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[Poodyglitz]

Gentle Giant is a fabulous band and should have gotten wider recognition. It's unfortunate that progressive rock only saw a few brief shining moments, in the limelight, when there is so much great progressive music out there.

I totally agree. Gentle Giant had a very interesting combination of Classical, British Folk and Funk. I was blown away by "The Power And The Glory". Progressive Rock should have had a much longer run, originally. Great to see the younger bands bringing it back.

Did you ever hear a Patrick Moraz album called "i"? It was done before his stint with Yes. It had some very interesting ideas.

[Ktrek]

Did you ever hear a Patrick Moraz album called "i"? It was done before his stint with Yes. It had some very interesting ideas.

Yes! I am very fond of that album. Of course I didn't know who Moraz was until I became a YES fan but when he joined the band I became interested enough to buy his material.

There a lot of progressive rock bands around and always have been but they just don't get any airplay except on Internet stations or obscure college radio shows. Another group I would highly recommend is Glasshammer. I would say they fall under the Symphonic Prog category. Here is their website:

http://www.glasshammer.com/

Check them out! I think you would be pleasantly surprised!

Kevin

[Poodyglitz]

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There a lot of progressive rock bands around and always have been but they just don't get any airplay except on Internet stations or obscure college radio shows. Another group I would highly recommend is Glasshammer. I would say they fall under the Symphonic Prog category. Here is their website:

http://www.glasshammer.com/

Check them out! I think you would be pleasantly surprised!
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Listened to some selections from "JOURNEY OF THE DUNADAN". There's definitely a Rick Wakeman/Keith Emerson vibe there. Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Ktrek]

You're welcome! Yes they are very keyboard oriented. Do you like Camel? If you like guitar oriented material their stuff is excellent. Another obscure but cool band is Jade Warrior.

Kevin

[Poodyglitz]

Don't know them. Will have to check them out. I need to listen to Aural Moon on iTunes. Perhaps I'll hear them there.

[Ktrek]

Yea...I'm sure Aural Moon plays them. I love chatting about progressive rock. It's hard to find people who even know what it is let alone like it! lol

Kevin

[Ktrek]

BTW here is a list of several Internet radio stations that play prog.

http://www.progradio.net/stations.htm

Kevin

[Poodyglitz]

Cool. Thanks. I've been listening to a lot of Electronica in recent years. Time for a change.

[Ktrek]

You can also learn a lot about progressive music at this site called Progressive Ears. They also have a pretty active chat room and people are always chatting about music in there. Here's the link:

http://www.progressiveears.com/

Kevin