Prog Rock Community in Second Life
Sorry for short notice: no streaming today, because I just came home, so too late to prepare something.
Next streaming dates:
Saturday July 2nd, 6 pm: t.b.a. at Starport Omega
Sunday July 3rd, 3 pm: t.b.a. at Floating Islands
Thursday July 7th, 1 pm: Prog Rock ABC - The letter I-J at Floating Islands
All times in SLT.
See you next time!
The 2001 release of Yes: Magnification, is in my humble opinion the last really excellent studio album of Yes. It features Jon Anderson on vocals, Steve Howe on guitars, Chris Squire (R.I.P) on bass, Alan White (R.I.P) on drums and an orchestra, instead of a keyboard player. They later toured with Rick Wakeman on keyboards for promoting the album. They played this album also live with an orchestra, which was recorded for a DVD.
I am streaming the limited edition 2-CD box, which includes 3 bonus live recordings. Because the duration is too long for one show, I am playing only one bonus track: Gates of Delirium. The other two bonus tracks will follow the next time.
Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 01:00 GMT, 03:00 CEST)
Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (22:00 GMT, Monday 0:00 CEST)
In 2011 the musicians Tony Levin (bass), David Torn (guitars) and Alan White (drums) came together to record an instrumental progressive rock album. The music resembles a bit the heavier side of the late King Crimson. This is my tribute to Alan White (14 June 1949 – 26 May 2022) R.I.P.
Alan White replaced Bill Bruford in Yes, shortly before the 'Close to the Edge' tour in 1972. He only had a few days to learn their repertoire. So we will listen to a live recording of 'Close to the Edge' plus some other tracks with Alan on the drums.
Starport Omega : Saturday 6 pm SLT (Sunday 01:00 GMT, 03:00 CEST)
Floating Islands : Sunday 3 pm SLT (22:00 GMT, Monday 0:00 CEST)
Are you in the mood for some prog on Thursday?
Today I am playing an album by Steve Hackett, plus tracks by Haken, Half Past Four, Hands, Harmonium, Heldon, Herd of Instinct, Hidden Lands, Roger Hodgson, Hostsonaten, Steve Howe and Huis.
Floating Islands : Thursday 1 pm SLT (20:00 GMT, 22:00 CEST)
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