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

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? This show is...

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

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 li...

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

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 acti...

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! This show is part of the Sprea...

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 wi...

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! 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/advert...

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) 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 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; C...

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! This show...

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...

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

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 Daman...

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

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 als...

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

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! Website: Progwatch.com Faceb...

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

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 la...

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...

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!) Websit...

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! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on th...