Stick Men is a unique power trio. Founded by legendary and still cutting edge bassist / Chapman Stick artist, Tony Levin, Stick Men continues to expand the horizons of modern progressive music. With the departure of fellow Stick artist Michael Bernier, Austrian touch guitar master, Markus Reuter, has joined King Crimson band-mates Levin and drummer Pat Mastelotto for one of the most impressive forays into modern music. Absalom represents the first recorded portion of a planned longer CD release from Stick Men.

My impression of Absalom is that with the first listen, you’ll likely immediately be drawn into the expansive diversity of styles, sounds, and textures spread through this highly enjoyable and musically advanced EP. I have been listening to this collection for several weeks, and I can only say that the songs are growing even more on me. Each listen gives the opportunity to hear a different relationship of sounds I hadn’t noticed on the prior listen. This is very, very good music of our era. I highly recommend this album.

This single from Anderson, Bruford Wakeman and Howe is out of print, of course, but these days, it’s not that hard (or sometimes expensive) to get your hands on something like this.

In late 1997 (released in 1998) a thing of beauty was recorded between opera singers and rock guitarists called “Angelica.”

Fans of the So album will especially want to pick this up.

Old school prog fans should find plenty to like here. That said, modern progressive rock aficionados will probably like it, too. .


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This single from Anderson, Bruford Wakeman and Howe is out of print, of course, but these days, it’s not that hard (or sometimes expensive) to get your hands on something like this.

Steve Thorne is one of the great unsung British prog heroes, a veritable one man band who has released a series of consistently well-crafted and thought-provoking solo albums, Crimes & Reasons being his fourth.

This is quite a cool set. The main man behind this is Billy Sherwood, and I always like the stuff he does.

Cleopatra Records loves doing these tribute albums, typically with Billy Sherwood in charge.

There is certainly something to be said for truth in advertising. Looking at the group name and the album title, really sets the stage for the music within.

I had never seen the mighty King Crimson play live before - not surprising, as I was only ten years old when the band last played my home town in 1974!

The excellent “Two of a Perfect Trio” tour was a well-publicized and equally well received series of concerts featuring the bands of King Crimson legends Tony Levin and Adrian Belew.

King Crimson has one of the most interesting and complicated histories in all of progressive rock. The lineup is one of the most dynamic, too.

Downey, California is best remembered for the spacecrafts, fighter jets and B-1 bombers built there over the past three or four decades.

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This Derek Sherinian disc is just getting the reissue treatment.

I've been looking to do a retro review of this box set for a while. I finally had the opportunity this time around.

So was clearly the album that broke Peter Gabriel into the mainstream.

I am a big fan of pretty much anything Billy Sherwood is involved with and I love Supertramp, so when I heard Sherwood was in charge of assembling an all star tribute to Supertramp, I was excited.

Here is another compilation of Yes music. It is the first two CDs from The Ultimate Yes, repackaged.

What an amazing set this is.

Is this album progressive rock? No.

The third album from Yes, The Yes Album was a transitional disc. 

When King Crimson reformed after the 80s period, there were definitely elements of that period still present in their sound. 

This live album is pretty great. .

This album is fully instrumental. It’s a great disc, too. Some of the music here has appeared elsewhere (although most of the time in different arrangements)

This 1976 release was Frank Zappa's only set on Warner Brothers Records. It has the usual type of Zappa weirdness you would expect.