All posts by Dan Thaler
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Al Di Meola – Pursuit of Radical Rhapsody
Al Di Meola is lauded across the world of jazz for three separate endeavours (each a trilogy, coincidentally enough). The first is his trio of...
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Beardfish – Mammoth
Another year, another Beardfish album. Wait a minute, you’re telling me they skipped a year because the mix “didn’t sound right”? THOSE BASTARDS! HOW DARE...
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A Journey Through Fusion – Part One: The Birth of the Rock
I feel like jazz fusion is Progressive Rock’s down-to-earth and unpretentious twin brother. Despite jazz snobs such as myself making it look that way otherwise,...
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Scale the Summit – The Collective
I love a band that releases albums like clockwork. Once every two years, a perfect schedule! Scale the Summit has done just this with their...
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Riza Arshad of simakDialog
Dan: Hey Riza, how are you doing? Preparing for your NEARFest show in June? Don’t worry, we’ll ask you more about that later. Let me...
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Planeta Imaginario – Optical Delusions
Ah, Catalonia. I have fond memories of my time in Barcelona. I loved the pa amb tomaquet (toast with a tomato/garlic/olive oil spread) and paella,...
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Lino Vairetti of Osanna
Dan: So Osanna reformed at the end of the last decade, along with a bunch of other big-name Italian Prog bands. What’s it like playing...
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La Torre Dell’Alchimista
Dan: Hello La Torre Dell’Alchemista, would you mind introducing yourselves? Michelle M.: LTDA is an italian rock band (sometimes addressed as an italian progressive rock...
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