New England Art (Progressive) Rock Society - New England's Ear on Progressive (Prog) Rock Music
What is NewEARS? A not-for-profit organization of progressive music lovers. The primary goal of NewEARS is to create a community of music enthusiasts dedicated to sharing and promoting progressive rock in the New England area.

Please see the About page for more information about our goals and history, as well as contact information.


NewEARS
Art Rock Series

  • 2008-10-12
    NewEARS presents: Holding Pattern at Acton Jazz Cafe at 08:00 PM
    $25.00


    New England Events

  • 2008-09-14
    The Mars Volta at Orpheum Theater at 07:30 PM
    $30 - $38

  • 2008-09-14
    Wishbone Ash at The Bull Run, Shirley MA at 08:00 PM
    $22 ($26 day of show)

  • 2008-09-27
    Lotus at Paradise Rock Club at 08:00 PM
    $15.00

  • 2008-10-12
    NewEARS presents: Holding Pattern at Acton Jazz Cafe at 08:00 PM
    $25.00

  • 2008-10-14
    Joe Satriani at Orpheum Theater, Boston MA at 07:30 PM
    $29.50 - $300 (Club Joe)

  • 2008-10-23
    California Guitar Trio at Narrows Center for the Arts, Fall River MA at 08:00 PM
    $20 ($23 day of show)

  • 2008-10-24
    California Guitar Trio at The Stone Church, Newmarket, NH. at TBA
    TBA

  • 2008-10-25
    California Guitar Trio at The Center for the Arts, Natick, Ma. at TBA
    TBA

  • 2008-11-19
    Symphony X at The Palladium, Worcester MA at 08:00 PM
    $26.50 - $56.00 (VIP)


  • NewEARS BLOGS!!!

    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 ...


    Prog in the News

    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.