Archive for April, 2010
George Roldan: Behind the Rites of Spring festival
by shuehli on Apr.28, 2010, under General, Interview

Rites of Spring festival
I meet George Rolden at his home in Coatesville Philadelphia. Thanks to Jill Hughes-Kirtland (editor, usaprogmusic), who drove me to meet this old acquaintance of hers from the Progrock world, I arrive in time for George’s weekly radio broadcast of Prog Rock Cafe; equipment housed in the basement of his home.
George politely and magnanimously welcomed us in on this somewhat chilly December night. Under Jill’s advise we had packed our bags to stay-over at his humble abode; a long drive back up to Jersey just wouldn’t work in the thick snow.
I set up the vidcam on the topmost shelf of George’s bookcase as swiftly as I could so as not to interrupt his radio schedule. We were ready for the simulcast of Prog Rock Cafe and Sonicfreakz’s video interview.
George is an old hand in the progressive rock circle. As the president and promoter of ROSfest – Rites of Spring festival held annually in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, he has made ROSfest one of the premier ProgRock festivals on the North-east region of America; this region being New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Delaware. (continue reading…)
CD Review: Rosli Mansor’s Deeper Than Purple
by muser on Apr.16, 2010, under Music review
Singaporean blues-rock guitarist Rosli Mansor just released his sophomore instrumental guitar album, and his management scanned the review I published in my newspaper day-job and blogged about it, so I thought I’d link to the scan and blog post here. You can buy Rosli’s album from indie online music store CD Baby. We don’t get a commission here at Sonicfreakz if you buy it; just wanted to give the guy some props.

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