The Prog Report

Roie Avin and Kyle Graves visit the Hair Metal era from the mid-80s to mid-90s and share some of those bands' proggier moments.

Keyboardist/Songwriter John Boegehold talks about the new Pattern-Seeking Animals album 'Spooky Action at a Distance', the band's 4th album is less than 5 years. The album is out on Oct. 27th, 2023. Pattern-Seeking Animals are John Boegehold, Ted Leonard, Dave Meros & Jimmy Keegan.

That Joe Payne, former vocalist for British prog group The Enid, joins the podcast to talk about his new solo album 'Bread and Circuses', one of the crazy songs on it, and more. This interview does contain some explicit language.

Steven Wilson joins Roie and Geoff on the podcast to talk about his new album The Harmony Codex, songwriting, Porcupine Tree and more. The Harmony Codex is out now.

Drummer James Knoerl from Avaiations on the band's new album 'Luminaria,' playing with The Anchoret and getting the gig through an ad on Fiverr & more. Luminaria is out now. Find out more about the band on https://aviationsband.com/

Legendary musician and former Yes member Trevor Rabin joins the podcast to talk about his new solo album, Rio, his first with vocals since 1989's Can't Look Away. Roie, Nick, and Trevor then each share their Top 5 Trevor Rabin songs which includes songs from his time as a member of Yes and from his other solo albums. 'Rio' is out on Oct. 6th, 2023.

Adam Elk, founder and frontman for Alt/Prog band The Mommyheads joins the podcast to talk about the band's long running history, signing with Geffen and working with Don Was in the '90s, the new album Coney Island Kid, and more.

Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett talks about the continuing Genesis Revisited tour, the current lineup, Foxtrot at Fifty and more. Foxtrot at Fifty & Hackett Highlights is out now.  The North American tour starts on Oct. 3rd.

Founder and frontman for Molybaron, Gary Kelly, joins the podcast to talk about the band's stunning new album Something Ominous, his recording process, the band's history, touring with Soen, and more. Something Ominous is out on Sept. 15.

Roie and Dan go through some recent prog songs from the summer of 2023. ***Corrections: Molybaron are French/Irish, and the drummer on Steven Wilson's Impossible Tightrope is Nate Wood. 

Legendary drummer Simon Phillips talks about the new Sherinian/Phillips Live album, his amazing career, the various projects he's worked on & more. Sherinian/Phillips Live is out now.

Interview members of 2 new bands that we are featuring on this episode. Eduard Levitsky from The Anchoret and Cole Millward from Nospūn talk about their band's debut albums, how they got started and what it's like being a new band in 2023. Both albums are out now.

Sean Timms, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer for Southern Empire and Unitopia joins the podcast to talk about the new albums from those bands coming in the next few weeks, as well as all of the other bands and projects he is involved with.  

Drummer Martin Lopez (Ex-Opeth) talks about his current band SOEN, their new album 'Memorial', touring, and more.   The new SOEN album 'Memorial' is out on Sept. 1st.

Roine Stolt, founder of The Flower Kings talks about the new album from The Flower Kings - 'Look At You Now', vinyl reissues, working with Jon Anderson, & more. Look At You Now is out on Sept. 8th.

Neal Morse returns to the podcast to talk about his latest solo album The Dreamer - Joseph Pt.1, NMB Live in Hamburg, Morsefest 2023, and more.

Roie Avin and Kyle Fagala revisit some of the best releases from the first half of 2023.

Founding member and legendary drummer for Kansas, Phil Ehart, joins the podcast to talk about the band's 50th Anniversary Tour, their recently released compilation, the history of the band, and more.

Leprous frontman, Einar Solberg, joins the podcast to talk about his debut solo album '16', which is out now.  

The Prog Report crew celebrate the 10th anniversary of the website and podcast. Thanks to everyone that has supported the website and podcast!

Roie and Geoff are joined by Kevin Mulryne from the Yes Music podcast to talk about the new Yes album 'Mirror to the Sky' and about Kevin's new book 'The Tormato Story'.

Simon Bergseth from new Norwegian prog metal band AVKRVST talks about the band's debut album 'The Approbation', out on June 16th on InsideOutMusic.

Ray Alder, vocalist for Fates Warning, is back with a new solo album titled 'II' out on June 9th.  He joins the podcast to talk about the record and more.  

Roie Avin, Kyle Fagala and Christian Rios share their picks for the Top 5 songs from The Winery Dogs, the rock trio featuring Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan, and Richie Kotzen.

Roie Avin and Daniel Levy check out some of the latest songs released in the last few weeks from a variety of artists.  The podcast is also on The Prog Report YouTube channel.