The Prog Report

Founder and frontman for Molybaron, Gary Kelly, joins the podcast to talk about the band's stunning new album Something Ominous, his recording process, the band's history, touring with Soen, and more. Something Ominous is out on Sept. 15.

Roie and Dan go through some recent prog songs from the summer of 2023. ***Corrections: Molybaron are French/Irish, and the drummer on Steven Wilson's Impossible Tightrope is Nate Wood. 

Legendary drummer Simon Phillips talks about the new Sherinian/Phillips Live album, his amazing career, the various projects he's worked on & more. Sherinian/Phillips Live is out now.

Interview members of 2 new bands that we are featuring on this episode. Eduard Levitsky from The Anchoret and Cole Millward from Nospūn talk about their band's debut albums, how they got started and what it's like being a new band in 2023. Both albums are out now.

Sean Timms, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer for Southern Empire and Unitopia joins the podcast to talk about the new albums from those bands coming in the next few weeks, as well as all of the other bands and projects he is involved with.  

Drummer Martin Lopez (Ex-Opeth) talks about his current band SOEN, their new album 'Memorial', touring, and more.   The new SOEN album 'Memorial' is out on Sept. 1st.

Roine Stolt, founder of The Flower Kings talks about the new album from The Flower Kings - 'Look At You Now', vinyl reissues, working with Jon Anderson, & more. Look At You Now is out on Sept. 8th.

Neal Morse returns to the podcast to talk about his latest solo album The Dreamer - Joseph Pt.1, NMB Live in Hamburg, Morsefest 2023, and more.

Roie Avin and Kyle Fagala revisit some of the best releases from the first half of 2023.

Founding member and legendary drummer for Kansas, Phil Ehart, joins the podcast to talk about the band's 50th Anniversary Tour, their recently released compilation, the history of the band, and more.

Leprous frontman, Einar Solberg, joins the podcast to talk about his debut solo album '16', which is out now.  

The Prog Report crew celebrate the 10th anniversary of the website and podcast. Thanks to everyone that has supported the website and podcast!

Roie and Geoff are joined by Kevin Mulryne from the Yes Music podcast to talk about the new Yes album 'Mirror to the Sky' and about Kevin's new book 'The Tormato Story'.

Simon Bergseth from new Norwegian prog metal band AVKRVST talks about the band's debut album 'The Approbation', out on June 16th on InsideOutMusic.

Ray Alder, vocalist for Fates Warning, is back with a new solo album titled 'II' out on June 9th.  He joins the podcast to talk about the record and more.  

Roie Avin, Kyle Fagala and Christian Rios share their picks for the Top 5 songs from The Winery Dogs, the rock trio featuring Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, and Richie Kotzen.

Roie Avin and Daniel Levy check out some of the latest songs released in the last few weeks from a variety of artists.  The podcast is also on The Prog Report YouTube channel.

YES vocalist Jon Davison returns to the podcast to talk about the new studio album 'Mirror to the Sky' out on May 19, 2023.

With the new Jethro Tull album "Rökflöte" coming out on April 21st we decided to put together the Ultimate Jethro Tull album from their 23 album discography.  Bill Hubauer (Neal Morse Band) joins the podcast to help out and also talk about his band We Came From Space and their new album Overlords which is out now.

Jason Bieler (formerly of Saigon Kick) talks about his new album 'Postcards From The Asylum', his long career with Saigon Kick and Bieler Bros. Records, the Prog community, and more.  Postcards From The Asylum is out on April 14th.

Kevin Comeau, Guitarist/Bassist/Keyboardist for the Canadian duo Crown Lands talks about the band's history, recent success, meeting Alex Lifeson, and their new album Fearless. Fearless is out on March 31st, 2023.

Andy Foster, the multi-instrumentalist behind the band Kite Parade, joins the podcast to talk about his history, launching Kite Parade and the latest album 'Retro', which is out now. 'Retro' is the second release from Kite Parade. The debut, released in 2022, was featured on the Prog Report 2022 best of podcast.

Long-time keyboard and vocalist for legendary band Styx, Lawrence Gowan, joins the podcast to talk about his long history with the band, their most recent album Crash of the Crown, the current tour and more.  Joining the podcast with Roie is author and music veteran Jeff Wagner.

Ross Jennings and Charlie Griffiths of Haken join the podcast to talk about their new album Fauna and help us make the Ultimate Haken Album with songs from their impressive catalog. Check out an accompanying playlist on Spotify, or in the description on the YouTube video of the podcast.

Periphery drummer Matt Halpern returns to talk about the band's new album Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre. Kyle Fagala and Roie Avin talk with Matt about making the album, his work as a mental health advocate, his drum company Get Good Drums and more.