May.21, 2018—the Grey Eagle; Asheville, NC
SUBJECT: the Sea and Cake
Solo
Cecil Taylor, 1973
Symphony no.3
Henryk Górecki, 1992
David Byrne
May.08, 2018—Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; Asheville, NC
Fracture
Kailin, 2017
Digswell Duets
Lol Coxhill, 1978
Superchunk
Apr.28, 2018—the Grey Eagle; Asheville, NC
Progressive Defenses 2
A mix in defense of the unfairly maligned genre of progressive rock.
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Earth Hymn
Budgie: Stranded
Uriah Heap: Tears in My Eyes
The Norman Haines Band: Rabbits
Brian Auger: Oblivion Express
Robert Fripp: Disengage
Osiris: Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Can: Vernal Equinox
Gong: Master Builder
Brand X: Malaga Virgen
Volker Kriegel: Plonk Whenever
Carol Grimes & Delivery: The Wrong Time
Nucleus: Oasis
Julie Tippetts: Oceans and Sky (and Questions Why)
Amon Düül II: Telephonecomplex
Nektar: The Dream Nebula
Traffic: Dream Gerrard
UK: Thirty Years
Fuchsia: Another Nail
Hatfield and the North: Fitter Stoke Has a Bath
Yonin Bayashi: Ping-Pong Dama no Nageki
Trees: Sally Free and Easy
If you’re looking for even more progressive rock, I wanted to include the first volume here, since it was released before the start of this blog. This original missive includes a lot of the biggest names in prog, from King Crimson to Yes and Genesis.
Four Stones
Dean McPhee, 2018
Screaming Females
Apr.15, 2018—the Mothlight; Asheville, NC
None Stop Disco Style
Ranking Dillinger, 1977(?)
Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Jayce Ogren conducting
Apr.14, 2018—Thomas Wolfe Auditorium; Asheville, NC
playing with fire / spectrum / melomania / highs lows and heavenly blows / pure phase
Spacemen 3, 1988
Sonic Boom, 1990
Spectrum, 1994
Spiritualized, 1995
the Darkside, 1992
Circuit des Yeux
Apr.10, 2018—the Mothlight; Asheville, NC
The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste
Ministry, 1989
Negative Chambers
Yair Elazar Glotman & Mats Erlandsson, 2017
Big Ears Festival, 2018
Knoxville TN
Roscoe Mitchell; Cyro Baptista's Vira Locos; Ikue Mori; Rocket Science; Milford Graves; Arto Lindsay; Jenny Sheinman's Mischief & Mayhem; Medeski Martin & Wood; The Thing; Gas; Kid Koala; Rushes Ensemble performing Michael Gordon; Evan Parker Electro-acoustic Ensemble; Yuka Honda; Sonus Ensemble; Laurel Halo featuring Eli Keszler; Kelly Lee Owens; Four Tet; Tyshawn Sorey; Suuns; Kieren Hebden & Mats Gustafsson; Bangs; Nief Norf performing Steve Reich
Roscoe Mitchell
Arto Lindsay
Kid Koala
Kelly Lee Owens
Tyshawn Sorey
Kieran Hebden / Mats Gustafsson
proto-punk street-cred
Yoko Ono, 1973
Somewhere Decent to Live
Space Afrika, 2018
Blood on the Moon / Kiss to the Brain
Chrome, 1981
Helios Creed, 1992
