HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD: ESSENCE 4/27/2004 As Crutchfield prepared for the

As Crutchfield prepared for the release of her Merge debut Ivy Tripp

the Robert Glasper Experiment attempts the near impossible: create a sequel that delivers fully on the promise of its groundbreaking

If a listener is at all open to music created in the moment

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HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD: ESSENCE 4/27/2004 As Crutchfield prepared for theThe band that ushered in the British neo prog wave in the 1980s, Marillion has proved itself to be a true survivor. Still going strong in 2008, the band is as ambitious as ever, releasing their latest batch of tunes, HAPPINESS IS THE ROAD, as two separate volumes. Where its sister album, THE HARD SHOULDER, is a more visceral, rocking effort, the first volume, ESSENCE, is a lush, atmospheric affair, somewhat reminiscent of latter day (post Roger