Another special & extended episode where I break from routine and feature music from artists both Prog-Scure and famous. In each episode of this series, I’m playing one half (one full side) of outstanding and influential albums throughout rock ‘n’ roll history, regardless of sub-genre. In this episode, hear diverse artists including Asia (US-SD), Blues Creation, Coney Hatch, Happy The Man, Kick Axe, Monument (UK), Poseidon (DE), Room (UK), Serene, Winterhawk.

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ØXN “CYRM” (sy-rum) Lead singer of Irish sensation Lankum and members of Percolator combine their talents to enchant darkly with their heavy doom/drone folk on this EP. These are mostly traditional tunes, and included is an epic cover of Scott Walker’s Farmer in the City. A plethora of instrumentation is utilized: various keyboards and percussion, guitar, harp, and the Japanese taishōgoto. There’s good reason for their popularity in the dark folk scene, because this is done splendidly. Favourite Track: Cruel Mother (9:29

Zac Bauman “Bell Jar” Northern Californian Zac Bauman is an adept guitarist, sometimes utilizing elaborate fingerpicking, ala Kottke and Fahey, aptly describing his music as “baroque pop bedroom recordings.” The release is quirky, and, like the cover art with a heart floating in a bell jar, the lyrics are intimate musings, and although the strings are complex, overall, there is a naiveté to the songs. It includes a bit of recorded reading by the poet, e e cummings, of “somewhere I have never traveled,” on one of the tracks. Favourite Track: Bell Jar (4:50)