Prog-Watch 224
This week the Son Of Prog-Squatch, Paul Rowsick, sits in again for a look at two more great Swedish bands! One of them is a newer group called A.C.T who play an energetic, guitar and keyboard driven brand of Prog with lush vocals that sometimes draw comparisons to Queen! The second band is a legendary seventies group recently reborn, called Kaipa! This group helped put the great Roine Stolt (of the Flower Kings, Transatlantic, the Tangent, etc.) on the Prog world map!
A.C.T is a very popular and well-known modern progressive rock band from Sweden, formed in 1999.
In their early years, KAIPA was one of Sweden’s best Symphonic Prog bands, and put the great Roine Stolt on the map! After 20 years of silence, they reformed in the early part of this century and have been making albums since.
Music with some meat to it!
Prog-Watch is a weekly podcast and internet radio program dedicated to bringing the listener contemporary Progressive Rock music from around the world. Your big, hairy host, the “Prog-Squatch” wanders the woods of the world, beats the bushes, and digs in the dirt to bring the best Prog back for YOU! Sometimes solo and sometimes with a guest host, the Prog-Squatch will bring you new and interesting artists in each episode, and give you some background info and a taste of their music.
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