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Antoine Fafard is the bass player and mastermind behind the band Spaced Out.

Antoine Fafard first came to prominence as the leader and bass player for the outfit Spaced Out.

I suppose this could fall under non-prog as folk rock. I would say that there is enough progressive rock here, to land it where I have, though.

This is an unusual release. It's an instrumental disc with the music often in the heavy range, but sometimes working to mellower territory.

I like The Fall. I can see why some people wouldn’t, though.

I like the Fall a lot. The thing is, I see why a lot of people don’t enjoy their music.

I definitely consider this progressive rock, but prog like modern acts like RPWL and Porcupine Tree.

Family is one of those band I've heard referenced over the years in the history of progressive rock, but never actually heard before.

The Fearless album, from 1971 saw John Wetton joining Family. It also saw the sound of the group change to some degree.

It's Only a Movie was the final album from prog rock act Family. The disc gets a deluxe reissue here.

Shining light on a more obscure prog act, this was the only album released by Fantasy. Well, that's true of the time when they were an active act.

Let’s just say, right off the bat, not all of this is really progressive rock.

This is apparently the second release from this act. I never heard the first one.

This one is questionable for landing under prog. Big Paul Ferguson is probably best known as the drummer for and founder of the band Killing Joke.

Big Paul Ferguson is probably best known as the drummer from Killing Joke.

Featuring Gayle Ellett of Djam Karet fame, this album would land under that heading based entirely on that connection.

This single is so cool.

Frank Zappa was arguably one of the most liberated song-writers out there. I say that in terms of not being restricted to most rules and certainly not genre.

This is an intriguing band that I've never heard before. The group was formed by drummer Andrew McCulloch, keyboardist Graham Field and bassist/vocalist Alan Barry.

I really like the music on this disc a lot.

This is an unusual and intriguing album. I've landed it under progressive rock, but don't expect classic prog here.

Imagine a prog rock act with hints of Alice Cooper in their sound.

These guys are considered a progressive rock band, and I've reviewed a couple other albums that fit pretty tightly under that heading. This one isn't as tight a fit, but it still fits as prog.

This is an intriguing album. It's very effective and accessible.

I've previously reviewed two other albums from this act. Their brand of progressive rock does a great job of merging modern and classic prog sounds.

After hearing this album, and reading the story, I have to wonder what other gems are out there, recorded but never released.

A couple of the musicians here should be quite familiar to regular readers of Music Street Journal.

This disc is likely to make my list of “best of 2013.”

I am a Yes fanatic. I don't ever try to deny that

I've like Pam Fleming and Fearless Dreamer for years. The group consistently produces great music.

I am a big fan of Halloween. For that reason, in my mind, it's never too early to start thinking about Halloween.

This instrumental album features a nice range of sounds.

This new compilation showcases quite a bit of great music from this killer band.

This is quite an intriguing album. It has a range of sounds from mainstream AOR rock leaning on the arena side to pure symphonic prog and fusion.

This is such an impressive release. It would be exceptional no matter who performed this music.

Another progressive rock band to come out of the Pacific Northwest is Flurries.

This is prog, but perhaps not in the way you might expect.

This band has succeeded the sophomore curse by not trying to defeat it, but succumbing to all of the cliches and eclectic efforts to do so.

Focus is probably known mostly for the one song “Hocus Pocus.”

Dutch band Focus is legendary, yet many Americans have only heard one song from them, “Hocus Pocus.”

I'm often skeptical of the "Family Album" or "Friend and Relatives" or "Friends and Relations" albums.

It's always good to hear a new album from Focus. This set is no exception.

This new set is quite intriguing. We get three CDs and a Blu-Ray disc. The first two CDs and the Blu-Ray are the concert recording.

Focus is an act that has quite a legacy. It seems they have been around forever.

If you dig modern King Crimson, you might want to give this album a shot. It has a lot of that sound along with some fusion, Djam Karet and more.

While this is not a tight fit under progressive rock, it is clearly art rock. It's a classy release with a lot of roots music and classical strings involved.

This EP probably lands closest to the type of modern prog rock that is tied to the Rock In Opposition movement.

This is definitely going to be the kind of review where people argue about it landing under progressive rock.

I've reviewed several releases from Stephan Thelen, and this new project of his is not far removed musically from the kind of thing he does solo.

This album is pretty amazing.

This is a new white vinyl release of this 1970 album from the band Freedom.

This is an unusual and intriguing album. It’s also one that’s likely to make my “best of 2016” list.

This is a great disc. The blend of progressive rock sounds here is classic.

A collection like this is hard to capture in a track by track review setting. These tracks are, by definition, more atmospheric and textural.

These days the idea of people playing live with loops and other triggered backing tracks is not revolutionary at all.

This is such an unusual and original set. It’s also brilliant.

Lars Fredrik Frøislie is the keyboardist for Wobbler, who I have reviewed in the past. This solo album consists of just four songs, but two of those are over 15-minutes long.

One doesn’t usually think of progressive rock coming from Nashville, but that’s just where these guys call “home.”

This group is more or less a power trio led by guitarist Joe Doblhofer, who wrote all the compositions here.

As you probably already figured out, this is an album exclusively featuring piano.

This album is, as the title suggests, all played on one instrument - piano. Don't expect traditional piano music, though.

I've been reviewing quite a few releases featuring Satoko Fujii lately. Her piano work is always inventive and unique.

What an intriguing album this is. It's still early in the year, but I think this might wind up making my "best of 2022" list before the year is over.

When writing the review for this CD I've focused on what things sound like, so you'll see percussion mentioned frequently, and it actually is accurate, but probably not in the way you would think.

You don't get much more artistic than the music produced by Futari.

I could definitely see this landing under "non-prog" because of the jazz basis of it. The thing is, while there are a few songs that land purely there, plenty of others cross into proto-prog or Rock in Opposition zones.

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