Looking for peaceful pastoral progrock

[hippypants]

[arise_shine]

I was gonna say, is Camel's "Snow Goose" a given? Other Camel might fit the bill too (Rain Dances, Mirage, Nude [or the live 1981 album], Rajaz, A Nod and a Wink).

I've been looking for more of this kinda stuff too. Is it possible to bookmark a thread on this site?

[hippypants]

[wilcox660]

Goldfrapp's latest Tales Of Us might be a pleasant surprise for you.

[hippypants]

If you like Vollenweider you might like Susan Mazer's The Fire In the Rose:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Fire-Rose-.../dp/B00B7U5VK6

[spellbound]

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

[walt]

Popol Vuh - Hosianna Mantra

Great pick.

[Dave (in MA)]

Ian Carr's Old Heartland could be said to fit into this category despite the instrumentation that includes trumpet and saxes.

[Progbear]

I'll second the Harmonium recommendations. All three are first-rate albums. The second doesn't even have any drums (and the first one does only on one track)! As always, I also recommend the Fiori-Séguin album, more of a 70s pop kind of production, but the songs are so good.

A recent album that will likely be up your street and should not be ignored: Camelias Garden: You Have a Chance.

[Rarebird]

I'll second "Ammerland" , but not "Ommadawn" - brilliant LP but only pastoral if you live between a motorway & a firing range .
I'd also suggest Sonja Kristina's lovely CD with her acoustic band, Cloud 10, but can not remember its name !

Sonja Kristina with Taylor and Friends - Songs from the acid folk
might fit the bill as well.

[bill g]

!! How could I have forgotten Cirrus Bay? (all of their recorded output)

Why thank you Steve! Pastoral (albeit complex) prog rock is what we, a large aspect of Cirrus Bay, is all about, for sure! I can't pull up any of the clips from my work computer, but there are plenty of stuff at youtube to sample.

[TheH]

Eris Pluvia - "Rings of earthly light" a wonderfull mellow an melodic Album

[Dana5140]

White Willow comes to mind, along with maybe Anglagard.

[Digital_Man]

Some of white willow such as "sacrament" but certainly not "storm season."

I also second the Camel and Anthony Phillips(geese and the ghost)suggestions. Not sure if "tubular bells" has been mentioned yet but much of that album would qualify(probably not his best example for this though).

[ChrisXymphonia]

White Willow comes to mind, along with maybe Anglagard.

Well, yeah if you cut out all of the frantic outbursts you might end up with 15 minutes of pastoral bliss per album.

[the winter tree]

Check this out :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGw_2dzuuGU

[simon moon]

Eris Pluvia - "Rings of earthly light" a wonderfull mellow an melodic Album

Beat me to it! Great album.

XII Alfonso from France meets the description well.

Ragnorok from Sweden, especially their first 2 releases.

Quite a bit of the early After Crying.

Alan Sorrenti from Itally.

Gotic from Spain.

Asturias from Japan. Some sounds like Oldfield, some is mostly acoustic.

[SuperTed]

Ian Neal is definitely worth a listen. His albums are on Bandcamp - this is a particularly mellow outing

All In The Golden Afternoon

[yesstiles]

This is as good as it gets right here, especially the second half:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fnjoa_7_z-Y

[walt]

Eric Malmberg-Verklighet & Beat.Mellow, pastoral music,imo, with mucho keyboards.

[calyx]

For me Anthony Phillips and Harry Williamson's "Tarka" is hard to beat. If you'd ever dreamed some of the romantic 12-string guitar interludes in "Trespass"-era Genesis had been developed over an entire album... plus orchestra and additional players such as Didier Malherbe (Gong) on flute and piccolo, Lindsay Cooper (Henry Cow) on oboe and bassoon, Guy Evans (VdGG) on percussion... Recorded over a 10-years period 1978-88 and finally released in 1989 but timeless.

[Scrotum Scissor]

I can second the Harmonium recommendations, as well as many of the Italian ones - but beware; there were other highly aggressive Italian bands too.

Not really symph, more Canterbury-infected (by Caravan's former bass player) - but try this one:


Fairly epic, folky progressive classic from Basque region:


Invisible was the third (1974-76) group led by multi-legendary Argentinian singer/songwriter Luis Alberto Spinetta (RIP), and this tune from their third and last album:

[Burley Wright]

Goldfrapp's latest Tales Of Us might be a pleasant surprise for you.

Seventh Tree from 2008 is very nice too.

[Jacob Holm-Lupo]

Well, yeah if you cut out all of the frantic outbursts you might end up with 15 minutes of pastoral bliss per album.

Well, to be honest I think our first album, Ignis Fatuus, would fit the TS' needs to a tee. It's pretty much mellow, pastoral, vintage-styled symphonic rock from beginning to end, with a healthy dose of folk thrown in.

J.

[JKL2000]

Vietgrove! A great mixture of Floydian dreamscapes with Genesis like acoustic guitar treatments. All instrumental. I think yheir latejst is only available as a download. But their CD "The Little Apocrypha" is worth tracking down. One of their members is active on the forum.

Really? What kind of name is Vietgrove then? I always imagined Vietgrove would sound like Napalm Death or something.