Hello
all!
Last night, the special Prog n Roll that we
had announced was on air, a half
hour earlier than usual, because it was an extended show that lasted for almost
2.5 hours.
The show was including many songs from the excellent Rock opera
Giordano Bruno, recorded and released by the Italian project OAK. Further than the members of OAK, the album
included musicians from bands like Caravan, Curved Air, Van Der Graaf Generator
and Jethro Tull. We also played a couple of parts of the interview we
conducted with the band’s leader/composer/lyricist and multi-instrumentalist Jerry Cutillo, and his manager Gerlinde Roth.
Further than the songs we played from the Rock opera, the playlist was
including songs from other Progressive Rock and/or Progressive Folk bands,
older and modern ones.
From the beginning of the show, we had a big
crowd listening, and we had the pleasure
and honour to have as our “guests on the chatbox” Jerry Cutillo, his manager
Gerlinde Roth, Sonja Kristina, the singer of Curved Air (she joined our show
for the 3rd time) and the legendary saxophone player of Van Der
Graaf Generator, David Jackson. We also had Pat Sanders, the
leader/composer/keyboard player of Drifting Sun, and Benjamin Bell, who is the
keyboard player of Gandalf’s Fist and participates in other projects as well. So,
as someone said at some point during the show, last night we had an All-Star company gathered on our chatbox.
The 2.5 hours of the show passed really fast,
with lots of good music, some information about the life and work of Giordano
Bruno, and the usual interesting and fun conversations on the chatbox.
As far
as I saw, everybody loved the show, and enjoyed the time they spent listening
to Prog n Roll. We received lots of congratulations about the work we did and the
music we played from many people, which was a great morale boost, because we
worked really hard for this show.
Here
you can see the whole playlist:
Part 1: TUMBLETOWN: One Giant
Stage / MOSTLY AUTUMN: Once Round the Sun / MARCO DE ANGELIS: Keep Going /
Interview with Jerry Cutillo Pt.1 / OAK: La Cena Delle Beffe.
Part 2: CELLAR NOISE:
Underground Ride / CURVED AIR: Easy / OAK: Diana Morgana.
Part 3: PFM (Feat. PETER
HAMMILL): Sea of Memory / Interview with Jerry Cutillo Pt.2 / OAK: Dreams of
Mandragora / CARAVAN: Hello Hello / BAROCK PROJECT: A Winter’s Night / OAK:
Circe.
Part 4: OAK: Nothing is Easy
(music quiz) / JETHRO TULL: Mother Goose / THE SAMURAI OF PROG: Growing Up /
Interview with Gerlinde Roth / OAK: The Globe.
Part 5: OAK: Danse Macabre / CAMEL: Air Born / OAK: Campo de Fiori – Reprise /
VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR: Man Erg.
I would
like to thank Jerry Cutillo and Gerlinde Roth for their help and their
efforts, because without them, this show would be impossible to happen. Also, a big thanks to Sonja Kristina and David
Jackson for being there last night. And
last but not least, to Ben Bell, Pat Sanders and all those lovely people who
are supporting our show for so many years. Your love and support give us the strength
to continue, and always trying to get better.
I believe that this was a great show and
because some people maybe lost it, I am
thinking of uploading it on our Mixcloud page during the following days. When it
will be uploaded there, I am going to inform you.
Prog n
Roll will be on air again on Sunday the 15th of July for the last
show of the season. After that we are going to have our Summer break and
return on September.
Thank you all!
Almost 10 days ago we
visited Turkey for our Summer holidays. We made some rounds, saw some very good
places, but the best thing we saw, was without a doubt the ancient city of
Aphrodisias.
The people who are visiting
the coast of Turkey, usually go to Ephesus, which is the most famous
city in the coastline. But if you decide to go a little bit more inside the country
and visit the famous Pamukkale, don't even think of not
visiting Aphrodisias, which is rather near. Aphrodisias in not as famous as Ephesus,
but is one of the finest archaeological sites of Turkey, still partly excavated
and partly undiscovered. 
It occupies a large area,
and it includes some well-preserved and stunning buildings, such as The
Stadium, The Theater, the Temple of Aphroditi, The Governor's House, The
Sebasteion, and many more.
But have in mind that you
will probably need 2-3 hours for a quick visit. We stayed there for almost 4
hours, and from a point an on we were tired, and we couldn't pay too much
attention to some things as we should have.
