Prog rock on NPR!
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Topic: Prog rock on NPR!
Posted By: djfake
Subject: Prog rock on NPR!
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 15:40
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Didn't see this get a mention here, I'll post before it gets too old. I was a guest on NPR's Sound Opinions late last year, talking about progressive rock. The radio show is available for download or streaming.
http://www.soundopinions.org/shownotes/2009/111309/shownotes.html - Sound Opinions "One of the terms that keeps coming up again and again on Sound Opinions is “Progressive Rock.” The Decemberists channel it, Mastodon references it, and countless of fans are obsessed with it. So, this week Jim and Greg decide to dive right in to this larger-than-life, fantastical genre that, let’s face it, sometimes makes us laugh. They talk to Charles Snider, author of The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock, about Prog’s heydey in the 1970’s. Charles, Jim and Greg define the genre as having the following traits: it is visionary and experimental, it has virtuosity in both execution and composition, it’s romantic, and it has a sense of “Britishness.” So which bands do it best? Charles and our hosts recommend the following for great, Progressive headphone listening." ------------- Author, "The Strawberry Bricks Guide to Progressive Rock" www.progressiverock.com |
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Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: February 11 2010 at 17:40
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Britishness, lol. ------------- 
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