New England Art (Progressive) Rock Society - New England's Ear on Progressive (Prog) Rock Music
What is NewEARS? A not-for-profit organization of progressive music lovers. The primary goal of NewEARS is to create a community of music enthusiasts dedicated to sharing and promoting progressive rock in the New England area.

Please see the About page for more information about our goals and history, as well as contact information.

NewEARS ALBUM OF THE MONTH!!!
"concept album that's a fitting testament to [Queensryche] and, for hard prog fans, an essential purchase"
Read the review at Record Collector Magazine

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New England Events

  • 2009-07-07
    Matisyahu at Bank of America Pavilion, Boston at 07:00 PM
    With Special Guests Umphrey's McGee
    $22.50 - $35.00

  • 2009-07-12
    Asia featuring John Payne (and Erik Norlander) at Tupelo Music Hall, Londonderry NH at 07:00 PM
    $40 & $45

  • 2009-07-12
    Your Move (classic prog covers) at Hopkinton MA Summer Concerts on the Common at 05:00 PM
    Free?

  • 2009-07-19
    MARPROG: Holding Pattern, IZZ, Helmet of Gnats, Advent, Brett Bottomley's Toy Masheen at Toad's Place, New Haven CT at 01:00 PM
    $27.50 ($30 day of show)

  • 2009-07-25
    Yes at The South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset MA at 07:00 PM
    With Special Guests Asia
    $44.25 - $60.25

  • 2009-07-29
    Queensryche at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom at 08:00 PM
    $25.50 ($27.50 day of show)

  • 2009-07-30
    Queensryche-Performing Extended Suites: Rage For Order/American Soldier/Empire at House of Blues, Boston at 08:00 PM
    $25

  • 2009-08-02
    Progressive Nation 2009 (Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Bigelf, Scale the Summit) at Bank of America Pavilion, Boston at 06:00 PM
    $30 & $50 ($170 & $295 VIP)

  • 2009-08-02
    Tool at Verizon Wireless Arena, Manchester NH at 07:30 PM
    $38.50 & $51.50

  • 2009-08-05
    Progressive Nation 2009: Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Bigelf, Scale the Summit at Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford CT at 06:30 PM
    $38 & $48 ($185.50 & $310.50 VIP)

  • 2009-08-08
    3RP Three Rivers Progressive Rock Festival: King's X, IQ, Crack The Sky, Persephone's Dream, Glass Hammer, others (10 bands) at Pepsi Roadhouse, Burgettstown (Pittsburgh) PA at 2 day festival
    $95 - $195

  • 2009-08-10
    Zappa Plays Zappa at Higher Ground, Burlington VT at 08:00 PM
    $30 ($33 day of show)

  • 2009-08-15
    The Moody Blues at Chevrolet Theater, Wallingford CT at 07:30 PM
    TBA

  • 2009-08-16
    The Moody Blues at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville CT at 08:00 PM
    TBA

  • 2009-08-19
    Eddie Jobson & "U-Z" at The Regent Theater, Arlington MA at 08:00 PM
    With Special Guests Dreadnaught
    $28 & $38

  • 2009-08-23
    An Evening with The Moody Blues at Cape Cod Melody Tent, Hyannis at 08:00 PM
    $65.75 - $81.75


  • NewEARS BLOGS!!!

    06/24/2009 : BostonProg to announce Eddie Jobson and “U-Z” at the Regent Theater on August 19th.
    (Reprinted from the UKZBand.com site) Eddie Jobson has formed an offshoot ’solo’ project called the “U-Z” Project and is planning a short tour of the U.S. East Coast in ...

    05/04/2009 : Keith Emerson Tour Cancelled
    Due to a hand injury, Keith is unable to tour this Summer. He’s been trying to work around it. But unfortunately, he hasn’t been able to overcome it. He’s very upset about having to ...

    04/29/2009 : BostonProg.org Press Release on Keith Emerson in Concert at The Regent Theatre in Arlington June 9
    Press Contact:          Meghan O’Neal/Callanan & Klein Communications (617) 431-1173 meghan@callananklein.com Boston, MA April 27, 2009 – Keyboard legend Keith Emerson kicks summer ...


    Prog in the News

    2009-06-29: Round Table Review: Dream Theater "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"
    ALEX: Dream Theater have rightly earned the respect of music fans worldwide for their brand of heavy progressive rock, which they have been writing and performing now for about a quarter of a century. It’s a powerful sounds

    2009-06-29: Interview with Kansas & Native Window
    This year, Kansas is celebrating their 35th Anniversary, however, another band, featuring fourfifths of the current lineup, will be making their CD debut on June 23rd. Native Window, featuring guitarist Rich Williams, violini

    2009-06-29: Review: Native Window
    Native Window is the band Kansas, minus vocalist Steve Walsh. It’s a long story, but basically, Kansas continue to be in a creative void, mainly due to the refusal by chief songwriters, Kerry Livgren and Steve Walsh, to wr

    2009-06-26: Review: Dream Theater "Black Clouds & Silver Linings"
    Progressive rock gets slagged a great deal for its baroque excesses and boyish overblown-ness fueled by hyper-technical playing. But, some folks like their water deep, choppy with portent and rippled with beefy riffage and po

    2009-06-25: Audio Interview: Derek Sherinian
    Keyboard virtuoso Derek Sherinian has returned with another refreshing album of musical prowess and creativity with a well-known lineup of session musicians joining him on his forthcoming opus “Molecular Heinosity”. I was

    2009-06-23: Generate excitement: VdGG
    Here’s how answers.com defines a Van der Graaf generator: “An electrostatic generator in which an electric charge is either removed from or transferred to a large hollow spherical electrode by a rapidly moving belt, accel

    2009-06-23: Progressive Nations Tour Band Changes
    It is with the utmost disappointment that I am forced to share the unfortunate news of both Pain Of Salvation and Beardfish having to pull out of this summer's Progressive Nation tour.... Their label Inside Out just rec

    2009-06-22: Album Review: The Mars Volta 'Octahedron'
    "Octahedron’’ does not sound like the Mars Volta’s past few records, but it certainly feels like a Mars Volta record, especially in the way it swoops up a listener for an excursion to the psychedelic frontier. Guitarist

    2009-06-22: Van Der Graaf rekindles spark for first-ever stop in Hub
    In progressive rock circles, Van Der Graaf Generator leader Peter Hammill is the godfather of soul-searching. Armed with a fearsome voice and a piercing way with words, singer/guitarist/keyboardist Hammill counts heavy hitter

    2009-06-17: Interview: Paul Richards (CGT)
    "It's fun to see the surprise on people's faces when we play something in a completely different style than they expect," says Paul Richards, a founding member of the California Guitar Trio. The group brings its solid 18 year

    2009-06-12: Obituary: Hugh Hopper, 64, bassist for rock band Soft Machine
    Hugh Hopper, who as the bassist for the British progressive rock band Soft Machine was a central figure in the forward-looking music scene that bloomed in Canterbury in the 1960s and 1970s, died June 7 in the county of Kent,

    2009-06-11: Review: Hands "Prism"
    Unlike rock and roll or blues, the American progressive rock scene has had a long standing identity problem next to its British counterpart. Led by the Beatles, the Who, the Rolling Stones, Cream, and herds of other artists,

    2009-06-08: Interview: Peter Nicholls of IQ
    When you say neo-progressive rock, England's IQ is one of the first bands to come to mind; they might have not have had the slight MTV airplay that Marillion did during the eighties, but alongside Pendragon and Pallas, they l

    2009-06-08: Review: Deus Ex Machina "Imparis"
    In my mind, I still think of Deus Ex Machina as one of the new wave of Italian prog bands, but their first album came out eighteen years ago! Blimey! Deus Ex Machina are closer in sound to bands with a jazz fusion slant l

    2009-06-07: A concept whose time has come - again
    Picture this: A young couple confronts a changing world and wrestles with issues of religion, politics, patriotism, and family. Or how about this scenario: A damsel is in distress after being accosted by a shape-shifting a