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Tag Archives: Thijs Van Leer
Prog Keyboardists Revisit Synth Perennials
June 15, 2022

While the legacy of early electronic wizards has been highly influential and is widespread, there’s not a lot of examples of their peers or contemporary artists covering what the extremely interesting forthcoming album terms “Synthesizer Classics”: a collection of evergreen … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged Derek Sherinian, Geoff Downes, Jordan Rudess, Larry Fast, Patrick Moraz, Rick Wakeman, Thijs Van Leer
FOCUS – Focus 50: Live In Rio / Completely Focussed
August 17, 2021

In And Out Of Focus 2021 Neder-prog legends bring five decades of yodel delights to the stage with a prospect of another half-century of hocus pocus. Intermittent or not, fifty years of classical-informed musical frolics is no mean feat, and … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Video Reviews
Tagged Focus, fusion, live, Pierre van der Linden, prog rock, Thijs Van Leer, Udo Pannekeet
FOCUS Mark Their Jubilee With A Live Set
February 22, 2021

Perhaps, it’s a tad untimely for FOCUS to celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary in 2021, given that their first line-up got formed in 1969, but who cares, really, when there’s a cause and a way? While the collective’s provided the … Continue reading
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Tagged Focus, Pierre van der Linden, Thijs Van Leer, Udo Pannekeet
FOCUS – 50 Years Anthology 1970-1976
February 1, 2021

Red Bullet 2020 A nigh on definitive package from the rock period of Dutch dreamers that boxes their classic oeuvre to examine it in aural and visual detail. Forget about GOLDEN EARRING and SHOCKING BLUE, for it’s FOCUS that, this … Continue reading
Posted in Reissues
Tagged art rock, box set, Colin Allen, Focus, Jan Akkerman, Pierre van der Linden, prog rock, Thijs Van Leer
FOCUS Mark Their Anniversary With A Box Set
October 9, 2020

Perhaps, this release is a tad too late to the party, yet in times like ours there’s no reason to complain that Dutch premier proggers FOCUS were formed in 1969 but they celebrate the band’s half-century anniversary in 2020. No … Continue reading
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Tagged Focus, Jan Akkerman, Pierre van der Linden, Thijs Van Leer