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Ex-King Crimson violinist David Cross leads Reggies through landmark “Larks’ Tongues In Aspic”

What King Crimson lacked in commercial marketability, it more than made up for in innovation and experimentation, so much so that multiple generations of alternative, [More…]

British heavyweights Wishbone Ash crank up the twin guitars, deliver all of “Live Dates”

Back when double concert albums were all the rage on vinyl, complete with a gatefold sleeve of course, blues-drenched hard rockers Wishbone Ash led that pack with “Live [More…]

Carl Palmer’s ELP Legacy: Progtoberfest II at Reggies Chicago

Click here for a review of Carl Palmer from Progtoberfest II at Reggies Chicago. For additional information on Carl Palmer, visit CarlPalmer.com. For a list of upcoming shows [More…]

ELP/Asia drum titan Carl Palmer closes Progtoberfest II in honor of longtime collaborator Keith Emerson

Drummer extraordinaire Carl Palmer has never shied away from his roots in Emerson, Lake & Palmer (even as he continues switching between Asia and solo life), though [More…]

The Security Project stages an all-star salute to Peter Gabriel at second installment of Progtoberfest

The spirit of Peter Gabriel came to Reggies Chicago for Saturday’s edition of Progtoberfest II (expertly curated by Kevin Pollack) as The Security Project brought an [More…]

The Security Project: Progtoberfest II at Reggies Chicago

Click here for a review of The Security Project from Progtoberfest II at Reggies Chicago. For additional information on The Security Project, visit the [More…]

Brand X: Progtoberfest II at Reggies Chicago

Click here for a Brand X review from Progtoberfest II at Reggies Chicago. For additional information on Brand X, visit the official Brand X page on Facebook. For a list of [More…]

Newly reunited Brand X packs extended interpretations of seminal past for Progtoberfest II

Outside of some spot touring in the ‘90s spearheaded by original guitarist John Goodsall and bassist Percy Jones, it’s been 39 years since Brand X toured with [More…]

Trey Gunn talks Security Project, Peter Gabriel, Progtoberfest, plus time in King Crimson

Re-imagining the music of Peter Gabriel and early Genesis is far from an easy task given the complex, intricate and unpredictable nature of the source material, but that’s [More…]

Brand X resumes jazz fusion jams on the road, which includes first Chicago stop in ages

With some of the most intriguing sounds (not to mention mysterious album covers) to ever come out of England in the second half of the 1970s, jam band extraordinaire Brand X [More…]