Kentucky has little going for it. Well okay at least when it comes to progressive rock! Dream the Electric Sleep are the exception. I’ve been into them since they released their second album, “Heretics” in 2014. It’s hard to believe it has been 9 years! “Beneath The Dark Wide Sky” was their last album of new music and it maintained the high quality of music that was set by “Heretics” and their debut album “Lost and Gone Forever.” Finally DTES have some NEW music! Obviously the pandemic delayed things as did their lives outside of music. Bands like them have to work after all. Now we have “Amer ..read more

I am a massive Toto fan and of course a huge fan of Steve Lukather. Might as well get that out of the way. When I heard that “Bridges” was a bridge between a Toto album and a Lukather album, I was definitely excited. Toto has no plans to release another album, though all three current members worked on “Bridges.” David Paich and Joseph Williams co wrote a few songs on here and guest as well. And the album is definitely more like latter day Toto than Luke’s more recent albums. Though he is a huge part of the Toto sound, so it’s hard to separate the man from the band and vice versa. “Far From Ov ..read more

My top studio album of 2022 is the new album by Elder, “Innate Passage.” Highest possible recommendation. This band just gets stronger and stronger ..read more

I am a huge fan of John Mitchell, the man behind Lonely Robot. I am glad he does all of these projects outside of Arena. What projects? Lonely Robot is one but also he’s had supergroup Kino and the resurrected It Bites. Each benefit from Mitchell’s immense talent. The songwriting is always TOP notch. He’s a great guitarist for sure, but I really love his distinctive vocal style. “A Model Life” is the fifth Lonely Robot album and possibly the best so far. Lonely Robot was initially conceived as a musical trilogy but InsideOut pushed for more. And I am glad they did. From the opener “Recalibrati ..read more

It’s no secret that Pink Floyd is a massive influence on the band Airbag and their guitarist Bjørn Riis. Riis has had a very busy solo career and just released an album in April of 2022 called “Everything to Everyone.” And he is back again! This time with an EP/mini album which is intended as an homage to Pink Floyd. I suppose there’s no reason to try to hide the influence. Why not celebrate it? And that he does on “A Fleeting Glimpse.” Adding to the connection is Floyd backing vocalist Durga McBroom who guests on the opening track, “Dark Shadows (part 1).” She does some wordless improv vocals ..read more

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