Recent Reviews

 
 

PJ Bostic
Bullies at the Border

06/08

A must-have heavy prog album for all Rush fans!

King's X
KV

05/08

Go and tell somebody, King's X is back in top form with a solid new album sure to please even their oldest fans

 

 

Greg Wollan
Deep Calls 2 Deep

04/08

Wollan's progressive rock tour-de-force album, a must for any fan of the Cprog genre

 

 

Greg Wollan
The Good King's Highway

04/08

Tasty progressive CCM power pop from a gifted guitarist and vocalist..

 

Farpoint
Cold Star  Quiet Star

04/08

This melodic progressive American band delivers a fine interplanetary spiritual rock album

 

 

Big Big Train
The Difference Machine

03/08

British progressive rock at its finest. A must for all fans of Genesis and Marillion.

 

 

Ad Astra
Beyond our Bounds

03/08

Solid Christian prog album featuring Doug Bowers (KDB3) and Dave Hope (Kansas).

 

 

Neal Morse


? Live

2/08

No question, one of the most moving live albums you'll ever experience

 

 

Songs For Luca 2
Various Artists

1/08

This amazing double CD compilation of progressive celtic, fusion, and pop songs is a must for your collection

 

 
Glass Hammer
Culture of Ascent

11/07

The great American Prog Band evolves and delivers yet another classic concept album..

 

 
The Listening
The Rock and Roll Worship Circus Becomes the Listening

11/07

Dreamy, worshipful modern prog for fans of Pink Floyd and Radiohead

 
The Listening
Presented by the Rock and Roll Worship Circus

11/07

Beatlesque worship band morphs into Pink Floyd influenced art rock band

 

Dogs of Peace
Speak

11/07

Veterans of the Imperials and Whiteheart team up for a Pink Floyd drenched 70's rock fest

 

 

Unitopia
More Than a Dream

8/07

Fantastic new Australian neo-prog band for fans of Genesis and Marillion

 

Dream Theater
Systematic Chaos

7/07

Essential Dream Theater with a dark theme...

 

 

Dream Theater
Score - The 20th Anniversary Live DVD

7/07

Dream Theater live at Radio City Music Hall with the Octavarium Orchestra..

 

Greylevel


Opus One

5/07

Symphonic dreamscape of modern prog

 

 

Neal Morse


Sola Scriptura

2/07

The Aqualung of a new era

 

 

Immortal Soul


Lines in the Sand

1/07

Prog metal with a faith filled twist..

 

 
 
 

Troy Donockley and Dave Bainbridge


When World's Collide

1/07

Fine progressive Celtic Folk album from the virtuoso duo from Iona

 

 
Iona


Live at King's Church, Eastbourne, England

12/06

Concert review from Eastbourne, England as Iona put on an epic live show..

 

 

 
 
 
Iona
The Circling Hour

10/06

The new studio album from  celtic-prog-fusion pioneers Iona is their most progressive offering to date..

 

 
 
 
 
Iona


Live in London DVD

6/06

The quintessential spiritual prog rock band in all their live glory..

 

 
Dave Bainbridge, David Fitzgerald, and David Adam


The Eye of the Eagle DVD

6/06

Deeply moving visual and aural spiritual experience from Iona founders..

 

 
Glass Hammer
Live at Belmont DVD

6/06

Relive the definitive 21st Century progressive rock concert experience live on DVD..

 
Vertical Alignment
Signposts

5/06

Old school prog with an end times message

 
 

Salem Hill
Mimi's Magic Moment

1/06

My 2005 Album of the Year..

 

 

Salem Hill and Glass Hammer -  Live at Belmont University

A live concert review, with photos and short video clips!

11/05

 

 
 

Attention Visitors

 Greetings O ye seekers!
Welcome! You have found a site dedicated to searching out and reviewing progressive rock bands that have a decidedly spiritual bent to their lyrics.  Progressive rock is
music born in the heyday of the psychedelic 70's where virtuoso artists interlaced esoteric and searching lyrics with layers of orchestral, flamboyant, typically keyboard-driven instrumentality. Within these pages we have attempted to give some exposure to the best progressive rock bands with lyrics of a spiritual, uplifting, or Christian nature. Reviewed albums are listed A-Z by band name.

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News Headlines

Threshing Floor Records has announced the artists that will be on CPR, Christian Progressive Rock, Volume 3
Dave Bainbridge of Iona has released Songs for Luca 2, featuring Iona, Dave Beegle, Roine Stolt, Mostly Autumn, Phil Keaggy and Theophonic Cloud...
Neal Morse is has a new live DVD, Sola Scriptura and Beyond

Glass Hammer's new album features Jon Anderson of Yes
Vertical Alignment's excellent album Signposts is now available on CD.
Neal Morse has released a new album of cover songs performed with Mike Portnoy and Randy George..
Fall of Echoes debut album features members of Orphan Project and Visual Cliff
 French guitar virtuoso David Walliman has finally released his Deep Inside the Mind CD
Salem Hill's new live DVD is out and available now

Essays

 Art     By Frederick Buechner
Art teaches us to stop, look, and listen to life, to consider the lilies in the field..
 The Captain's Last Voyage    By Stephen Ellis
Captain MDA was banished, while a new Creation emerged like a butterfly from a cocoon. Stephen Ellis tells his tale..
 A Christian's Art in the World    By Carl Groves
Carl asks the question: "How do I make sure that my art is both pleasing to God as a full offering of the talent He has given me and to the world as something that they will regard aesthetically?"
 What in Hell was I Thinking?    By Dave Taylor
A journey of discovery, from animal sacrifice to flying off cliffs in a 75 Monte Carlo...
 What is Truth?  By Dave Taylor
They say wide is the road to destruction, and narrow is the path to life. Who was the Guaranteed Eternal Sanctuary Man?
 

Exclusive Interviews

Dave Bainbridge

I caught up with Iona guitarist Dave Bainbridge before the band went on stage at a recent gig in Eastbourne, England

10/28/06

 

 

Neal Morse

I had a nice conversation with the former Spock's Beard frontman, and we discussed his new prog CD One..

9/28/04

 

Dave Bainbridge

The muse behind Iona's magic shares his thoughts on music, Celtic Christianity, Iona's future, and his new solo album

03/22/04

 

 
Carl Groves

Salem Hill's songwriter, guitarist, and keyboardist speaks out in the key of Be.

11/12/03

 

 Kerry Livgren

The Kansas founder, solo artist,  and spiritual prog pioneer has a candid chat with us about his latest endeavors.

10/21/02

 

 Steve Babb

The Glass Hammer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist gives us the skinny behind their new album, Lex Rex!

9/18/02

Brett Kull

The guitarist for echolyn shares about  gear,  life, and the conception of the new album, Mei.
7/22/02

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

"..I know a Farmer who looks after His farm. With water clear, He cares for all His harvest.."  -- Genesis, Supper's Ready