November 20, 2024

Groundhogs – Split

Split would definitely fall into the Blues/Rock category, but there are certainly tinges of Progressive Rock in this power trio’s fiery instrumental breaks. Of course, by now the focal point of the group was Tony McPhee, singing in his distinctive fashion and ripping the blues out of his guitar with great long solos in the live arena.

Download Festival June 2022

2022 finally gave us the first full-scale Download Festival since 2019. Despite battling through all the trials and tribulations of the last couple of years, Download managed to not only return, but came back better and stronger than ever.

Yes – The Yes Album

Unequivocally the defining progressive rock album of 1971, The Yes Album was the collected batch of music that brought Yes from promising up comers to international superstars. Most of the songs here are still the mainstay of their live show 50 years later.