Artist description Zen Rock and Roll focuses on challenging and expanding the scope of rock music by performing pieces that include musical idioms from other genres and compositional techniques akin to classical and romantic music. Sounds serious, doesn't it? Zen Rock and Roll is for people who like music, sounds, thoughtful melodies, and colorful harmonies. That's not to say the music is all intellectual and stuffy. In the tradition of rock music, it is vibrant, dionysian, and meant to stir the emotions. Zen Rock and Roll thinks that artfully composed pieces accomplish these goals better than plain old pop songs.

Music Style progressive rock

Musical Influences Genesis, Yes, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, European romantic and impressionist music (Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Richard Strauss, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, etc.), Steve Reich, early Stravinsky, Gyorgy Ligeti, Qawwali singers, Bulgarian choirs

Similar Artists Genesis, Yes

Instruments standard rock band instrumentation with occasional flute parts

Albums End of the Age

Location Nashville, TN - USA

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