BY MIKE METTLER – JULY 18, 2018
Roger Hodgson, vocalist, singer/songwriter, and co-founder of Supertramp, is back on tour in North America for a series of dates that will run through November. (See the list of those dates below.) His acuity for sound quality has always appealed to me as both a sonic appreciator and critical […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MAY 11, 2018
Where do you go after you’ve reached the pinnacle of your aspirations as a musician? If you’re post-prog progenitor-cum-surround-sound guru Steven Wilson, you always zig, especially if people expect you to zag.
Following the heady sonics of his mind-blowing 2015 solo album Hand. Cannot. Erase., Wilson hit the reset button […]
BY MIKE METTLER – APRIL 12, 2018
ZZ Top is all set to dish out a second heaping helping of analog goodness with Cinco No. 2: The Second Five LPs, the sequel to their previous vinyl box set, 2017’s Cinco: The First Five LPs.
On the menu for this June 1, 2018 release are the albums […]
BY MIKE METTLER – APRIL 9, 2018
Yes have made some major plans to celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2018 and 2019.
First up is this summer’s 50th Anniversary North American tour titled #YES50: Celebrating 50 Years of Yes. The 30-plus-date outing, which kicks off June 5 and 6, 2018 with a two-night engagement at the […]
BY MIKE METTLER – APRIL 2, 2018
Jethro Tull played their first show a little over 50 years ago at the Marquee Club London on February 2, 1968, the first step of an epic musical journey that has long since seen them become one of the world’s most successful and influential progressive rock bands.
To help […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MARCH 30, 2018
On June 1, 2018, Bludgeon Riffola/Mercury/UMe fires the first salvo in Def Leppard’s projected four-volume career-spanning box set series, when the appropriately dubbed Volume One appears in multidisc LP and CD collections. The collection arrives in time for this summer’s highly anticipated Def Leppard co-headlining U.S. tour with Journey. […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MARCH 26, 2018
“Try to keep it as plain spoken as possible.” Those are some of the first words you’ll hear in John Mellencamp’s Plain Spoken: From The Chicago Theatre, which is set for release by Eagle Rock Entertainment on May 11, 2018 on Blu-ray+CD, DVD+CD (shown at right), and digital formats.
A self-narrated […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MARCH 16, 2018
Esoteric Recordings has announced an official limited-edition super-deluxe 8-disc box set celebrating 50 years of Procol Harum. Titled Still There’ll Be More: An Anthology 1967-2017, the box set is earmarked for release on March 23, 2018, and comprises five CDs and three DVDs.
The SoundBard was privileged to have interviewed […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MARCH 15, 2018
Polydor/Republic Records is proud to announce that legendary Who frontman Roger Daltrey is returning on June 1, 2018 with a brand new solo studio album, As Long As I Have You. (The SoundBard is proud to announce it too.)
As Long As I Have You was produced by Dave Eringa […]
BY MIKE METTLER – MARCH 14, 2018
Joan Armatrading’s new studio album Not Too Far Away is set for release on BMG on May 18. 2018. On the album, the celebrated guitarist/vocalist/songwriter presents ten new tracks that are said to take the deeply personal and make it universal (just the way we like it, BTW).
From the passionate appeal […]
