Progressive Rock

18 articles related to Progressive Rock:

Technologies
Mellotron: the orchestral machine of early prog

Strings, choirs, and flutes entered early progressive rock through an unlikely machine: the Mellotron. Before samplers…

June 30, 2026
Songwriter
Carpet Crawlers: two major modes of Genesis' last studio recording

The Carpet Crawlers is an iconic song by the English progressive rock band Genesis recorded for their 1974 concept…

October 1, 2021
Songwriter
Hero and Heroine: Strawbs lyrics that allegorize drug addiction through Greek mythology

Hero and Heroine is a dramatic track by the English band Strawbs released on their 1974 album of the same name. The…

September 3, 2021
Songwriter
Bungle in the Jungle: early prog-rock hit vs the greatest boxing match

Bungle in the Jungle is the best-known track from the critically derided War Child album released by the English prog…

August 28, 2021
Music Theory
Lost for Words: Pink Floyd's only Lydian song

Of all 138 songs and instrumental tracks released by Pink Floyd on their 14 studio albums, Lost for Words is the only…

August 14, 2021
Songwriter
Firth of Fifth: impressionistic Genesis song as a prog-rock masterpiece

Firth of Fifth is a ten-minute track released by Genesis on the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound and is…

May 30, 2021
Violin
Larks' Tongues in Aspic: the classic theme behind best prog-album opener

Larks' Tongues in Aspic is a pentalogy of instrumental suites recorded by several generations of musicians for the…

May 5, 2021
Songwriter
Locomotive Breath: fine groove born from Jethro Tull's studio session

Locomotive Breath is one of the more popular songs written by the British prog-rock band Jethro Tull, first released on…

February 28, 2021
Music Theory
Popular songs using Lydian mode

In Western music, the vast majority of classical compositions and popular songs are written using only two diatonic…

July 26, 20206 comments
Synthesizer
Progressive rock adaptation of Alberto Ginastera's piano concerto features innovative electronic drums

One of the works of the iconic Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera went far beyond the attention of the classical…

April 12, 20204 comments
Poetry
Peter Sinfield: the songwriter whose lyrics embellished the formative prog rock albums of the 1970s

Peter Sinfield is an iconic songwriter who has written for most influential albums of the prog-rock genre released…

December 15, 20193 comments
Electric Guitar
Adrian Belew's spellbinding guitar tricks saturate prog music with the sounds of space

American multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Adrian Belew managed to extract entirely extraordinary sounds from his…

September 15, 2019
Collaboration
Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox: the prog family who proclaimed Sunday All Over the World

One of the brightest collaborations of the late 1980s arose after the wedding of postpunk singer Toyah Willcox and…

May 5, 2019
Piano
Mussorgsky's pictures redrawn for the prog rock exhibition

Piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition written by the Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1874 retains its innovative…

March 5, 2019
Technologies
Quadraphonic vinyl reveals new Atom Heart Mother details

In the late 1960s, after the stereo sound almost completely replaced the mono format in the recording industry, the…

January 29, 20194 comments
William Blake
Prog rock version of Jerusalem was banned by BBC

Jerusalem is a British national song based on a poem by William Blake printed in 1808. At the heart of the poem is the…

July 2, 20184 comments
Flute
Bourrée: French folk dance from the Bach suite inspired prog-rock flute and the work of Sir Paul McCartney

Bourrée is a French folk dance typically danced with quick, skipping steps. The dancers sometimes wear wooden clogs to…

April 2, 2018
Festival
The rise of the Crimson King

The Stones in the Park generally refers to a free outdoor festival held in Hyde Park on 5 July 1969 that was headlined…

March 18, 2018