Greg Prato

Jan 13, 2025 | bravewords.com | Greg Prato

What truly is progressive music? Each month BraveWords will aim to dissect that answer with a thorough overview of the current musical climate that is the prog world. Old and new, borrowed and blue. A musical community without borders. So watch for a steady and spaced-out array of features, current news and a buyer's guide checklist to enhance the forward-thinking musical mind. So, welcome to BraveWords' monthly column appropriately titled, Between A Rock In A Prog Place.

Jan 7, 2025 | allmusic.com | Greg Prato

Along with a handful of other bands, the Pixies certainly helped clear the path for bands like Nirvana, who made alt-rock the societal changing force it became in the early '90s. However, the group opted to split shortly after this worldwide musical shift occurred. Luckily for fans, the Pixies' singer, guitarist, and main songwriter, Frank Black, was still penning great tunes – which comprised his first two classic solo albums, 1993's self-titled debut and 1994's Teenager of the Year.

Dec 10, 2024 | vintageguitar.com | Greg Prato

While the Austin-by-way-of-Ottawa guitarist is known primarily as a blues artist, she’s also a skilled classical/flamenco player, as heard throughout the just-released One Guitar Woman, a compilation of tunes written and originally performed by pioneering females. It closely followed 2022’s Live in Austin Vol. 1.

Nov 19, 2024 | allmusic.com | Greg Prato

The early to mid '80s was certainly a high point for hard rock and heavy metal – particularly, when you take into account the high amount of now-classic albums that were issued during this time.

Nov 4, 2024 | allmusic.com | Greg Prato

Throughout the course of popular music history, whenever an artist becomes massively popular, it's only a matter of time until a slew of similarly-sounding bands crash the scene. And time will tell if some have good intentions – when a selected few eventually locate their own voice and/or original approach – while the majority seem to merely want to make a quick buck and forsake originality.