Prog-Watch

101 Dimensions - March 2026-2

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:45:00 -0300

The calendar was such that my turn on 101 Dimensions came up twice in March 2026. Here's my second show for March, with nearly two hours of electronic, ambient, and progressive sounds from Trinity Ward, Synergy, Robert Reed, Tangerine Dream, and Terry Riley & Stefano Scodanibbio.

Prog-Watch 1307 - Variety

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:40:41 -0300

I have another variety show lined up for this week's Prog-Watch, loaded with a whole lotta awesome, contemporary prog for you! Hear music from Big Big Train, Spock's Beard, Smalltape, Magenta, PsychoYogi, Yak, Clive Nolan, Galasphere 347, The Neal Morse Band, Gazpacho, and Rocking Horse Music Club!

Prog-Watch 1306 - Variety

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:34:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety show, with great, mostly contemporary prog rock from IQ, Trace, Spock's Beard, Big Big Train, and Tenk van Dool & Paul Sears! Plus, we'll heard from four artists featured in the most recent issue of PROG Magazine: School Disco, Temple of Shibboleth, Smalltape, and Maha Sohona!

101 Dimensions - March 2026

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 10:41:58 -0400

Here is my 101 Dimensions program for March. Nearly two hours of electronic/ambient/progressive sounds from Steven Wilson, Klaus Schulze, Isao Tomita, and Madhavi Devi.

Prog-Watch 1305 - The Kids Are Alright

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:45:06 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special centered on kids and children, and features music from diverse artists ranging from Arena to Gary Numan, and Steely Dan to the Who! I hope you will come along for a fun ride!

Prog-Watch 1304 - Variety + Mailman on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 08:08:45 -0400

Lots of great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Sykofant, PsychoYogi, Holosoil (RV3O), Tavananna, Z Machine and Divided by Design. Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Mailman!

101 Dimensions - February 2026

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:21:19 -0400

My February 101 Dimensions program features more than 90 minutes of great electronic/ambient/progressive music from Bioscope, Ian Boddy & Robert Rich, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Oliver Wakeman with Steve Howe, and Terry Riley!

Prog-Watch 1303 - Variety

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:21:46 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I am spinning tracks from a lot of the PROG Magazine artists I missed over the last few months, and from a few other new releases! Hear fabulous music from HFMC, Sister Ray Davies, Mesmerising, Alan Morse, Hällas, Galasphere 347, Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan, Sans Froid, Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, Vower, Confirmation Bias, and Oudeziel!

Prog-Watch 1302 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present Some of the Best of 2025, Pt. 2

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:28:08 -0400

For your listening enjoyment this week I have Part 2 of my collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on some of the best prog rock of 2025! With great music from Andrew Latimer, EBB, The Flower Kings, echolyn, Gazpacho, Mostly Autumn, Bioscope, Big Big Train, Karmakanic, Tribe3, and Rocking Horse Music Club! And thanks again to all the TPA contributors: Alex Driessen, David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Jane Lee, Magnus Moar, Rick Peuser, Ian Paul Sharp, Graham Thomas, and Leo Trimming!

101 Dimensions - January 2026

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:24:19 -0400

This month's 101 Dimensions curated by Yours Truly. Nearly two hours of great electronic/ambient/progressive music from Green Isac Orchestra, Ashra, Systems Theory, Tangerine Dream, and Jon Hassel & Brian Eno!

Prog-Watch 1301 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present Some of the Best of 2025, Pt. 1

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:26:25 -0400

Happy 2026! Join us and start the year off right with some of the best progressive rock produced last year, as we begin our Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect collaboration on the Best of 2025! This year's contributors include Alex Driessen, David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Jane Lee, Magnus Moar, Rick Peuser, Ian Paul Sharp, Graham Thomas, and Leo Trimming! In this first part of our collaboration we will hear fabulous music from Rick Wakeman, The Wood Demons, Whispers of Granite, Steven Wilson, IQ, Jethro Tull, Jakko M. Jakszyk, Spriggan Mist, Nick Fletcher, Lunatic Soul, and Dave Bainbridge! Part 2 will follow in two weeks!

101 Dimensions - December 2025

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 08:29:25 -0400

My 101 Dimensions program for December features nearly two hours of great electronic/ambient/progressive music from Trace, Grobschnitt, Johannes Schmoelling, Anthony Phillips, and Johan Agebjörn!

Prog-Watch 1226 - Variety + Andrew Latimer on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 08:22:13 -0400

On this week's Prog-Watch, Dr. Rob Fisher returns to take an in depth look at War Stories, the fabulous new solo album by Andrew Latimer of Camel fame! Also, new music from Kepler Ten, Yak, and Mostly Autumn!

Prog-Watch 1225 - Explorations, Vol. 8 - The Canterbury Scene

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 18:57:52 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at The Canterbury Scene! Come explore this sub-genre through great music from Caravan, Gong, Hatfield and the North, Steve Hillage, Khan, Supersister, National Health, Egg, and the Soft Machine!

101 Dimensions - November 2025

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 15:53:19 -0400

My monthly 101 Dimensions program includes nearly two hours of progressive electronic and ambient music from Sverre Knut Johansen, Edgar Froese, Vangelis, Redshift, and Michael Stearns & Ron Sunsinger!

Prog-Watch 1224 - Variety

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 08:22:04 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a few from artists included in the most recent PROG Magazine! Tune in to hear great contemporary stuff from Jim Griffin, Viper Soup Complex, The Wood Demons, Connor Kaminski, Nad Sylvan, Dave Bainbridge, Mark Bogert, BEAT, and Gentle Giant!

Prog-Watch 1223 - Halloween Special 2025

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:23:48 -0300

This year's Halloween Special features spooky music from artists including Asia, the Edgar Winter Group, Kansas, Blue Öyster Cult, Rush, Anthony Phillips, and many more!

101 Dimensions - October 2025

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:56:47 -0300

Here's my 101 Dimensions program for October.

Prog-Watch 1222 - Variety + Raphael Weinroth-Browne on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:23:14 -0300

This week Dr. Rob Fisher returns to expand your musical horizons with a new edition of Progressive Discoveries, featuring the Canadian cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne! I'll also be pitching some new and different sounds, from Pinn Dropp, Euphoria Station, Dave Bainbridge, Nick Fletcher, Bakelit, and Mihrax!

Prog-Watch 1221 - Leave It

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 08:32:54 -0300

This week's program is another of my fun, little themed specials! Every song has a form of the word "leave" in the title and I've got stuff from artists ranging from Black Bonzo to Yes! Listen for a few curve balls and hidden gems (as usual)!

101 Dimensions - September 2025

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:25:07 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions program (curated by Yours Truly) features nearly two hours of electronic/ambient/progressive music from Hipokamp Projekt, Jim Griffin, Porcupine Tree, Lunatic Soul, and Morton Subotnik!

Prog-Watch 1220 - Variety + Malabriega on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 08:30:15 -0300

In this week's program Dr. Rob Fisher returns to expand your horizons with some Spanish Prog from Malabriega! And Big Tony spins contemporary tracks from Jack O'the Clock, Edensong, Mark Trueack, The Hare and Hoofe, the Hipokamp Projekt, and Chester Thompson!

Prog-Watch 1219 - The Musical World of Billy Sherwood

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:17:19 -0300

From his early days with Lodgic and World Trade, his first involvements with Yes and Chris Squire (in Conspiracy), through his solo career, many side projects (The Prog Collective, Circa, Yoso, and Arc of Life), and his eventual return to the Yes fold, Billy Sherwood has sure been around the proverbial block! Join me this week for a little tour of his vast Musical World!

101 Dimensions - August 2025

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 09:21:28 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions program (curated by Yours Truly) features nearly two hours of electronic/ambient/progressive music from DeeperNET, Nova Cascade, Church of Hed, Kitaro, and Klaus Schulze!

Prog-Watch 1218 - Variety + Whispers of Granite on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:16:40 -0300

Lots of great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! PROG Mag artists Grace Hayhurst, Hiroe, and Huis, plus The Foundation, Jethro Tull, and Steve Hackett! And our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the debut album by an exciting new project called Whispers Of Granite!

Prog-Watch 1217 - Variety + The Flower Kings on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 21:57:06 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with great new stuff from Fearful Symmetry, Discipline, and the Kindred Spirit Band; two tributes to music icons we lost recently; and a voyage of Progressive Discovery with Dr. Rob Fisher and the latest album by the Flower Kings!

101 Dimensions - July 2025

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:46:01 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions offering includes nearly two hours of electronic/ambient/progressive music by Harmonia, Matt Baber, Silicon Psychosis, Vangelis, and Time Being!

Prog-Watch 1216 - Whatnot From The 1990s

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 20:53:56 -0300

Things conspired to make it impossible for me to complete a "regular" show this week (as if there is such a thing!) and I didn't want to drop another "From The Archives". So I revisited the idea of doing a stream of consciousness program with just a lot of random cool stuff---much of which I might not usually play on the show---with no patter. This time I focused on the 1990s. I hope you enjoy!

Prog-Watch 1215 - Variety + Obiymy Doschu on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:20:13 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with lots of great stuff from Six By Six, Jakko Jakszyk, Cosmic Cathedral, Tears For Fears, Circu5, and Drifting Sun! Plus, Dr. Rob Fisher returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the new album by Ukrainian band Obiymy Doschu! This album is at the top of Rob's list for the best of 2025 so far, so don't miss it!

Prog-Watch 1214 - Variety

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 20:13:48 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another great variety show with music by Ambient Den, The Windmill, Nine Skies, Castle Mountain Moon, King of Sweden, Infringement, and Riverside, plus stuff from four artists featured in the latest PROG Magazine...Faun Fables, Rod Rodrigues, Fifth Daughter, and Törsz!

Prog-Watch 1213 - Variety + Yuka and Chronoship on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:38:49 -0300

Lots of great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Cosmograf, Glass Island, and the Flower Kings, plus three more artists who are featured in this month's PROG Magazine---The Ash Twin Project, Goodbye Mountain, and Phil Mercy! As if that was not enough, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the Japanese band Yuka & Chronoship!

101 Dimensions - May 2025

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:39:48 -0300

Here's my May 2025 outing for Progzilla Radio's 101 Dimensions program. It features nearly 2 hours of great progressive electronic/ambient music by Hanry, Jean-Michel Jarre, The Orb (featuring David Gilmour), The Fragile Fate, Glass Hammer, and Kitaro!

Prog-Watch 1212 - Life Is A Long Song

Mon, 26 May 2025 21:23:28 -0300

This week's program is a themed special called "Life Is A Long Song". Every tune played will have the word "Song" in the title. There will be lots of progressive stuff, of course, but also quite a few curve balls! Come along for the ride and see if you can guess some of the tracks that I will be playing!

Prog-Watch 1211 - Variety + Djabe & Steve Hackett on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 12 May 2025 16:44:21 -0300

It's a bit of a mash up on Prog-Watch this week, with picks by a friend of the show named Jim Donak (from Captain Beyond, Chris Vrenna, Wobbler, and Van der Graaf Generator), a couple of new ones (from Pryzme and Daidrum), and another voyage of Progressive Discovery with Dr. Rob Fisher, looking at the latest album by Djabe and Steve Hackett! All in 90 minutes!

101 Dimensions - Late April 2025

Mon, 05 May 2025 19:34:28 -0300

This episode of 101 Dimensions features nearly two hours of electronic, ambient, and progressive music from David Helpling & Eric “the” Taylor, Eddie Jobson, Patrick Moraz, Manuel Gottsching, Mannheim Steamroller, and Enya!

Prog-Watch 1210 - Variety

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 15:42:24 -0300

Lots of fantastic contemporary stuff this week from Jethro Tull, Karmakanic, Brass Camel, Brendan Perkins, Red Bazar, Chakra Vimana, IQ, and Magic Pie! Also, I have four more artists featured in the latest edition of PROG Magazine...Clarissa Connelly, Devrev, Leoni Jane Kennedy, and Venamoris!

Prog-Watch 1209 - Variety + Lyrella on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:15:39 -0300

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Karmakanic, Echolyn, SomewhereOut, and Mostly Autumn! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the debut album by the Cheryl Stringall and Tony Lowe project Lyrella!

101 Dimensions - March 2025-2

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:25:02 -0300

This edition of 101 Dimensions (curated by me) features nearly 2 hours of electronic/ambient/progressive music from AeTopus, Focus, Wendy Carlos, Red Shift, and David Helpling & Jon Jenkins!

Prog-Watch 1208 - Epix, Vol. 14

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:35:34 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just a handful of lengthy tunes will carry us through our time together, and this time they are all contemporary songs! Tune in to hear great music from Echolyn, Southern Empire, Neal Morse, Steven Wilson, and Motorpsycho!

Prog-Watch 1207 - Variety

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:52:01 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in the 158th edition of Prog Magazine! I've got fantastic stuff from Sykofant, Jethro Tull, Red Bazar, Tribe3, The Aurora Project, Tiberius, Godsticks, Seventh Station, Flor de Loto, Imaginaerium, iCobbles, and Dream Theater! I hope you will join me!

101 Dimensions - March 2025

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:09:06 -0300

This edition of 101 Dimensions (curated by me) features nearly 2 hours of electronic/ambient progressive music from Johan Agebjörn, David Arkenstone, Yak, Ash Ra Tempel, and Ben Cross!

Prog-Watch 1206 - All or Nothing

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:18:40 -0400

There's no half-way on Prog-Watch this week, as we get ALL OR NOTHING! With tons of tasty, themed tunes from Starcastle, UK, Traffic, Gentle Giant, David Gilmour, Jethro Tull, George Harrison, Unitopia, Steve Howe, Lobate Scarp, The Cars, Rush, Blind Faith, Kevin Gilbert, Arc Of Life, Peter Banks, Mott The Hoople, and The Alan Parsons Project!

Prog-Watch 1205 - Variety + Nicola Lori on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:31:03 -0400

More astounding, new progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from PROG Magazine artists Henge, Third Quadrant, Crisalida, and Kanaan & Aevestaden! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the debut album Urban Vision by Italian artist Nicola Lori!

101 Dimensions - February 2025

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 10:45:24 -0400

Prog-Watch 1204 - Cover 2 Cover (Remastered)

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 20:02:49 -0400

This was a fun older show that I thought was worthy of a bit of a facelift. So here it is: the second covers special I did with improved audio quality! It features a lot of interesting stuff from Kevin Gilbert, Robert Berry and friends, Daryl Stuermer, Erik Norlander, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Fish, Rush, 3, Unitopia, Dream Theater, Yes, Echolyn, Steve Howe, and Arjen Lucassen! I hope you enjoy!

Prog-Watch 1203 - Variety + Fleesh on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:20:38 -0400

Lots of great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Overhead The Albatross, Tom Penaguin, Oddleaf, Motorpsycho, and We Are Bodies! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the Brazilan duo Fleesh!

101 Dimensions - January 2025

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 19:12:54 -0400

Prog-Watch 1202 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present Some of the Best of 2024, Pt. 2

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:09:23 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch: Part Two of the big collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on some of the best of 2024! With great music from Meer, Marco Gluhmann, Returned to the Earth, Frost*, Nolan Potter, Kavus Torabi, Amarok, Beardfish, the Barock Project, the ESP Project, and the Pineapple Thief! And thanks again to all the contributors: Anthony Colvill, Alex Driessen, David Edwards, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, Jane Lee, Magnus Moar, Rick Peuser, Pete Rogers, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming!

Prog-Watch 1201 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present Some of the Best of 2024, Pt. 1

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 19:35:56 -0400

Happy New Year! Join us and start the year off right with some of the best progressive rock produced last year, as we begin our Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect collaboration on the Best of 2024! This year's contributors include Anthony Colvill, Alex Driessen, David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, Jane Lee, Magnus Moar, Rick Peuser, Pete Rogers, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming! In this episode we will hear fabulous music from Oddleaf, David Gilmour, Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks, Fleesh, Circuline, Big Big Train, Tim Bowness, Stuckfish, and Neal Morse and the Resonance! Part 2 will follow next week!

The 1st Prog-Watch Christmas Special (Remastered)

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 21:58:30 -0400

For this year's Christmas Special, I dug back deep into the Archives and dusted off the first one, from the very first Season of Prog-Watch back in 2014! On this program I was joined by my youngest (by about a minute) son, Paul, and we chatted and reminisced a little, and played some Christmas favorites from mostly Progressive artists. I updated the tracks to higher quality, and added a few since the show was a little short by today's standards. I hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays...however you celebrate!

Prog-Watch 1138 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:12:31 -0400

This week's program is a variety show with lots of interesting tracks suggested by Guest DJ (and one of my Patrons of the Progressive Arts) Mr. Paul Watson! Plus, another crop from artists featured in this month's PROG Magazine! We'll hear tons of tasty tunes from Pencarrow, 7BZH, Vulgar Unicorn, i Häxa, Demians, Fish On Friday, No Brain Cell, Kalandra, Airbag, Gazpacho, Arabs In Aspic, and Ruby Dawn!

Prog-Watch 1137 - Our Progressive Planet - Japan

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:30:02 -0400

This week our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, flies solo for the first time and presents an entire episode of Prog-Watch on his own! The program is an Our Progressive Planet feature centered on Japan, and includes music from Asturias, Ars Nova, Bi Kyo Ran, Hiromi Uehara, Kitaro, KBB, Cichla Temensis, Yuka & Chronoship, Kumorigahara, Ryo Okumoto, Gerard, and Outer Limits!

Prog-Watch 1136 - Variety + Long Earth on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:50:31 -0400

Lots of great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Frost*, Raven Sad, and PROG Magazine artists Civil Service, Mark Barron, Giant Walker, and Ebony Buckle! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the UK project Long Earth!

101 Dimensions - November 2024

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:57:52 -0400

This month's excursion into the realm of 101 Dimensions features an eclectic set of music from Church of Hed, Pijn, Vibravoid, Adult Cinema, and Deborah Martin & Cheryl Gallagher.

Prog-Watch 1135 - A Tribute to Keith Emerson (Remastered)

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:01:51 -0400

On 2 November, the great Keith Emerson would have turned 80. To honor this anniversary I have remastered the Keith Emerson Tribute program I did in the aftermath of his tragic death. The program has lots of great Emerson music (with The Nice, ELP, and ELPowell) and also features commentary from some great contemporary keyboard players, including Erik Norlander, Aaron Clift, Dave Kerzner, and Luca Zabbini. I hope you will join me in remembering a legend of the Prog Rock genre, who we lost too soon.

Prog-Watch 1134 - Variety + the ESP Project on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:04:36 -0300

Awesome new progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Jadis, PRP, Nick Fletcher, Stuckfish, and Adult Cinema! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Tony Lowe's ESP Project!

101 Dimensions - October 2024

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 22:19:58 -0300

My 101 Dimensions offering for this month includes great music from Röyksopp, Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze, Sequentia Legenda, and Paul Ellis!

Prog-Watch 1133 - Count On It (or Wonder What Time It Is)

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 19:27:31 -0300

On this week's program we will look at the use of odd time signatures in Progressive Rock (and occasionally in Mainstream Rock). We'll hear from some of the big names like Yes, Genesis, The Flower Kings, Pink Floyd, Rush, King Crimson, Jethro Tull, and more! Plus, a few surprises from the "mainstream"!

Prog-Watch 1132 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:14:24 -0300

Lots of fantastic stuff this week from Kite Parade, Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks, Thrailkill, Airbag, Emerald City Council, Pallas, the ESP Project, and Circuline! As if that was not enough, I will also have a nice crop of music by four artists featured in the current edition of PROG Magazine: Ex-Easter Island Head, We Are Space Horses, Jakub Zytecki, and the Emily Francis Trio!

101 Dimensions - September 2024

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:20:58 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions program (curated by your friendly neighborhood Prog-Squatch) features great progressive, electronic, and ambient music from Enigmatic Sound Machines, Bart Hawkins, Frore, Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen, Klaus Schulze, Ashra, and Sverre Knut Johansen!

Prog-Watch 1131 - An Ian Anderson Special

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:04:27 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is guest-hosted by Dr. Rob Fisher, and is focused on the great Jethro Tull composer, vocalist, and front-man, Ian Anderson! The program was curated by Rob (with assitance from Jamie Robertson, author of Music Measures Memories and a guest on Prog-Watch 1120) and centers on Anderson as a vocalist! Tune in for a lot of great vocal performances from Anderson, and insights from Rob and Jamie!

Prog-Watch 1130 - Variety + Sloane Square Band on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 21:37:38 -0300

Lots of astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear brand new music from Amarok, Nick Magnus, Reliqa, Magic Fig, A Burial At Sea, and Sonus Umbra! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest release by France's Sloane Square Band!

101 Dimensions - August 2024

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 15:56:31 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions program curated by Yours Truly features music from Alber Jupiter, Erik Norlander, Klaus Schulze, and Time Being!

Prog-Watch 1129 - Whatnot from the 1980s

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:00:31 -0300

For this week's Prog-Watch I have put together a different kind of program. A death in my family and the need to travel to the funeral left me with no time to put together a proper show, and I didn't want to go with another From the Archives episode. As a compromise, I decided to put together a kind of stream-of-consciousness program full of random stuff from the 1980s. After a brief preamble you will not hear me and my usual patter, just lots of cool tunes. Thanks for your understanding, and I hope you enjoy Whatnot from the 1980s!

Here's the playlist:

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Prog-Watch 1128 - Variety + Andy Nixon on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:00:00 -0300

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Ritual, Alphaline, Jethro Tull, Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks, Circuline, and Long Earth! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with The Waterline, the debut solo album by Andy Nixon!

Prog-Watch 1127 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:47:04 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in the June edition of PROG Magazine! I've got fantastic new stuff from the Barock Project, John Holden, the Legacy Pilots, Hats Off Gentlemen, Nektar, Marjana Semkina, Airbag, and The Slow Light! And from PROG: Teiger, Last Plane Out, Oudeziel, and Candacraig! I hope you will join me!

Prog-Watch 1126 - Variety

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 19:59:24 -0300

There are tons of tasty tunes to astound and astonish you on this week's Prog-Watch! Prick up your ears to hear great stuff from Hasse Fröberg and Musical Companion, John Holden, the Barock Project, The Raging Project, Karfagen, Marjana Semkina, Age of Distraction, and Flame Dream! Plus, a little tribute to the late Richard Tandy of ELO.

101 Dimensions - June 2024

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:09:01 -0300

My 101 Dimensions program for June includes great electronic, ambient, progressive music by Klaus Schulze, Dark Sky Alliance, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Johan Agebjörn & Mikael Ögren!

Prog-Watch 1125 - Our Progressive Planet - Norway

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 19:48:39 -0300

Join Rob Fisher and Yours Truly this week for a little guided tour of the vibrant progressive rock scene in Norway! With fabulous Nordic prog from Arabs in Aspic, Wobbler, Dim Gray, White Willow, Panzerpappa, Gazpacho, Pymlico, Oak, Airbag, Magic Pie, Motorpsycho, Leprous, and the Hedvig Mollestad Trio!

Prog-Watch 1124 - Feeling Horny

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 20:08:26 -0300

Get that horny feeling with Prog-Watch this week!! (No, not like that!) But tune in to hear lots of brassy sounds from the likes of Tony Banks, Happy the Man, Thank You Scientist, The Alan Parsons Project, Gentle Giant, Snarky Puppy, Genesis, Caravan, Midnight Oil, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Chicago, Yes, Edgar Winter, and Van Morrison!

Prog-Watch 1123 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:03:55 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great new stuff from PROG Magazine artists Final Coil, Myrath, Pallbearer, Plantoid, and Lauri Porra, plus lots of other fabulous music from Glass Island, Meat Cafe Vol. 3, Fjieri, Cymbalic Encounters, Hasse Froberg and Musical Companion, Karl Eisenhart, The Forever Moment and Nagual!

Prog-Watch 1122 - Variety + Mayfire on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 27 May 2024 20:13:20 -0300

More astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Age of Distraction, Sykofant, Matthew Cunningham, FM, and Airbag! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with Cloudscapes & Silhouettes by the Norwegian band Mayfire!

101 Dimensions - May 2024

Mon, 27 May 2024 18:32:42 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions curated by Yours Truly features music by Nik Turner, Klaus Schulze, Vangelis, and Rudy Adrian!

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Prog-Watch 1121 - A Tribute to Mike Pinder

Mon, 20 May 2024 20:18:40 -0300

This week I am paying tribute to the late, great Mike Pinder -- a man who not only shaped the sound of his own band (the Moody Blues) but also changed the course of rock music and helped define the sound of your favorite sub-genre, prog rock.

Prog-Watch 1120 - Music Measures Memories

Mon, 13 May 2024 20:39:02 -0300

This week my special guests are Jamie Robertson, author of a book called Music Measures Memories, and the book's publisher, our friend and resident reviewer, Rob Fisher! (Bet you didn't know Rob was also a publisher!) The book deals with the importance of music in Jamie's life, it's ability to help us heal, and it's ability to intertwine with our memories. Jamie, Rob, and I chat about that, and some of the most meaningful songs in Jamie's life. We hope you will join us to hear some of "The Diaries of a Melomaniac" and lots of great prog rock and classic rock songs!

Prog-Watch 1119 - I Know What I Like...

Mon, 06 May 2024 19:32:14 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special all about knowing, with tons of tasty tunes by Genesis, Robert Plant, Dave Mason, Fairport Convention, Asia, David Gilmour, Trevor Rabin, Yes, Steve Winwood, Marillion, Matthew Sweet, Kansas, Supertramp, Jon Anderson, Michael Penn, and The Allman Brothers!

101 Dimensions - April 2024

Thu, 02 May 2024 09:39:33 -0300

My 101 Dimensions program for April includes music from Bergeton, Vinyl Dial, Antony Kalugin, Ashra, and Le Grande Sbam!

Prog-Watch 1118 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 21:53:22 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in the current edition of PROG Magazine! I've got fantastic stuff from Oliver Wakeman, Ozul, Transport Aerian, Karmamoi, Amarok, The Man From Ravcon, and Big Big Train! Also, there will be several artists who are featured in the April 2024 edition of PROG Magazine...Squeaky Feet, The Bardic Depths, Large Plants, Northodoxian, and The Beggs Sisters! I hope you will join me!

Prog-Watch 1117 - Variety

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 20:04:20 -0300

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Heath, Kavus Torabi, Isildur's Bane with Jinian Wilde, The Tangent, Michael Trew, Amarok, The Slow Light, The Dave Foster Band, Hats Off Gentlemen, It's Adequate, Ozul, and Oliver Wakeman! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

Prog-Watch 1116 - Shaking the Genesis Family Tree

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:16:12 -0300

This week I am Shaking The Family Tree of one of the most influential Prog bands of all-time...Genesis! We will be hearing tracks by former members (and a few extended family members) who had solo careers or worked in other bands besides Genesis proper! Plus a couple by the band! Come see what shakes out!

Prog-Watch 1115 - Variety + Tempus Cucumis on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 23:13:04 -0300

Find more great contemporary progressive sounds on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Karmamoi, Nospun, The Man From Ravcon, and The Tangent! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the Belgian duo Tempus Cucumis!

101 Dimensions - March 2024

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 11:24:56 -0300

Tune in for nearly 2 hours of great progressive, ambient, and electronic music from Gary Numan, Klaus Schulze, Paul Ellis, Synergy, and Rudy Adrian!

Prog-Watch 1114 - Epix, Vol. 13

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 20:12:49 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just a handful of lengthy tunes will carry us through our time together, and I'll try to spread the love across the decades of our favorite genre! Tune in to hear great music from Anekdoten, Kansas, Dec Burke, Ritual, and Focus!

Prog-Watch 1113 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 20:49:46 -0300

This week I've got a plethora of present-day Prog from Luz de Riada, A Secret River, Isildur's Bane, Steve Hackett, Drifting Sun, Big Big Train, and Karfagen! Plus four bands featured in this month's PROG Magazine: Nospun, Aviations, Psychework, and Harp!

Prog-Watch 1112 - Explorations, Vol. 7 - Crossover Prog

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 20:42:55 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Crossover Prog! In this program we'll explore the crossover sub-genre through great music from The Tea Party, Kevin Gilbert, Supertramp, Peter Gabriel, Phideaux Xavier, Radiohead, Ritual, Lunatic Soul, The Dear Hunter, Dave Bainbridge, Gazpacho, Steven Wilson, and Big Big Train!

Please note that I accidentally announced this show as Explorations, Vol. 6 during the program, but later realized it was actually Vol. 7. To avoid confusion on the website I have corrected the show art and titled it properly as Vol. 7. (Oh the perils of self-producing a weekly internet radio show and podcast! Don't try this at home, kids!)

Prog-Watch 1111 - Variety + Imperial Measures on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:43:44 -0300

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Luz de Riada, Karfagen, Steve Hackett, Drifting Sun, Shadows on Mercury, and Big Big Train! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the debut album by Imperial Measures!

Prog-Watch 1110 - The Musical World of Steve Winwood

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:21:34 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging into some of the vast Musical World of Steve Winwood! From his early days in the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith, through to his chart topping solo years in the 1980s, Steve has had a long and diverse career! I hope you will join me in exploring some of it!

101 Dimensions - February 2024

Tue, 27 Feb 2024 22:04:10 -0400

This month's 101 Dimensions curated by Yours Truly features ambient/electronic/progressive music from Klaus Schulze, Coil, Brian Eno, and Deborah Martin & Erik Wøllo!

Prog-Watch 1109 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:02:41 -0400

Lots of fantastic stuff this week from Venus Loon, The Samurai of Prog, Trevor Rabin, Richard Wileman, A Secret River, Juame Vilaseca, Yobrepus, and Jef Bek! As if that was not enough, we'll also hear music by three artists featured in the current edition of PROG Magazine: Temic, Hands of the Heron, and Petra Hermanova!

Prog-Watch 1108 - Classix, Vol. 5

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 19:51:56 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging through the vaults and doing an entire show of classics from the halcyon days of the 1970s! With music from Manfred Mann's Earth Band, The Alan Parson Project, Pink Floyd, Spring, Jethro Tull, Ambrosia, Genesis, England, 10CC, Nektar, Renaissance, and Kaipa!

Want more classics? Search "Classix" at the homepage of Progwatch.com!

Prog-Watch 1107 - Black and White

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:05:08 -0400

This week get it all in Black and White with Prog-Watch! With great themed tunes from Flash, Thin Lizzy, Marillion, No-Man, Steve Gresswell, Steve Thorne, Sylvan, Uriah Heep, Pete Townshend, Dennis DeYoung, and The Syn!

Prog-Watch 1106 - Variety + Zeelley Moon on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 21:08:55 -0400

Lots of great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Magnum, A Secret River, Venus Loon, Animatone, Kristoffer Gildenlöw, and Juame Vilaseca ! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the UK project Zeelley Moon!

(P.S. I mistakenly announced the Venus Loon song and album title as “Pandora's Box”. It is actually “Pandora's Paradox”. I stand corrected and apologize for the mistake.)

Prog-Watch 1105 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 20:13:54 -0400

Tons of tasty tunes this week from The David Cross Band, District 97, We Came From Space, Mesmerizing, Kyros, The Flower Kings, Anubis, and Trevor Rabin! Also, I have three more bands featured in the latest edition of Prog Magazine...Tryo, Storm Deva, and Closure in Moscow!

101 Dimensions - January 2024

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 20:14:35 -0400

Nearly two hours of great ambient, electronic, progressive music from Hyperion V, Coil, Zanov, Asturias, and Hollan Holmes!

Prog-Watch 1104 - More of the Best of 2023

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:32:36 -0400

There were so many great albums from 2023 suggested by our friends at The Progressive Aspect that two shows were not enough! So this week's Prog-Watch has More of the Best of 2023, with music from Bruce Soord, Galahad, Nova Cascade, Moon Safari, Solstice, Nick Fletcher, Glass Hammer, and The Flower Kings!

Prog-Watch 1103 - Ain't It Strange

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:33:05 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is all about the STRANGE! With fabulous music from Roger Taylor, the Moody Blues, the Samurai of Prog, Michael Penn, Abel Ganz, Deep Purple, Saga, John Entwistle, ELO, the ESP Project, Guy Manning, Karnataka, Kate Bush, Edison's Children, Ultravox, and the Who! All in 90 minutes!

Prog-Watch 1102 - Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect Present Some of the Best of 2023, Pt. 2

Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:29:44 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my two-part collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on some of the best albums of 2023! We'll hear music from Damanek, I Am the Manic Whale, Ruby Dawn, District 97, Riverside, The Fierce and the Dead, Southern Empire, Kite Parade, and Steven Wilson; and brief reviews by Rick Peuser, Pete Rogers, Jez Rowden, Graham Thomas, Kevin Thompson, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming!

Prog-Watch 1101 - Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect Present Some of the Best of 2023, Pt. 1

Mon, 01 Jan 2024 20:29:53 -0400

Happy New Year! Start it with a bang with Part One of a two-part collaboration between Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect on some of the best albums of 2023! We'll hear music from Comedy of Errors, This Winter Machine, the ESP Project, Mike Keneally, Unitopia, Aisles, RPWL, and Haken; and brief reviews by Tony Colvill, David Edwards, Rob Fisher, Kevan Furbank, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, and Magnus Moar! (Part Two to follow one week hence.)

Prog-Watch 1050 - Explorations, Vol. 6 - Progressive Metal

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 17:49:46 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Progressive Metal! In this program we'll explore the Prog Metal sub-genre through great music from Dream Theater, Katatonia, Sieges Even, Riverside, Ayreon, Fates Warning, Liquid Tension Experiment, Pain of Salvation, Symphony X, Threshold, and Queensryche! Plus, another Listener Prog Story from longtime friend and supporter of the show, Thaddeus Wert, of Nashville, Tennessee, USA!

Prog-Watch 1049 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 17:59:40 -0400

Lots of fantastic stuff on Prog-Watch this week, from Cyan, Dandelion Charm, Glass Hammer, Ruby Dawn, Jack o' the Clock, Residuous Mentales, Peter Gabriel, and Moon Safari! As if that was not enough, there will also be new music by three artists featured in the current edition of PROG Magazine: Spurv, Zahn, and Skald! Plus, our first Listener Prog Story from Charles Anderson of York, England!

Prog-Watch 1048 - In Conversation with Dave Kerzner

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 20:02:34 -0400

On this week's program my very special guest is Dave Kerzner! Dave and I chat about his recent history and the making of his latest solo albums, The Traveler and Heart Land Mines, Vol. 1, and of course I spin lots of great music along the way!

Prog-Watch 1047 - Windows and Doors

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:30:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special all about Windows and Doors, with tons of tasty tunes by Kansas, Magnum, Great Pacific Orchestra, Gardening Club Project, Jakko Jakszyk, Rewiring Genesis, K2, the Moody Blues, Mostly Autumn, World Trade, GPS, Pilot, Tony Lowe and Alison Fleming, Zebra, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, Steeleye Span, and Panic Room!

Episode 1046 - In Conversation with Nick Katona of Melodic Revolution Records

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:03:09 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I have a bit of a different interview and feature show on Nick Katona, head of Melodic Revolution Records! I will be chatting with Nick and spinning lots of great new music from his artists, Gayle Ellet & the Electromags, the Gardening Club, Forever Twelve, Days Before Tomorrow, Steve Bonino, Colouratura, the Terry Newman Project, Colin Carter, and T.A.P!

101 Dimensions - November 2023

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:57:10 -0400

This month's 101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick features the usual eclectic mixture of stuff, this time from Gargoyles, Zanov, The Forever Moment, Coil, and AeTopus!

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Episode 1045 - Variety + Downes-Braide Association on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:51:52 -0400

Lots of fabulous, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Subsignal, This Winter Machine, Francis Dunnery's It Bites, Steve Thorne, Christina, Nick Fletcher, and Psycho Yogi! Plus, our friend and guest reviewer, Magnus Moar, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the Downes-Braide Association!

Episode 1044 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:36:56 -0400

Lots of fantastic stuff this week from Dave Kerzner, Subsignal, the Kindred Spirit Band, This Winter Machine, Christina Booth, Steven Wilson, Gayle Ellett and the Electromags, Crack the Sky, and Tiger Moth Tales! Also, I have three more bands featured in the latest edition of Prog Magazine...Pomegranate Tiger, Votchi, and The Mystical Hot Chocolate Endeavors!

Episode 1043 - Halloween 2023

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 19:05:14 -0300

This week: the Prog-Watch Halloween 2023 Special! With songs concerning things spooky and creepy from White Willow, The Strawbs, Blue Oyster Cult, Asia, Uriah Heep, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Agents Of Mercy, Ken Hensley, The Syn, Atomic Rooster, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Rush, Anthony Phillips, and Spock's Beard! Join me...if you dare!

Episode 1042 - Variety + Everything But The Girl on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 20:01:05 -0300

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Steven Wilson, Galahad, This Winter Machine, and Fearful Symmetry! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Everything But The Girl!

Episode 1041 - Shaking the Family Tree of the Alan Parsons Project (Remastered)

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 20:48:44 -0300

This week I have a remaster of an older episode in which I was Shaking the Family Tree of the Alan Parsons Project! Join me to explore the roots and branches of the band through the music of Pilot, Lenny Zakatek, Colin Blunstone, Dave Paton, Chris Rainbow, Keats, and Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson (together and on their own)!

Episode 1040 - The Classical Connection

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:56:49 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch explores the connection between classical music and rock and prog rock music! With fabulous music from the Beatles, the Moody Blues, Procol Harum, Jethro Tull, the Nice, ELO, Rick Wakeman, Fireballet, the Alan Parsons Project, the Enid, and Renaissance!

101 Dimensions - October 2023

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:59:44 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions features great music from Djam Karet, Head Joint, The Forever Moment, Andy Edwards, and The Chronotope Project!

Episode 1039 - Night of the Living PROG 2

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 20:05:26 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a fantasy concert I am calling Night of the Living PROG 2! All live tracks from a dream line up of artists, including ELP, Pink Floyd, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Traffic, Utopia, Yes, Tears For Fears, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Rush, and Camel!

Episode 1038 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, brand new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from PROG Magazine artists Zopp, Flor de Loto, and Infinite Rising! I also have lots of other terrific tunes from Built For The Future, Tiger Moth Tales, Isbjorg, 35 Tapes, Envy of None, Nine Skies, The Geof Whitely Project, Southern Empire, and The Emerald Dawn!

Episode 1037 - In Conversation with Mark, Suzi, and Mike of T.A.P

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guests are Mark Cook, Suzi James and Michael Jobborn of T.A.P! Tune in to hear some of my chat with Mark, Suzi and Michael, and lots of great music from T.A.P (plus some of their other projects...The Forever Moment, Fearful Symmetry, and Head Joint)!

Episode 1036 - Epix, Vol. 12

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just a handful of lengthy tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll spread the love across the decades of our favorite genre! Tune in to hear great music from Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Citizen Cain, Jethro Tull, Tinyfish, and The Enid!

101 Dimensions - September 2023

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0300

Nearly two hours of great ambient, electonic, progressive music from Null Terminator, JeGong, Mong Tong, Klaus Schulze, and Deborah Martin & Jill Haley!

Episode 1035 - Explorations, Vol. 5 - Heavy Prog

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Heavy Prog! In this program we'll explore the Heavy sub-genre through great music from Porcupine Tree, Rush, Headspace, Karnivool, DeeExpus, Black Bonzo, Uriah Heep, Haken, The Mars Volta, Anekdoten, Atomic Rooster, and Sky Architect!

Episode 1034 - Variety

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0300

More great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! With music from Southern Empire, Eloy, 35 Tapes, Herd of Instinct, Emmett Elvin, I Am The Manic Whale, Steve Thorne, The Anchoret, Hats Off Gentlemen, It's Adequate, and Psychoyogi! I hope you will join me!

Episode 1033 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Tue, 22 Aug 2023 05:10:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from PROG Magazine artists Ihlo, The Anchoret, and They Watch Us From The Moon! Plus lots of other fabulous music from Jethro Tull, Unitopia, United Progressive Fraternity, Lifesigns, I Am The Manic Whale, Head Spin, and Comedy of Errors!

Episode 1032 - Shaking the Family Tree of ELP

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another band family tree exploration, and this time around the subject is the iconic ELP! Tune in to hear lots of great music from the extensive musical careers of Messrs. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer!

Episode 1031 - Show and Tell

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0300

The theme on this week's Prog-Watch is Show and Tell! With music from Saga, Rush, Rocket Scientists, Kansas, Queen, Asia, Pink Floyd, Tiger Moth Tales, The Pineapple Thief, Alan Parsons Project, Triumph, Brian Eno, Stone Temple Pilots, Zebra, Steely Dan, Kayak, Radiohead, and Genesis!

101 Dimensions - July 2023

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0300

July's 101 Dimensions features great ambient/electronic/progressive music from Silicon Psychosis, Richard Barbieri, Johannes Schmoelling, Radio Massacre International, and Harmonia & Eno!

Episode 1030 - Variety

Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm pitching another straight-up variety program of great new and recently released stuff! We'll hear from Riverside, Pendragon, Stefano Panunzi, Obscurus Rex, Steve Thorne, Ocean Districts, Lifesigns, The Fierce and the Dead, Mostly Autumn, and Big Big Train!

Episode 1029 - Bonus Tracks

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's all Bonus Tracks! From the likes of Tony Banks, Anekdoten, Pendragon, Asia, Uriah Heep, Brian May, Jethro Tull, Steve Hackett, Conspiracy, ELO, Yes, UFO, Fish, ELP, and the Doors! Come along to hear some lost and hidden gems!

Episode 1028 - Variety + the ESP Project on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0300

A mix of great stuff awaits on this week's Prog-Watch, including new music from Riverside, T.A.P, Martin Miller, The Fierce and the Dead, and Comedy of Errors! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer Dr. Rob Fisher returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with Reverie, the latest release from Tony Lowe's ESP Project!

Episode 1027 - What I Did on my Vacation

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0300

My recent road trip/vacation was the experience of a lifetime! So I figured I would tell you a bit about it in words and song. I hope you will join me for my musical travelogue of my trip across America!

Episode 1026 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Tue, 04 Jul 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in the June edition of Prog Magazine! I've got fantastic stuff from Xavier Boscher, Mystery, Sound of Strangers, The Samuarai of Prog, Ocean's Edge, Elegant Simplicity, Andrew Gold, Polychrome, Sproing, Martin Miller, Ocean District, and Emma Tricca! I hope you will join me!

Episode 1025 - Virtuosos, Vol. 3 - Bassists

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0300

Join Rob Fisher, Magnus Moar and Big Tony on Prog-Watch this week for a look at some of the greatest bass players to ever grace our favorite genre! Guess who made the program, based on the episode's cover art! Even if you can guess them all, you won't want to miss this one! It's another belter!

Episode 1024 - RIP Steve Luttig

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0300

I lost a good friend a few weeks back. Without him there would probably be no Prog-Watch. So please join me as I pay tribute and celebrate the life of my friend, Steve Luttig.

Episode 1023 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, brand new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from PROG Magazine artists The Enigma Division, Covet, and Us and Them! Plus lots of other fabulous music from Aviram Tzur, starfish64, Overhead, 5th Season, Isbjorg, Matt Dorsey, and Spencer Miller!

Episode 1022 - Down by the Seaside

Tue, 30 May 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week go Down by the Seaside with Prog-Watch! Hear great sea-themed tunes from Led Zeppelin, Camel, Subsignal, Crack the Sky, Anekdoten, Jethro Tull, John Wetton, The Strawbs, Men at Work, Steve Howe, The Who, Mike McGear, Squackett, and George Harrison!

101 Dimensions - May 2023

Wed, 24 May 2023 23:24:00 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions (curated by Anthony Rowsick) features music from Polinski, Richard Barbieri, Radio Massacre International, Johannes Schmoelling, and Maud the moth & Trajedesaliva!

Episode 1021 - In Conversation with Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom, Pt. 2

Tue, 23 May 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom of eMolecule! Hear a bit more chat with Simon and Kelly and more of their music together, including a healthy dose of their new eMolecule project!

Episode 1020 - Variety

Tue, 16 May 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in April edition of Prog Magazine! I've got fantastic stuff from Matt Dorsey, Jan Rivera, ifsounds, Karda Estra, Cairo, Hög sjö, Chaos and the Cosmos, Ten Jinn, The Moustrap Factory, Skeptosphere, The Dave Foster Band and Yemrot! I hope you will join me!

Episode 1019 - In Conversation with Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom, Pt. 1

Tue, 09 May 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guests are Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom of the new eMolecule project! Tune in to hear lots of great music and some of my chat with Simon and Kelly!

Episode 1018 - Variety + Pink on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 02 May 2023 05:00:00 -0300

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Kripke's Illusion, Instigations, Kinetic Element, Aisles, Sudler's Row, and the Dave Foster Band! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Pink! (Yes, I said “Pink” and didn't follow it with “Floyd”! Let's hear the man out!)

101 Dimensions - April 2023

Wed, 26 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions features the music of Tangerine Dream, Jon Jenkins, Ott, Vangelis, and Madhavi Devi!

Episode 1017 - A Tribute to Jeff Beck

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0300

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be paying tribute to a very progressive and iconic guitarist who sadly passed away earlier this year...Jeff Beck. I had so much great music slated that you will hear very little of me after a short preamble. Following that, get ready for nearly two hours of sublime guitar-oriented rock from a true innovator and virtuoso.

Episode 1016 - In Conversation with Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium, Pt. 2

Tue, 18 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium! More chat with Clive and Laura, more of their music together, more Arena, and some of Clive's previous album, Song of the Wildlands!

Episode 1015 - Variety + Collage on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0300

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Aisles, Cairo, Aethellis, Yes, Joe DeNinzon & Stratospheerius, Overhead, Ten Jinn, and eMolecule! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the iconic Polish band, Collage!

Episode 1014 - In Conversation with Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium, Pt. 1

Tue, 04 Apr 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guests are Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium! Tune in to hear lots of great music and some my chat with Clive and Laura!

101 Dimensions - March 2023

Wed, 29 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0300

This month's 101 Dimensions (curated by Anthony Rowsick) features a lot of chilled electronic and ambient stuff from the likes of Mike Oldfield, Chronotope Project, Ben Cox, Craig Padilla, and Dean De Benedictis!

Episode 1013 - Variety with Prog Magazine Features

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0300

Great sounds abound on this week's Prog-Watch! Tune in to hear fabulous stuff from Envy of None, The Prog Collective, Prog Gnosis, Mystery, Keith McCoy, Great Wide Nothing, EBB, BangTower, Liquid Sound Company and Herd of Instinct, Spriggan Mist, Shell Beach, and Kite Parade!

For more about EBB and Shell Beach, check out the Lime Light and Prog Around the World sections in this month's Prog Magazine!

Episode 1012 - Classic Instrumentals

Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0300

Classic instrumentals are on tap this week! So get ready for a lot of great music (and just a few vocal-type sounds) from ELO, The Allman Brothers Band, The Alan Parsons Project, ELP, Traffic, Rush, The Edgar Winter Group, Genesis, Jethro Tull, Focus, Pink Floyd, and King Crimson!

(Special thanks to my friend Steve Luttig who suggested the idea for this episode and many of the tracks!)

Episode 1011 - Variety

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0300

There are tons of tasty tunes to astound and astonish you on this week's Prog-Watch! Prick up your ears to hear great stuff from Mike Keneally, RPWL, Voda, Prog Gnosis, Leap Day, Half Shell, Davide Ronfetto, David Longdon, Echo Us, and Ghost of the Machine!

Episode 1010 - Ten

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special to mark the tenth anniversary of the program! Hear great music from John Entwistle, Led Zeppelin, Pilot, The Yardbirds, Roy Harper, Paper Lace, Supertramp, IQ, Landmarq, Spring, XTC, Steve Thorne, Kerry Livgren, The Strawbs, The Jelly Jam, and ZZ Top! All in 90 minutes!

101 Dimensions - February 2023

Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Tune in to this month's 101 Dimensions to hear great music from Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen, The Weever Sands, John Carpenter, Kraftwerk, and Jaymz Dare!

Episode 1009 - Variety

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Antimatter, Isbjörg, starfish64, Uriah Heep, RPWL, Aviram Tzur, the Prog Collective, Mike Keneally, Ghost of the Machine, The View Inside, Glass Island, and Anima Morte! Be there or be square!

Episode 1008 - In Conversation with Ryo Okumoto, Pt. 2

Tue, 21 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Ryo Okumoto! More chat with Ryo, more great solo music, and more great music from his work with Spock's Beard, K2, and GPS!

(With better interview audio this week.)

Episode 1007 - In Conversation with Ryo Okumoto of Spock’s Beard. Pt. 1

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is Ryo Okumoto of Spock's Beard! Tune in to hear Ryo chatting a bit about his early years in the music biz, and of course, lots of great music from his solo career, the Beard, and some of his other endeavors like K2, GPS, and his own Ryo Okumoto Project!

(Apologies for the audio quality of this week's interview segment. You know how it is...technical difficulties! But I am sure you will be able to get the gist of what Ryo is saying, and I promise the quality will be better for Part Two, next week!)

Episode 1006 - It’s All Fun and Games Until...

Tue, 07 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special called It's All Fun and Games Until...! With fabulous music by Triumph, Spock's Beard, Roine Stolt, Mighty Handful, Uriah Heep, Mystery, Alan Parson Project, Wood Demons, Badfinger, Arc of Life, Utopia, Robert Berry, Arena, Nick D'Virgilio, and Grand Tour!

101 Dimensions - January 2023-2

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Nearly two hours of great electronic, ambient, and progressive music from Emmett Elvin, Ott, Jean-Michel Jarre, Frank Wyatt and Friends, and Bill Laswell! (RIP, Frank)

Episode 1005 - In Conversation with Aaron Clift of the Aaron Clift Experiment

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0400

On this week's program my very special guest is Aaron Clift of the Aaron Clift Experiment! Aaron and I chat about the band and the making of their new album The Age of Misinformation, and of course I spin lots of great ACE music along the way!

Episode 1004 - Variety + Arena on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 24 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0400

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Anima Morte, Comedy of Errors, Phi Yaan-Zek, Quasar, Rick Wakeman, and Elder! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Arena!

Episode 1003 - Variety (More of the Best of 2022 PLUS)

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another variety program full of fabulous contemporary Progressive Rock...sort of a More of the Best of 2022 show PLUS! With great music from the Von Hertzen Brothers, Alan Parsons, Comedy of Errors, Devin Townsend, Rick Wakeman, Phi Yaan-Zek, Elder, Tim Bowness, Kaipa, and Bjorn Riis!

Episode 1002 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present The Best of 2022, Pt. 2

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0400

This week: Part Two of my collaboration with the Progressive Aspect on some of the best of 2022! With great music from Marillion, Ryo Okumoto, Jethro Tull, David Longdon, Stuckfish, Porcupine Tree, the ESP Project, Lobate Scarp, and Tiger Moth Tales! And thanks to all the contributors from this week and last: Alex Driessen. David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, Magnus Moar, Rick Pueser, Pete Rogers, Jez Rowden, Richard Swan, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming!

101 Dimensions - January 2023

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:32:00 -0400

See playlist here.

Episode 1001 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present The Best of 2022, Pt. 1

Tue, 03 Jan 2023 05:00:00 -0400

Happy New Year! Join us and start the year off right with some of the best progressive rock produced last year, as we begin our Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect collaboration on the Best of 2022! This year's contributors include Alex Driessen. David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, Magnus Moar, Rick Pueser, Pete Rogers, Jez Rowden, Richard Swan, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming! In this episode we will hear fabulous music from Lonely Robot, Leap Day, Arena, Kaipa, Alan Parsons, the Von Hertzen Brothers, Bjørn Riis, Tim Bowness, and Hedvig Mollestad & the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra! Part 2 will follow next week!

Prog-Watch Christmas

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Happy Holidays from the Prog-Watch team (Tony and Rob)!

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Episode 950 - Variety + Alta Forma on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0400

More astounding new progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Evership, Glass Hammer, Arc of Life, Threshold, The Bedlam Furnaces, Sudler's Row, and Glass Island! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the solo debut of a great new band called Alta Forma!

101 Dimensions - December 2022

Wed, 07 Dec 2022 05:30:00 -0400

Nearly two hours of great electronic, ambient, progressive music from Royksopp, Tangerine Dream, Jansen Barbieri Takemura, The Fragile Fate, and Brian Eno!

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Episode 949 - Variety

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear lots of great new stuff from Gandalf's Fist, Ologram, Galahad, The Aaron Clift Experiment, Royal Hunt, Solstice, Babal, The Gardening Club, Tribe of Names, Silver Nightmares, and Magenta!

Episode 948 - Explorations, Vol. 4 - Eclectic Prog

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Eclectic Prog! In this program we'll explore the Eclectic sub-genre through great music from King Crimson, SBB, Steve Hackett, Beardfish, Gentle Giant, A.C.T, The Tangent, Van der Graaf Generator, Utopia, Birds and Buildings, and Motorpsycho!

Episode 947 - Thanksgiving

Tue, 22 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0400

In honor of American Thanksgiving (and all Thanksgiving or harvest festivals around the world) this week's theme is Thanks! With a cornucopia of great music from Abel Ganz, Fantasy, Agents of Mercy, Andrew Gold, Led Zeppelin, Gentle Giant, Paul McCartney, Barclay James Harvest, Francis Dunnery, Mostly Autumn, Solstice, Steven Wilson, John Wesley, Wigwam, Catapilla, and ZZ Top!

Episode 946 - Classix, Vol. 4

Tue, 15 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging through the vaults and doing an entire show of classics from the halcyon days of the 1970s! With music from Armageddon, Happy the Man, Led Zeppelin, Crack the Sky, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, The Alan Parsons Project, Gentle Giant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and David Bowie!

101 Dimensions - November 2022

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0400

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, November 2022:

1. Alberto Rigoni featuring Marco Minnemann – Evorevolution (from the album EvoRevolution, 2018)

2. Tangerine Dream – Sensing Elements; and Non-Locality Destination (from the album Quantum Gate + Quantum Key, 2018)

3. The Fragile Fate (featuring Rupert Greenall, Jerry Marotta, and Eric Taylor) – Water Field; Float; Sign Waves; Lilliam Ocean; and On Land-Like (from the album Lilliam Ocean, 2015)

4. Robert Reed – The Moonsinger Suite, Pts. 1-3 (from the album Sanctuary III, 2018)

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Episode 945 - Variety + Imaginary Kings on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0400

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Tribe of Names, Silver Nightmares, John Holden, The Blackheart Orchestra, Glass Island, Time's Forgotten, Adventure, and Evership! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the US duo Imaginary Kings!

Episode 944 - Variety

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great stuff from The Steve Bonino Project, Galahad, Dave Kerzner, Babal, The Gardening Club, Gandalf's Fist, Lonely Robot, Todd Rundgren (with Thomas Dolby), Time Horizon, UV Traveler, Glass Island, and Red Bazar!

Episode 943 - Here There Be Monsters!

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0300

As a warm-up (or bone-chill) for Samhain or Halloween, this week's Prog-Watch is all about monsters, both inhuman and human! With great music from David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Kyros, Camel, Blue Oyster Cult, Warren Zevon, Alice Cooper, Shineback, Ozzy Osbourne, Talking Heads, Greg Bissonette, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Edgar Winter Group, Dave Edmunds, and Bobby 'Boris' Pickett! Join me for a fun and frightening foray...if you dare!

Episode 942 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week I've got a variety program with a Guest DJ feature! Our guest DJ this time around is Mr. Andy Black of the UK, who has suggested some great stuff by Brand X, Focus, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, Yes, Genesis and Gerry Rafferty! And I'll be mixing in some great contemporary music from Todd Rundgren, Galahad, The Blackheart Orchestra, Arthur Brown, Down River Dead Men Go, and David Longdon!

101 Dimensions - October 2022

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Nearly 90 minutes of great electronic/ambient/progressive sounds from Church of Hed, Redshift, Wolfgang Bock, Erki Norlander and Malcolm Galloway!

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Episode 941 - Shaking the Kansas Family Tree

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0300

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the classic US band Kansas! We'll hear from the band proper and the spin-off, Proto-Kaw, and lots of great stuff from former members, Kerry Livgren, Steve Morse, Robby Steinhardt, and Steve Walsh!

Episode 940 - Variety + Pymlico on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 05:00:00 -0300

More astounding, new progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear great music from Ryo Okumoto, Evership, Nemo, Dave Kerzner, Kalin Tonev, and Cosmograf! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Norway's Pymlico!

Episode 939 - Shaking the Family Tree of the Moody Blues (Remastered)

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Another oldie that I thought deserved a remaster! Anyway, on this program I’m shaking the family tree of the legendary band, the Moody Blues! We’ll hear lots of great stuff from the Moodies, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge and more! See what shakes out!

Episode 938 - Fantasy

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Visit fantastical realms with Prog-Watch this week, where our theme is indeed fantasy! Tune in to hear lots of great sounds from Aldo Nova, The Tangent, Billy Joel, Introitus, The Kinks, Traffic, Patrick Moraz, Black Bonzo, Trevor Rabin, Mike Pinder, Paul Sutin & Steve Howe, Uriah Heep, Triumph, Mediaeval Baebes, and Steve Hackett!

101 Dimensions - September 2022

Wed, 14 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Nearly two hours of great electronic, ambient, and progressive music from Kraftwerk, Synergy, Hawkwind, Mike Oldfield, and Fripp & Eno! See http://progwatch.com/101-dimensions-electronic-music/ for more details.

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Prog-Watch 937 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 13 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety show with a Guest DJ Feature! Our Guest DJ is Brody Peddle of Canada, who has suggested some great stuff from UK, Anekdoten, Nektar, Broken Social Scene, Gosta Berlings Saga, Knifeworld, and Igorrr! For my part I will be mixing in new music from Sudler's Row, John Beagley, Fearful Symmetry, Moon Letters, The Mighty Handful, and Red Bazar! Tune in to hear a real mixed bag!

Episode 936 - Variety

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Lots of fantastic stuff has come across my digital desktop lately, so this week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of awesome, mostly contemporary progressive rock! I've got great music from Big Big Train, John Holden, the Intelligent Music Project, Geoff Downes, Cosmograf, Dave Kerzner, Moon Letters, Ryo Okumoto, Armageddon, Fearful Symmetry, and Paul Simon! I hope you will join me!

Episode 935 - The Psychedelic Special (Remastered + Bonus Tracks)

Tue, 30 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Another oldie but goodie that I thought could use a little remaster: The Psychedelic Special!

A special feature on a very fascinating time in the history of music. More specifically, the Psychedelic period in the mid-to-late 1960s. This was a very creative and fertile time in which established bands such as the Beatles, the Who, the Moody Blues, and Cream figured prominently. It also saw the arrival of important nascent talents such as Pink Floyd and the young Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood, David Bowie, Steve Howe, and Chris Squire, to name but a few. We’ll hear from all of these and more on the Prog-Watch Psychedelic 60s Special! So come along for a fun ride…it’ll be groovy, baby!

(The bonus tracks:

Pictures of Matchstick Men by Status Quo
Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Hurdy Gurdy Man by Donovan)

Episode 934 - Explorations, Vol. 3 - Progressive Folk

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Progressive Folk! In this program we'll explore the Prog Folk sub-genre through great music from Fairport Convention, Comus, Spirogyra, Jethro Tull, Magna Carta, Jan Dukes de Grey, The Strawbs, Harmonium, Steeleye Span, and Clannad!

101 Dimensions - August 2022

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, August 2022:

1. Peter Baumann – Strangers In The Night; Metro Man; King Of The Jungle; Be Mine; and Time Machine (from the album Strangers In The Night, 1983)

2. Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science (extended mix); Radio Silence; Airwaves; Flying North; and Weightless (from the album The Golden Age Of Wireless, 1982)

3. Hawkwind – It's The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous; I Am The Eye That Looks Within; and Quark, Strangeness, and Charm (from the album 25 Years On, 1994)

4. Erik Norlander – Fanfare For Absent Friends; City Of Living Machines; and New Gotham Prime (from the album Seas Of Orion, 2004)

5. Vangelis – The Motion Of The Stars; The Will Of The Wind; Metallic Rain; Elsewhere; Dial Out; and Glorianna (Hymn a la Femme) (from the album Direct, 1988)

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Episode 933 - School Days

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special called School Days! With fabulous music by The Kinks, Argent, Comedy of Errors, Pete wnshend, Godley & Creme, Big Country, Gentle Giant, Stone Temple Pilots, Frank Zappa, Van Halen, Joe Walsh, Paul Simon, Jon & Vangelis, Jethro Tull, and Rush!

Episode 932 - Epix, Vol. 11

Tue, 09 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of Epix! But this time around I've done something a little different. The songs are all still 10 plus minutes in length, but this time there is more emphasis on the contemporary. Only one track comes from the 70s...the rest are from this century, with one from 2001, one from 2018, and two from this year. Tune in to hear great progressive sounds from Yes, The Watch, Ben Craven, All Traps on Earth, and Athak!

Episode 931 - Variety

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 05:00:00 -0300

A plethora of fantastic stuff has come across my digital desktop lately, so this week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of awesome, mostly contemporary progressive rock! I've got great music from Combinator, Evership, Grombira, The Bedlam Furnaces, Numen, Robert Berry's 3.2, The Samurai of Prog, Lucifer Was, Head Spin, Porcupine Tree, and Glass Island!

Episode 930 - Shaking the Yes Family Tree (Remastered + Bonus Track)

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0300

I sometimes listen to old shows to see how I've progressed. In listening to this first edition in my “Shaking the Tree” series, I really liked the content, but feel the sound quality leaves a little to be desired. So I decided to remaster it, and in many cases used tracks from remastered versions of the albums. Since I had time, I also included a bonus track at the end. Sonically, the program is far superior to the program (although there was only so much I could do with the voice track).

Anyway, without further ado, I present Shaking the Yes Family Tree (Remastered + Bonus Track), with music from The Buggles, Trevor Rabin, Refugee, Asia, Flash, Esquire, Levin-Torn-White, Badger, Bruford, and Chris Squire!

Episode 929 - The Musical World of Jon Lord - A Tribute

Tue, 19 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0300

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of the late Jon Lord! We'll hear great music from Deep Purple and his solo career, of course, as well as some of his other work with Tony Ashton, Whitesnake, and George Harrison!

Episode 928 - Variety + Poets of the Fall on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0300

More astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Bill Bruford, Nick Fletcher, Robert Berry's 3.2, The Prog Collective, Caravaggio, Andrew Ruoti, and Grombira! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest release by the Finnish band Poets of the Fall!

Episode 927 - Virtuosos, Vol. 2 - Keyboardists

Tue, 05 Jul 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Join Rob Fisher, Magnus Moar and Big Tony on Prog-Watch this week for a look at some of the greatest keyboard virtuosos to ever grace our favorite genre! Guess who made the program, based on the episode's cover art! Even if you can guess them all, you won't want to miss this one! It's a belter!

Episode 926 - In Conversation with Dave Bainbridge, Pt. 2

Tue, 28 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Dave Bainbridge! More chat with Dave, more great solo music, and more great music from his work with the Strawbs, Lifesigns, the Downes Braide Association, and Dave Fitzgerald!

101 Dimensions - June 2022

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, June 2022:

1. Gary Numan – Resurrection; Big Noise Transmission; Dead Sun Rising; When The Sky Bleeds, He Will Come; and For The Rest of My Life (22:31) (from the album Dead Son Rising, 2011)

2. Klaus Schulze – Mindphaser (25:37) (from the album Moondawn, 1976)

3. Nik Turner – We Came In Peace; and Interstellar Clouds (20:21) (from the album Space Fusion Odyssey, 2015)

4. Vangelis – Chariots of Fire (20:41) (from the album Chariots of Fire, 1982)

5. Mike Oldfield – Crises (20:39) (from the album Crises, 1983)

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Episode 925 - In Conversation with Dave Bainbridge, Pt. 1

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is Dave Bainbridge, multi-instrumentalist and co-founder of Iona, solo artist, and collaborator with many bands and artists including Lifesigns, the Strawbs, the Downes Briade Association, and Sally Minnear! Dave and I had a lot to talk about, so tune in to hear some of that chat, and lots of great music from his diverse career!

Episode 924 - Variety + a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 14 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature, which will have lots of great stuff---new and old---for your listening pleasure! For my part I'll be spinning fabulous music from Green Asphalt, 3.2, and Ben Craven! I'll also be mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Andrew Dickey of Plainfield, Indiana, USA! Andrew has selected some fantastic stuff from Galahad, Lucifer Was, RPWL, Rush, Rocket Scientists, and King Crimson! Come along for a fun ride!

Episode 923 - Variety

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Wow have I got a lot of diverse, new progressive rock for you on this week's Prog-Watch! Tune in to hear great stuff from Greyfox Agenda, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Pymlico, The Bardic Depths, Lobate Scarp, Checking For Echo Project, Christopher Libertino, Kite Parade, Gordon Giltrap and Oliver Wakeman, Art Griffins Sound Chaser, Stuckfish, Godley and Creme, and Hats Off Gentlemen, It's Adequate! All in 90 minutes!

Episode 922 - Epix, Vol. 10

Tue, 31 May 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just a handful of mini modern symphonies will carry us through our time together and I'll spread the love across the decades of our favorite genre! Tune in to hear great music from Transatlantic, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Unitopia, Mystery, and Wobbler!

101 Dimensions - May 2022

Wed, 25 May 2022 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, May 2022:

1. Nerissa Schwarz – Raised Like a Daughter; My Little Polymath; New Eyes For Laika; Europa Waiting; and Making Plans For Departure (21:56) (from the album New Eyes For Laika, 2022)

2. Klaus Schulze - L'affaire Tournesol (19:38) (from the Jubilee Edition box set, 1997)

3. Vangelis – Heaven and Hell (21:42) (from the album Heaven and Hell, 1975)

4. Redshift – Toll (20:44) (from the album Toll, 2006)

5. Klaus Schulze - Fourneau Cosmique (25:35) (from the Historic Edition box set, 1995)

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Episode 921 - Variety + ESP Project on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 24 May 2022 05:15:00 -0300

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Lobate Scarp, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Time Dwellers, Spriggan Mist, and Better Strangers! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the ESP Project!

Episode 920 - The Musical World of Manfred Mann

Tue, 17 May 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging into some of the vast Musical World of Manfred Mann! From his early days in the '60s pop band that bore his name, through the jazz explorations of Manfred Mann Chapter Three, to the more progressive sounds of Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Manfred has had a long and diverse career! I hope you will join me in exploring some of it!

Episode 919 - Discovering Progressive Virtuosos, Vol.1 - Guitarists

Tue, 10 May 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's a new type of show—Discovering Progressive Virtuosos! In this series Dr. Rob Fisher and I will look at virtuosos on their chosen instruments and listen to some of their best work! This first edition will feature guitar virtuosos, and we're sure you can probably tell who we will be featuring, based on this episode's cover art!

Episode 918 - Variety

Tue, 03 May 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Luca Di Gennaro, Tiger Moth Tales, Checking For Echo Project, SomeWhereOut, Kaprekar's Constant, Twelfth Night, Yes, The Flower Kings, Christopher Libertino, Ben Craven, and The ESP Project! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

101 Dimensions - April 2022

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions, April 2022:

1. Ott – 382 Seaside; Roflcopter; and A Shower of Sparks (23:06) (from the album Skylon, 2012)

2. Anne Dudley – Giant Below # Giant Above # Giant Within (22:51) (from the album Art of Silence Co UK, 1996)

3. Altamont – Altamont (17:49) (from the album Prayer for the Soul, 1983)

4. Ulrich Schnauss – The Weight of Darkening Skies; Borrowed Time; Ten Years; and A Ritual in Time and Death (24:23) (from the album Now Is A Timeless Present: A Retrospective, 2019)

5. Vangelis – Invisible Connections (18:37) (from the album Invisible Connections, 1985)

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Episode 917 - Take Your Best Shot

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Take your best shot this week with Prog-Watch! On this little themed special we'll hear from Utopia, Mansun, Anekdoten, Dennis DeYoung, UFO, Pineapple Thief, Rick Wakeman, Yes, Anthony Phillips, Kevin Ayers, Traffic, Saul Blease, Richard & Linda Thompson, Peter Hammill, and Fish! All in 90 minutes!

Episode 916 - Variety + ”t” on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 19 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0300

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Luca Di Gennaro, Karmamoi, the Checking For Echo Project, Anton Johansson, and Kite Parade! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Thomas Thielen (AKA “t”)!

Episode 915 - The Musical World of Robert Fripp

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0300

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of Robert Fripp! We'll hear great music from King Crimson and his solo career, of course, and from some of his collaborations with Brian Eno, Andy Summers, and David Sylvian. Plus, a few of Robert's interesting guest appearances!

Episode 914 - Variety

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 05:00:00 -0300

Lots of fantastic stuff this week from Andrew Roussak, Tiger Moth Tales, Modern-Rock Ensemble, Karibow, Cosmograf, D'Virgilio, Morse & Jennings, and Tears For Fears! Plus, I will pay a little tribute to two great musicians who we lost recently...Ian McDonald and Gary Brooker.

101 Dimensions - March 2022

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, March 2022:

1. The Orb – Earth Orbit One: Little Fluffy Clouds; Earth Orbit Two: Earth (Gaia); and Earth Orbit Three: Supernova at the End of the Universe (26:12) (from the album The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, 1991)

2. John Carpenter – Distant Dream; White Pulse; Persia Rising; Angel's Asylum; and Hofner Dawn (19:24) (from the album Lost Themes II, 2016)

3. Anne Dudley – What Dreams May Come; Variations on a Groove; and Crazy Lullaby (24:44) (from the album Seriously Chilled, 2003)

4. The Alan Parsons Project – P-K4; P-QB4; Kt-KB3; Kt-QB3; and P-Q4 (19:39) (from the album The Sicilian Defence, 2014)

5. Cliff Martinez – Hi Energy Proton Accelerator; Wear Your Seat Belt; Wormhole, and We Don't Have to Think Like That Anymore (21:33) (from the album Solaris OST, 2003)

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Episode 913 - Variety + Chris Ramsing of PsychoYogi, Pt. 2

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: great new music from D'Virgilio, Morse, and Jennings, Tears For Fears, The Flower Kings, Kite Parade, and Marillion! Then, in the second half of the program I will finish up the feature on Chris Ramsing and his band PsychoYogi which I began last week! We'll hear a bit more chat, and a bit more of PsychoYogi's unique brand of “leftfield punk jazz”!

Episode 912 - A Guest DJ Feature + PsychoYogi, Pt. 1

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a bit of a mixed bag! The first part of the program will be a Guest DJ feature with some music selected by Mr. David Rees of the UK! David's playlist includes great stuff from Meer, Marillion, IQ, Jadis, Asia, Kracked Earth, I Am The Manic Whale and Big Big Train! In the second half of the program I begin a feature on Chris Ramsing and his eclectic band, PsychoYogi, including a bit of chat and selections from the first few PsychoYogi albums!

Episode 911 - Variety + Dec Burke on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0300

More astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Tiger Moth Tales, Lobate Scarp, Silver Nightmares, Black Sabbath (yes, Black Sabbath!) and Yes! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with Life In Two Dimensions, the latest solo album by Dec Burke!

Episode 910 - In Conversation with Sonja Kristina of Curved Air, Pt. 2

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Sonja Kristina! More of our chat and more great music from Curved Air, and her solo career and collaborations with Ty-Lor and Friends, Cloud 10, and Mask!

101 Dimensions - February 2022

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, February 2022:

1. Bo Hansson – Attic Thoughts; Time and Space; Waiting...; Waltz for Interbeings; and Time For Great Achievements ( 21:26) (from the album Attic Thoughts, 1976)

2. Michael Hoenig – Hanging Garden Transfer; Voices of Where; and Sun and Moon (21:31) (from the album Departure from the Northern Wasteland, 1978)

3. Kraftwerk - The Voice Of Energy; Antenna; Radio Stars; Uranium; Transistor; and Ohm Sweet Ohm (17:30) (from the album Radio-Activity, 1975)

4. Ash Ra Tempel – Jenseits (24:13) (from the album Join Inn, 1973)

5. Michael Stearns – Sleeping Conches (30:26) (from the album Sustaining Cylinders, 2001)

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Episode 909 - In Conversation with Sonja Kristina of Curved Air, Pt. 1

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I start a great two-part feature on one of prog rock's Grande Dames, Ms. Sonja Kristina of Curved Air! Tune in to hear some of our chat and lots of great music from all across her long and illustrious career!

Episode 908 - Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My!

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is all about lions and tigers and bears! Oh my! Join me for a bevy of beastly tunes from David Bowie Steve Howe, Stick Men, Adrian Belew, Steve Hackett, Zebra, Roy Wood, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Purson, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Steve Thorne, Stone Temple Pilots, Transport Aerian, Golden Earring, Paul Draper, Kate Bush, Dhani Harrison, and Asia! All in 90 minutes! Oh my, indeed!

Episode 907 - Variety

Tue, 15 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another straight-up variety program, with lots of diverse, mostly contemporary progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from Karibow, Cosmograf, Steve Gresswell, This Winter Machine, Montrose, A Formal Horse, Belling The Tiger, Trettioariga Kriget, Transatlantic, GorMusik, and Andrew Roussak!

Episode 906 - Variety

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Lots of fantastic stuff has come across my digital desktop lately, so this week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of awesome, mostly contemporary progressive rock! I've got great music from Pinn Dropp, Dave Bainbridge, A Gardening Club Project, Drive In Movie Band, Starfish64, Temple of Switches, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, The Bedlam Furnaces, Symfinity, Empire, and David Cross and Andrew Keeling! I hope you will join me!

101 Dimensions - January 2022-2

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0400

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, late January 2022:

1. Spacelords – Cosmic Trip (24:20) (from the album SpaceFlowers, 2020)

2. Ott – Jack's Cheese and Bread Snack; and Somersettler (20:23) (from the album Blumenkraft, 2003)

3. Trinity Ward – Between the Edges of the Universe; Artifact; Make It Be; and Transmission (Ethereal Mix) (18:41) (from the album Enter the Infinite, 2010)

4. Baber / Wileman – Passing Wave; 2009; Day Follows Night; and The Birth of Spring (19:14) (from the album Baber / Wileman, 2022)

5. Detieti – Disorienteria; and Reflective Architect (17:57) (from the album Serious IV, 2021)

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Episode 905 - In Conversation with Dec Burke, Pt. 2

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Dec Burke! More of our chat and more great music from his solo career, as well as AudioPlastik, Dilemma, Frost*, and Darwin's Radio! Plus, a little bit of interesting news! Tune in to hear it!

Episode 904 - In Conversation with Dec Burke, Pt. 1

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I start a great two-part feature on my very special guest, Dec Burke, solo artist and past member of Frost*, AudioPlastik, Dilemma, and Darwin's Radio! Tune in to hear some of our chat and lots of great music from all across his career!

Episode 903 - Explorations, Vol. 2 - Neo-Prog

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Neo-Progressive Rock, or Neo-Prog, for short! In this program we'll explore the Neo-Prog sub-genre through great music from Marillion, IQ, Galahad, Pendragon, Arena, Magenta, Comedy of Errors, Collage, Sylvan, and the Barock Project!

Episode 902 - Prog-Watch & TPA Best of 2021, Part 2

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my two-part collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on some of the best albums of 2021! More great TPA commentary on music from A Formal Horse, 3.2, Trettioariga Kriget, The Holy Family, The Paradox Twin, Steven Wilson, Three Colours Dark, This Winter Machine, Drifting Sun, and Mostly Autumn!

101 Dimensions - January 2022

Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0400

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, January 2022:

1. Keith Emerson – And Then January; Pictures at an Exhibition; and Abaddon's Bolero Orchestral (18:58) (from the album Off the Shelf, 2006)

2. Richard Barbieri – Nevada; Fear and Trembling; and Light on Glass (17:22) (from the album Things Buried, 2004)

3. Jon Lord – Window: 1st Movement – Renga; 2nd Movement – Gemini; and 3rd Movement – Alla Marcia; Allegro (32:15) (from the album Windows, 1974)

4. Darkroom – Amor Mundi; The Last Sense to Fade; and A Year On Saturn (37:43) (from the album The Last Sense to Fade, 2021)

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Episode 901 - Prog-Watch & TPA Best of 2021, Part 1

Tue, 04 Jan 2022 05:00:00 -0400

Happy New Year! Join us and start the year off right with some of the best progressive rock produced last year, as we begin our Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect collaboration on the Best of 2021! We'll hear music from Raven Sad, Sylvan, Lifesigns, Cyan, The Emerald Dawn, Octarine Sky, and Big Big Train! With brief reviews by our TPA contributors, Tony Colvill, David Edwards, Rob Fisher, Magnus Moar, Bob Mulvey, Jez Rowden, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming!

Prog-Watch Christmas Special 2021

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week I've got a new Prog-Watch Christmas special which I hope will help get you into the spirit of the Season! Lot's of great stuff and no talking (well, aside from the preamble...)

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Episode 850 - Variety

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of fabulous stuff for your listening enjoyment! I've got great music from Porcupine Tree, Kosmodome, Octarine Sky, Al Stewart, Viriditas, Marillion, Burntfield, PsychoYogi, Billy Joel, Ross Jennings, and Transport Aerian!

101 Dimensions - December 2021

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0400

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, December 2021:

1. Ott – 16mm Summer Day; Coursing Batch; and Harwell Dekatron (23:24) (from the album Fairchildren (2015)

2. Vangelis Mouettes; Chromatique; Irlande; and Flamants Roses (22:29) (from the album Opera Sauvage, 1979)

3. Röyksopp – Silver Cruiser; True To Life; It's What I Want; and Across The Graveyard (17:56) (from the album Junior, 2009)

4. John Carpenter – Abyss; Wraith; Purgatory; and Night (18:54) (from the album Lost Themes, 2015)

5. Matt Baber – Parts 6 – 10 (22:38) (from the album Suite For Piano and Electronics, 2018)

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Episode 849 - Kings and Queens

Tue, 07 Dec 2021 05:00:00 -0400

Get your "Royal Highness" on with Prog-Watch this week, with our theme of Kings and Queens! Tune in to hear lots of regal refrains from The Moody Blues, Jump, Richard Thompson, The Nice, Jethro Tull, Oliver Wakeman and Steve Howe, Bankstatement, Arena, Camel, Al Stewart, The Strawbs, Pendragon, Tony Lowe and Alison Fleming, Ken Hensley, ELO, and Renaissance!

Episode 848 - Variety + Three Colours Dark on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0400

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Moron Police, Glacier, Jethro Tull, A Secret River, and Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Three Colours Dark!

Episode 847 - Classix, Vol. 3

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging through the vaults and doing an entire show of Prog Rock classic tracks! I'll be spinning tunes from Steve Hackett, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Spring, Abel Ganz, Badfinger, Marillion, Rick Wakeman, The Alan Parsons Project, Fantasy, 10CC, Kestrel, Ryo Okumoto, and It Bites!

Episode 846 - Variety

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock! I've got fantastic stuff from Leslie Hunt, Fantasy, This Winter Machine, Hangar Nord, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Kosmodome, Cyan, Yes, Red Sand, and Glass Hammer! I hope you will join me!

101 Dimensions - November 2021

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0400

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, November 2021:

1. Vangelis – Atlas's Push; Inside Our Perspectives; Out In Space; Juno's Quiet Determination; and Jupiter's Intuition (20:43) (from the album Juno To Jupiter, 2021)

2. Public Service Broadcasting – Lichtspiel I – Opus; Lichtspiel II – Schwarz Weiss Grau; Lichtspiel III – Symphonie Diagonale; and Ich Und Die Stadt (17:39) (from the album Bright Magic, 2021)

3. Kosmogon – Somnus (22:57) (from the album Mässan, 2021)

4. Edgar Froese – Tropic of Capricorn (20:44) (from the album Ages, 1978)

5. David Bedford - Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places In Devon (25:03) (from the album Star Clusters, Nebulae & Places In Devon / The Song Of The White Horse, 1983)

I hope you will join me for nearly 2 hours of electronic, ambient, progressive music!

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Episode 845 - Shaking the Family Tree of Spock’s Beard

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0400

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the classic US band Spock's Beard! We'll hear from the band proper, and many of the major members, past and present! Join me to hear all the great stuff that I shake out of the Spock's Beard Family Tree!

Episode 844 - Variety + Michal Lapaj on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 05:00:00 -0300

More astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Fractal Mirror, Alex Pilkevych, Alcantara, Krokofant, Tom Slatter, Choclat Frog, Pentesilea Road, and Premiata Forneria Marconi! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the solo debut of Riverside kyeboardist Michal Lapaj!

Episode 843 - Welcome To My Nightmare

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0300

As a warm-up (or bone-chill) for Samhain or Halloween, this week's Prog-Watch is all about nightmares and the macabre! With songs concerning things spooky or supernatural from Alice Cooper, Atomic Rooster, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Kansas, Rush, Anthony Phillips, Spock's Beard, Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson, and Jethro Tull! Join me...if you dare!

Episode 842 - In Conversation with Mariana Semkina of iamthemorning

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0300

On this week's Prog-Watch my special guest is the charming Mariana Semkina of iamthemorning! Tune in to hear some of our chat, as well as lots of great iamthemorning music, and music from her solo career, including a few from her new EP Disillusioned!

101 Dimensions October 2021

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick - October 2021:

1. Ulrich Schnauss – Melts Into Air; Love Grows Out Of Thin Air; The Magic In You; and Thoughtless Motion (23:03) (from the album Now Is A Timeless Present: A Retrospective, 2019)

2. Spacelords – Spaceflowers; and Frau Kuhnkes Kosmos (25:18) (from the album Spaceflowers, 2020)

3. Jansen Barbieri Karn – The Shallow Pool; To The Core; Sacrifice; and Cold Light (20:27) (from the album Ism, 1999)

4. Ennio Morricone and John Carpenter – Main Title; Main Theme – Desolation; Humanity 2; Despair; and Humanity (20:45) (from the album The Thing (OST), 1982)

5. Kosmogon – Mässan (25:00) (from the album Mässan, 2021)

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Episode 841 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Get ready for another ALL NEW variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock on this week's Prog-Watch! I've got fantastic stuff from The Watch, Cyan, Aisles, Dec Burke, EmT, Three Colours Dark, Shumaun, Ray Wilson, The Paradox Twin, and Hangar Nord! I hope you will join me!

Episode 840 - Brave New World

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Come take a ride with me on this week's Prog-Watch and we'll drive into a Brave New World! (Well every song will be about some world, anyway...the new world, half the world, the real world, a fantasy world, etc.) Soundtrack provided by Michael Penn, The Moody Blues, Big Big Train, Rush, Conspiracy, The Alan Parsons Project, The Strawbs, Kansas, The Electric Light Orchestra, Black Bonzo, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, Red Bazar, Be Bop Deluxe, and The Anderson Ponty Band!

Episode 839 - Our Progressive Planet - Germany

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0300

On Prog-Watch this week it's another installment of OUR PROGRESSIVE PLANET in which Dr. Rob Fisher and I will take you on a little tour of the vibrant progressive music scene in Germany! With music from Sylvan, Lucifer's Friend, Subsignal, Panzerballett, Eloy, RPWL, Frequency Drift, Vanden Plas, Seven Steps To The Green Door, and Schmid and Arnold! We hope you will join us!

Episode 838 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature, which will have lots of great stuff---new and old---for your listening pleasure! For my part I'll be spinning fabulous music from Yes, Big Big Train, Smalltape, Kristoffer Gildenlöw, Gentle Giant, and Texel! I'll also be mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Jean-Marc Bonard of Lausanne, Switzerland! Jean-Marc has selected some fantastic stuff from Airquake, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Arena, The Who, Marillion, and Caroline Shaw! Come along for a fun ride!

101 Dimensions - September 2021

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, September 2021:

1. Geoff Downes' New Dance Orchestra – Shine On; Forgiven; Movin' On; Rainbow's End; and Breaking the Spell (21:14) (from the album Electronica, 2010)

2. Edgar Froese – Stuntman; It Would Be Like Samoa; and Detroit Snackbar Dreamer (21:37) (from the album Stuntman, 1979)

3. Vangelis – Suffocation; and See You Later (19:48) (from the album See You Later, 1980)

4. Redshift – Leviathan; Rhode Kill; Panzer; and Different Light (19:27) (from the album Halo, 2002)

5. Michael Stearns and Ron Sunsinger – The Little Smoke; The Landing of Inorganic Life; Portal; Between Parallel Lines; and Journey to the Underworld (26:20) (from the album Sorcerer, 2000)

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Episode 837 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another ALL NEW variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great new stuff from Drifting Sun, Kyros, Ray Wilson, John Wetton, Big Big Train, Tony Kaye, Smalltape, Styx, Shumaun, Dec Burke, Lee Abraham, and Texel!

Episode 836 - In Conversation with Tony Lowe of the ESP Project and 22 Layers (and Cheryl Stringall), Pt. 2

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Tony Lowe of the ESP Project and 22 Layers! We'll hear more great music and chat, and Cheryl Stringall, Tony's partner at the Sunn Creative label, even drops by! As if this was not enough, Dr. Rob Fisher is also doing a Progressive Discoveries feature on the latest 22 Layers album, Isotope! All this in 90 minutes!

Episode 835 - In Conversation with Tony Lowe of the ESP Project and 22 Layers, Pt. 1

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is Tony Lowe of the ESP Project and 22 Layers! Tune in to hear some of our chat and lots of great music from the two projects just mentioned and his collaboration with Alison Fleming!

Episode 834 - The Musical World of David Gilmour

Tue, 24 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0300

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of David Gilmour! We'll hear great music from Pink Floyd and his solo career, of course, as well as a variety of stuff featuring Dave as producer and guest!

101 Dimensions - August 2021

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, August 2021:

1. John Carpenter – Alive After Death; Weeping Ghost; Dripping Blood; Dead Eyes; and Vampire's Touch (19:29) (from the album Lost Themes III – Alive After Death, 2021)

2. Tangerine Dream – Approaching Snowy Village; Odd Welcome; The Untouchable Castle; and The Apparently Lunatic Hierarchy (25:11) (from the album Franz Kafka – The Castle, 2013)

3. David Sylvian and Holger Czukay – Flux (A Big, Bright, Colorful World) (16:57) (from the album Flux + Mutability, 1988)

4. Ulrich Schnauss – Brooks Was Here; Sunday Evening in Your Street; and Suddenly the Trees Are Giving Way (20:24) (from the album Now Is A Timeless Present – A Retrospective, 2019)

5. Jansen Barbieri Karn – Beginning to Melt; In the Black of Desire; The Insect Tribe; and Prey (26:54) (from the EP Seed, 1994)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 833 - Explorations, Vol. 1 - Symphonic Prog

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is the first of an occasionally recurring series that will explore different sub-genres of progressive rock! This first installment looks at symphonic prog, and we'll hear great music from Yes, Camel, Renaissance, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Anglagard, Echolyn, Kansas, Focus, and Genesis!

Episode 832 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 10 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another ALL NEW variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great new stuff from The Cyberiam, Styx, Big Hogg, Steve Hackett, Kayak, Mariusz Duda, The Yuval Ron Trio, Nad Sylvan, Daidrum, Lord Helmet, and Elypsia!

Episode 831 - Sweet Dreams

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch has a “dream theme”! Every song will be about dreams or dreaming, with marvelous, melodious music provided by The Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gary Wright, The Flower Kings, Supertramp, The Electric Light Orchestra, Yes, Asia, John Lennon, The Zombies, O.R.k., Esquire, Jethro Tull, Downes Braide Association, Genesis, King Crimson, and The Allman Brothers Band!

Episode 830 - Variety

Tue, 27 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Lots of great sounds abound on this week's Prog-Watch! Tune in to hear fabulous stuff from Bend The Future, Red Bazar, Nine Skies, Kamyki, Crack The Sky, Deep Clear Field, Magenta, Jordsjø, Lord Helmet, and Tom Newman!

101 Dimensions - July 2021

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0300

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, July 2021:

1. Thomas Dolby – I Love You Goodbye; Cruel; Silk Pyjamas; and Eastern Block (Sequel to Europa and the Pirate Twins) (18:05) (from the album Astronauts and Heretics, 1992)

2. Jansen Barbieri Karn – Beginning to Melt; The Wilderness; and March of the Innocents (20:53) (from the album Beginning to Melt, 1993)

3. Tom Newman – The Woods Of; Fórdin Searchráin; Bean Si; Little Voices of the Tarans; The Fluter; The Seelie Court (Goodish Faeries); and The Spell Breaks (17:37) (from the album Faerie Symphony, 1977)

4. Ulrich Schnauss – Knuddelmaus; Between Us and Them; Passing By; and Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn (27:57) (from the album Now is a Timeless Present – A Retrospective, 2019)

5. The New Dance Orchestra – Symphonie Electronique; and Urbanology (28:56) (from the album The Light Program, 1987)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 829 - Epix, Vol. 9

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm breaking out some fantastic EPIX once again! In this edition we'll hear from Kansas, The Alan Parsons Project, Dream Theater, Magenta, Motorpsycho, and King Crimson!

Episode 828 - Home Sweet Home

Tue, 13 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special called Home Sweet Home! With fabulous music by Peter Gabriel, Magenta, Blind Faith, Genesis, Jon & Vangelis, The Alan Parsons Project, Rod Argent & Colin Blunstone, Big Big Train, Boston, Paul & Linda McCartney, The Electric Light Orchestra, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Big Country, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Phil Collins!

Episode 827 - Variety

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Be on the lookout for an awesome assemblage of astounding progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Frost*, Luca Zabbini, Gentle Giant, Bend The Future, Kayak, Barebone, 22 Layers, Franklin Mint, Paul Cusick, Jon Anderson, Ciccada, and Liquid Tension Experiment! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

Episode 826 - In Conversation with Simon Collins, Pt. 2

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Simon Collins! More chat with Simon, and more great music from his most recent albums, plus a guest appearance on a Genesis re-make by Steve Hackett!

101 Dimensions - June 2021

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0300

My turn on 101 Dimensions once again and here's our itinerary:

1. Tangerine Dream – Timeless; Ride on the Ray (Atlantic Ocean Version); Peddington at Five; and Morning Star (22:40) (from the album Flame, 2009)

2. Jean-Michel Jarre – Industrial Revolution: Overture, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 (16:48) (from the album Revolutions, 1988)

3. Jean-Luc Ponty – Life Enigma; Even the Sun Will Die; Love at Last Sight; and And Life Goes On (22:51) (from the album Life Enigma, 2001)

4. Mike Oldfield – Misty; No Man's Land; Return to the Origin; Landfall; and Viper (21:32) (from the album Tr3s Lunas, 2002)

5. David Cross and Robert Fripp – Starless Starlight Loops; In The Shadow; Shine and Fall (23:49) (from the album Starless Starlight, 2015)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 825 - The Musical World of Ritchie Blackmore

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0300

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of Ritchie Blackmore! We'll hear great music from Deep Purple, Rainbow, and his latest endeavor, Blackmore's Night!

Episode 824 - In Conversation with Simon Collins, Pt. 1

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Simon Collins, eldest son of Phil, singer and multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, and former member of Sound of Contact! Simon and I chat about his illustrious career, and along the way I will of course be spinning lots of great music!

Episode 823 - Variety + Raven Sad on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0300

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Frost*, Nad Sylvan, The Checking For Echo Project, and Sylvan! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Raven Sad!

Episode 822 - In Conversation with Oliver Wakeman, Pt. 2

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Oliver Wakeman! More chat with Oliver, and more great music from his time with Yes, his solo career, and his collaborations with Gordon Giltrap and Clive Nolan! From the latter: a nice helping of music from the new Nolan and Wakeman box set Tales By Gaslight!

101 Dimensions - May 2021

Wed, 26 May 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Here's what's on tap for this month's 101 Dimensions:

1. Röyksopp – Go Away; Clean Sweep; Boys; Head; and Looser Now (25:04) (from the album The Understanding, 2005)

2. Nik Turner – Adjust The Future; Hypernova, and Spiritual Machines (22:04) (from the album Space Fusion Odyssey, 2015)

3. Isao Tomita – Dawn Chorus; Whistle Train; Pegasus; and Vela-X Pulsar (21:11) (from the album Dawn Chorus, 1984)

4. John Carpenter – Virtual Survivor; Bela Lugosi; Last Sunrise; Utopian Facade; and Real Xeno (20:08) (from the album Lost Themes II, 2016)

5. Vangelis – Alpha; Nucleogenesis, Pt. 1 and 2; and Albedo 0.39 (22:12) (from the album Albedo 0.39, 1976)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 821 - Variety

Tue, 25 May 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock! I've got fantastic stuff from Liquid Tension Experiment, Karmamoi, Jon Anderson, Sylvan, Steven Wilson, Ciccada, Renaissance, Bob Lord, The Franky Valentyn Project, The Man From Ravcon, RPWL, and Raven Sad! I hope you will join me!

Episode 820 - In Conversation with Oliver Wakeman, Pt. 1

Tue, 18 May 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is Oliver Wakeman! Tune in to hear some of our chat and lots of great Yes, Strawbs, Nolan and Wakeman and solo Oliver Wakeman music!

Episode 819 - Stargazing

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Go stargazing with Prog-Watch this week, with our theme of stars and constellations! Tune in to hear lots of stellar sounds from The Alan Parsons Project, Jethro Tull, King's X, Robert Fripp, IQ, Redshift, Mike Oldfield, FM, Steve Hackett, Pallas, Guy Manning, Hawkwind, Billy Sherwood, Enya, and Jon Anderson!

Episode 818 - In Conversation with Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull

Tue, 04 May 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is the inimitable Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull fame! Tune in to hear some fun and interesting chat, as well as lots of great Jethro Tull music! 'Nuff said!

101 Dimensions - April 2021

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0300

I hope you will join me this week for another eclectic and enthralling edition of 101 Dimensions! Here's what's in store:

1. The Orb – Codes; Orbisonia; and Let the Music Set You Free (21:02) (from the album The Dream, 2007)

2. Klaus Schulze – Constellation Andromeda (23:52) (from the album Dreams, 1986)

3. Oliver Wakeman – Muladhara; and Svadisthana (21:19) (from the album Chakras, 2001)

4. John Carpenter – Vortex; Obsidian; Fallen; and Domain (24:27) (from the album Lost Themes, 2015)

5. Ian Boddy – The Mechanics of a Thought (23:34) (from the album The Mechanics of a Thought, 2007)

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Episode 817 - Variety

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0300

There are tons of tasty tunes to astound and astonish you on this week's Prog-Watch! Prick up your ears to hear great stuff from Frost*, District 97, Midlake, The Mighty Handful, Lifesigns, Arc Of Life, Robert Berry's 3.2, The Flying Caravan, Zeh, and UVTraveler!

Episode 816 - Epix, Vol. 8

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just a handful of lengthy tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll spread the love across the decades of our favorite genre! Tune in to hear great music from Yes, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Moon Safari, Traffic, and Genesis!

Episode 815 - Shaking the Family Tree of Pink Floyd

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0300

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the classic UK band Pink Floyd! We'll hear from the band proper, and all the major members, Syd Barrett, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Rick Wright! Join me to hear all the great stuff that I shake out of the Pink Floyd Family Tree!

Episode 814 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm pitching another straight-up variety program of very recently released stuff...in fact, everything we'll be hearing this week has been released in 2021! We'll hear from 3.2, Raven Sad, The Prog Collective, The Flying Caravan, Kostas Sampanis, Astral Bazaar, John Holden and Friends, Garden of Live Flowers, Lifesigns, Arc of Life, and Compile!

101 Dimensions - March 2021

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0300

I've put together another eclectic mix of stuff for my turn this month on 101 Dimensions! Here's what I've cooked up:

1. Duncan Mackay – Visa; Peru Tu; Fistful of Keyboards; and See Sea (17:28) (from the album Visa, 1980)

2. Jon & Vangelis – Curious Electric; Each and Every Day; Bird Song; I Hear You Now; and The Road (21:19) (from the album Short Stories, 1980)

3. Amon Duul II – Soap Shop Rock – a. Burning Sister; b. Halluzination Guillotine; c. Gulp A Sonata; d. Flesh-Colored Anti-Aircraft Alarm; She Came Through The Chimney; and Archangels Thunderbird (20:23) (from the album Yeti, 1970)

4. Pekka Pohjola – Metsonpelia; Virtojen Kiharat; and Armoton Idylli (20:12) (from the album Pihkasilma Kaarnakorva, 1972)

5. Redshift – Rise and Shine; Savage Messiah; and Halo (26:36) (from the album Halo, 2002)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 813 - Variety + Kepler Ten on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 30 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0300

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Nad Sylvan, The Franky Valentyn Project, Astral Bazaar, Skeptosphere and Sonus Umbra! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Kepler Ten!

Episode 812 - Here Comes The Sun

Tue, 23 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0300

Spring hit the northern hemisphere this weekend so on this edition of Prog-Watch I'm celebrating the sun! I've got a slew of spectacular solar songs from the likes of The Beatles, Asia, Overhead, Panic Room, Genesis, The Anderson-Ponty Band, Utopia, Jethro Tull, ELO, Schicke Fuehrs & Froeling, The Kinks, Badfinger, Traffic, Anekdoten, Ranaissance, In Continuum, and The Strawbs!

Episode 811 - Variety

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great stuff from Steven Wilson, Transatlantic, Asia Minor, District 97, Sonus Umbra, The Bedlam Furnaces, Kyros, Lifesigns, and 35 Tapes!

Episode 810 - In Conversation with Dave Oberle of Gryphon

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is Dave Oberle of Gryphon! Tune in to hear some of our chat about the band and the making of their latest album 'Get Out Of My Father's Car'. Along the way I will of course be spinning some great Gryphon music...some classics from the 1970s, and some future classics from their most recent albums, including a few from the new one!

101 Dimensions - February 2021

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400

Join me on this month's edition of 101 Dimensions to hear my usual eclectic mix of progressive and electronic sounds! Here's what's in store:

1. Hawkwind – The Psychedelic Warlords (Disappear In Smoke); Wind Of Change; D-Rider; and Web Weaver (21:29) (from the album Hall Of The Mountain Grill, 1974)

2. Simon McKechnie – The Origin Of Species (20:51) (from the album Retro, 2021)

3. Steven Wilson – Slut 1.4; and Apres-Mortes (19:50) (from the album Unreleased Electronic Music, 2006)

4. Redshift – Ether (27:29) (from the album Redshift II, 1997)

5. Vangelis – Rosetta; Philae's Descent; Mission Accomplished (Rosetta's Waltz); Perihelion; Elegy; and Return To The Void (24:21) (from the album Rosetta, 2016)

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Episode 809 - Variety

Tue, 02 Mar 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is another straight-up variety program, with lots of diverse, contemporary progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from Steven Wilson, Failover, Simon McKechnie, Lunatic Soul, Steve Hackett, Transatlantic, Mushroom, The Bedlam Furnaces, SomeWhereOut, Bridgend, The Prog Collective, and Null Terminator!

Episode 808 - In Conversation with Peter Jones of Tiger Moth Tales

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Peter Jones of Tiger Moth Tales, Red Bazar, and Camel! Pete released not one but TWO albums last year, so we have plenty to talk about! Of course I'll also be spinning lots of great music along the way!

Episode 807 - Big Tony’s Big BIG Special

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a BIG themed special! Hear great BIG classics from Peter Gabriel, Ritual, Electric Light Orchestra, Matt Stevens, Yes, Spock's Beard, Genesis, Damanek, Stackridge, Tears For Fears, Simon Collins, Tinyfish, Robert Plant, Fish, and Rush! All in 90 minutes!

Episode 806 - Variety

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock! I've got fantastic stuff from Kyros, Bidi (Luc Desjardins), Lunatic Soul, Downes Braide Association, Kepler Ten, IO Earth, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, SomeWhereOut, Neal Schon, Gazpacho, Hyco, and John Holden! I hope you will join me!

101 Dimensions - January 2021-2

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0400

Another four weeks have come and gone, and I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions! I've got some different stuff lined up, which I hope you will enjoy! Here's what I've cooked up for this outing:

1. Hawkestrel – Biometrics; Cosmic Divide; Day of the Quake; and Glass Wolves (23:01) (from the album Pioneers of Space, 2020)

2. Jim Griffin – The Burden of Knowing; Of Atwood's Machine; Our New World Will Bathe in Ancient Light; and Spiral Staircase (23:53) (from the album The Signal, 2020)

3. Porcupine Tree – Phase II (17:30) (from the album Voyage 34, 2000)

4. Lunatic Soul – Transition 2 (27:45) (from the album Through Shaded Woods, 2020)

5. Citizen – The Construct; First; Less Than; Brightest Eyes; and Equal To (20:50) (from the album Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than, 2020)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 805 - The Musical World of Steven Wilson

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 05:00:00 -0400

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of Steven Wilson! We'll hear great music from Porcupine Tree and his solo career, of course, as well as No-Man, Blackfield, and Storm Corrosion! (Plus, I'll have a few surprises!)

Episode 804 - More of the Best of 2020

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0400

I'm pretty sure that no one was unhappy to see 2020 in the rear view, but it was a pretty fine year for music! So this week on Prog-Watch I am once more featuring some of the best of 2020, with a line-up that includes The Flower Kings, Blue Oyster Cult, The Tangent, Lonely Robot, Pendragon, Neal Morse, Nick D'Virgilio, Pattern-Seeking Animals, and Fish!

Episode 803 - Cats and Dogs

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is all about humankind's favored pets...cats and dogs! Tune in to hear lots of great progressive sounds from The Rocket Scientists, The Flower Kings, Rush, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Mike Rutherford, Gentle Giant, The Alan Parsons Project, Stick Men, and more!

Episode 802 - Prog-Watch & TPA Best of 2020, Pt. 2

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my two-part collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on some of the best albums of 2020! We'll hear music from Magenta, Pendragon, Mark Vickness, Chris Opperman, Motorpsycho, Abel Ganz, and Fish; and brief reviews by Magnus Moar, Bob Mulvey, Jez Rowden, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming!

101 Dimensions - January 2021

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 10:52:00 -0400

The first 101 Dimensions of the New Year, and here's what I cooked up for our listening pleasure:

1. Mike Oldfield – Sentinel; Dark Star; Clear Light; Blue Saloon; and Sunjammer (21:55) (from the album Tubular Bells II, 1992)

2. Focus – Hamburger Concerto (20:20) (from the album Hamburger Concerto, 1974)

3. Wendy Carlos – Winter (20:37) (from the album Sonic Seasonings, 1972)

4. Red Shift – Tormentor; Nightshift; and Last (31:44) (from the album Last, 2007)

5. Malcolm Galloway – Wasp 76b (14:49) (from the album Wasp 76b, 2020)

I hope you will join me!

Here's to a better 2021!

Tony

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Episode 801 - Prog-Watch & TPA Best of 2020, Pt. 1

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I have Part One of a two-part collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on some of the best albums of 2020! We'll hear music from Blue Oyster Cult, Wobbler, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Elder, Three Colours Dark, Kansas, Pull Down The Sun, and Haken; and brief reviews by Mel Allen, Anthony Colvill, Shawn Dudley, Rob Fisher, Andrew Halley and Nick Hudson! (Part Two to follow one week hence.)

Episode 751 - Variety + the ESP Project on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0400

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Hyco, The Weever Sands, Jump, Great Wide Nothing, Violent Silence and Antony Kalugin! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Tony Lowe's ESP Project!

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Episode 750 - Our Progressive Planet - Poland

Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0400

New feature on Prog-Watch this week...OUR PROGRESSIVE PLANET! On this type of program Dr. Rob Fisher and I will take you on a little tour of a particular country with a vibrant progressive music scene! This first edition focuses on Poland, and will feature music from Collage, SBB, Lebowski, Riverside, Indukti, Lizard, Osada Vida, Acute Mind, Quidam, Votum, and Satellite, with a bonus track from Fren! We hope you will join us!

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101 Dimensions - December 2020

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Another month has come and gone so I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions once again! I've got another interesting set this time, so I hope you will come along for the ride! Here's what's in store:

1. Bergeton – Arabian Nights; Depeche Load; Fort Apache Marina; Lambo; and Miami Murder (20:11) (from the album Miami Murder, 2020)

2. Vinyl Dial – Bad Trip (23:08) (from the album Space Wizard, 2019)

3. Antony Kalugin – Marshmallow (20:20) (from the album Marshmallow Moondust, 2020)

4. Ashra – Mosquito Dance; Tropical Heat; Pretty Papaya; and Nights In Sweat (28:29) (from the album Tropical Heat, 1991)

5. Le Grand Sbam – La Trace (18:45) (from the album Furvent, 2020)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 749 - Variety

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Tons of tasty tunes abound on this week's Prog-Watch! Prick up your ears to hear great stuff from Jakko Jakszyk, Anèma, Jim Griffin, Antony Kalugin, Laura Piazzai, IT, Gandalf's Fist, Potter's Daughter, Circu5, Logos, Dyble/Longdon, and Tiger Moth Tales!

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Episode 748 - A Tribute to Ken Hensley

Tue, 01 Dec 2020 09:12:00 -0400

On this week's Prog-Watch I'm paying tribute to the late Ken Hensley, with excerpts of my 2018 interview with the man himself and lots of great music from Uriah Heep, his solo career, and side projects. I hope you will join me in remembering this talented musician, brilliant song-writer, and overall genuine person.

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Episode 747 - Shaking the Family Tree of the Flower Kings

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is one of Sweden's greatest musical exports, the mighty Flower Kings! We'll hear from the band proper, The Tangent, Tomas Bodin, Roine Stolt, Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion, Kaipa, The Sea Within, Karmakanic, and Agents of Mercy! Join me to hear all the great stuff that I shake out of the Flower Kings' Family Tree!

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Episode 746 - Variety

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Days Between Stations, Kansas, Druid, Wobbler, Mesmerising, Vinyl Dial, Kepler Ten, Kaleidoreal, and Harmonium! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

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101 Dimensions - November 2020

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

It's my turn on 101 Dimensions once again, and I've lined up some different stuff this time! Here's what's in store:

1. Vinyl Dial – Oceanic Electron Harvest (20:50) (from the album Oceanic Electron Harvest, 2020)

2. David Arkenstone – Fairy Tales; Hope Springs; Midsommar Stars; Of Mischief and Magic; Oberon Sleeps (20:53) (from the album Fairy Tales, 2020)

3. Yak – Vale Of Aeternum (19:25) (from the album Quest For The Stones, 2015)

4. Ash Ra Tempel – Reunion (30:40) (from the album Friendship, 2000)

5. Queen - “13” (22:33) (from the album Made In Heaven, 1995)

I hope you will join me!

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Episode 745 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 10 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature, which will have lots of great stuff, new and old, for your listening pleasure! For my part I'll be spinning fabulous new music from Glass Hammer, Silver Nightmares, Neptune, The Wood Demons, Sanguine Hum, Cirkus, and Yobrepus! I'll also be mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Michael Keane of Liverpool, England! Michael has selected some fantastic stuff from Anathema, IQ, Camel, Rush, Arena, Rendezvous Point, and Focus! Come along for a fun ride!

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Episode 744 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of ALL NEW material! I've got fantastic stuff from The Flower Kings, Pymlico, Wobbler, Taskaha, Isobar, Jakko M. Jakszyk, Sanguine Hum, Tony Lowe's ESP Project, Cirkus, Watertank, and Steve Hackett! I hope you will join me!

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Episode 743 - Things That Go Bump In The Night

Tue, 27 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is all about ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT! With songs concerning things supernatural from White Willow, The Strawbs, Blue Oyster Cult, Asia, Uriah Heep, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Agents Of Mercy, Ken Hensley, The Syn, Styx, Jethro Tull, Rush, The Rocket Scientists, Drifting Sun, Todd Rundgren, Warren Zevon, and Anekdoten! Join me...if you dare!

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Episode 742 - Variety + Three Colours Dark on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch our reviewer extraordinaire Dr. Rob Fisher returns with a new Progressive Discoveries feature on the fabulous debut album 'The Science of Goodbye' by the UK project Three Colours Dark! For my part, I'll be spinning great stuff from Gandalf's Fist, YYNOT, Briand Boursin Rohr, Neptune, Wytch Hazel, Kevin Godley, Caravaggio, Sudler's Row, and The Wood Demons! I hope you will join us!

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101 Dimensions - October 2020

Wed, 14 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0300

I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions and have an interesting program lined up for our listening enjoyment. Here's the itinerary:

1. Hawkwind – Seeing It As You Really Are; and Mirror Of Illusion (17:56) (from the album Hawkwind, 1970)

2. Garrett N. – Reprise/Bak3/Unknown; Scorpio/Ramos; Sinister; and Avant4/Outtro/Epilogue (23:32) (from the album Let's Get Surreal, 2018)

3. Ashra – 77 Slightly Delayed; Midnight On Mars; Don't Trust The Kids; and Blackouts (221:26) (from the album Blackouts, 1977)

4. Tangerine Dream – Towards The Evening Star; At Darwin's Motel; On Crane's Passage; and Rising Haul In Silence (25:44) (from the album Goblin's Club, 1996)

5. Jon Hassel & Brian Eno – Chemistry; Delta Rain Dream; Griot (Over Contagious Magic); and Ba-Benzele (20:49) (from the album Goblin's Club, 1996)

I hope you will join me! Until next time, Prog On!

T

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Episode 741 - The Musical World of Rick Wakeman

Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm taking a look at the rich and diverse Musical World of Rick Wakeman! Of course we'll hear music from his time with The Strawbs, Yes, and Anderson Bruford, Wakeman & Howe, and from his most recent foray into the world of Yes music with Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin! I'll also be exploring some of his collaborations with son Adam and Mr. Anderson, and some of his early session work for David Bowie and Cat Stevens! Great Rick Wakeman music will abound!

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Episode 740 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 06 Oct 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I'll be spinning music from Kansas, O.A.K. (Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative), Dyble-Longdon, The Hawkwind Light Orchestra, The Broken Bridges, and Tony Lowe's ESP Project, and mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Keith McCarthy of Newnham, England! Keith has selected some fabulous stuff from Fleetwood Mac, John Martyn, Anathema, Druid, and Camel! I hope you will come along for the ride!

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Episode 739 - Moonlighting

Tue, 29 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Come and do a little Moonlighting with Prog-Watch this week, where every song will have the word “Moon” in the title! With music from a wide assortment of artists, including Genesis, City Boy, Tom Slatter, Sky Cries Mary, Conspiracy, Thin Lizzy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Flame Dream, Lana Lane, The Electric Light Orchestra, White Willow, The Nice, The Alan Parson Project, Seven Steps To The Green Door, Marco Ragni, and The Who!

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Episode 738 - Mostly NEW Variety

Tue, 22 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of mostly new material! (Hey, at least we got a lot of good music this year!) I've got great stuff from Circuline, Automatism, The Mighty Handful, Keith and the Tiger Moth, Bob Beland, Whiteside's Daughter, Okyr, Taskaha, Michele Conta, Grus Paridae, and Watertank! I hope you will join me!

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101 Dimensions - September 2020

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0300

I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions this weekend and here's what I have lined up for our listening pleasure:

1. Aphex Twin – Phlange Phace; Dodeccaheedron; Analogue Bubblebath 1; and Metapharstic (20:51) (from the album Classics, 1995)

2. Oliver Wakeman with Steve Howe – Ages of Magick; Mind Over Matter; The Forgotten King; The Storyteller; and The Whales Last Dance (21:14) (from the album The 3 Ages Of Magick, 2001)

3. Edgar Froese – Pinnacles (21:54) (from the album Pinnacles, 1983)

4. Colin Edwin and Lorenzo Feliciati – Tin Can; Severing Suns; Bedroom Corner; and Future Echo (19:02) (from the album Twinscapes Vol. 2 – A Modern Approach To The Dancefloor, 2018)

5. Rob Harvey – Idun; and Fortitude (25:07) (from the album Rainsong, 2012)

I hope you will join me!

Until next time, be well...and Prog On!

T

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Episode 737 - Shaking The Marillion Family Tree

Tue, 15 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm shaking the Family Tree of the mighty Marillion! I'll be exploring some of the solo works and side projects of Fish, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, and Mick Pointer! Come along for a fun and interesting ride!

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Episode 736 - Variety + Subsignal on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch Dr. Rob Fisher returns with a new Progressive Discoveries feature on the latest album 'Song For The Homeless, Live in Russelheim, 2019' by the fabelhaft German band Subsignal! In addition, I've got great stuff from Kevin Godley, Glass Hammer, Wytch Hazel, YYNOT, Circuline, O.A.K., Turdetans, and IQ! I hope you will join us!

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Episode 735 - Classix, Vol. 2

Tue, 01 Sep 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging through the vaults and doing an entire show of Prog Rock classic tracks! I'll be spinning tunes from The Cardiacs, Steely Dan, Van Der Graaf Generator, Rick Wakeman, Pink Floyd, Kansas, Supertramp, Budgie, Harmonium, Uriah Heep, The Moody Blues, and The Beach Boys!

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Episode 734 - Epix, Vol. 7

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just six tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll play one from each decade of our favorite genre (with a bonus from the 1970s)! Tune in to hear great music from Dire Straits, Southern Empire, Rush, Rocket Scientists, Marillion, and Camel!

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Episode 733 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 18 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I'll be spinning music from The Tangent, Bob Beland, Tiger Moth Tales, IQ, Rick Wakeman, and Atlas Cube, and mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Charles Anderson of York, England! Charles has selected some great stuff from England (the band), Epidaurus, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Enid, and Mostly Autumn!

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Episode 732 - In Conversation with Steve Howe of Yes and Asia

Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my guest is the legendary Steve Howe! Tune in to hear a little chat and lots of great music from his illustrious career...starting with Yes and Asia and moving through his solo career, up to the present and the release of his wonderful new album 'Love Is'!

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101 Dimensions - August 2020

Wed, 05 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Howdy folks! Big Tony here and I am once again curating this week's 101 Dimensions! Here's what I have lined up:

1. Hawkwind – L.S.D., Blue Shift; Death Of War; and The Secret Agent (from the album Electric Tepee, 1992)

2. Synergy – Falcons And Eagles; Flight Of The Looking Glass; Shibolet; and An End To History (from the album Audion, 1981)

3. Robert Rich and Ian Boddy – Metamorphic; Lithosphere; and Melt (from the album Lithosphere, 2005)

4. Karda Estra – Paper Cuts; Life Drawing; Atom Of Warmth; Morning Wraiths; and Halcyon Years (from the album The Last Of The Libertine, 2007)

5. Michael Stearns – The Light In The Trees; The Gathering; Cenote; and The Path Between (from the album The Light In The Trees, 1996)

I hope you will join me!

T

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Episode 731 - Variety + Long Earth on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 04 Aug 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Rob Fisher and I have a great program lined up for you this week on Prog-Watch! I'll be spinning music from The Tangent, Man-Akin, I Am The Manic Whale, Morse, Portnoy and George, Starmen, Failover, Joost Maglev, Tiger Moth Tales, and Three Colours Dark! Plus, Rob will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the fabulous new album, Once Around the Sun, by the Scottish band Long Earth!

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Episode 730 - In Conversation with Dennis DeYoung, Pt. 2

Tue, 28 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my feature on Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx)! Hear more chat, more classic Styx, and more solo music from Dennis (including a few more from his new album 26 East, Vol. 1)!

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Episode 729 - In Conversation with Dennis DeYoung, Pt. 1

Tue, 21 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0300

My special guest on this week's Prog-Watch is rock legend Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx)! Tune in to hear Part One of my artist feature, including some spirited conversation (and believe me, Dennis pulls no punches!) and lots of great Styx and solo Dennis DeYoung music!

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101 Dimensions - July 2020

Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Here's what's on tap for this edition of 101 Dimensions, curated by yours truly (the Progsquatch) once again:

1. The Orb – Complication (3:55); Lunik (5:50); Ripples (5:51); Captain Korma (4:13); and Can Can (4:43) (from the album Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt, 2005)

2. Soniq Theater – Flying Dolphins (4:40); Spirallels (4:17); Welcome To Absurdistan (2:24); Paradox (6:00); and April Snow (3:08) (from the album Squaring The Circle, 2018)

3. Tangerine Dream – Crystal Voice (3:10); The Run (4:50); Testlab (4:01); Charly The Kid (3:55); and Escaping Point (5:10) (from the album Firestarter, 1984)

4. Jean-Luc Ponty – Two Thousand-One Years Ago (4:20); Signals From Planet Earth (6:03); The Infinite Human Caravan (6:37); Lonely Among All (4:24); Firmament (7:21) (from the album Life Enigma, 2001)

5. Matt Baber – Parts 6-10 (22:38) (from the album Suite For Piano and Electronics, 2018)

I hope you will join me!

T

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Episode 728 - Shaking the Family Tree of King Crimson

Tue, 14 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0300

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the mighty King Crimson! I'll be spinning a few classic tunes from the band proper and exploring their roots and branches in the music of Giles, Giles & Fripp, McDonald & Giles, Peter Sinfield, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, David Cross & David Jackson, and more! Come and hear what I shake out of the KC Family Tree!

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Episode 727 - In Conversation with Nick D’Virgilio

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Nick D'Virgilio, who is perhaps best known as a drummer and vocalist for Spock's Beard and Big Big Train! Nick and I chat about his illustrious career, and along the way I'll be spinning lots of great music from Spock's Beard and various side projects in which Nick has participated (including Rewiring Genesis, Deckchair Poets, and Zorbonauts)! We will also hear a number of tunes from his solo career, including a couple from his wonderful new album 'Invisible'!

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Episode 726 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 30 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous, brand new music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Surreal, The Bedlam Furnaces, Caligula's Horse, The Segue, I Am The Manic Whale, Kinetic Element, Vesper Vals, Delain, Alcàntara, Fughu, and Lonely Robot! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

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101 Dimensions - June 2020

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Another three weeks have comes and gone and it's my turn to guide the good ship 101 Dimensions again! Here's what's in store:

1. Kraftwerk - Computer World (Robotron-Mix) (5:41); Tour De France (Orig. 1983 Kevorkian Ext. 12' Remix) (6:47); and Techno Pop (1983 Version) (4:35) (from the album Toccata Electronica, 1995)

2. Ott - Ott Meets Billy The Kid (6:53); Scilly Automatic (7:41); and Joyful Wonder (6:39) (from the album MMII, 2014)

3. Electric Mud – Aurora Moon (7:03); Mer De Glace (2:05); Quiet Days On Earth (7:21); and Silhouettes Floating Down A Rain-Slicked Street (5:18) (from the album Quiet Days On Earth, 2020)

4. Kraftwerk - Metropolis (Machine-Version) (Live Utrecht 10.12.81) (5:36); and The Model (Catbonic-Mix) (5:18) (from the album Toccata Electronica, 1995)

5. Thomas Dolby – Armageddon (5:29); Planet Of Lost Souls (3:00); Big Bang Backwards (2:11); and N.E.O. (5:47) (from the album he Gate To The Mind's Eye OST, 1994)

6. Richard Barbieri – Ballerina (7:25); Vibra (6:52); and 1979 Rehearsal Room (5:45) (from the album Variants.3, 2018)

I hope you will join me!

(RIP Florian Schneider)

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Episode 725 - Variety + Katatonia on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0300

On this week's Prog-Watch: brand new music from Kansas, Nick D'Virgilio, Turdetans, Blood Brothers, Hollow Water, and Frost*, plus great stuff from Farehaven, Michele Conta, and Man Till God! In addition, Dr. Rob Fisher returns for an in depth look at City Burials, the brand new album by Katatonia, on Progressive Discoveries!

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Episode 724 - Come Sail Away

Tue, 16 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Come sail away with Prog-Watch this week, where every song will have the root word “sail” in the title! Aside from Styx (who provide the theme song, of course) we will also be hearing from Ayreon, Mystery, Carmen, Golden Earring, Manning, Elton John, Jon & Vangelis, The Strawbs, Gryphon, Radio Head, Moon Safari, Robert Palmer, John Hackett & Nick Fletcher, and Mike Oldfield! You'll almost be able to smell the salt water, and feel the wind on your face and the rocking of the waves! Well...almost...

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Episode 723 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a Variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I'll be spinning tracks from Robyn Ferguson, Tarmak, Ubi Maior, Airbag, Silas and Saski, Nick D'Virgilio, Steve Thorne, and Haken! Our Guest DJ, Mr. Tony Zappa (no relation to Frank, he informs me) has chosen songs from Yes, Spock's Beard, King Crimson, and Jon And Vangelis, and I'll be mixing those in and reading Tony's commentary!

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101 Dimensions - May 2020-2

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 21:37:00 -0300

Another three weeks have come and gone, and I'm back at the helm of the good ship 101 Dimensions! Here's what's in store for this week's journey:

1. Hawkestrel – Detox Train (1:33); Up All Night (4:35); No Smoking (4:03); Invisible Spies (6:47); Man Eggs From Mars (4:17); and Higher (4:58) (from the album Hawkestrel Presents Pre-Med, 2020)

2. Michael Stearns – Splash (3:34); Two Memories (3:29); Penguins On Mars (4:38); Dark Passage (4:42); and Space Grass (4:23) (from the album Plunge, 1999)

3. Tangerine Dream – The Dream Is Always The Same (3:43); No Future (Get Off The Babysitter) (2:00); Guido The Killer Pimp (4:21) Lana (3:53); and Love On A Train (Risky Business) (3:58) (from the album Risky Business OST, 1983)

4. Mannheim Steamroller – Orpheus Suite: a. Descent Into The Underworld (4:10); b. Dialog With The Devil (2:09); c. Ascent From Hell (4:11); and Sirens (11:55) (from the album Fresh Aire VI, 1986)

5. David Sylvian – Weathered Wall (5:44); Backwaters (4:53); and Brilliant Trees (8:42) (from the album Brilliant Trees, 1984)

I hope you will join me!

T

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Episode 722 - Variety + Art on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 02 Jun 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch Dr. Rob Fisher returns with a new Progressive Discoveries feature on the second album, Asylum, by a great band from Italy called Art! In addition, I've got fabulous music from Anubis, Chimpan A, Pendragon, Psychoyogi, Starset, Mirthrandir, and Galverna! I hope you will join us!

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Episode 721 - The Musical World of Phil Collins

Mon, 25 May 2020 15:23:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm taking a look at the rich and diverse Musical World of Phil Collins! We'll hear music from Genesis, Brand X, and his solo career, and some of the noteworthy and interesting guest appearances Phil made on records by other artists including some of his Genesis bandmates, Frida, Robert Plant, Howard Jones, and more! Great drumming and singing will abound!

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Episode 720 - Variety

Tue, 19 May 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a bit of a multi-national affair, with great music from seven different countries! We'll hear from Fren, Psychoyogi, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Slap Guru, Fughu, Fireballet, Caravaggio, The Dani Lopez Quartet, Magenta, Vesper Vals, and The Enid! I hope you will join me!

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101 Dimensions - May 2020

Wed, 13 May 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Another three weeks have passed, so I'm back at the helm for this week's 101 Dimensions! Here's the itinerary:

1. Aphex Twin – Donkey Rhubarb (6:08); Vaz Deferenz (5:49); and Icct Hedral (Philip Glass Orchest) (from the album Donkey Rhubarb, 1995)

2. Kevin Bartlett – Moon v. Moon (11:57); and Stethoscope (8:16) (from the album Glow In The Dark, 2008)

3. Klaus Schulze – Freeze (6:42); Pain (9:43); and Memory (4:54) (from the album Angst OST, 1984)

4. Marvin Ayers – Androgynous Weave (4:25); Soured Alchemy (2:47); I Wish I Was The Sky (4:53); Elegiac Collage (5:59); and Forever Is Now (7:28) (from the album Eccentric Deliquescence, 2008)

5. Pekka Pohjola – Sinfonia No. 1, Pt. I, II & III (27:43) (from the album Sinfonia No. 1, 1989)

I hope you will join me! Until next time, be well and Prog On!

T

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Episode 719 - Epix, Vol. 6

Tue, 12 May 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just six tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll play one from each decade of our favorite genre (with a bonus from the 1970s)! Tune in to hear great music from The Eloy, Porcupine Tree, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pendragon, Agents Of Mercy, and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso!

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Episode 718 - Variety

Tue, 05 May 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of mostly new material and some of it will be a little heavier or harder-edged than what you usually hear on the program. I've got music from Ajna, Pure Reason Revolution, Amy Birks, Starset, Haken, Band Of Rain, Roz Vitalis, Delain, The Bardic Depths, Subsignal, and Magenta! So are you ready to rock...progressively, of course?

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Episode 717 - In Conversation with Nick Magnus

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Nick Magnus! Nick is perhaps best known as a long-time collaborator and bandmate of Steve Hackett, but has an interesting history and six solo albums to his name! Nick and I chat about everything from his early days with the Enid and Autumn, through the “Hackett Years”, and up to the present, with the release of his latest solo album Catharsis! Along the way I will of course be spinning lots of great Magnus music!

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101 Dimensions - April 2020

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

Another three weeks have gone by so I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions once again! Here's what I've cooked up for this outing:

1. Ozric Tentacles – Og Ha Be (4:42); Shards Of Ice (3:50); Sniffing Dog (6:34); Music To Gargle At (3:31); and Ethereal Cereal (2:18) (from the album Tantric Obstacles, 1985)

2. Jean-Luc Ponty – Is Once Enough? (4:59); Renaissance (5:49); and Aurora, Pts. 1 & 2 (9:02) (from the album Aurora, 1976)

3. Tangerine Dream – Madrigal Meridian (20:32) (from the album Cyclone, 1978)

4. Trinity Ward – Hymn Of A Sorrowful Mind (8:36); Machinaria (8:24); Mechanical Rhythms, Pt. 1 (8:16); and Machine Head (5:05) (from the album Hymns For Machines, 2015)

5. Vangelis – Earth (2:09); We Were All Uprooted (6:52); Sunny Earth (6:42); and He-O (4:12) (from the album Earth, 1973)

I hope you will join me!

Until next time...be well and Prog On!

T

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Episode 716 - A Song For All Seasons

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I have a themed special called “A Song For All Seasons”! With music by Dukes of the Orient, Guy Manning, Terry Draper, Squackett, Justin Hayward, Steve Howe, Alan White, The Zombies, White Willow, Kayak, Potter's Daughter, Joe Walsh, Mostly Autumn, Karfagen, Ray Wilson, Zebra, Threshold, and Marillion! All in 90 minutes!

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Episode 715 - Variety with a Hats Off Gentlemen Feature

Tue, 14 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week I've got great stuff from The Barock Project, The Blackheart Orchestra, Minutes To Midnight, Euphoria Station, The Bedlam Furnaces, and John Holden, plus another lost gem from Locanda delle Fate! If that wasn't enough, I'll be chatting a little with Malcolm Galloway and spinning some of his solo stuff and some music from his band, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate!

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Episode 714 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 07 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I'll be spinning music from Godsticks, Pure Reason Revolution, Moon Halo, Fluance, Sky Architect, and the Neal Morse Band, and mixing in selections from our Guest DJ (Mr. Larry Wilson of Oahu, Hawaii, USA)! Larry has selected some great stuff from The Pretty Things, Stackridge, Roxy Music, Steve Harley, and Public Image Ltd.!

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101 Dimensions - March 2020-2

Wed, 01 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0300

I'm back as curator of this week's 101 Dimensions! I have a bit of a different journey of sound and mind planned for us this week. Here's our itinerary:

1. Nik Turner – Adjust The Future (8:04); Hypernova (8:39); and Spiritual Machines (5:04) (from the album Space Fusion Odyssey, 2015)

2. Asturias – Circle In The Forest (22:24) (from the album Circle In The Forest, 1988)

3. The Olivia Tremor Control – Green Typewriters, Pt. 6 -10 (15:57) (from the album Dusk At Cubist Castle, 1996)

4. Pink Floyd – Sysyphus, Pt. I – IV (13:28) (from the album Ummagumma, 1969)

5. Ian Boddy & Markus Reuter – A Beginning In Light (8:35); Within The Space Between Things (3:49); and Trace The Memory (8:58) (from the album Distant Rituals, 1999)

6. Mike Dickson – Pour Forth Thy Spirit (3:01); FM1SM (4:01); and Threnody (9:46) (from the album Basilica, 2011)

I hope you will join me!

T

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Episode 713 - Variety + Ray Alder on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 31 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0300

A plethora of astounding progressive sounds awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from John Holden, Magnum, Mariana Semkina, Jack O' The Clock, Godsticks, The Million Reasons, Long Earth, and The Bardic Depths! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the first solo outing from Ray Alder, vocalist and frontman for US band Fates Warning!

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Episode 712 - In Conversation with Alan Parsons

Tue, 24 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my guest is the legendary Alan Parsons! Tune in to hear a little chat, and lots of great music from his illustrious career!

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Episode 711 - Variety

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I have a straight up variety program for you, and much of the stuff I will be playing is relatively new! With music from Blind Ego, Karfagen, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Dreaming Madmen, Great Pacific Orchestra, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Nick Magnus, Ritual, and Sonus Umbra!

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101 Dimensions - March 2020-1

Wed, 11 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0300

I'm at the helm again for this week's 101 Dimensions and here's what I have in store for your listening pleasure:

1. The Orb – Delta Mk II (7:00); Ubiquity (6:13); and Asylum (5:13) (from the album Orblivion, 1997)

2. Noisewheel – Dreambathing, Pt. 2 (26:10) (from the album Dreambathing, 2020)

3. Massimo Ruberti – Magnificent Desolation (9:12); and Earth (10:40) (from the album Live in Palermo, 2017)

4. Tangerine Dream – Tangram Set 2 (20:27) (from the album Tangram, 1980)

5. Mike Dickson – Fratres (9:26); Dance of the Knights (5:44); Pavane (5:51); and Jerusalem (2:01) (from the album Mellotronwork II, 2012)

I hope you will join me!

T

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Episode 710 - The Musical World of Jeff Lynne

Tue, 10 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm doing something a little different...investigating The Musical World of Jeff Lynne! I'll be starting from his early days in The Idle Race and The Move, and working through ELO and his solo works! In addition, I will be exploring some of the more noteworthy stuff which Jeff produced, including music from the Beatles Anthology, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and more! Not all Prog, but all great stuff!

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Special Program - Celebrating Progzilla Radio’s 5th Birthday

Tue, 03 Mar 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week I'm celebrating the 5th Birthday of my flagship station, Progzilla Radio, with a special exploring five of the albums that got me into Progressive Rock in the first place! Take a little trip down memory lane with me and the Beatles, the Moody Blues, the Alan Parsons Project, Genesis, and Yes!

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Episode 709 - Variety + Chasing the Monsoon on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch features a lot of great, modern Prog Rock from Jan Akkerman, Karfagen, Low Roar, Rodney Matthews and Jeff Scheetz with Oliver Wakeman, Nick Magnus, and Frequent Flyers, and a “proggy”classic from Elton John! Plus, The Doctor, Rob Fisher, will be examining the debut album by the UK group Chasing the Monsoon!

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101 Dimensions - February 2020

Wed, 19 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0400

I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions again this week and here's what I have in store for your listening pleasure:

1. Steve Dinsdale – Dark Time (5:31); Hit Of Summer (6:30); A Light Sprinkling Of Moonweed (6:17); and First Light (5:59) (from the album Light & Dark, 2018)

2. Zanov – Moebius 256 (3:14); Moebius 301 (3:14); Enygma (3:08); and Plentitude (12:07) (from the album Moebius, 1977)

3. Pekka Pohjola - Kätkävaaran lohikäärme (14:36); and Tehdasmusiikkia (7:37) (from the album Kätkävaaran lohikäärme, 1980)

4. Willowglass – A House Of Cards, Pt. 1 (from the album The Dream Harbour, 2013)

5. Altus – Alongside (7:26); Unspoken Denial (8:17); and Without Volition (6:28) (from the album Strength Of Fate, 2020)

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Episode 708 - In Conversation with Colin Edwin of Porcupine Tree and O.R.k.

Tue, 18 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Colin Edwin, who is perhaps best known as the bassist for Porcupine Tree and O.R.k.! Colin and I chat about his illustrious career, and along the way I'll be spinning lots of great music from his time with Porcupine Tree, his current band O.R.k., his collaboration with Lorenzo Feliciati, and his solo career, including a couple from his brand new album Infinite Regress!

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Episode 707 - Variety

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is just a bunch of great Progressive Rock, and most of it is relatively new! We'll hear from Cirrus Bay, Rodney Matthews and Jeff Scheetz with Oliver Wakeman, Fernando Perdomo, Dreaming Madmen, Nektar, Euphoria Station, Futurist, Blind Ego, Moon Halo, Richard Orange, Robertas Semeniukas, and Workshop of the Wolf! All in 90 minutes!!

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Episode 706 - In Conversation with Frank Wyatt of Happy the Man and Oblivion Sun

Tue, 04 Feb 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Frank Wyatt of Happy The Man, Oblivion Sun, and Frank Wyatt and Friends! Frank and I will be chatting about all of his projects through the years and I will of course be spinning lots of great music along the way!

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101 Dimensions - January 2020-2

Wed, 29 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0400

My second outing on 101 Dimensions for 2020 and the second this month! Here's what I lined up for your listening pleasure:

1. No Man – Love You To Bits (Bits 1 – 5) (17:03) (from the album Love You To Pieces, 2019)

2. Michael Hoenig – Hanging Garden Transfer (10:59); Voices Of Where (6:17); and Sun And Moon (4:14) (from the album Departure From The Northern Wasteland, 1978)

3. Jean-Luc Ponty – Modern Times Blues (7:18); Orbital Encounters (5:19); and Intuition (7:41) (from the album pen Mind, 1984)

4. Frank Wyatt & Friends – Perelandra Mvts. I – IV (25:31) (from the album Zeitgeist, 2019)

5. Bill Laswell – Chakra (24:13) (from the album Outer Dark, 1994)

I hope you will join me!

Prog On!

T

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Episode 705 - The Eyes Have It

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I have a fun little themed special for your listening enjoyment! I call it THE EYES HAVE IT (pun definitely intended) since every song will have the word EYE somewhere in the title! Featured artists will include the Nazz, the Von Hertzen Brothers, Victim Of Illusion, the Moody Blues, Porcupine Tree, Fates Warning, Camel, Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly, Loggins and Messina (yes, Loggins and Messina!), Trevor Rabin, Uriah Heep, Franck Carducci, Asia, Jethro Tull, Izz, and Yes!

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Episode 704 - Variety + the ESP Project on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 21 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0400

Great Prog Rock Variety and the first Progressive Discoveries segment of 2020 are on tap in this week's Prog-Watch! Hear music from Jeff Lynne's ELO, Great Pacific Orchestra, Flying Colors, The Flower Kings, Workshop of the Wolf, and Tool! Plus, Dr. Rob Fisher will be enlightening us on the fabulous new album, The Rising, by Tony Lowe's ESP Project!

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101 Dimensions - January 2020-1

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 22:10:00 -0400

Here's what I have in store for our first 101 Dimensions outing of 2020:

1. Aphex Twin – 54 Cymru Beats (6:06); Meltphace 6 (6:24); and Ziggomatic 17 (8:35) (from the album DrukQs, 2001)

2. Emmett Elvin – Butterfly in the Labyrinth (7:08); No Wonder (5:36); and The End Of Music (4:54) (from the album The End Of Music, 2019)

3. Larry Fast/Synergy– Electric Blue (6:20); Ancestors (5:26); and After the Earthquake (3:29) (from the album Audion, 1981)

4. Klaus Schulze – The Martial Law (31:23) (from the album Jubilee Edition, 1997)

5. Robert John Godfrey – Cogenhoe Gallivant (8:20); English Rhapsody (7:17); and The Mirror of Love (6:24) (from the album The Art of Melody, 2013)

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Episode 703 - In Conversation with Dave Kerzner, Pt. 2

Tue, 14 Jan 2020 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch: Part Two of my Dave Kerzner interview and artist feature! Hear the rest of my chat with Dave and lots of great music from his solo career, his new In Continuum band, and Mantra Vega!

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Episode 702 - In Conversation with Dave Kerzner, Pt. 1

Tue, 07 Jan 2020 10:13:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch the great Dave Kerzner is my guest! Dave talks candidly about his past and his current projects, including his Sonic Reality tribute to Yes, his career retrospective compilation, and the two albums he has made with his new band, In Continuum! Along the way I'll be playing lots of great music from Sound Of Contact, Dave's solo albums, the Yes tribute, and In Continuum!

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Episode 701 - (Mostly) NEW Variety

Tue, 31 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0400

Following Christmas and my epic 3-part series with the Progressive Aspect on the best albums of the decade, I figured we should catch up on some of the great stuff released at the end of 2019. So tune in to hear new music from Flower Kings, Bruce Soord, Retrospective, Nektar, Lee Abraham, Cirrus Bay, Invertigo, Dark City Agent, Pallas, and Nick Beggs!

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Holiday Special

Tue, 24 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0400

Christmas is upon us so it must be time for one of my Prog-Watch Holiday Specials! Come along and get into the spirit of the Season...the spirit of peace on Earth and good will to all! I'm taking a little break from all of the blabbing, so here's the play list:

1. Chris Squire & Alan White – Run With The Fox
2. Jethro Tull – Christmas Song
3. Jon Anderson – Three Ships
4. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – A Star To Follow
5. Trevor Rabin – O Come All Ye Faithful
6. Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits - Do You Hear What I Hear
7. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Canon
8. Jethro Tull – Ring Out Solstice Bells
9. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24
10. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – I Believe In Father Christmas
11. Chris Squire – Sussex Carol
12. Mannheim Steamroller – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
13. Marillion – The Carol Of The Bells
14. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Nutrocker
15. Jon Anderson – The Holly And The Ivy
16. Steve Morse – It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
17. Roy Wood – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday
18. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – A Mad Russian's Christmas
19. Jethro Tull – Another Christmas Song
20. Annie Haslam – O Holy Night
21. Chris Squire - Silent Night/Night Of Silence

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101 Dimensions - December 2019

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0400

Relax with some electronic/ambient/new age sounds before the Holiday hustle and bustle really kick in! Here's what I've lined up:

1. Church Of Hed – Q Ching (8:47); and The Ruler Does Not Travel (8:48) (from the album The Fourth Hour, 2019)

2. Silicon Psychosis – Physician Magician (5:10); Rainy Beaches (5:52); and The Silent Message (5:27)

3. Vangelis – I Can't Take It Anymore (5:42); Multi-Track Suggestion (5:36); and Memories Of Green (5:48) (from the album See You Later, 1980)

4. Ian Boddy and Andy Pickford – Enigmagic (9:29); Who Goes There? (3:00); and Dreifarbig Bomber (7:29) (from the album Symbiont, 2008)

5. Gandalf – The Lonesome Wanderer (4:42); Secret Of The Ancient Tree (8:47); and Road Of Atlantis (7:00) (from the album The Stone Of Wisdom, 1992)

6. Cluster and Eno – Ho Renomo (5:11); Schone Hande (3:05); Steinsame (4:12); Wehrmut (5:04); and Mit Simaen (1:32) (from the album Cluster and Eno, 1977)

I hope you enjoy! Until next time...Prog On!

Tony

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Episode 651 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present the Best of 2010 - 2019, Pt. 3

Tue, 17 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch: The third and final part of my collaboration with The Progressive Aspect on the best albums of the past ten years! Ten more great tracks and write-ups from ten great albums as selected by ten of TPA's finest reviewers!

With contributions from Rob Fisher, Basil Francis, Andrew Halley, Magnus Moar, Bob Mulvey, Jez Rowden, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, Leo Trimming, and John Wenlock-Smith!

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Episode 650 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present the Best of 2010 - 2019, Pt. 2

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect continue our three-part presentation of the Best of 2010-2019! I'll be presenting ten more great tunes and write-ups by ten of TPA's best reviewers from some of their favorite albums of the past decade!

With contributions from Rob Fisher, Basil Francis, Andrew Halley, Magnus Moar, Bob Mulvey, Jez Rowden, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, Leo Trimming, and John Wenlock-Smith!

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Episode 649 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present the Best of 2010 - 2019, Pt. 1

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect begin a three-part “prog-stravaganza” looking at the best albums of the past ten years! Ten of TPA's reviewers have selected their three favorite albums, and I will be presenting their short reviews and playing tracks from those albums over the course of three programs!

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101 Dimensions - November 2019-2

Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0400

I've got some different stuff lined up again for this week's 101 Dimensions! Here's what's in store:

1. Hawkwind – Brainstorm (11:33); Space Is Deep (6:22); One Change (0:50); and Lord Of Light (6:58) (from the album Doremi Fasol Latido, 1972)

2. Grobschnitt – Symphony (13:49); and Travelling (6:49) (from the album Grobschnitt, 1972)

3. Johannes Schmoelling – Big Cityscapes (6:28); It's Your Birthday (6:38); and The Time Seller (6:49) (from the album Instant City, 2006)

4. Anthony Phillips – Slow Dance, Pt. 2 (26:27) from the album Slow Dance, 1990)

5. Cluster – Oh Odessa (3:04); Proantipro (7:01); Seltsame Gegend (7:34); and Helle Malange (3:37) (from the album Curiosum, 1981)

Until next time...Prog On!

Tony

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Episode 648 - Classix, Vol. 1

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is an entire show dedicated to prog rock classic tracks! I'm spinning tunes by Genesis, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, King Crimson, Kansas, The Alan Parson Project, Yes, Jethro Tull, The Electric Light Orchestra, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, and Caravan! Our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, is also doing a Progressive Discoveries segment on a classic album...Breathless by Camel! Come along as Prog-Watch goes “old school”!

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Episode 647 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is 100% certified new prog rock! Get set for a great program full of music from Yuval Ron, Richard Henshall, Millenium, Eloy, Emmett Elvin, Diagonal, The Barock Project, Peter Gabriel, Eiemel, District 97, Free to Grow, Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion, and UVTraveler! All in 90 minutes!

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Episode 646 - Affairs Of The Heart

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0400

Another themed special on Prog-Watch this week, and the key word is HEART! We'll hear from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, The Alan Parson Project, Yes, Marillion, Rush, Mystery, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and many more! Come along for a fun ride!

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101 Dimensions - November 2019-1

Wed, 06 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week on 101 Dimensions I'm heading into some different territories! Here's the itinerary:

1. The Orb – Earth Orbit One: Fluffy Clouds (4:27); Ultraworld Probe Six: Perpetual Dawn (9:31); and Earth Orbit Two: Gaia (9:48) (from the album The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld, 1991)

2. Vangelis – Origins (Arrival) (4:22); Starstuff (5:14); Infinitude (4:30); Exo Genesis (3:33); and Celestial Whispers (2:31) (from the album Rosetta, 2016)

3. Mannheim Steamroller – G Major Toccata (5:06); Crystal (4:21); Interlude 7 (3:04); Four Rows Of Jacks (3:13); and Red Wine (4:20) (from the album Fresh Aire IV, 1981)

4. Karda Estra – Eve (7:37); Sparks That Flash And Fall (10:23); and Thoughts And Silences (3:23) (from the album Eve, 2001)

5. The Enid – Childe Roland (7:09); Fand I (11:46); and Fand II (5:41) (from the album Aerie Faerie Nonsense, 1977)

I hope you will join me!

Until next time...Prog On!

Tony

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Episode 645 - ALL NEW Variety + Freedom To Glide on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 05 Nov 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch it's ALL NEW Variety and a great feature on Progressive Discoveries! We'll hear music from Franck Carducci, Elaine Samuels and Kindred Spirit, The Barock Project, District 97, Organic Noises, and Clepsydra! On Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher: an in depth look at Seed, the fabulous new album by Freedom To Glide!

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Episode 644 - Shaking the Family Tree of IQ

Tue, 29 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0300

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the British band IQ! I'll be spinning a few brand new tunes from the band's latest double album, Resistance, and exploring their roots and branches in the music of The Lens, Niadem's Ghost, Jadis, and Martin Orford!

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Episode 643 - Mostly New Variety

Tue, 22 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I've got a MOSTLY NEW Variety program! Most of the music will come from 2019 releases (and this has been quite a good year for our favorite genre)! Tune in to hear great stuff from Chasing The Monsoon, Lobate Scarp, IQ, Organic Noises, The Horn Of The Spiral Night, Flying Colors, Proportions, The Kentish Spires, Psychoyogi, The ESP Project, Deadly Circus Fire, and The Flower Kings! All of this crammed into 90 minutes!

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Episode 642 - Variety + Port Noir on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 15 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch there's more great new prog rock from How Far To Hitchin', Klone, Steve Hackett and the Genesis Revisited Band and Orchestra, the Earthling Society, and Richard Henshall (of Haken)! Also, some classic music from Joe Walsh, and Port Noir on Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher!

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Episode 641 - In Conversation with Dave Oberle Of Gryphon, Pt. 2

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm finishing up my coverage of Dave Oberle' and his most unique progressive folk band, Gryphon! Hear the remainder of our chat and lots of great music from the band, from both the classic period and the modern era!

(If you missed Part One of my coverage of Dave and Gryphon, you may want to catch up before listening to this episode. You can do so here:

http://progwatch.com/627/)

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Episode 640 - Variety + Seven Steps To The Green Door on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I have a plethora of great new Prog Rock for your listening pleasure! Hear new music from Moron Police, Guillem Plana, The Tea Club, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Tim Hunter, The Kentish Spires, Blank Manuskript, Drifting Sun, and Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion! Plus, Seven Steps To The Green Door on Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher!

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Episode 639 - All in the Family

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another of my themed specials, and the theme is family! Every song has to do with family and especially close family members (Mother, Father, Sister and Brother)! Music will be supplied by great classic and contemporary artists, including Jethro Tull, Genesis, Yes, Pendragon, Alan Parsons, Renaissance, Seven Steps To The Green Door, Queen, IO Earth, Traffic, The Nice, The Who, Dukes Of The Orient, and Peter Gabriel! Come along for a fun ride!

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Episode 638 - In Conversation with Charlie Cawood of Knifeworld, Tonochrome, Lost Crowns, My Tricksy Spirit, and more

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger, Charlie Cawood! Charlie and I chat about his roots, his involvement in so many bands and projects (Knifeworld, Tonochrome, Lost Crowns, My Tricksy Spirit, Mediaeval Baebes, and more!) and his brand new album, Blurring Into Motion! Musically, we'll hit on all of Charlie's major projects, and hear some great selections from his first solo album (The Divine Abstract) and his new one!

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Episode 637 - Variety

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: straight up Variety! With lots of new music from Before Fire, Izz, This Winter Machine, Mark Rowen, George Arriola, Jordsjø, Jordan Rudess, SubLunar, Pattern-Seeking Animals, and In Continuum, plus a classic from Ambrosia!

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Episode 636 - In Conversation with Mark Trueack of Unitopia and United Progressive Fraternity, Pt. 2

Tue, 03 Sep 2019 05:00:00 -0300

On this week's program I'm finishing up my coverage of the Australian composer and singer, Mark Trueack, of Unitopia and United Progressive Fraternity (UPF)! Hear more of my chat with Mark, and lots of great music from both of his bands!

(If you missed Part One, check out Prog-Watch 622!)

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Episode 635 - Variety + Lost In Thought on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a Variety program with music from ELO, Dhani Harrison, Lucifer's Friend, Iamthemorning, Axiom, Mindspeak, Tom Slatter, and Roine Stolt's The Flower King. Plus, Dr. Rob Fisher will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Lost In Thought.

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Episode 634 - In Conversation with Mark Zonder and Gary Wehrkamp

Tue, 20 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guests are Mark Zonder and Gary Wehrkamp who have formed a new project called Zonder-Wehrkamp! (Mark is perhaps best know as the drummer for Warlord, Spirits Of Fire, and Fates Warning. Gary is probably best known as a member of Shadow Gallery, but has also worked with Arjen Lucassen, James Labrie, Doug Rausch, and also contributed to the first Roswell Six album.) Tune in to hear some of our chat, some music from the guys' pasts, and some from their brand new project!

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Episode 633 - Variety with Guest DJ Selections

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week I have more awesome Prog Rock variety, with Guest DJ selections from a listener and friend of the show by the name of Simon Forrest of Hove, UK. We'll hear music from George Arriola, Marillion, ELO, Cirkus, Anathema, Rush, Nomadic Horizon, Fish, Porcupine Tree, SubLunar, and Cairo!

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Episode 632 - Shhhh

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special, and the theme is “Shhhh”! Every song relates to silence or quiet. We'll hear music from great classic and contemporary artists including Mike + The Mechanics, Unitopia, Chris Squire, Paul Draper, Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, Sanguine Hum, Queensryche, Dave Kerzner, RPWL, The Barock Project, and Genesis! Come along for a fun ride!

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Episode 631 - ALL NEW Variety + Cyril on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 05:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is an ALL NEW Variety program with lots of great stuff from some artists who are new to the show and some returning favorites! We'll hear new music from The Gift, Rob Cottingham, Lazleitt, iamthemorning, Mindspeak, We Are Kin, and Nomadic Horizon! On top of all that, we will also have a house call from THE DOCTOR, Rob Fisher, who will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the German band Cyril!

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Episode 630 - In Conversation with Andrew Colyer of Circuline and 3.2 Live, Pt. 2

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 05:00:00 -0300

On this week's Prog-Watch I'm finishing up my coverage of composer and keyboard wizard Andrew Colyer (which began in Prog-Watch 314)! Andrew and I chat about many of his side projects, his upcoming tour with Robert Berry's 3.2, and what's next for his main band Circuline. Along the way there will be plenty of great music from Circuline, Andrew's solo and soundtrack work, and one from an album he did with the band Cell 15!

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Episode 629 - Variety + Oak on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0300

I have a lot of great stuff lined up for you on this week's Prog-Watch! For starters, I'll be catching you up on some of the latest Prog Rock releases from Izz, Pattern Seeking Animals, Introitus, Jordan Rudess, and Terry Draper, formerly of Klaatu! Plus, I'll have a couple of listener dedications (Camel and U.K.), and there will also be a house call from THE DOCTOR, Rob Fisher, who will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the Norwegian band Oak!

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Episode 628 - Variety with Guest DJ Selections

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a wonderful variety program with lots of new music, plus some great selections from a Guest DJ by the name of David Graham of Hawick, Scotland! We'll hear music from Magic Pie, The Tornados, Thank You Scientist, The Moody Blues, The Gift, Genesis, Freedom To Glide, Pallas, Drifting Sun, Swallow The Sun, and Gandalf's Fist! All of that jammed into 90 minutes!

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Episode 627 - In Conversation with Dave Oberle of Gryphon, Pt. 1

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week I'm in conversation with Dave Oberle of that most unique progressive folk band, Gryphon! Hear some of our chat and lots of great Gryphon music!

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Episode 626 - Epix, Vol. 5

Tue, 25 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just five tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll play one from each decade of our favorite genre. Tune in to hear great music from Twelfth Night, Rocket Scientists, Genesis, Karfagen, and IQ!

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Episode 625 - The Prog-Watch-TPA Best of 2019 (So Far)

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0300

The midpoint of 2019 is rapidly approaching! Which means that it is time for this year's Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect collaboration on Some Of The Best Of 2019 (So Far)! A dozen tracks from some of the best albums of 2019, as selected by Yours Truly and some of the top reviewers at TPA!

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Episode 624 - Variety, Nikki Squire, and Damanek on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 11 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I have a bit of a mixed bag! We'll hear great stuff from the likes of Surreal, Bjørn Riis, In Continuum, and Nad Sylvan, plus Dr. Rob Fisher will be taking a look at the latest Damanek album on Progressive Discoveries! As if that was not enough, I'll have a mini feature on Nikki Squire and her band Esquire! Nikki has a new track and she and I chatted about that and the future of Esquire!

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Episode 623 - Shaking the Family Tree of Queen

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 06:00:00 -0300

On Prog-Watch this week I'm Shaking the Family Tree of the classic band Queen! I'll be spinning some tracks from the band proper and delving a little into the solo careers and side projects of Brian May, Roger Taylor, and the late Freddie Mercury! Come and see what shakes out!

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Episode 622 - In Conversation with Mark Trueack of Unitopia & United Progressive Fraternity, Pt. 1

Tue, 28 May 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Australian singer and songwriter Mark Trueack, formerly of Unitopia and now with the United Progressive Fraternity! Mark and I chat about his past and present, and in between interview segments I'm spinning lots of great Unitopia and UPF music (including a few epics and one from the new UPF album Planetary Overload Part One: Loss)!

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Episode 621 - More ALL NEW Variety and T on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 21 May 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: More ALL NEW Prog Rock Variety from Lonely Robot, Brighteye Brison, Great Wide Nothing, Green Desert Tree, BangTower, Cosmograf & Alan Parsons! Plus, a visit from THE DOCTOR, Rob Fisher, who will be taking a look at “Solipsystemology”, the latest album by 't' (Thomas Thielen), on Progressive Discoveries!

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Episode 620 - In Conversation with Steve Babb of Glass Hammer, Pt. 2

Tue, 14 May 2019 06:00:00 -0300

On this week's Prog-Watch I'm finishing up my coverage of composer, bassist, and vocalist Steve Babb and his band Glass Hammer! Hear more of my chat with Steve and lots of great music from the band's most recent albums, including a few from their latest offering, Chronomonaut!

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Episode 619 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 07 May 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: ALL NEW Variety! I'll be spinning new stuff from Mansun, Big Big Train, Joost Maglev, Alan Parsons, Jon Anderson, The Far Meadow, Dream Theater, Lonely Robot, Devin Townsend & Cosmograf! Come along for the ride and catch up with some of the great new music that has recently been released!

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Episode 618 - In Conversation with Rod Argent

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0300

(Somebody pinch me so that I know that I'm not dreaming as I type this! OW! Thanks, Mrs. Progsquatch!)

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is the legendary keyboardist, composer, and vocalist Rod Argent! Rod rose to fame with The Zombies, and was recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame as a member of that seminal band! After the Zombies disbanded in the late 1960s, he enjoyed much success with his own band Argent and with various solo albums and collaborations, before getting back together with Colin Blunstone and reforming The Zombies for a new century! Tune in to hear much of my chat with Rod, and a lot of great Zombies, Argent, and solo Rod Argent music!

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Episode 617 - Variety

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm serving up a Variety program with music from Cyril, Kinetic Element, The Far Meadow, and Coma Rossi, plus newcomers Last Flight To Pluto and Astralingua! Also, I'll have some Guest DJ selections chosen by long-time listener Rick Gibbs. Rick has suggested some great songs by IQ, Steven Wilson, Lonely Robot, and Subsignal! So I hope you will join me!

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Episode 616 - In Conversation with Michel St-Père of Mystery

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0300

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, music engineer and producer, and head of the Unicorn Digital record label...Michel St-Père does it all! And this week he also guests on Prog-Watch! Tune in to this week's program to hear some of our chat and lots of great music from his band Mystery!

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Episode 615 - Variety + Schmid & Arnold on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week I'm spinning fabulous stuff from The Room, The Franky Valentyn Project, Residuos Mentales, John Lodge, Premiata Forneria Marconi (or PFM, for short), Grand Tour, and Now In Colour! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the German duo Manuel Schmid and Marek Arnold, with a look at their collaborative album called Zeiten! So kick back and get ready to rock...progressively, of course!

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Episode 614 - In Conversation with Andrew Colyer of Circuline and 3.2 Live, Pt. 1

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm chatting with the talented and prolific Andrew Colyer! Aside from his work with his own band Circuline, Andrew has guested on many side projects, released solo piano albums, and done soundtrack work, as well. He will also be touring later this year with Robert Berry in the live band for Robert's 3.2 project. Andrew and I talked about all of this and more, and in this week's program you can hear some of our chat. Of course there will also be a boatload of great music from Circuline, his solo piano albums and soundtracks, and a project called The Prog Rock Orchestra! I hope you will join us!

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Episode 613 - Variety + A Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm spinning some great new(er) stuff from O.R.k., VAK, Mostly Autumn, Ed Wynne, Tim Bowness, and Weezer (yes, Weezer)! I'll also be mixing in some great older selections from a Guest DJ by the name of Reno Faoro! Reno's picks include stuff by Carmen, Minimum Vital, Duncan Browne, Bloodrock, and Golden Earring! If you haven't heard of some of these artists, I strongly suggest you come along for the ride and expand your “Prog-cabulary”! All are interesting and worth hearing!

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Episode 612 - A Numbers Game

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's A Numbers Game! Every song will have a number in the title! Can you guess what I will be playing? I'll give you some hints...there will be music from King Crimson, Yes, Gentle Giant, David Bowie, Traffic, Kansas, Tiger Moth Tales, Chris Squire, Bruce Soord, Steely Dan, Moody Blues, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Renaissance, and The Nice! Intrigued? I hope so! Be there or be square!

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Episode 611 - Variety

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm spinning a diversity of fabulous music from around the Progressive Rock world! Hear (mostly) new music from Karfagen, Radius Funk, Bram Stoker, RPWL, Grand Tour, The End Of The Ocean, Coma Rossi, Soft Machine Legacy, Falling Edge, and Whiteside's Daughter!

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Episode 610 - In Conversation with Steve Babb of Glass Hammer, Pt. 1

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm in conversation with Steve Babb, one of the founding members of the venerable U.S. band Glass Hammer! Steve and I chat about the early days of the band and the role that television shopping played in getting them going, among other things. Along the way I also naturally play lots of great Glass Hammer music!

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Episode 609 - Variety + Zeelley Moon on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0400

This week I've got another boatload of great new Progressive Rock from Kenny McCormick, Red Bazar, The Room, Ed Wynne, Voices From The Fuselage, Manuel Schmid and Marek Arnold, Overhead, and The Enid! As if that wasn't enough, there will also be a Progressive Discoveries segment with our friend and resident reviewer Dr. Rob Fisher, on a great project called Zeelley Moon! Patrick Molesworth of Zeelley Moon even provides some commentary!

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Episode 608 - Variety, a T Feature + a Guest DJ

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a few special features! There will be a little feature on Thomas Thielen and a sneak peek at the next "t" album called Solipsystemology! (Thomas loves those titles that just roll off the tongue, doesn't he?) I also have a Guest DJ, Bill Dunaway of High Ridge, Missouri, USA! Bill checks in with some of his Prog Rock favorites, and I mix in a few newer tracks, as well. So in addition to the "t" music, you can expect a boatload of great stuff, new and old, from the likes of Bill Bressler, Yes, Duke 72, Vangelis, Red Bazar, Big Big Train, Dreamwalkers Inc, and Spock's Beard!

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Episode 607 - Interrogative Prog

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I've got a fun little themed special called "Interrogative Prog"! Every song asks a question. What will I be playing? That's a good question, but you will have to tune in to find out! I will tell you this...there will be music from The Moody Blues, Zebra, Uriah Heep, The Strawbs, Blackfield, Gentle Giant, Asia, Billy Sherwood, Ken Hensley, Steve Hackett, Golden Earring, Pete Townshend, Guy Manning, Saga, and The Eloy!

Episode 606 - Variety + Pymlico on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 06:00:00 -0400

On this week's Prog-Watch I've got great music from Deep Energy Orchestra, Voices From The Fuselage, The Tangent, RPWL, Simon Godfrey, Phil Keaggy, Tony Levin & Jerry Marotta, Residuos Mentales, and Hedfuzy! Plus Pymlico on Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher!

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Episode 605 - Shaking the Family Tree of 10 CC

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:00:00 -0400

On this week's program I'm shaking the family tree of the band 10cc! We'll hear music from the pre-10cc days, from the classic period of the band in the 1970s, and from the individual members Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley & Lol Creme, post-10cc!

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Episode 604 - Variety

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight up variety program with lots of great stuff from around the progressive rock world! I'm spinning mostly newer tunes from Kenny McCormick, Regal Worm, OAK (Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative), The D Project, Nikki Squire & Dweezil Zappa, Karibow, Pinn Dropp, Heather Findlay, Be Bop Deluxe, and Glass Hammer!

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Episode 603 - Variety + A Guest DJ Feature

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 06:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a Variety program with a new feature...The Guest DJ! My first Guest DJ is a long time friend and supporter of the show, Mr. Thaddeus Wert of Nashville, Tennessee, USA! We'll be playing a number of Thaddeus's favorite Prog tunes and enjoying some of his personal commentary on those selections. With music from Phil Keaggy, Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta, Somewhere Out, Drifting Sun, Manuel Schmid and Marek Arnold, Luke the Lone, UK, Big Big Train, Sanguine Hum, and Glass Hammer!

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Episode 602 - In Conversation with Daniele Giovannoni of Karmamoi

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 05:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my esteemed guest is Daniele Giovannoni, drummer, keyboardist, and main musical composer of the band Karmamoi! Daniele and I chat about the history of the band and their new concept album The Day Is Done. And of course I play plenty of great Karmamoi music along the way!

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Episode 601 - Epix, Vol. 4

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 09:00:00 -0400

Start the New Year with some Prog Rock EPIX from the likes of Änglagård, The D Project, Rush, Dream Theater, and Pink Floyd! One mini rock symphony from each decade of our favorite musical genre!

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Prog-Watch 551 - Prog-Watch & TPA Present Some of the Best of 2018

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0400

Well, it's that time of year again...when Prog-Watch teams with The Progressive Aspect to bring you our end of year round-up of some of the best albums released in the Progressive genre this year! Seven of the fine reviewers from TPA provided short lists of their favorites, and brief reviews. Your humble host has also selected one of his own. With contributions from Mel Allen, Shawn Dudley, Rob Fisher, Magnus Moar, Jez Rowden, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming, and music from 3.2, Dukes of the Orient, Gazpacho, North Atlantic Oscillation, Phideaux, Pymlico, Regal Worm, and Voivod!

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Prog-Watch 550 - Variety + Mystery on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0400

On this week's Prog-Watch I'll be playing fantastic prog rock music from Astral Bazaar, Anathema, Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative (O.A.K.), Jussi Petäjä, Spriggan Mist, Daniel Eliseev Project, Roxy Music, All Traps on Earth, and The Tangent! Plus, a great feature on the new album by Canadian proggers mystery on Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher!

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Prog-Watch 549 - In Conversation with Oliver Rusing of Karibow

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0400

On Prog-Watch this week my special guest is Oliver Rüsing of Karibow! Oliver and I have an interesting (and at times fun) conversation about the making of the spectacular new Karibow album, Monumento! Along the way I also play lots of great Karibow music, including a couple from the new one!

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Prog-Watch 548 - Variety + Southern Empire on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 27 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I have another awesome variety program! With music from El Tubo Elastico, Riverside, Sunchild, Nosound, D'AccorD, & Gosta Berlings Saga! Plus, Dr. Rob Fisher dishes on the great new album by Aussie proggers Southern Empire!

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Prog-Watch 547 - Shaking the Family Tree of Traffic

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm shaking the family tree of Traffic! Hear lots of great music from the band proper and the four original members, Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, and Chris Wood! Everything you hear will not be progressive rock in the strictest sense, but rest assured it will be fabulous classic rock from an influential and storied band, and the wildly talented individual members.

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Prog-Watch 546 - Viva Variety!

Tue, 13 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0400

Viva variety! That's the spirit of this week's Prog-Watch which features a boatload of fabulous prog rock sounds! With music from IQ, We Could Build an Empire, The Pineapple Thief, Saul Blease, Oak, Tiger Moth Tales, Sunchild, Overhead, Pymlico, Psychoyogi, Vola, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, and Pinn Dropp!!

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Prog-Watch 545 - In Conversation with Guy Manning of Manning and Damanek

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 22:55:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my esteemed guest is Guy Manning of Manning, United Progressive Fraternity and Damanek! Guy and I chat about his various projects and the upcoming Damanek tour with Southern Empire! And of course there is plenty of great music to be heard along the way!

Also: hear Tony clarify how Guy likes to pronounce "Damanek" and then revert to his own pronunciation for the rest of the program! I guess you really can't teach an old prog rock show host new tricks.

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Prog-Watch 544 - In Conversation with Doug Rausch of Rausch

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:11:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Doug Rausch of the US band Rausch! Doug and I chat about his classical training, his influences, the Jordan Rudess connection, and much more! Along the way there will, of course, be plenty of great Rausch music! If you like your prog rock fresh and catchy, with brilliant keyboard playing and a dash of Queen thrown in, you will not want to miss this one!

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Prog-Watch 543 - My God, It’s Full of Stars!

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 11:11:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is full of stars! Every song will have the word "star" in the title! We'll hear music from artists ranging from Anekdoten to Yuka & Chronoship! Come along and try to guess what I'll be playing!

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Prog-Watch 542 - Variety + Yuka & Chronoship on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:24:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a great variety program made up of all music released this year! (Well, technically...two of the tracks are re-issues, but hey, they were re-issued this year!) We'll hear music from Blackfield, Gunship, Potter's Daughter, El tubo elastico, IQ, The National Orchestra of the United Kingdom of Goats, Sanguine Hum, Morgan and the Mountain, Phideaux and Napier's Bones! Plus Yuka & Chronoship on Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher!

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Prog-Watch 541 - In Conversation with Martin Barre of Jethro Tull

Mon, 08 Oct 2018 14:41:00 -0300

On this week's Prog-Watch my very special guest is the one and only Martin Barre of Jethro Tull fame! Martin and I talk Tull and his solo career, and along the way there is plenty of great music...a few Tull tunes on which Martin really shines, and lots of great music from his solo albums, including a few from his fabulous new album "Roads Less Travelled"!

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Prog-Watch 540 - In Conversation with Simon Godfrey of Shineback and Valdez

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:56:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Simon Godfrey of Tinyfish, Valdez & Shineback! Hear some of my chat with the always-entertaining Simon, plus music from all of his bands, including several from the new Shineback album "Dial"!

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Prog-Watch 539 - (Mostly New) Variety

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:51:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's another great variety show of mostly new Progressive sounds! Hear music from Phideaux, Ghost, Telegraph, Built For The Future, Marillion, mystery, Riverside, The Pineapple Thief, Stackridge, Skeptosphere & The Dame!

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Prog-Watch 538 - In Conversation with Clive Nolan of Arena, Pendragon and Caamora, Pt. 2

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 15:12:00 -0300

This week I'm finishing up my coverage of the prolific keyboard maestro, Mr. Clive Nolan! There will be chat about his more recent endeavors, and plenty of great music from his collaboration with Oliver Wakeman, his theater-oriented project Caamora, and, of course, Arena! (In fact, there will be quite a bit of Arena, including a generous helping from the new album Double Vision!)

If you missed the first part or feel like listening again, you can find it at the following link:

http://progwatch.com/522/

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Prog-Watch 537 - Variety + The Paradox Twin on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 13:21:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: a whole lot of great Progressive Rock variety! With music from Aisles, Paul Draper, Steve Hackett, Kaleidoreal, Glass Hammer, Octavarium, The Kentish Spires, and King's X! Plus, The Paradox Twin on Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher!

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Prog-Watch 536 - In Conversation with Robert Berry of 3 and 3.2

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Robert Berry of 3 and 3.2! Robert talks candidly about the formation of the original 3 (with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer) in the late 1980s, how he and Emerson came to resurrect the idea of the band, and the ordeal he faced in finishing the album following Emerson’s tragic death in 2016. Along the way, there will be plenty of great music…from the original 3, a few from Robert’s solo career, and of course a few from the new 3.2 album “The Rules Have Changed”!

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Prog-Watch 535 - In Conversation with John Palumbo of Crack The Sky

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 21:00:00 -0300

US band Crack the Sky have a career that goes back more than 40 years, when their first self-titled album was chosen by Rolling Stone as the Debut Of The Year. Since then they have had their ups and downs, but in recent years the band has reunited many of the original and classic members and continue to make their own quirky and catchy brand of progressive rock music. I spoke to John Palumbo, founder and principal composer of the band, a few weeks ago on the eve of the release of their new album Living In Reverse. This week's Prog-Watch will consist of some of that interview, interspersed with lots of classics from the band's past and a few from the new album.

Whether or not you have heard of Crack The Sky I hope you will join me! John is a unique character, and to see where his vision leads the band's music is always interesting!

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Prog-Watch 534 - Variety

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 15:30:00 -0300

Pure, wholesome variety is on tap for this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear fabulous new music from Argos, Circuline, Rausch, Jason Rubenstein, Gleb Kolyadin and Spock's Beard! Plus not quite so new (but equally fabulous) stuff from Argent, Cardiacs, Peter Matuchniak, Art Griffin's Sound Chaser, Isproject, Golden Earring & Michael Penn!

So come on...it's certified 100% organic and soooo good for you!

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Prog-Watch 533 - Epix, Vol. 3

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 14:30:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! My usual criteria apply: an EPIC must be over 10 minutes long; and we will hear one for each major decade of our favorite genre! This time we'll hear music from The Flower Kings, Big Big Train, Southern Empire, Jethro Tull and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe!

I hope you will join me for some wonderful, modern rock symphonies!

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Prog-Watch 532 - Variety + Victim Of Illusion on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 17:00:00 -0300

This week's program is a Variety show with lots of great new stuff from 3.2, The Sea Within, EvenFlow, Drifting Sun, and Strangefish! We'll also hear great (but not quite new) music from Agam, Heresy, and The Bedlam Furnaces, and our resident reviewer Dr. Rob Fisher will check in with a Progressive Discoveries feature on the latest album by the Italian band Victim Of Illusion! I hope you can come along for the ride!

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Prog-Watch 531 - Shaking the Family Tree of Jethro Tull

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I'm shaking the family tree of one of my favorite bands of all time...Jethro Tull! So much great stuff shakes out, including music from Blodwyn Pig, Aviator, solo Ian Anderson, solo Martin Barre, and some real lost gems from the late Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey!

Come and see what shakes out!

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Prog-Watch 530 - In Conversation with Nick Barrett of Pendragon, Pt. 2

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 16:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch we're celebrating 40 years of Pendragon with the second of two Nick Barrett interview programs! Nick and I had an epic chat and you can hear some more of that PLUS a whole lot of great Pendragon music in this week's program!

If you missed the first show (or just want to refresh your memory so you can get the full-on Nick and Pendragon experience) you can find it here:

http://progwatch.com/511/

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Prog-Watch 529 - Variety + Subsignal on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 16 Jul 2018 16:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another fabulous variety program with mostly new(er) music! We'll hear from Wobbler, David Cross and David Jackson, Ben Craven, Spock's Beard, Stratospheerius and The Bedlam Furnaces! Plus, Dr. Rob Fisher provides an insightful Progressive Discoveries segment on the new album 'La Muerta' from Subsignal!

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Prog-Watch 528 - A Celebration of the Music of The Beatles

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 16:00:00 -0300

The Beatles were kind of my “gateway” band. Before I discovered them, I liked music probably about as much as your average teenager. After I discovered them, I became what I suppose you would call a “music fanatic”. Their music resonated with me on many different levels and I was amazed at the transformational musical journey they had made in less than a decade. Once I had absorbed just about everything they had done I moved on to explore the musical catalogs of Badfinger, The Who, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, and countless other classic rock bands. Eventually my explorations led me to Yes, The Moody Blues, Genesis, ELP, and the entire world of Progressive Rock. But I really owe it all to the Beatles...for me they were the spark. If you listen to interviews with many of the people who went on to found some of the greatest Golden Age Prog bands, you will also find that many of them were directly influenced in some way by the Beatles.

So I always knew that I would do some kind of Beatles show at some point. The impetus to finally do it came a few weeks ago when I was presented with an opportunity to interview Tom Murray, an author and photographer who actually spent a whole day taking some beautiful, classic, color photos of the Beatles back in 1968, on the eve of the release of The White Album. Tom has since published a book called “Mad Day Out” with not only his Beatles photos from that day, but also lots of other great pictures from the heady days of the 1960s. Speaking to Tom was a link to the legend of the Beatles.

So I offer you Prog-Watch 528 – A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles! The program features a few of the Beatles “proggier” tracks, a few cool tribute tunes, and lots of great covers of Beatles songs by some Prog and Prog-related artists. Plus a bit of my chat with Mr. Tom Murray. I hope you will join me!

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Prog-Watch 527 - In Conversation with Colin Blunstone of The Zombies

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 15:00:00 -0300

Time Of The Season by The Zombies is one of the first songs I can remember hearing as a child, and that strange beat and smooth, almost ethereal (over an AM radio!) vocal made a lasting impression. So it was with great pleasure that I was actually able to interview the owner of that voice, Mr. Colin Blunstone, a few weeks back! As an original British Invasion artist he had many recollections of those heady days, and also talked about his solo career, and time spent with The Alan Parsons Project and the offshoot band Keats. Tune in to this week's Prog-Watch to hear some of that interview, and a whole lot of great music by The Zombies, The APP, Keats, Colin alone, and some bloke named Neil MacArthur! (If you don't know who this is, tune in and find out!)

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Prog-Watch 526 - The Prog-Watch/TPA Best of 2018 (So Far)

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 15:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is one of our semi-annual collaborations with the fine reviewers of The Progressive Aspect to bring you some of the Best of 2018 (So Far)! Nine fantastic pieces from nine of the best albums released so far this year and short reviews of each! With contributions from Mel Allen, Tony Colvill, Rob Fisher, Bob Mulvey, Roger Trenwith, Leo Trimming, and John Wenlock-Smith!

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Prog-Watch 525 - Variety + My Indigo on Progressive Discoveries

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's the long-awaited return of THE DOCTOR, Rob Fisher, with another great edition of Progressive Discoveries! This edition centers on the exciting new album by Sharon den Adel's solo project My Indigo. Prepare for something a bit different! Also on this week's program: a lot of great Progressive Rock (this ain't Rap-Watch!) from Yuka & Chronoship, The Dame, Armonite, Emerson, Lake and Powell, Gazpacho, World Trade, The J Conspiracy, IO Earth, and BangTower!

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Prog-Watch 524 - In Conversation with Jerry Marotta

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:00:00 -0300

Jerry Marotta is one of the most prolific drummers in the history of modern music. He has played on literally hundreds of records and has worked with acts such as Orleans, Hall & Oates, The Indigo Girls, Stackridge, Marshall Crenshaw, The Dream Academy, Tears For Fears, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney, and many, many more. Of particular note to Progressive Rock music fans is his association with Peter Gabriel, Tony Levin, and Trey Gunn of King Crimson, who now works with Jerry in The Security Project. Jerry is my esteemed guest on this week's Prog-Watch, and he talks at length about working with the Prog icons just mentioned, and what he is up to now. Along the way we will hear lots of great music from the progressive end of his resume.

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Prog-Watch 523 - Variety

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 20:00:00 -0300

Variety is the spice of life, so this week's Prog-Watch is a diverse collection of great progressive rock to enliven your world! We'll hear music from The Dear Hunter, ESP 2.0, Mostly Autumn, Onségen Ensemble, Robert Plant, Ange, Visual Cliff, Coast, 3RDegree, Kansas, Lines In The Sky, IQ, and Bomber Goggles!

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Prog-Watch 522 - In Conversation with Clive Nolan, Pt. 1

Mon, 28 May 2018 17:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part One of my coverage of keyboard wizard and composer Clive Nolan! Clive and I chat about his many projects and endeavors, and along the way I spin lots of great tracks from some of them, including Arena, Strangers On A Train, Casino, Shadowland, one of his collaborations with Oliver Wakeman, and of course some solo material!

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Prog-Watch 521 - Variety + an Aaron Clift Experiment Feature

Mon, 21 May 2018 19:00:00 -0300

This week's program is part variety show and part feature! On the variety side we will hear great (mostly newer) stuff from Perfect Beings, Kayak, Drifting Sun, and Skeptosphere! As for the feature: Aaron and Devin of The Aaron Clift Experiment drop by to talk about their brand new album If All Goes Wrong, and we check out three tracks from the album!

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Prog-Watch 520 - In Conversation with Ken Hensley, Pt. 2

Mon, 14 May 2018 19:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I am wrapping up my coverage of rock legend Ken Hensley! Ken and I chat about his PledgeMusic campaign and his new anthology, Rare and Timeless, and about what's coming up in his near future. I also spin plenty of music from his illustrious career...with Uriah Heep, Toe Fat, and Ken Hensley and Live Fire, his collaboration with John Wetton, and of course some solo stuff, including a few from that brand new anthology!

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Prog-Watch 519 - Variety

Mon, 07 May 2018 21:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch contains a colossal collection of contemporary and classic Progressive Rock for your careful consideration! Hear music from IO Earth, Coburg, Lazuli, Whiteside's Daughter, Elephant9, Axios, David Gilmour, Yuka & Chronoship, Motherjane, Gentle Giant, The Bridge, Anthony Phillips, and Projekt Gemineye! Come cherish the cheer!

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Prog-Watch 518 - In Conversation with Mick Box of Uriah Heep

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:00:00 -0300

Guitar legend Mick Box has been rocking with Uriah Heep for approximately 50 years! This week he is my esteemed guest on Prog-Watch! Mick and I have a quick chat about the current Heep tour, their forthcoming album, and their PledgeMusic campaign, and along the way I spin lots of great Heep music, new and old!

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Prog-Watch 517 - Variety

Mon, 23 Apr 2018 20:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch features an appreciable and astonishing amalgamation of Progressive Rock for your auditory amusement! Hear music from Tangekanic, Sweet, Kino, World Trade, Frequency Drift, Steve Hackett, Tears for Fears, Comedy Of Errors, Barclay James Harvest, Now In Colour, Art Griffin's Sound Chaser, Terry Draper, and Rausch! An amazing assortment, eh?

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Prog-Watch 516 - In Conversation with Ken Hensley, Pt. 1

Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:00:00 -0300

Ken Hensley is a self-proclaimed survivor...a veteran of the mega rock star days of the 1970s, and a music business machine that would just as soon grind up, spit out, and replace band members, rather than stop the money stream long enough for them to get help for addictions or other problems. In a career going back more than 50 years, his compositions and versatile musicianship put Uriah Heep on the map and then sustained a solo career and various bands, collaborations, and projects up through today. I was lucky enough to catch up with Ken a few weeks ago and chat at length with him about his illustrious career and his most recent project, a solo anthology called Rare And Timeless, driven and curated by Ken himself, and done in conjunction with BMG and Pledge Music. This week I am proud to present some of that interview and a “Heeping” helping of great Ken Hensley music! (Part Two will follow in a few weeks.)

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Prog-Watch 515 - Variety

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is another one of those mash-ups that I like to refer to as a variety show...just a bunch of great progressive rock, new and old, but with an emphasis on the new(er). We'll hear music from Yes, Neal Morse, Renaissance, Flying Colors, Karibow, Flutatious, Steven Wilson, Kino, Riverside & Vinegar Joe! Get out of your brain on the Prog-Watch 515!

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Prog-Watch 514 - A Tribute To Ray Thomas

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 20:00:00 -0300

I love the Moody Blues, and I loved Ray Thomas. Late last year I had even resolved to attempt to contact him and interview him for this program. Sadly, that would never come to be as he left this world in early January of this year. So my idea to do a retrospective feature on a legendary man and his music became a tribute to a beloved figure, whom I was never lucky enough to meet, but feel like I knew through his songs. This tribute program covers much of his career with the Moody Blues and a few from his two wonderful solo albums from the mid-1970s. I respectfully dedicated it to Ray's family and all who knew and loved him.

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Prog-Watch 513 - In Conversation with Erik Norlander of Dukes Of The Orient

Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:00:00 -0300

This week I'm chatting with our old friend, Erik Norlander, mostly about his new project with John Payne called Dukes Of The Orient! We get the low down on the Dukes and some of Erik's other endeavors, and along the way I spin plenty of great music, with an extra large helping of new Dukes Of The Orient music!

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Prog-Watch 512 - Variety + Intervals on Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:00:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is loaded with a plethora of great Progressive Rock for your listening pleasure! We'll hear from Mothertongue, Ryan Parmenter, Klaatu, Umphrey's McGee, Marco Ragni, the Strawbs, Zombie Picnic, It Bites, Pinn Dropp and StuckFish! We'll also be checking in with our friend Dr. Rob Fisher for another fantastic voyage of Progressive Discovery featuring music from Liquid Tension Experiment and the Canadian band Intervals!

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Prog-Watch 511 - In Conversation with Nick Barrett of Pendragon, Pt. 1

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is none other than Nick Barrett...founder, composer, guitarist and vocalist for the classic UK band Pendragon! The band is celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, so Nick and I had plenty to talk about! With such a vast back catalog of great music from which to choose, I also had no problem selecting great tunes to spin along the way!

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Prog-Watch 510 - To Camelot!

Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:00:00 -0400

Lords and Ladies of Adventure! Join me on this week's Prog-Watch for a look at the Legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table as portrayed in Progressive Rock music! The program will, of course, draw a bit on Rick Wakeman's two albums dealing with the Arthurian Legend. But I've also found great tunes from Kayak, The Minstrel's Ghost, Finisterre, Erik Norlander, Galahad, and Children In Paradise, which all deal with the characters and story surrounding the Legendary English King. I've also peppered the show with a few other references for a little comic relief, if you know what I mean (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more)!

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Prog-Watch 509 - Variety

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0400

This week I've lined up a plethora of great progressive rock music from Unitopia, Murky Red, Karfagen, The J Conspiracy, Godsticks, Camel, Joe Deninzon & Stratospheerius, Radiohead, Forever Twelve, Motorpsycho, Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Pinn Dropp! In the words of Yoda, “Miss it not!”

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Prog-Watch 508 - In Conversation with Michael Whiteman of I Am The Manic Whale

Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Michael Whiteman, bassist, singer, and composer from I Am The Manic Whale! Michael and I chat about all sorts of things, from the origins of the band to the future of “progressive rock”. Along the way I will, of course, spin lots of great music from Michael and the rest of his pod-mates in I Am The Manic Whale!

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Prog-Watch 507 - Variety + A Tribute To Colin Tench

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0400

For this week's Prog-Watch I've put together a variety show with a little tribute to the late Colin Tench. We'll hear a new one from the Colin Tench Project, and two from a couple of his other projects, BunChakeze and Corvus Stone. I'll also be spinning lots of great stuff from The Fierce & The Dead, Fractal Mirror, Bram Stoker, Jethro Tull, Steven Wilson, Downes-Braide Association, Rush, Spiral Key, and Somnambulist.

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Prog-Watch 506 - Shaking the Family Tree of the Alan Parsons Project

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm shaking the family tree of a favorite band from my youth...The Alan Parsons Project! We'll be playing some classics from the band, exploring some offshoots and forerunners, and sampling the solo work of some of the core vocalists and musicians who made up the collective. We'll hear from the Project proper, as well as Keats, Pilot, Dave Paton, Colin Blunstone, Lenny Zakatek, and Chris Rainbow, and we'll check out some post-Project stuff from the two founders of the Project, Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.

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Prog-Watch 505 - Variety + Lunatic Soul On Progressive Discoveries

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch we have a very special edition of Progressive Discoveries, hosted by Dr. Rob Fisher himself! Rob will be talking about the new Lunatic Soul album “Fractured” and how it relates to us all as we struggle to get over losses in our lives. Before and after this special feature, I've got a variety of great new stuff from Wobbler, Looking-Glass Lantern, Karfagen, ZEH, Gleb Kolyadin, and the Von Hertzen Brothers!

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Prog-Watch 504 - Epix, Vol. 2

Tue, 23 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a special centered on Progressive Rock epics! Five tracks only make up the 90 minute show! To avoid over-emphasizing the golden age, I have selected one track from each of the five decades of our favorite genre! We'll hear music from Marillion, Phideaux Xavier, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pallas, and Discipline!

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Prog-Watch 503 - Variety

Tue, 16 Jan 2018 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I've got nearly 90 minutes of fantastic Progressive Rock variety for your listening enjoyment! We'll hear from Gaillion, King's X, Steve Walsh, Stackridge, Dave Kerzner, The Flower Kings, Downes Braide Association, Steven Wilson, Art Griffin's Sound Chaser, Charlie Cawood, Eddie Jobson, and Evolve!

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Prog-Watch 502 - A Clouds Can feature + some variety

Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my special guests are the gentlemen from the German duo, Clouds Can! I have a feature on their new album Leave, and chat with Dominik Hüttermann and Thomas Thielen about their new "progressive pop" approach. (And with the aide of much coffee, Thomas is in fine form!) Aside from the Clouds Can music, I'm also spinning a few other great tunes by The Wood Demons, Armed Cloud, Servants Of Science, and Michael Crimson!

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Prog-Watch 501 - In Conversation With John Mitchell, Pt. 2

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm finishing up my coverage of the ubiquitous John Mitchell! Hear the rest of our epic chat and lots of great music from his numerous bands and projects, including Lonely Robot, Arena, Frost*, and It Bites!

So ring in the New Year with one of the most prolific Progressive Rock artists of our time, the one and only John Mitchell!

P.S. If you missed the first part of my coverage of John, you can listen at Progwatch.com, at the link below:

http://progwatch.com/446/

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Prog-Watch Holiday Special 2017

Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I'm taking a little bit of a break from the usual script writing, talking, and editing all the flubs! After a brief preamble, I will simply be playing nearly 90 minutes of holiday themed music from mostly progressive artists. Since I will not be announcing the artists and tracks, here is a proper playlist, in case you hear something new that you really like and want to know what it is:

1. Intro – Mike Oldfield – In Dulci Jubilo

2. Chris Squire & Alan White – Run With The Fox

3. Jethro Tull – Christmas Song

4. Jon Anderson – Three Ships

5. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – A Star To Follow

6. Trevor Rabin – O Come All Ye Faithful

7. Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits - Do You Hear What I Hear

8. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Canon

9. Jethro Tull – Ring Out Solstice Bells

10. Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24

11. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – I Believe In Father Christmas

12. Chris Squire – Sussex Carol

13. Mannheim Steamroller – God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

14. Marillion – The Carol Of The Bells

15. Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Nutrocker

16. Jon Anderson – The Holly And The Ivy

17. Steve Morse – I Came Upon A Midnight Clear

18. Roy Wood – I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

19. Trans-Siberian Orchestra – A Mad Russian's Christmas

20. Jethro Tull – Another Christmas Song

21. Annie Haslam – O Holy Night

22. Chris Squire – Silent Night/Night Of Silence

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Prog-Watch 451 - Variety

Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch I've got some great stuff from artists new to the show, some listener dedications, and a few classics! We'll hear from Believe, Tusmørke, Michael Trew, Turning Virtue, Airbag, Tiger Moth Tales, King Crimson, Victim Of Illusion, Porcupine Tree, iNFiNiEN, Gentle Giant, The Flower Kings, & Whiteside's Daughter!

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Prog-Watch 450 - Some Of The Best Of 2017

Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is our semi-annual collaboration with some of the merry reviewers at The Progressive Aspect, bringing you some of the best Prog Rock releases this year! We'll hear short reviews and sample music from ten of the best albums of 2017, as suggested by Mel Allen, Tony Colvill, Shawn Dudley, Rob Fisher, Jez Rowden, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming. I'll also pick a favorite of my own, and run down the whole list of albums which were nominated, but not represented on the show. (We do only have 90 minutes, and more than 30 albums were suggested!) So join me this week for a year-end round-up of some of the best new music released this year in our favorite genre!

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Prog-Watch 449 - Variety

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 12:00:00 -0400

With all of the interview programs and specials I have done recently, I figured it was about time for a good old variety program, featuring great stuff released in the past year or two. So tune in for a lot of fabulous music from Playgrounded, I Am The Manic Whale, Hedfuzy, Paul Draper, Kaprekar's Constant, Godsticks, Karmamoi, The Far Meadow, 3RDegree, Projekt Gemineye, and Damian Wilson & Adam Wakeman!

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Prog-Watch 448 - A Gary Moore Special

Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:00:00 -0400

This week's Prog-Watch is a special on the legendary Irish guitarist Gary Moore! Gary's longtime friend and guitar tech Graham Lilley is my guest and we chat about Gary, his versatility, his legacy, and a brand new collection of Gary's later work by BMG music called “Blues and Beyond”. Along the way we will hear some great blues rock music from that new collection. But lest you think that I am changing the name of the program to "Blues-Watch", there will be plenty of progressive rock on hand, including some of Gary's work with Colosseum II and Greg Lake. We'll also hear some of his heavier solo material and some of his work with Thin Lizzy and Phil Lynott. (Couldn't do a Gary Moore show without some of that, right?) So join me this week for a look at a versatile virtuoso, the late Gary Moore! A bit of a departure? Yes. But there will still be plenty of great music, and much of it quite progressive. Remember: One does not live by Prog alone!

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Prog-Watch 447 - In Conversation With Geoff Downes

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my esteemed guest is Geoff Downes of The Buggles, Asia, Yes, Icon, and Downes Braide Association! Geoff and I chat about the new DBA album, John Wetton, and the new Yes live album. Along the way I naturally play lots of great music from Geoff's illustrious career, including some brand new DBA and live Yes!

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Prog-Watch 446 - In Conversation With John Mitchell, Pt. 1

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 12:00:00 -0400

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is modern progressive rock icon John Mitchell! John and I chat about many things including song writing, working with John Wetton, and his record label White Star Records! Along the way we hear music from many of his bands and projects, including the Urbane, Arena, Frost*, Kino, It Bites, Lonely Robot, and more! (Look for Part 2 in a few weeks!)

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Prog-Watch 445 - Joe Cairney (of Comedy Of Errors and Grand Tour), Pt. 2

Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:00:00 -0400

On this week's Prog-Watch I finish up my coverage of Scottish vocalist Joe Cairney and his two fantastic bands, Comedy Of Errors and Grand Tour! More of our epic chat and lots of great music from both bands are in store!

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Prog-Watch 444 - Variety

Tue, 31 Oct 2017 12:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: a great variety program with a mix of new and old! We'll hear from Dave Kerzner, Anekdoten, Steve Tilling, Ian Anderson, Lifesigns, Styx, The Room, Kaipa, King's X, and Soup! Plus, we'll check in with THE DOCTOR, Rob Fisher, for another great edition of Progressive Discoveries on the new album by Brother Ape!

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Prog-Watch 443 - Shine A Little Light

Tue, 24 Oct 2017 12:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I have a themed special called "Shine A Little Light"...all the songs have the word "Light" in the title! Can you guess what I will be playing? Here are the artists: Transatlantic, Glass Hammer, Ian Anderson, David Gilmour, Conspiracy, Iona, Rocket Scientists, Rush, Willowglass, Black Bonzo, Subsignal, Yes, IO Earth, and Genesis. A nice and diverse list, right?

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Prog-Watch 442 - Variety

Tue, 17 Oct 2017 12:00:00 -0300

This week I have another great variety program with music spanning five decades! We'll hear from Queensryche, the Colin Tench Project, Magenta, Steve Winwood, Lifesigns, Fish, the Strawbs, Arena, and Steven Wilson! Plus, there will be another edition of Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher, looking at the great new album by White Moth Black Butterfly!

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Prog-Watch 441 - In Conversation With John Lodge of the Moody Blues

Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:00:00 -0300

With the Moody Blues, he helped to define our favorite genre of music, and he continues to rock progressively today! He is John Lodge, legendary singer, bassist, and composer, and this week I am proud to say that he is my guest on Prog-Watch! John and I chat about some of the history of his storied band, his bass playing influences, and many other things, including his solo tour and forthcoming live album. Along the way we will hear plenty of great Moody Blues, Blue Jays, and John Lodge solo music, including a few from the forthcoming live album.

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Prog-Watch 440 - In Conversation with Jordan Rudess, Pt. 2

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 12:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch I wrap up my coverage of Dream Theater's keyboard wiz, Jordan Rudess! Hear the remainder of my conversation with Jordan, and lots of great music ranging from peaceful solo piano pieces, to the crunch and flying keyboard solos of Dream Theater, Levin Minnemann Rudess, and Liquid Tension Experiment!

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Prog-Watch 439 - Variety + Aaron Clift Experiment feature

Tue, 26 Sep 2017 12:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch we pay a little tribute to the late Walter Becker of Steely Dan, before embarking on a great variety program with music from Ghostly Beard, Soul Secret, Drifting Sun, Peter Gabriel, Robert Reed, BangTower, Wetton & Downes Icon, and Gandalf's Fist. Near the end of the program, two of the boys from the Aaron Clift Experiment drop in to chat about their recent concert activities and their crowd funding campaign for their projected third studio album, “If All Goes Wrong”. We finish with another by Walter Becker, this time from his solo career.

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Prog-Watch 438 - (Almost) ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:30:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: another great show of mostly new stuff! We'll hear from The Tangent, How Far To Hitchin', Big Big Train, Cosmograf, Nad Sylvan, Karmamoi, Aisles, and Karibow! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on another trip of Progressive Discovery with the intense new solo album by Bjørn Riis of the Norwegian band Airbag!

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Prog-Watch 437 - In Conversation With Music & Video Legend Kevin Godley

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch, my esteemed guest is music and video legend Kevin Godley of 10cc and Godley & Creme! We chat about all sorts of stuff, including the Gizmo, the split with 10cc, Godley & Creme, video directing, and his forthcoming solo album, of which YOU could be a part (if you write music)! Along the way, there will also be plenty of great music from Kevin's illustrious career with 10cc, Godley & Creme, and GG06.

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Prog-Watch 436 - Shaking The Family Tree Of The Moody Blues

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 19:00:00 -0300

On this week's Prog-Watch I'm shaking the family tree of the legendary band, the Moody Blues! We'll hear lots of great stuff from the Moodies, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge and more! See what shakes out!

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Prog-Watch 435 - Prog Rock Icon Arjen Lucassen, Pt. 2

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: Part 2 of my coverage of Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal Icon Arjen Anthony Lucassen! Hear the remainder of my conversation with Arjen, as well as lots of great music from Star One, Ayreon, Ambeon, The Gentle Storm, and Stream of Passion!

(See Prog-Watch 423 for Part 1)

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Prog-Watch Special - 101 Dimension - August 2017

Tue, 22 Aug 2017 14:00:00 -0300

I'm at the helm again for tonight's 101 Dimensions, and I have an interesting voyage charted! For those who might want to follow our progress, here's a map:

1. Hawkwind – LSD; and Blue Shift (from the album 25 Years On, 1994)

2. Art Of Noise – Il Pleure (At The Turn Of The Century); Close (To The Edit); and Metaforce (from the album Electronic Collection, 2001)

3. Larry Fast's Synergy – S-Scape; Chateau; and Cybersports (from the album Sequencer, 1976)

4. Har – The Low Road (2017)

5. Kraftwerk – Kometenmelodie 1 & 2; and Mitternacht (from the album Autobahn, 1974)

6. David Arkenstone – New Day; Sunset Highway; Places In The Heart; Full Sail; and Pacific Rain (from the album Sketches From An American Journey, 2002)

7. Karda Estra – Preliminary Steps; and The Curtain Falls (from the album Equilibrium, 2002)

It should be an interesting ride, with ups, downs, and all arounds! I hope you enjoy!

Until next time...bon voyage...and Prog On!

Tony

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Prog-Watch 434 - Show Me The Money!

Tue, 22 Aug 2017 13:30:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a fun themed special I'm calling "Show Me The Money!" Every song will have the word "money" in the title. I'm sure your brains are working feverishly to guess which songs I'll be playing, and I bet a few of your guess will be right. But I would also bet that you will NOT guess some of the interesting things I will be pulling from my vaults! Tune in to find out!

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Prog-Watch 433 - Variety

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 13:30:00 -0300

Variety is on tap for this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear new music from Katre, The Franky Valentyn Project, Steven Wilson, Galahad, Marillion, and Kim Seviour, along with great stuff from Trey Gunn, Jeff Berlin, and the Stick Men! I'll also send out a couple of listener dedications by Gravy Train and Genesis, and Dr. Rob Fisher will be taking us on another voyage of Progressive Discovery, with the Spanish project Kant Freud Kafka!

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Prog-Watch 432 - Joe Cairney of Comedy Of Errors and Grand Tour

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:00:00 -0300

On this week's program, my guest is Joe Cairney, singer for not just one, but TWO great Scottish bands, Comedy Of Errors and Grand Tour Music! Joe will be filling us in on some of the interesting history of these two bands, and as usual, along the way I will play a whole lot of great music!

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Prog-Watch 431 - Variety

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0300

For this week's Prog-Watch I've put together another eclectic variety show, with music spanning five decades! We'll hear from Peter Gabriel, Amplifier, Lana Lane, Marillion, Karibow, Squackett, Discipline., The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Roger Waters! Our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher will also be taking us on another voyage of Progressive Discovery, with the great new album by Damanek!

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Prog-Watch 430 - Jordan Rudess, Pt. 1

Tue, 25 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0300

This week my esteemed guest is Jordan Rudess, keyboard wizard for Dream Theater! We talk about his career and his company Wizdom Music, and along the way I play a lot of great Dream Theater music, as well as music from Jordan's solo career and some of his side projects, Liquid Tension Experiment and the Rudess/Morgenstein Project!

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Prog-Watch 429 - ALL NEW Variety

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:00:00 -0300

There's been no shortage of great music released so far this year. So to keep you on top of all the great sounds out there, this week I am doing a 100% all new variety show! Every song will come from an album released in 2017. We'll hear from Sky Architect, Big Big Train, Cosmograf, The Winter Tree, Steven Wilson, Anathema, The Samurai of Prog, Nad Sylvan, and Drifting Sun! Dr. Rob Fisher will also take us on another voyage of progressive discovery, with the latest album by Steve Hackett!

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Prog-Watch 428 - Rob Reed, Pt. 2

Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:00:00 -0300

On this week's program I wrap up my coverage of the phenomenally talented UK artist Rob Reed! We'll hear the remainder of my conversation with Rob, interspersed with a lot more music from Magenta, and early 2000s project called Chimpan-A, and some of his fabulous Sanctuary project!

(Part 1 of my coverage with Rob can be found in episode 418.)

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Prog-Watch 427 - Variety

Tue, 04 Jul 2017 09:00:00 -0300

Variety is on tap for this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Uriah Heep, Ben Craven, Dreadnaught, Foreigner, Syncage, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Manfred Mann`s Earth Band, Snarky Puppy, IO Earth, Anekdoten & Rocket Scientists! We'll also hear from our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher who will be enlightening us on the great new album by The Mute Gods!

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Prog-Watch 426 - Neal Morse, Pt. 2

Wed, 28 Jun 2017 15:00:00 -0300

This week on Prog-Watch: the conclusion of my coverage of Prog Rock icon Neal Morse! Hear the remainder of my conversation with Neal, as well as great music from Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Flying Colors, his solo career, and the latest Neal Morse Band album!

(See episode 415 for Part 1 of my ocverage on Neal Morse.)

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Prog-Watch 425 - Variety

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 13:11:00 -0300

This week's episode is a variety program, with lots of great (mostly) new stuff for your listening pleasure! Hear music from Ghost Community, Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly, Karda Estra, Brother Ape, The Mothers Earth Experiment, Simon Says, Deep Purple, Valdez, Cast, Gregorian Rock, and Machines Dream! We'll also hear from our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, who will be focusing on the latest album by Damian Wilson!

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Prog-Watch 424 - The Best Of 2017 (So Far)

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:04:00 -0300

This week's Prog-Watch is a Best Of 2017 (So Far) special, in cooperation with the fine reviewers of The Progressive Aspect! We'll have commentary from Rob Fisher, Bob Mulvey, Jez Rowden, Mel Allen, Shawn Dudley, Roger Trenwith, Leo Trimming, and John Wenlock-Smith! Music will come from a dozen of the best releases of 2017 (so far) by All Them Witches, Richard Barbieri, The Barock Project, The Bob Lazar Story, Tim Bowness, Gordon Giltrap and Paul Ward, Steve Hackett, Kepler Ten, Lonely Robot, The Mute Gods, Alan Reed and White Willow!

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Prog-Watch 423 - Arjen Lucassen, Pt. 1

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:32:00 -0300

My special guest on this week's program is none other than Arjen Anthony Lucassen, the mastermind behind Ayreon and Star One! Hear some of a conversation I recently had with Arjen, along with lots of great music from Ayreon, Star One, Ambeon, and his solo catalog! As a special bonus, you will find out which famous Star Wars character his favorite chair sounds like! (I'm not making this up!)

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Prog-Watch 422 - It’s About Time!

Tue, 30 May 2017 13:25:00 -0300

This week's program is a fun themed show called "It's About Time". Every song played will have the word "time" in the title. The bands featured will run the gamut from Asia to the Zombies!

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Prog-Watch 421 - Thomas Thielen, Pt. 2

Tue, 23 May 2017 12:47:00 -0300

This week I finish up my coverage on Thomas Thielen, the fascinating German artist simply known as "t"! We'll hear more of my conversation with Thomas, along with more "t" music, and some EXCLUSIVE music from his forthcoming Clouds Can project! Also, we'll check in with Dr. Rob Fisher, for a great Progressive Discoveries feature on the new album by Alan Reed!

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Prog-Watch 420 - The Rosfest 2017 Special

Tue, 16 May 2017 12:51:00 -0300

This week's program is a Rosfest 2017 Special, with music from many of the bands that appeared at this year's festival! We'll hear from Kyros, Moon Safari, The Aaron Clift Experiment, Unified Past, The Neal Morse Band, The Fierce & The Dead, Evership, and Änglagård! Plus, we will check in with Dr. Rob Fisher for another great Progressive Discoveries feature on a unique U.K. act called the Beatrix Players!

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Prog-Watch 419 - Variety

Tue, 09 May 2017 13:04:00 -0300

Viva variety! This week's show has music from Allan Holdsworth, Big Big Train, Kant Freud Kafka, Karnivool, Traffic, Dec Burke, Heliopolis, The Minstrel's Ghost, Rush, Long Earth, Alan Reed, Electric Light Orchestra, and Gandalf's Fist! That's a whole lotta Prog!

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Prog-Watch 418 - Rob Reed, Pt. 1

Tue, 02 May 2017 13:51:00 -0300

My special guest on Prog-Watch this week is none other than Rob Reed---the prolific UK composer and multi-instrumentalist who has brought you great Progressive Rock through his numerous bands (including Cyan, ChimpanA, Magenta, Kiama, and Kompendium) and his own Mike Oldfield-inspired Sanctuary projects! I spoke with Rob about numerous interesting topics, including the new Magenta album, the state of the music industry, and much more. Hear part of that conversation and lots of great music in which Rob has had a hand, including one from the new Magenta album!

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Prog-Watch 417 - Variety

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:51:00 -0300

This week's program? is another fabulous variety show, with lots of mostly new music! Hear from Trans-Siberian Orchestra?, The Bob Lazar Story?, Lonely Robot?, Drifting Sun?, Lifesigns?, Stewart Bell?, White Willow?, Nova Collective?, The Fierce & The Dead, and Projekt Gemineye! Plus, another great edition of Progressive Discoveries with our friend, Dr. Rob Fisher?, centering on the classic, first solo album by Tony Banks?!

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Prog-Watch 416 - Shaking The Genesis Family Tree

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 13:53:00 -0300

This week's show is a fun little special in which I shake the Family Tree of the band Genesis! See what shakes out!

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Prog-Watch 415 - Neal Morse, Pt. 1

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 12:30:00 -0300

With Spock's Beard he helped re-invigorate the American Prog scene in the '90s, and then continued on as a solo artist and eventually with a band bearing his own name. Along the way, he was also a member of not just one, but two Prog Rock super-groups, Transatlantic and Flying Colors. He is, of course, Prog Icon Neal Morse, and this week he is my special guest on Prog-Watch!

Tune in and get to know Mr. Morse a little better! We'll also be spinning a lot of great epic Prog tracks from Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Neal Morse solo, and with The Neal Morse Band!

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Prog-Watch 414 - Variety

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 13:27:00 -0300

This week we have another great variety show, with a mixed bag of great stuff for your delectation! Hear music from Renaissance, Witchwood, Life in 24 Frames, Stick Men, Iona, Elephants of Scotland, D'AccorD, Elaine Samuels and Kindred Spirit Band, and Le Orme! Plus another great edition of Progressive Discoveries, with our friend Dr. Rob Fisher dishing on the great new album by Kepler Ten!

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Prog-Watch 413 - Thomas Thielen, Pt. 1

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 13:47:00 -0300

My special guest this week is the fascinating German artist Thomas Thielen, also known simply as "t". Tune in to hear epic Prog Rock from his three latest albums, and some of a very deep and interesting conversation I had with Thomas a few weeks ago. Before I dig into it with Thomas, however, I get things rolling with a new track from the great new White Willow album!

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Prog-Watch 412 - Variety

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:43:00 -0300

This week's program is a great variety show with lots of new music for your listening pleasure! Hear music from Boundary Exception, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter, Southern Empire, Offworld, IQ, Alan Reed, Richard Barbieri, Tom Slatter, Knight Area & Blackfield! Plus another great edition of Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher, on the wonderful debut album from This Winter Machine! A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

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