Tag: Prog magazine

Kompendium now available for download

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Taken from Prog magazine.
Taken from Prog magazine.

I received this via email this morning.  Glad to see it.  I ordered my physical CD quite a while ago, but I’ve still not received it.  It seems to be quite the rage in British and European prog circles.  Now, North and South Americans can download it as well.  Amen.

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Firstly we would like to thank everybody for purchasing the album and for all their kind words and compliments. The album is really doing well and getting a great reaction across the board.

We would really appreciate any way that you can spread the word about Kompendium; Forums, Facebook, Radio Stations and TV.

For us it’s all about getting the word out that this special album is available. So all help is warmly appreciated.
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Prog Magazine 31 (iPad) Now Available

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Sadly, for North American prog fans, it’s really, really difficult to get ahold of the excellent British magazine, Prog.  When I do find copies in some of the larger bookstores, the issues are always several months behind.  One good solution for those of us not living in the U.K. or Europe is to get the iPad version.  It comes out when the magazine is released, and the content (everything but the CD) is complete.

The new issue (31) came out yesterday, and it’s excellent.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/id453737964?mt=8&affId=1621074&ign-mpt=uo%3D6

PT offering a free download of …

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… a live cut of “I Drive The Hearse”. Visit the Prog Rock magazine website for details.

Inheriting Fine Words

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Image[I sent this to PROG magazine last May; sadly, the magazine chose not to print it.  So, here it is, now safely lodged at Progarchy.–Brad]

May 24, 2012

Dear PROG,

Kudos for yet another brilliant issue (#26). I’m amazed and inspired by the sustained excellence in writing, photography, graphics, and layout. I even like the ads. Every thing in its right place and always accomplished with characteristic British taste, intelligence, and wit.

Having listened to progressive rock for four decades, I am firmly convinced that we are now living in the glory days, built upon the traditions and experiments of the past. Raised on a healthy diet of lyrics by Neil Peart and Mark Hollis, I’m especially taken with the quality of lyric writing in recent years. How can we listen to Big Big Train’s “Underfall Yard,” Gazpacho’s “Dream of Stone,” or Tin Spirits’ “Broken” and not realize that these artists are the heirs not only of Dvorak, Brubeck, and Davis, but also of Coleridge, Wilde, and Eliot?

Yours, Brad Birzer (Hillsdale, Michigan, USA)