Prog-Watch

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podc...

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this p...

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! This show is pa...

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'! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at ht...

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;...

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 Eart...

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)! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://w...

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:...

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! Com...

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 al...

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!” This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, con...

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 Won...

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested i...

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...

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 commenta...

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); P...

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this pod...

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! This show is part...

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, co...

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);...

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are i...

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? This show is...

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...

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...