Trouble Town (2018) closes the Zabocus trilogy, the decline and possible renewal of an American town. Steve Bonino and Ted Zahn earned this ending across three albums. #SteveBonino #ProgressiveRock #AOR #Zabocus #TroubleTown #DreamMachine

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Not everything Steve Bonino does is prog rock, and Zabocus is living proof.

Together with longtime collaborator Ted Zahn, Steve formed Zabocus, an Americana and folk-pop project that reveals a completely different dimension of his artistry.

Warm, earthy, and deeply rooted in American musical tradition, Zabocus draws on country, folk, and classic songwriting in ways that might surprise even Steve's biggest prog rock fans.

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Sometimes it just needs a small town, a few truthful songs, and two artists who care deeply about getting it right.

Zabocus got it very right.

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Preceded by the standalone Zabocus debut (2014), and built in the Americana and folk tradition with collaborator Ted Zahn.

Great storytelling doesn't need spaceships or mythology.

A town dies. A town is reborn. Zabocus tells the whole story.

The Zabocus trilogy, three albums tracing the death and rebirth of an American town, is one of the most ambitious storytelling projects in Steve Bonino's entire catalog, and it doesn't carry a single prog rock label.

Welcome to the world of misfit toys.

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Two voices blending over stories that feel lived-in and real. A stack of things that come to life with gears and tubes and glowing lights.

If you found Steve through progressive rock, Zabocus will catch you completely off guard. In the best possible way.

That's how "Misfit Toys" opens on Roots Run Deep, the first chapter of The Trouble Town Trilogy by Zabocus, and it sets the tone for everything Steve Bonino and Ted Zahn built together on this album.

Warm pedal steel guitar. Acoustic strumming.

ROOTS RUN DEEP, ZABOCUS

In the world of misfit toys there's little room for normal boys.

If you think you know what Steve Bonino sounds like, Zabocus might just change that. In the best possible way.

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The debut Zabocus album (2014) stands on its own, followed by The Trouble Town Trilogy, featuring Roots Run Deep (2017), Trouble Town (2018), and Dream Machine (2024), tracing the death and rebirth of an American town. Three albums, one complete story, beautifully told.