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Fonya: Upper Level Open Space
by Michael Askounes
Fonya’s Upper Level Open Space is the sixth release from an extremely talented composer and performer named Chris Fournier, a performer who not only composed and arranged all the tracks on the release but also plays every single note of sound on the CD as well. The artist’s style adroitly combines the best qualities of both ...
Stefan Dill: Sangre Del Rio
by Michael Askounes
Go ahead – I DARE you to classify guitarist Stefan Dill’s 1997 release Sangre Del Rio into any one musical genre. After listening to the 74 minute work of art several times, I decided the genre it most fit was “Free-Form Guitar Tuning, Banging and Noodling Accompanied Occasionally by a Lady Playing a Harp,” but I ...
Ed Macan's Hermetic Science: Prophesies
by Michael Askounes
Ed Macan - scholar, author, progressive rock aficionado... and mallet percussionist. His band Hermetic Science (the band that brought you “Mars: The Bringer of War” played on the marimba) is back for another go around of “vibrariffic” music with their second CD titled Prophesies. However, this time around Macan brought some other instruments along for the ...
Species Being: orgone therapy
by Michael Askounes
“Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream.” This should be the disclaimer on the cover of Species Being’s latest release, orgone therapy. I’ll admit when I read in the liner notes the statement “The music on this CD was entirely improvised and recorded directly to two track with no overdubs,” I was skeptical. I’ve never ...
Deadwood Forest: Mellodramatic
by Michael Askounes
Houston, Texas is knows for a lot of things (oil, big hats, cowboy boots, mechanical bulls, etc.), but nowhere on the list is progressive rock - it just doesn't fit the mental profile of the city. However, if music industry mavens have any brains in their head at all, a little known Houston band by the ...
Georg Cocron: Eight Driver
by Michael Askounes
George Cocron can really wail on that “GEEETAR,” and he makes that incredibly clear on his latest release, a solid but sometimes unfocused release titled Eight Driver. The styles on the CD range from straight-ahead roadhouse rock and roll to a couple of attempts as smooth jazz – Cocran is obviously making a sincere effort to ...
Hermetic Science: Ed Macan's Hermetic Science
by Michael Askounes
Just because ideas are different and have the best of intentions does not always mean they will work. In music, true progressive performers try to find a musical space that has not yet been occupied so as to become innovators and carve a niche out for them or their band. Unfortunately, prog rock aficionado Ed Macan ...
Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project: Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project
by Michael Askounes
Jim Keltner apparently gets off on sampling every percussive sound he comes across – kitchen utensils, rattling chains, banging on a table, etc. I know this because I’ve just finished listening to the Charlie Watts Jim Keltner Project, and I think I’ve heard every possible banging sound that this planet has to offer. When super-session man ...
Jeff Fayman & Robert Fripp: A Temple in the Clouds
by Michael Askounes
Robert Fripp is like a box of chocolates. One minute he's the evil scientist pumping out some of the most intense and disturbing metal ever recorded with the boys in King Crimson, and the next minute he's a new age disciple using his guitar to create incredibly soothing and “healing" textures. A Temple in the Clouds ...
bobbywayne: [we'll see]
by Michael Askounes
Jazz/rock guitarist bobbywayne’s (no, that’s not a typo) latest CD [we’ll see] is a mix of “smooth jazz” vibes and some tasty electric guitar work by the veteran axeman. It is also a case in point as to why electronic drums and drum machines should all be collected and cast into the eternal pit of fiery ...
