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As described in their own words on their homepage, THE NOVA PROJECT is a "Classical Prog" ensemble, founded by Anthony Glise and Jason Riley, with one simple goal: to combine different musical and historical styles into traditional classical music presented in a progressive rock format. Each recording (and many concerts) include internationally-recognized guest artists with various musical backgrounds including classical, rock, jazz and ethnic influences.

The Nova Project, with its blend of musical influences and stylistic expressions from the worlds of classical music, folk and progressive rock, comes across as an excellent live band with generally strong and compelling songs on this effort. The overall type of music explored seems to be best described as progressive folk rock, and those with an interest in this particular genre are probably the band's main audience. The sophisticated efforts of this outfit will have a more widespread appeal though, and anyone who finds the description classical prog tantalizing might want to spend some time in discovering what The Nova Project is all about.