Prog-Watch

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...

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if y...

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! This show is part of th...

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.! Thi...

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 Contr...

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 Warn...

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! 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

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

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, 20...

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! N...

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