Orme, Le

»Florian« was a pretty fun and unique stylistic stunt with some seriously interesting results, even if Le Orme are barely recognizable in places, since this chamber-leaning effort has nothing to do with rock music.

»La Via Della Seta« is a superb album that ticks every high artistic box for this legendary Italian symphonic prog-rock band, which means it was made more or less the way most longtime Le Orme fans wanted it.

It's always pure pleasure and a balm for body and soul to catch a show by legends of Italian progressive rock who, even in their golden years, are still livelier on stage than plenty of much younger, musically comparable bands. On top of…

This double bill of Italian symphonic prog rock masters spoiled us for almost four hours and, for a little while, whisked us back to some 'long' bygone, romantic era.

Photos: Aleš Podbrežnik Venue: Casino Lipica / Lipica / SloveniaConcert date: 12.12.2008Attendance: 100Ticket price: €0.00 Le Orme come from Venice and have swung through here, or at least close to Slovenia, quite a few times, so it was…

In the late sixties, Le Orme were still playing psychedelic music that wasn't all that interesting or innovative. But in the early seventies, after the guitarist left, they turned into a mighty trio. Plenty of people called them the Italian…