And what do I want to review and write about on this blog? The one word answer is Prog; to be more specific, prog rock music.

And just what is prog? You can ask the experts, the bands themselves, or just Wikipedia the answer I suppose. I’m not a musician, musicologist, or professional music reviewer (cue Frank Zappa’s infamous quote about “rock journalists”) so my opinion is just mine, extending to this blog and no further.

But I won’t take a “pass” at the answer or give a Potter Stewart quip (“I can’t define obscenity but I know it when I see it”). I’ll take a swing.

I think prog music is a very inclusive pool—a large tent, and not at all a constricting and narrow “club.” I think it can, and maybe should, try to actually “progress” music and take it into new and different…