Experiencing progressive rock
Subtitle: a listener's companion
By: Robert G.H. Burns
Series: A listener's companion; Listener's companion
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781442266025
Subjects: Progressive rock music; History and criticism
Description: "In Experiencing Progressive Rock: A Listener's Companion, Robert G. H. Burns brings together the many strands that define the "prog rock" movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s to chart the evolution of this remarkable rock tradition over the decades. Originating in the 1960s with acts like Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, The Who, Jethro Tull, Genesis, and The Moody Blues, progressive rock emerged as a response to the counterculture on both sides of the Atlantic. Prog rock drew heavily on European classical music as well as the sophisticated improvisations of American jazz to create unique fusions that defied record label and radio station categorizations. Reemerging after the 1980s, a new generation of musicians took the original influences of progressive rock and reinvented new formats within the existing style. The trend of combining influences continues to the present day, earning new audiences among the musically curious."--Backcover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
Table of contents: title: "From the Beginning": The Struggle for Definition; title: Conceptuality: Embracing the Long Player and Technology Advances in Sound Reproduction; title: Enemies at the Door: Prog under Threat; title: A New Decade and a New Progressive Rock; title: New Directions in the 1990s and 2000s; title: Tripping the Light Fantastic: Progressive Rock and Spectacle; title: New Life: Reuniting for Renewed Success; title: Postprog: A New Struggle for Definition; title: Conclusion: Is Contemporary Progressive Rock Driven by Musical "Progression"?