kurt rongey

i'm gonna be reviewing kurt rongey's new alb, with form it threatens silence, for i love fort worth.

kurt's prolly best known as keyb player/vocalist/drummer for fort worth prog-meisters the underground railroad and air personality/program director for dallas classical station wrr, but he's been releasing albums of his own challenging, classical-influenced compositions since book in hand wa-a-ay back in 1991. his second release, 2000's that was propaganda, was a concept album about the soviet union. instrumental tracks for with form it threatens silence were completed in 1995, with vocals added in 2005 and mixing done a year later.

the label through which all three albums are currently available, mindawn, has a unique business model: its products are available by download only, and you can audition them three times at no charge once you download their standalone player (which i'll be doing while i'm off work on tuesday).

the underground railroad, meanwhile, has shows set for may 19th in austin and may 26th with addnerim at rock star sports bar off i-35.