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 MAIN
EVENT
Major Announcement
The Philly Prog
Rock Connection is proud to announce
THE RITES OF
SPRING FESTIVAL
Friday Saturday & Sunday
May 2nd, 3rd & 4th 2008
VENUE - The COLONIAL
THEATER
227 Bridge St, P.O. Box 712
Phoenixville, PA, 19460
610-917-0233
News release: 09/26/07
Wishbone Ash
announced for RoSfest 2008
RoSfest is honored to announce
Wishbone Ash on May 4th 2008 as our third band.
 Wishbone
Ash is the pioneering British twin-lead guitar band that
features founding guitarist Andy Powell, whose name is
often associated with the Gibson Flying V. The lineup
also includes Finnish guitar slinger Muddy Manninen plus
longtime rhythm section of bassist Bob Skeat & drummer
Ray Weston. Formed in London 1969, Wishbone Ash
garnered notice in the early days for a unique blend of
blues, jazz and English folk. But it was the way the
guitars played melodic leads together that would become
Wishbone Ash’s trademark. inspiring such bands as Thin
Lizzy and Iron Maiden. Throughout the years, many
notable musicians have contributed their talents to the
band, including Asia’s John Wetton, Trevor Bolder from
David Bowie’s Spiders From Mars and Uriah Heep,
and Laurie Wisefield, who would later play guitar for
Joe Cocker and Tina Turner.
The aptly named Eternity Tour, will
take in two tours both of the United States and U.K.
plus a full German tour in January, while making stops
in Holland, Belgium, France and Denmark. The idea is to
promote several different products on release. The
band's CD of new material, The Power of Eternity, will
go on release in the U.K. in the first week of October,
on the Talking Elephant label while Sanctuary Records
will handle the release throughout the rest of the
world. Wishbone Ash has released nearly 40 albums
and six DVDs, performed on five continents, and received
worldwide acclaim. The band regularly plays more than
150 shows a year, delivering the goods to an
ever-growing number of appreciative fans of all ages.
Be sure to come out and support Wishbone Ash and catch
them on May 4th, 2008 as this
is the only scheduled east coast gig that the band will
perform before departing for a west coast
tour planned in
early 2008.
Wishbone Ash
official website -
http://www.wishboneash.com/
Be sure to head on over to the RoSfest website and check
out the
Wishbone Ash page
http://www.rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Wishbone_Ash.htm
News release: 09/21/07
Blind Ego announced
for RoSfest Saturday opener.
 Blind
Ego is the solo project of Karlheinz "Kalle" Wallner,
the guitarist for the highly respected group RPWL from
Germany. Guitarist Wallner contributes a major part of
the quartet's sound with members from various bands
contributing to the playing are Paul Wrightson - vocals
(ARENA) John Jowitt - bass (I.Q., FROST*) Yogi Lang -
keyboards (RPWL) & Erwin Reader - Drums.
Mirror was released this year and was well received by
fans and reviewers alike. On the occasion of his
solo–project BLIND EGO Wallner took a closer look in the
mirror to reflect on a number of touching, very personal
experiences. The `Mirror`- Songs derive from different
phases in the last three years", says Kalle Wallner.
"During this time a lot happened in my personal life.
Although I originally didn't plan on using
autobiographical issues it did happen in the end. The
songs are a result of different emotions: anger, hate,
grief. While writing I sort of stripped down to the
bottom of my soul and tried to convert all of this into
intense music."
Get in touch with Blind Ego and experience this emotion
at RoSfest and Look for this band to open up our
festivities in May 3rd 2007.
Be sure to head on over to the
RoSfest website and check out the MP3 and video on the
Blind Ego page.
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Blind_Ego.htm
Blind Ego official website
-
http://www.blind-ego.com
Myspace website -
http://www.myspace.com/houseofprogression
MAIN EVENT
Major Announcement
The Philly Prog Rock Connection is proud to announce
THE RITES OF SPRING FESTIVAL
Friday May 2nd Saturday May 3rd and Sunday May 4th of 2008
VENUE
- The COLONIAL THEATER
227 Bridge St, P.O. Box 712
Phoenixville, PA, 19460
610-917-0233
THE PERFORMERS
BLIND
EGO
-
RITUAL
-
TBA
-
CIRCA:
CREDO
-
BLACK BONZO
- WISHBONE
ASH
-
HEADLINER
FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT
TBA -
AMBROSIA
Visit
http://www.thecolonialtheatre.com/
for site information.
With this great lineup you'll
surely want to attend this festival, as this will be the
hottest ticket in town. At 650 seats they will be very
limited and you won't want to miss it.
The line up is as follows:
SATURDAY First day May 3rd 2008. HEADLINER
RoSfest is extremely pleased to
announce that CIRCA has been chosen as our Saturday
night headliner for 2008.
 The
band is called CIRCA: and is comprised of veteran YES
rockers from different eras: Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye
and Alan White with Jimmy Haun on lead Guitar have
completed their debut Album. Capturing various eras of
Progressive Classic Rock to create a dynamic new sound,
CIRCA: 2007 is an Album of original compositions that
defines a new musical chapter for the Band. ex-members
Guitarist Billy Sherwood who filled in for Steve Howe on
TALK (1994), and played next to him on Keys to Ascension
Volume I and II (1996/97), Open Your Eyes (1997), and
The Ladder (1999), next is current YES drummer Alan
White who has been hitting the skins for YES since 1972,
keyboard player Tony Kaye was with YES when it formed in
1968 and he played on their first couple of albums and
then went on to a successful solo career. Kaye returned
to band in 1983 for the 90125 album - arguable the most
successful compilation of the band's career (and which
yield the still-popular #1 hit "Owner of a Lonely
Heart") and stuck around for another 10 years and then
departed again, and finally the quartet is rounded out
by Jimmy Haun - a name many YES fans may not be familiar
with but who in fact played the majority of lead guitar
parts on the 1991 YES album "UNION."
CIRCA: will be playing the entire new "CIRCA: 2007" CD,
as well as touching on special moments from every YES
era !! 2 hours of non stop prog !!
Look for CIRCA to play the stage at RoSfest 2008.
CIRCA official website -
TBA - Coming soon
Check out
CIRCA'S myspace website
and listen to the music.
http://profile.myspace.com/Circa
Be sure to go to the RoSfest
website and listen to tracks from the upcoming new CIRCA
album
http://www.rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Circa.htm
RITUAL ANNOUNCED FOR ROSFEST 2008!
 Ritual
will be playing our second slot on Saturday afternoon. The band
is comprised of four members, Patrik Lundström (vocals,
guitars), Jon Gamble (keyboards, harmonium, harmonica & vocals),
Fredrik Lindqvist (bass, bouzouki, mandolin, flutes, etc.) and
Johan Nordgren (drums, percussion),
and they mix elements of rock, folk and world
music, sprinkle in jazz elements and take their songs to the
verge of avant-garde. Ritual have 3 albums to
their credit, Ritual (1995), Superb Birth (1999), and Think Like
A Mountain (2003). In September of this year Ritual will release
their fourth album "The Hemulic Voluntary Band" This is
what Patrick Lundström had to say about the new album: ”In a
sense, this is our most progressive album ever, with its long
epic track, varying moods, unusual instruments and all. The folk
influence comes to us very naturally, since both Fredrik and
Johan also play folk-instruments such as bouzouki, whistles,
keyed fiddle, etc. From early on in our career, Fredrik has
introduced us to different folk bands and ethnic music, and it
is something we all enjoy and appreciate. So, the folky
influence has always been a vital part of Ritual’s sound, and it
is one of our main characteristics.” So who or what is the ‘Hemulic
Voluntary Band’, and where does the name originate? ”Hemulic
Voluntary Band is taken from Tove Jansson’s books about the
Moomin family. An orchestra named ‘The Hemulic Voluntary Brass
Band’ is mentioned in a few stories. Hemulens are creatures
living in the Moomin world. This band of hemulens is actually a
marching band – a brass band –, and apparently they sometimes
perform on festive occasions. Otherwise, Tove Jansson doesn’t
say very much about this fictional band. But we liked the name
very much and really felt we could identify with it. We feel
like a hemulic voluntary band!” Look for Ritual
to feature the Hemulic Voluntary Band at RoSfest!
Check out Ritual's myspace website
and listen to the music.
http://www.myspace.com/ritualsweden
Ritual official website -
http://www.ritual.se
Be sure to head on over to the RoSfest website and check out
the MP3's on the Ritual page.
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Ritual.htm
Sunday Second Day MAY
3RD.
HEADLINER ---
TBA ----
The Rites of Spring Festival is
pleased to announce Swedish art rock band Black Bonzo in their
US debut as the second band on Sunday.
RoSfest is pleased to announce our first band for 2008,
Black Bonzo. Hailing from
 Skellefteå, Sweden, Black
Bonzo is a six piece band formed in 2003 from the
remains of psychedelic band Gypsy Sons of Magic. They
released their demo soon after forming, and their debut
album in summer 2004. Their follow up album, "Sound of
the Apocalypse" will be released June 8 and has already
received great reviews. They will be playing the second
slot on Sunday, and we are excited to welcome to the
RoSfest stage!
Black Bonzo official website -
http://www.blackbonzo.com/
http://www.myspace.com/blackbonzo
Be sure to go to the RoSfest website and view the Black
Bonzo video
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Black_Bonzo.htm
News release: 08/27/07
CREDO ANNOUNCED AS THE
SUNDAY MORNING BAND FOR ROSFEST 2008!
 RoSfest
is thrilled to announce Credo as the Sunday morning
wake-up band for 2008! Credo is a five piece band
hailing from England, and consisting of Tim Birrell
(guitar), Mark Colton (vocals), Martin Meads (drums,
percussion), Jim Murdoch (Bass & Vocals) and Mike Varty
(Keyboards, Violin & Vocals). They released their first
album in 1994 to much acclaim, but due to a run of
illness and bad luck, the band faded from the limelight,
spending many years working on the follow up to Field of
Vision, 2005’s “Rhetoric”. Rhetoric was released 11
years to the day from Field of Vision and garnered great
reviews, even being called prog’s “best kept secret”,
which happens to be the tentative title of their next
album, scheduled to be released around RoSfest. We are
excited to have this fantastic band as the opener on
Sunday morning!
Check out Credo's myspace website and listen to
the music.
http://www.myspace.com/credogb
CREDO'S official website -
http://www.timbirrell.f2s.com/
Be sure to head on over to the RoSfest website and check
out the MP3's on the Credo page.
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/CREDO.htm
FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT SPECIAL HEADLINER
Friday MAY 2ND
HEADLINER ---
AMBROSIA ----
Ambrosia announced for RoSfest 2008 Friday headliner
 It
gives us extreme pleasure to announce Ambrosia as our
Friday night headliner for 2008 but first a little band
history.
Ambrosia formed in 1970, in the South Bay/San Pedro area
of Southern California. The musicians were inspired by
the progressive rock era, and developed a large regional
following for their inventive musicianship and skillful
arranging. Ambrosia came to national prominence in 1975
with the release of their self-titled debut album on 20th
Century Fox Records. Ambrosia was produced and
engineered by the legendary Alan Parsons, and featured
the top ten hit “Holdin’ on to yesterday”, as well as
the FM classic “Nice nice, very nice”. After lengthy
touring, the band returned in 1976 with Somewhere
I’ve never traveled, also produced and engineered by
Parsons. The Album yielded the title song, which quickly
became an FM favorite. Both Ambrosia and
Somewhere I’ve never traveled received Grammy
nominations, and set the stage for the band’s signing to
Warner Bros. Records. During that time the group also
scored a top 40 hit with a cover of the Beatles classic
“Magical mystery tour”, from the motion picture All
this and WW11.
In 1980, Warner Bros. released One Eighty, a
smash LP that produced two of the year’s biggest hits,
“You’re the only woman” and “Biggest part of me.” Though
a headlining world tour and three Grammy nominations
followed, one of the biggest honors bestowed upon them
was Quincy Jones’ declaration that “Biggest part of me”
was one of his all time favorite songs.
Ambrosia released their fifth and final album, Road
Island, in 1982. From the Ralph Steadman cover
illustration, to the James Guthrie (Pink Floyd’s the
Wall) production, to the album’s dark central themes,
Road Island was a conceptual, adventurous work of art
that brought forward Ambrosia’s exceptional talents. It
also marked the end of an era for the band.
Well, 30+ some odd years after their splash onto the
scene and a brief cessation of activity from the
mid-'80s to the mid-'90s, the band is STILL kicking
tunes and taking names. Three of the original quartet of
Joe Puerta, Burleigh Drummond & Christopher North
remain, as they and frontman David Pack had differences
of opinion over musical direction and sought different
paths. The newest iteration of Ambrosia boasts the edgy,
youthful shredding of Doug Jackson on lead axe, the
seasoned jazz 'n' jam-tinged stylings of long-time band
collaborator David Lewis (Shadowfax) on second keys and
making another return with the band is 12 year vet and
vocalist Shem Von Schroeck
rounding out this six piece band.
Upon speaking with
Burleigh Drummond & Christopher North they agreed to
give something special to the RoSfesters and perform
music from their more progressive albums
Ambrosia, Somewhere I’ve never traveled
and their fifth album Road Island.
This promises to be a very special show so make your
plans to catch Ambrosia on the RoSfest stage on May 2nd
as our Friday night headliner.
Be sure to head on over to the RoSfest website and check
out the MP3 on the Ambrosia page.
http://rosfest.com/Performers-2008/Ambrosia.htm
Ambrosia official website -
http://www.ambrosiaweb.com/
Check out the unofficial Ambrosia myspace website and
listen to the music.
http://profile.myspace.com/Ambrosia
General Ticket Sales
Regular tickets - TBA
No limit per person. 415 tickets available at this price
$TBA
Friday night event tickets
$TBA per ticket and $TBA at the door day of concert
There are no single-day or single-band passes available.
Visit the official RoSfest website at
http://www.rosfest.com for details.
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