midi –...
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Aldo Tagliapietra is the historic vocalist and bassist of Le Orme, a band that he contributed to found in 1966. In 2009 he went solo and, after a double unplugged live album, in 2012 he self released...
View ArticleAN INTERESTING MASKED BALL
“I am a singer of songs that I learned in the far city, and my calling is to make beauty with the things remembered of childhood. My wealth is in little memories and dreams, and in hopes that I sing in...
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