While Lord of the Rings remains Bo Hansson’s best known, not to mention best selling (sold quite well in Europe and Australia), I really believe that Attic Thoughts (known in Sweden as Mellanväsen), which is his third solo album, to be by far his best album. After the somewhat lacklustre (but still worth having) Magician’s […] Continue reading →

Focus followed their wonderful Moving Waves with Focus 3, this time being a double album. The band at this point featured guitarist Jan Akkerman, organist/flutist Thijs van Leer, and drummer Pierre van der Linden with new bassist Bert Ruiter (later a member of Earth & Fire). Although this album still has some fine material, it […] Continue reading →

I’m sure a few of you know who Arthur Brown is. He had a hit in 1968 with “Fire”. While he might be thought of as a one-hit wonder, all the albums he’s done up to 1973 are well worth having. 1971’s Galactic Zoo Dossier is that prime example. By this time, The Crazy World […] Continue reading →

Power and the Passion, Eloy’s fourth album, was the album where the band wanted to move away from the guitar and Hammond organ format and to a more spacy, synthesizer dominated sound. It was also their first concept album, this album was about a teenaged boy named Jamie who accidentally swallowed some time eroding drugs […] Continue reading →

Many of you already know The Mother Earth News. You probably see it sold at your local supermarket. Heck, you probably have a few issues lying about in your home. If you’ve given a chance to read the magazine, you’ll notice the magazine is all about living in the country, how to survive, grow your […] Continue reading →

Ireland is well known for artists such as U2, Thin Lizzy, Boomtown Rats, Clannad, Enya, and The Cranberries. One Irish band often ignored is Horslips. They were one of the pioneers of Celtic rock by combining rock with the Celtic music of their homeland, and gave us some rather successful results in the process. They […] Continue reading →

In 1969, Jack S. Margolis wrote a book called A Child’s Garden of Grass. Two years later, an album based on that book surfaced on Elektra Records. If you’re looking for a silly comedy album in which the entire theme is on marijuana, and its affects, then you should go get a copy. I am […] Continue reading →

There were several bands named Cathedral. One was a British metal band, another was a 1990’s Washington, D.C.-based neo-prog rock band, and then there’s this Cathedral, a 1970s prog rock band out of New York. This band only released one album, Stained Glass Stories in 1978, but it’s incredible! Usually little good can be said […] Continue reading →

Eloy has went through so many different lineups and changes in sound that it’s not even funny, but despite that, they stayed pretty much progressive throughout their whole career. 1974’s Floating was Eloy’s third album and finds them pretty much in the same territory as their previous offering, Inside (1973), that is sticking to a […] Continue reading →

Il Balletto di Bronzo was yet another long line of Italian prog bands out there. In 1970, the band released their debut called Sirio 2222. It’s said to be in the psychedelic hard rock vein, like Hendrix, and is not usually highly regarded in prog circles (on the other hand, if you like that type […] Continue reading →