Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from echolyn, a wide variety of styles from around the globe and across the decades, from the famous to the obscure, and The Symphonic Zone. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Curved Air - U.H.F., from Air Cut 2. Porcupine Tree - No Luck with Rabbits, from On the Sun...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. This episode is show number 300, which seems something of a landmark. Therefore, I have decided to dedicate the show to a landmark, that is the city where it all gets put together – Los Angeles. I have over 3 hours of music dedicated to portraying Los Angeles and environs, and if something doesn’t quite belong because I have misinterpreted i...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from The Orphaned Bee, plenty of progressive rock from different decades and styles, an In Memoriam feature for Simon House and Terry Draper, and The Symphonic Zone. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Steven Wilson - Remainder the Black Dog, from Grace for Drowning I...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is the latest installment of the annual Diedrick's Picks episodes. I have invited Diedrick, the voice you hear on some of the show bumpers, to give me a list of tunes that he would like to hear on the show. And Diedrick is here to talk us through his choices. We have The Symphonic Zone, plus news of tours and releases. It’...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, I have new music from Antoine Fafard, an In Memoriam feature for Jack Lancaster, the Symphonic Zone, and plenty of other progressive music. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. 3RDegree - A Nihilist's Love Song, from The Long Division IN MEMORIAM JACK LANCASTER 2. Jack Lancaster &...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time returns to its usual format. I will be catching up on some of the new music that has come out in the last few months, with tunes from IQ, echolyn, Massimo Pieretti, Rosalie Cunningham, Jay Danley, Sykofant, and Silver Nightmares. There are some tunes from the classic era of prog as well. All that, plus news of tours and re...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Podcast is on the air. The show this time is Part 2 of The Great Engineers sequence, music to showcase the work of some of the producers and engineers who contributed to the progressive rock sound. As with Part 1, most of the music will be from the classic prog era, which was a kind of heyday for the music producers. We will also be listening to music from some latter-...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. Today’s lesson is about the producers and engineers, those behind the sound desk, who make the musicians sound even better. To a large extent, these people have been as much contributors to the progressive rock sound as the musicians, so on this show and the next one, we will take a listen to the sound design aspects of the prog genre. Also,...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is Part 2 of my birthday gift to myself episodes, in which I choose some of my favorite progressive music tracks to share with the audience. This time around, I have selected music offered on the Bandcamp music hosting website, with a fine selection, if I do say so myself, of music that you can get right now. Here now you...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is the first of two special birthday gift to myself shows. Part two gets released in two weeks. This time around, I have decided to highlight some of my favorite finds from Bandcamp. The podcast has been using Bandcamp for many years to find independent artists, and to give them some of the support they need to keep provid...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from Massimo Pieretti, a couple of In Memoriam segments for Mike Ratledge and Mike Visaggio, a wide variety of prog, the Symphonic Zone, and more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. This Winter Machine - Kites, from Kites IN MEMORIAM MIKE RATLEDGE 2. Soft Machine - S...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from Ologram and Mesmerizing. Appearing on the show for the first time are Ossicles, Procession, and Lars Fredrik Frøislie. I have the Sound Chaser tour of styles and eras of prog, and The Symphonic Zone. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Ossicles - Luna's Light, fr...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, I have new music from The John Irvine Band, a number of songs from the wayback machine, some more recent pieces, The Symphonic Zone, and more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Caravela Escarlate - Filtro dos Sonhos, from III 2. King Crimson - The Great Deceiver, from Starless and...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. This show is the Eleventh Anniversary show. I started in early January of 2014, and kept it going since then. To celebrate this eleventh anniversary, I have selected music that comes from an artist’s eleventh studio album. Not all that many prog acts make it to eleven albums, so we will be in rare company. All that, plus news of tours and re...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time we unearth a mostly forgotten song from Genesis, say goodbye to Jon Camp, a significant musician in prog history, and generally take a tour through the periods and styles of progressive music. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Zombi - Interstellar Package, from Shape Shift IN MEMORI...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time we take a tour through styles of progressive music. Most of the samples come from a while ago, so we can see how and where certain aspects of progressive music took shape. We get some old school progressive rock, some jazz fusion, some electronic prog, some symphonic prog, and perhaps a few surprises along the way. All...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, we say goodbye to the great lyricist of the early prog days, Peter Sinfield, we listen to some epic-length live music, and we say hello to Triade and Paikappu, who appear on the show for the first time. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Magenta - Broken, from The Singles: Complete...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time has a Genesis theme running through it, with Genesis-related music scattered throughout. In addition, the show returns to the better-known prog rock territory, having strayed quite far in the previous few shows. There is still quite a bit of variety on offer. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy more than three hours of prog goo...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, I have some music from acts that have not been on the show before: Acid Mothers Temple and The Cosmic Jokers. There’s music old and new from all over the place. It’s variety, variety, variety, the same thing every time – variety. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Ali Suhail - Red,...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time you get a mix of old and recent progressive music from many parts of the world, a long epic from The Samurai of Prog, and a variety of styles you won’t find on any other progressive music broadcast. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Quatermass - Up on the Ground, from Quatermass 2....

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time there is live music from some big names, quite a bit of under the radar prog from the past, the Symphonic Zone and more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Afforested - Two Thousand Year Old Ramparts / Days Forever Gone (version 2), from Until the King's Pardon 2. IQ - Erosion, from...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time will be a dip into the past, from the 1970s to the early 2000s. You will hear a variety of sounds and styles that make up the broad progressive music genre. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Kino - Leave a Light On, from Picture 2. Touchstone - Ocean Down, from Discordant Dreams 3. Eri...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, I have new music from IQ and Jon Anderson, a fine selection of music mostly from the 2000s, and the Symphonic Zone. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Finn MacCool - Sherdhana's Hand, from Sherdhana's Hand 2. Bubblemath - The Sensual Con, from Perpetual Change [compilation] 3. Lobat...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time we take a tour of prog styles with some of the better known acts that have existed through the years. There are some more obscure pieces as well. You get The Symphonic Zone, and of course news of tours and releases. It’s all here, on Sound Chaser.  Playlist 1. Tiles - The Learning Curve, from Presents of Mind 2. Jean-Lu...

The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is another mix tape of old and new, known and obscure. Variety is the secret word.  Playlist 1. Siddhartha - Black, from Trip to Innerself 2. Gayle Moran - Always a Wanderer, from I Loved You Then ... I Love You Now 3. Peter Hammill - A Perfect Date, from Skin 4. Mark O'Connor - Opus 31: Hear the Sunshadows Dance, from Sto...