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Traps Magazine Sells Out Lenny White; Cover Story Free Download

For Immediate, Rhythmic Release

San Jose, Calif., - With Return To Forever receiving rave reviews, it should be no surprise that Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum/percussion magazines worldwide, has completely sold out Issue 6, featuring Lenny White on the Cover. As a result, Enter Music Publishing has made available the Lenny White feature as a free download.

3 Rivers Progressive Rock Festival - Progrock festival pulls fans out of the woodwork

Howard Levy remembers going to the Civic Arena, the Syria Mosque and the Stanley Theater in the early 1980s to see bands such as Yes, Genesis, King Crimson and their progressive-rock peers.

By the end of that decade, and especially by the early 1990s, prog rock's popularity had plummeted.

But as with any genre that once had legions of fans, there are always the faithful who hang on to ancient ticket stubs, posters and records, and seek out news of such bands via the Internet. Levy thought the genre had vanished until a friend told him about an underground scene nine years ago.

"I was startled this music still could be found," says the Upper St. Clair resident.

Phil Collins pays 25 million pounds in divorce settlement

Former Genesis frontman Phil Collins has agreed to pay �25 million to his third wife in Britain's biggest ever celebrity divorce settlement.

SECRET OYSTER Closes ProgDay 2008!

ProgDay announces SECRET OYSTER, the legendary fusion group from Denmark, as our closing band on Sunday.�

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Interview to Carl Palmer

Speaking to LiveDaily from his hotel room prior to a recent Peekskill, NY, concert--just 48 hours ahead of the world debut of "Phoenix"--Palmer was upbeat about his and Wetton's recovery process.

"We're doing very well indeed, yes," Palmer said. "I've got my new stent, and John's got his new tubes."

Last.fm Starts Paying Royalties to Unsigned Bands

Online music service Last.fm today announced that it will start paying out royalties to unsigned and independent bands that upload their music to last.fm. Artists will earn royalties whenever their music is played on-demand, or on Last.fm's streaming radio service. Last.fm had first announced this in January, but it took until today for Last.fm to officially start up its Artist Royalty Program.

Cascais Prog Festival - Birth or Death of a Festival?

Since January 2008 our team has been setting up Cascais Prog for the 5th, 6th and 7th September 2008, at Cascais, near Lisbon. With the support of the Municipality of Cascais the venue for this event was chosen - The Citadel (old navy fort). However, several reasons, mainly the lack of sufficient sponsors to support the event have made us cancel the festival. We are currentely setting up the festival for 2009, hopefuly with the same line-up. The date will be selected soon.

PRESTO BALLET - New album "The Lost Art Of Time Travel"

At last... the second release from Presto Ballet, "The Lost Art Of Time Travel" is now available. Still keeping to his classic 70's progressive rock roots, Kurdt Vanderhoof serves up another hard rockin' classic prog album.

THE TANGENT + BEARDFISH - Joining forces

The Tangent is undergoing a large change. After four studio albums plus 2 live CDs and a DVD, the group is about to take a new step forward. Andy Tillison will remain at the band's helm, along with founder member Guy Manning, Theo Travis and the more recently recruited Jakko M Jakszyk. However, the association with the Malmo based trio of Jonas Reingold, Jaime Salazar and Krister Jonsson is now over and The Tangent will return in effect to its more project based rooting. The replacement musicians are well known to many of you and are the whole of the young and enthusiastic quartet "Beardfish" from Sweden. The new project band will make its live debut at The Summer's End Festival in the UK on the 28th September. Plans are afoot for the commencement of recording of the next Tangent album, which it is hoped will use the lineup to maximum effect.