All posts by Jonathon Rose

Nothing is more consistent in the world than change. In the realm of music, change either comes with the speed of an arthritic glacier, or so fast the music community is left breathless trying to keep up; there rarely seems to be any middle ground. As far [...]

By all accounts vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Nad Sylvan has had a very busy and successful last few years. Until recently he was best known as the vocalist and front man for Steve Hackett’s very well received Genesis Revisited project. This is fitting [...]

  One of the great things about the metal genre is that it has more sub-genres than Solomon had wives, and because of this there is plenty to please most every type of fan. My personal favorite, and certainly the most exciting and varied, is [...]

Sweden’s multi instrumentalist Rikard Sjoblom has made quite the name for himself over the past decade with his band Beardfish, rising to rather high echelons of the modern progressive rock scene before calling it quits last year. Not one to sit on his [...]

The term “epic” is tossed around very loosely in the modern age. Originally used to describe a long narrative poem recounting heroic deeds, along with length, the essence of a journey was most important. The journey of Odysseus is, after all, more [...]

  For many metal fans the name Jethro Tull is synonymous with their winning the Grammy for best Hard Rock or Metal performance over Metallica in 1988. Being a big fan of the former band, and not at all of the latter I still find this event to be [...]

The late 60’s and early 70’s saw the birth of many of the most innovative, influential and exciting artists, and genres that modern music has ever seen. And one of the most brilliant musical marriages was that of rock and jazz. From Miles Davis’s seminal, [...]

The past few years have seen the metal world become glutted by bands that one way or another can be said to play a “djent” style of metal. So many, in fact, that one begins to wonder if any new, young band will ever try something new that we haven’t all [...]