Danny Bonte

Rock On! Wednesday, 14 december 2022 – Return to Forever, Hancock, Mouzon, Weather Report, Di Meola & Santana-Mclaughlin

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Wednesday November 16th. Dan’s pick of the week: Return to Forever (Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy), Herbie Hancock (Head Hunters), Alphonse Mouzon (The Essence of Mystery), Weather Report (Heavy Weather), Al Di Meola (Land of the Midnight Sun) & Carlos Santana & John Mclaughlin (Love Devotion Surrender).

Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy is het derde studioalbum van de Amerikaanse jazzfusionband Return to Forever. De plaat werd in oktober 1973 uitgebracht door Polydor. Flora Purim, Joe Farrell en Airto Moreira werden vervangen door drummer Lenny White en gitarist Bill Connors. Maar het zou het enige album zijn met Bill Connors als gitarist, hij vertrok na de release en werd vervangen door Al Di Meola.… Read more...

Art Rock Show – Apocalypse Now (Week 49)

De Romeinse rockband RanestRane maakt indruk door haar “CineConcerts” of live optredens gebaseerd op filmmuziek.

Prog Archives review: “The band Ranestrane is consisting of experienced musicians who are residing in Roma, Italy. They are well known for the preference to produce concept albums, and hereby being obviously specialized in picking up diverse film classics. Thus this one is drawing references to the US crime taking place in Vietnam during the last century. (…)

Constant band members are Riccardo Romano (keyboards), currently also underway on solo paths with a new appealing album, Massimo Pomo (guitars) and Maurizio Meo (bass). Finally also drummer Daniele Pomo, who, you’ll find this a rather rare case, also provides the lead vocals. And so Saigon appears to be a wonderful opener, where his voice is backed by melancholic piano lines or sensitive guitar presence.… Read more...

Art Rock Show – Banefyre (Week 48)

Het nieuwste album van Crippled Black Phoenix, al bijna twee decennia het vehikel van Justin Greaves, is opnieuw een magisch vormgegeven 97 minuten muziek van het Engelse collectief. Het volgt op Ellengæst uit 2020, een album waarop de band verschillende gastmuzikanten in z’n gelederen opnam.

Paul Hutchings van The Razor’s Edge: “The 12th album by the band, it provides another insight into the workings of a band so revered within the UK that most people are completely oblivious to their mere existence. This time Greaves and co use ‘Banefyre’ as a central piece to focus on the persecution of those who are different in society. A play on words, ‘Banefyre’ is an old translation of Bonfire, those witches and politicians who were burnt alive in the 15th and 18th century.… Read more...

Rock On! Wednesday, 30 November 2022 – Happy the Man, Asia Minor, Egg, National Health, Crack the Sky & Van Der Graaf Generator

Psychedelic, heavy, prog and more innovating sounds spanning the late 60s and the early 70s – Wednesday November 16th. Dan’s pick of the week: Happy the Man (Happy the Man), Egg (Egg), Asia Minor (Crossing the Line), National Health (Of Queues and Cures), Crack the Sky (Crack the Sky) & Van Der Graaf Generator (World Record).

De Amerikaanse progressieve rockband Happy The Man (HTM) werd in 1973 opgericht in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ze werden genoemd naar een regel uit Goethe’s Faust. Gitarist Stanley Whitaker en bassist Rick Kennell ontmoetten elkaar voor het eerst in 1972 in Duitsland. Het vroege repertoire van de band omvatte een aantal covers Genesis, King Crimson en Van Der Graaf Generator.

Prog Archives Review: “Happy the Man’s first album is one of the greatest prog debuts.… Read more...