Show 79 - Rosfest 2006

[Rick and Roll]

As was the case last year, we'll sample most of the acts appearing at the Rites of Spring Festival, 2006.

Lots of long pieces on the show....

Ephemeral Sun - A Song for Twilight

Got this from the Rosfest site. A great song, very powerful. Could have seen them a few years back but didn't know who they were.

Pineapple Thief - Remember Us

Another band not that familiar to me, but all I hear are good things. Another epically long piece.

Mirthrandir - Conversation With Personality Giver

A quirky piece from a band that put out one record in 1976. Sort of like Yezda Urfa at Nearfest last year, a "one hit prog wonder" Alan Benjamin from Advent will be on guitar.

Pallas - Cross And The Crucible, The Last Angel

Nice title cut from their 2001 CD, and another epic from the latest, "The Dreams of Men".

Hamadryad - Action, 24

Two cuts from the French Canadian powerhouse.

The Watch - Damage Mode, ...And the Winner Is...

Two from the Day Two headliner. Not my cup of tea, but I'm serving you guys!

Magic Pie - Change

A terrific song from the Day Two opening act. Don't be too hungover, Rosfest goers! Twenty minutes (and five seconds) of power.

Karmakanic - Wheel of Life, One Whole Half

First cut is from the record of the same name, which I've added for the Moon. Second cut is an instrumental. The records are a bit uneven, but Jonas Reingold and Krister Jonsson are monsters, and it was great to see them with the Tangent last year.

Satellite - The Evening Wind
On The Run
Midnight Snow
Now
A Street Between Sunrise and Sunset

Five from their 2003 record. They'll be headlining Day One. I'd just recently heard them, and I must say, what a band! The keyboards are wonderful! And a band member named Wojtek

Midnight Snow is a beautiful song.

A great Polish band...between them and Riverside that's two great acts from Poland.

Enjoy the show!