That's a truly wonderful album and I play the haunting title track regularly, but does it count as prog rock? I mean maybe it does, I am just pleasantly baffled by how we define it.
This is what wikipedia says: The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury Sound) is a subgenre of, or sibling to, progressive rock. The term describes a loosely defined style of music created by a number of improvisational musicians, some of whom were based in the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, including Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Mike Ratledge. Over the years, with outside musicians joining Canterbury bands, and new bands all over the world adopting a 'Canterbury sound', the term has come to describe the musical style rather than a regional group of musicians.
I have the BBC documentary Prog Britannia to thank for discovering most of this. Although I did get there myself following up The Bruford Tapes and Dave (not that Dave Steward) Stewart on YouTube.
Upset a few now- have a few Yes albums and like them a lot. Now the but, they are about the most boring band I ever saw. Live they were very good but emotionless.
That's a truly wonderful album and I play the haunting title track regularly, but does it count as prog rock? I mean maybe it does, I am just pleasantly baffled by how we define it.
@hungaroaddick What is the Canterbury sound?
This is what wikipedia says: The Canterbury scene (or Canterbury Sound) is a subgenre of, or sibling to, progressive rock. The term describes a loosely defined style of music created by a number of improvisational musicians, some of whom were based in the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s.
These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, including Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Mike Ratledge. Over the years, with outside musicians joining Canterbury bands, and new bands all over the world adopting a 'Canterbury sound', the term has come to describe the musical style rather than a regional group of musicians.
I have the BBC documentary Prog Britannia to thank for discovering most of this. Although I did get there myself following up The Bruford Tapes and Dave (not that Dave Steward) Stewart on YouTube.
I was at school in Canterbury in the early seventies and was a fan of the Canterbury scene bands. I saw Hatfield & The North at the Gulbenkien Theatre in around '73. Had a few of the albums. Should have hung on to more of them!
Odd band. Wouldn't know where to classify them. Certain tracks were pure prog, Purple Spaceships Over Yatton for example, but they incorporated pop, jigs, singalongs and folk rock in their repertoire as well. Saw them live several times in their heyday, always put on a good show.
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These musicians played together in numerous bands, with ever-changing and overlapping personnel, creating some similarities in their musical output. Many prominent British avant-garde or fusion musicians began their career in Canterbury bands, including Hugh Hopper, Steve Hillage, Dave Stewart (the keyboardist), Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Daevid Allen, and Mike Ratledge. Over the years, with outside musicians joining Canterbury bands, and new bands all over the world adopting a 'Canterbury sound', the term has come to describe the musical style rather than a regional group of musicians.
I have the BBC documentary Prog Britannia to thank for discovering most of this. Although I did get there myself following up The Bruford Tapes and Dave (not that Dave Steward) Stewart on YouTube.
Cheers, @hungaroaddick