08/15/2008 : NewEARS presents Holding Pattern at the Acton Jazz Cafe on Columbus Day weekend.
NewEARS is pleased to announce the return of Holding Pattern to the Boston area at the Acton Jazz Café on October 12th in support of their 2007 reunion album “Breaking the Silence”.  Please ...

05/30/2008 : NewEARS & Progression to host Fish Boston pre-gig Meet & Greet
NewEARS and Progression Magazine are happy to help Fish with his pre-gig Meet & Greet at the Common Ground in Allston on June 25th from 6-8 PM before the show at the Paradise Rock Club. The ...

05/01/2008 : The Return of The Flower Kings
BostonProg.com is happy to announce the return of The Flower Kings to The Regent Theater in Arlington on August 27th. For more than a decade Sweden’s now legendary progressive rock giants,The ...

2008-09-03: Pictures From the Recent BostonProg/NewEARS show
Pictures from the recent Flower Kings show at the Regent Theater in Arlington, Mass.

2008-08-13: Review: California Guitar Trio "Echoes"
California Guitar Trio are certainly well known for creating unique progressive rock instrumental pieces. They are perhaps even more associated with turning rock music classics into killer mellow prog instrumentals – with m

2008-08-08: Billy Sheehan's Online Clinic
Broadcasting from my his home (he thinks) a live on-line clinic($19.95). Bass Player Magazine set this up & is sponsoring it. It’s my first on-line clinic in a long time. Everybody on Earth is welcome!

2008-08-06: Interview: Amon Duul II
As one of the titans of 60's/70's German psychedelic rock (aka Krautrock, aka kosmische), most rock fans think they know about Amon Duul II but do they really? We know about the great albums, the line-ups and the discography

2008-08-05: They'll be all ears in Lowell
As many as 800 astute ears are expected to converge upon Lowell this fall. Sound-recording academics and professionals from around the world -- about 400 of them -- are expected to converge on Lowell in November, when The

2008-07-31: Review: Kansas "Two for the Show"
Kansas was always one of those bands that everyone loved to hate. Despite the lack of media support, the band soldiered through and always managed to be on top of their game. Fantastic musicianship and great songwriting was

2008-07-29: Send Well Wishesand Good Vibes to Stan Whitaker as He Battles Cancer
Some of you may have heard that Oblivion Sun's founder, guitarist and singer Stanley Whitaker has a health issue that will be taking center stage in his life for the next several months. His wife, LeeAnne has created a page

2008-07-24: New Release: Garaj Mahal
When you hear your first Garaj Mahal note, leading into an innovative fusion of funky jazz with a tasty world music flair, all other thoughts leave your mind as the music takes you on an unforgettable voyage. Fans return to

2008-07-24: Retro Review: Deep Purple "Purpendicular"
I will preface this review by stating that Ritchie Blackmore’s untimely departure from Deep Purple in 1993, and his subsequent replacement by Steve Morse as the band’s guitarist, was nothing short of a blessing. Not since

2008-07-21: Video: Oblivion Sun live at Jammin Java on 7/5/08
A recent video of Oblivion Sun live at Jammin Java on 7/5/08.

2008-07-14: Review: Kansas – Two for the Show (30th Anniversary Expanded Edition)
Okay, maybe I am not the one who should be writing this review as I wrote the liner notes to the new 30th Anniversary Expanded Edition of TFTS and I am a self-professed Kansas fanatic. That said I have to tell you that this a

2008-07-10: DVD Review: Spock's Beard
Still held as one of modern day progressive rock’s most sacred, Spock’s Beard again brings a live offering to the table, this time in the visual aspect. Only about three years after their first post-Morse live set Glutton

2008-07-08: Interview: Rich Williams of Kansas
Rich Williams is more than happy to talk about his 37 years as lead guitarist for Kansas, and about the band's release of a remastered version of the 1978 double live album, Two For The Show. The new release includes ten

2008-07-08: Review: Beardfish "Sleeping in Traffic; Part 2"
One year on from the release of their first album for InsideOut Music, Beardfish fulfills the promise made via the title of that release (Sleeping in Traffic Part One) with the second half of their lengthy concept piece.

2008-07-07: Absolutely Fantastic Pictures from NEARfest X
Some excellent photos from Studio M of the recent NEARfest X.