Sure, the party was months ago, but the photos keep coming in of Procol Harum’s 40th Anniversary celebration.
I try to be neutral here, but honestly, is there a more vibrant, consistently updated and comprehensive prog-band website as Beyond the Pale? None come to mind at the moment.
Park Ave. CDs in Orlando, FL will host an “instore” performance by Porcupine Tree on October 4th, at 6PM. CDs will be signed as well.
Gigwise.com reports that Radiohead have revealed the latest details of their next album through a series of special hieroglyphics. The band started posting the symbols at the end of last week and fans have been furiously trying to decipher them ever since. The first set of code is said to read, “Yes We Are Still Alive” in a seeming message to fans after several weeks of silence from the band.
Read the full story here.
Erik Norlander has contributed “high quality samples” of his famous modular Moog synthesizer along with samples of other Moog instruments from his collection to the forthcoming “SampleMoog” virtual instrument from Sonic Reality and IK Multimedia.
The most powerful and diverse plug-in of Moog sounds ever made featuring sampled sounds from 16 different legendary Moog instruments programmed by IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality and done in cooperation with Moog Music Inc.
You can pre-order your very own SampleMoog here.
If you happen to be a Renaissance or Annie Haslam fan, you may be interested to know that there are several items up for auction at ‘Heritage Auction’ House, Dallas, Texas. All items are part of Annie’s private collection, including:
A magnificent Gibson acoustic guitar circa 1963 (called Jupiter), hand painted in Acrylics by Annie. In 2002, Annie embarked on her new career into painting, a very exciting unexpected discovery, leading to a commission in 2006 from Martin Guitars to paint one of their ‘Dreadnought’ acoustic guitars. This is now proudly on display in their museum in Nazareth, PA.
Visit Annie’s website for additional details.
Odin Dragonfly’s debut album, Offerings, is reviewed in the October edition of Classic Rock magazine. Journalist Geoff Barton describes the album as an “acoustically driven gem … as pure, polished and pastoral-sounding as they come.” He also observes that Heather and Angela’s voices compliment each other so well that “the effect is lazily hypnotic”.