Prog-Watch

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

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?   This show is part of the Spreaker...

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...

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!  This show is part of the S...

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...

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

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 E...

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!    This show is...

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...

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

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! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Net...

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, Spir...

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 Zaka...

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 Kolyadi...

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

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

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,...

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 cove...

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...

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

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...

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 & Ad...

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 cha...

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

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!) This show i...