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Festival News: CalProg Announces 3/4 Of The Lineup For 2010 Festival

Posted on Tuesday, June 15 @ 05:00:00 UTC by nightowl

The 7th annual CalProg festival is scheduled for October 2 at The Center Theater in Whittier, California. Having only 4 slots to fill and dozens of bands to choose from has always made us very careful about the selections that are made. There are plenty of deserving bands that are considered each year and it is always a difficult process to make the final selections. We always try to balance the bill by presenting what we consider to be exceptional new entries with familiar and popular well established acts. Here is our roster so far for this year: MiRthkon, District 97 and Ambrosia.

[Brief bios of each follow below]



miRthkon: This band hails from the ?Bay Area? of California and features exceptional musicianship with quirky and complex compositions. I suppose they could be compared in some ways to Zappa and Bubblemath (remember them?). But they also have a jazzy / metal quality. The only real way to get a read on them is to listen to their latest CD Vehicle. Their multi-media show is scheduled to kick off the festival.

District 97: This is a young band hailing from the Chicago area that is getting rave reviews across the prog community. They sport a hard edged sound tempered with the exquisite contributions of a cellist from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as well as the contemporary female vocals of a finalist from American Idol. If you haven?t heard this band yet, you will very soon. They are destined for great things, not the least of which is their festival debut at CalProg. If progressive rock is to survive it will have to adapt and appeal to a new generation of musicians and fans. With District 97 it is in very good hands.

Ambrosia: Hailing from the South Bay area of southern California, this band released its first album back in 1975. They have collaborated with cultural icons like Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Alan Parsons. While most people know them as a pop hit band (they have had 5 grammy nominations), their roots are clearly in progressive rock and they have agreed to do a set that spotlights that material. "We are so excited to be able to return to our progressive roots and do an all prog show here in southern California" says drummer Burleigh Drummond . "This is gonna be great!"

Sound samples and detailed information can be found at www.calprog.com. Tickets are tentatively scheduled to go on sale July 10.

Keep your eyes open for the last act still to be announced.

[Source: CalProg]

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