Niagara Power Vista Wildlife Festival I

Goats in Milford, CT Sept. 20

Out to Milford Connecticut last weekend for the Milford Irish Festival on Saturday. The organizers had come across us on our myspace page and came out to see the band at the Shannon Pub this past Spring. We drove up on Friday morning, had a nice dinner courtesy of the Irish Heritage Society and then hung out watching great bands on Saturday until we took the stage from 7:30 until 10 pm - playing straight through!

"Good Night, Bad Morning" as it says on the newly released POG CD (shameless promotion) and that was true as we were up at 9 am on Sunday for the 7 hour ride home. Not a lot of sleep at all those three days but the organizers and attendees were great, my good friend "Evy" was able to meet up with me there and hang out with all the Goats and Goatee's (?), and we thoroughly enjoyed our marathon session - playing the longest we've ever played without a break!

(Mark Everett/Brian Carney)

(Calley McGrane & The Exiles)

(after hours session)

Niagara Celtic Festival - 9/13/08

Scenes from the Niagara Celtic Festival at Olcott Beach:

(treebeard speaks)

(whistle jam)
(feats of strength)
(poor goat)

Finally back on stage...

Musician extraordinaire Eddie Jobson!

Jobson performed live for the first time in over 20 years at a Russian progressive music festival along with The Adrian Belew Power Trio and KTU. Jobson joined Belew's trio along with Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto to play a collection of King Crimson songs, and all reports say he hasn't lost his chops.

Many more details and photographs are available on Robin Slick's blog HERE. She is mother to 2/3rds of the Adrian Belew trio, a fantastic writer, and all-round lover of good music. If you want the inside scoop on Belew, check her blog first!

All this is leading up to the release of Jobson's UKZ project, (an EP is due in October) and hopefully a grand tour that comes anywhere within 10 hours of Buffalo.

Prog-rock is alive and well!