Best progressive acts these days?

As of yesterday, the Strawbs website has posted dates for the full electric band- additional dates are pending and will be posted in due course.

Great - They're at the Birchmere in Alexandria July 8. I'll make it for sure. I saw Camel there this last summer.
thanks for the update.

Here's a Strawbs update for all concerned.

NEARfest
NEARfest 2004 - Saturday & Sunday, July 10 & 11
Zoellner Arts Center at 420 East Packer Avenue, Bethlehem, PA

This year's features artists include
The Strawbs
Univers Zero
Mike Keneally Band
Planet X
Pallas
Metamorfosi
Yezda Urfa
Hidria Spacefolk
Richard Pinhas
Sean Malone

Tickets for NEARfest 2004 will go on sale Saturday, March 20th at 11:00 am
EST. Please visit the NEARfest website for further details. This year
NEARfest starts a new tradition with a Friday Night pre-show featuring The
Musical Box! You can purchase the seats at the time you buy your NEARfest
tickets!

And for you Strawbs fans wondering which line-up will be playing, it will be
a FULL reunion of the 5-man lineup that recorded the symphonic progressive
folk classics "Hero and Heroine" and "Ghosts":
Dave Cousins- vocals, guitar
Dave Lambert- vocals, guitar
John Hawken- keyboards, mellotrons
Rod Coombes- drums
Chas Cronk- bass