Progressive Palaver

Episode 11 – Yes Part 2 The Yes Album Paul, Joe and Ken discuss The Yes Album, the genesis of the truly classic Yes. The group considers the impact of adding Steve Howe (and his myriad instruments) to the lineup and discuss the meaning of Yours Is No Disgrace. Paul revels in the Hammond work of Tony Kaye and Peter Banks is ultimately invited to join the dinner club. Tweet us @progpala. Write us at...

Episode 10 – Yes Part 1 “Yes Preamble” Paul, Joe and Ken begin their discussion of the early Yes catalog (through Drama) with an overview of their thoughts on Yes. Joe explains his biases and the group explains how each discovered Yes. Bill Bruford is discovered, Tony Kaye is redeemed and Joe needs to buy Jay Schellen dinner. Tweet us @progpala. Write us at progpala@gmail.com. Follow Progressive P...

Joe and Paul discuss Joe's recent experience seeing Toad the Wet Sprocket in Dallas, TX. Topics include Jonathan Kingham, outstanding live sound, and whether Toad are progressive (spoiler - they really aren't prog, but they are spectacular).

On the advice of one of our listeners, the Palaver go back into the Marillion catalog to look at the Less Is More album while also giving some attention to B'Sides Themselves and Remixatosis. While discussing Less Is More Joe and Ken contemplate the effect of Marillion revisiting these songs outside of the standard progrock band setup and whether or not the songs benefit from this different treatm...

"The mother of all mantras" - In this episode of Progressive Palaver Paul, Joe and Ken discuss Marillion's latest album FEAR in some detail. While diving deep into the music and lyrical imagery on the album, the group also takes time to discuss Paul's campaign to update Wikipedia, the issue of CD indexing and the size of Bill Bruford's sphere. Where does FEAR rank in all the Marillion albums? List...

Sometimes you just have to share. After finding himself on a long drive with a phone full of Marillion albums, Joe has some extra thoughts to share on Sounds That Can't Be Made and Marbles. You can tweet us @progpala. Our email is progpala@gmail.com. We are on instagram, youtube and facebook as Progressive Palaver.

A true bonus episode. The Palaver managed to convene in person to have some dinner before one of the Yes featuring ARW shows in October. This bonus episode is a recording of the conversation during that dinner. Just something fun but definitely not our usual format. Tweet us @progpala, email us at progpala@gmail.com. Follow Progressive Palaver on iTunes, GooglePlay, Soundcloud, Instagram and Faceb...

The Palaver continues as Joe, Paul and Ken consider Marillion's Somewhere Else, Happiness is the Road, and Sounds That Can't Be Made. The group searches for common themes in this later portion of the Marillion catalog between where the band has been and where they are heading.

In this episode the group discusses the masterpiece of progressive rock that is Marillion's Marbles.

The third installment in the Special Concert Series of Progressive Palaver finds Paul and Joe discussing the Yes Featuring ARW show in Philadelphia from October 1. Much was talked about including the Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Rick Wakeman's wardrobe, the simple majesty of Awaken and Rick's stand-up talents.

Joe and Paul discuss their second Yes featuring ARW show in as many nights. Topics include parking in Trenton, the ARW Fun Competition, Lee Pomeroy (with greatest apologies), Jon's joy in performing and Jon's chimes.

Tremendous apologies to Lee Pomeroy for this episode. In my defense I had had a VERY rough travel day to get to this show! :) This first installment in the Special Concert Series sees Paul and Joe begin their journey to experience Yes featuring ARW in three cities on three consecutive nights. The group covers the show in Reading PA on Sept 29 complete with clips from the show.

Salvage.com - Ken, Tom, Paul and Joe look for gems among the next set of Marillion albums including This Strange Engine, Radiation, marillion.com and Anoraknophobia.

Paul, Tom, Ken and Joe discuss Marillion's Afraid of Sunlight. Also featured is a short recap of Tom's thoughts regarding the albums covered in the previous few episodes.

Paul, Ken, Tom and Joe discuss Marillion's concept album masterpiece Brave. Topics covered along the way include audio dynamics, alternate endings, movie interpretations and live performances.

The group continues their discussion of Marillion by covering Seasons End and Holidays in Eden, the first two albums with then new singer Steve Hogarth.

The group begins their progressive rock podcast discussing the first four Marillion albums