Prog/Psych/Kraut
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29.99 €
Beyond and Before, Updated and Expanded Edition : Progressive Rock Across Time and Genre
History of Prog - Book - by Paul Hegarty & Prof M.Halliwell
(2022)
The
original edition of Beyond and Before extends an understanding of
"progressive rock" by providing a fuller definition of what progressive
rock is, was and can be. Called by Record Collector "the most
accomplished critical overview yet" of progressive rock and one of their
2011 books of the year, Beyond and Before moves away from the limited
consensus that prog rock is exclusively English in origin and that it
was destroyed by the advent of punk in 1976. Instead, by tracing its
multiple origins and complex transitions, it argues for the integration
of jazz and folk into progressive rock and the extension of prog in Kate
Bush, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree and many more.
This
10-year anniversary revised edition continues to further unpack
definitions of progressive rock and includes a brand new chapter
focusing on post-conceptual trends in the 2010s through to the
contemporary moment. The new edition discusses the complex creativity of
progressive metal and folk in greater depth, as well as new fusions of
genre that move across global cultures and that rework the extended form
and mission of progressive rock, including in recent pop concept
albums. All chapters are revised to keep the process of rethinking
progressive rock alive and vibrant as a hybrid, open form.