The Prog Report

YES vocalist Jon Davison returns to the podcast to talk about the new studio album 'Mirror to the Sky' out on May 19, 2023.

With the new Jethro Tull album "Rökflöte" coming out on April 21st we decided to put together the Ultimate Jethro Tull album from their 23 album discography.  Bill Hubauer (Neal Morse Band) joins the podcast to help out and also talk about his band We Came From Space and their new album Overlords which is out now.

Jason Bieler (formerly of Saigon Kick) talks about his new album 'Postcards From The Asylum', his long career with Saigon Kick and Bieler Bros. Records, the Prog community, and more.  Postcards From The Asylum is out on April 14th.

Kevin Comeau, Guitarist/Bassist/Keyboardist for the Canadian duo Crown Lands talks about the band's history, recent success, meeting Alex Lifeson, and their new album Fearless. Fearless is out on March 31st, 2023.

Andy Foster, the multi-instrumentalist behind the band Kite Parade, joins the podcast to talk about his history, launching Kite Parade and the latest album 'Retro', which is out now. 'Retro' is the second release from Kite Parade. The debut, released in 2022, was featured on the Prog Report 2022 best of podcast.

Long-time keyboard and vocalist for legendary band Styx, Lawrence Gowan, joins the podcast to talk about his long history with the band, their most recent album Crash of the Crown, the current tour and more.  Joining the podcast with Roie is author and music veteran Jeff Wagner.

Ross Jennings and Charlie Griffiths of Haken join the podcast to talk about their new album Fauna and help us make the Ultimate Haken Album with songs from their impressive catalog. Check out an accompanying playlist on Spotify, or in the description on the YouTube video of the podcast.

Periphery drummer Matt Halpern returns to talk about the band's new album Periphery V: Djent is Not a Genre. Kyle Fagala and Roie Avin talk with Matt about making the album, his work as a mental health advocate, his drum company Get Good Drums and more.

Mike Portnoy returns and joins Roie, Geoff, and Nick to discuss some of the classic albums released in 1973 that are turning 50 years old this year.

Former Sound of Contact members Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom join the podcast to talk about their new band eMolecule and the debut album The Architect which is due out on Feb. 10th.

Niklas Sandin, bassist for Sweden's Katatonia joins the podcast to talk about the band's new album Sky Void of Stars which was just released.

Riverside's Mariusz Duda returns to talk about the band's new album ID.Entity which is out on Jan 20th. 

Roie Avin and Kyle Fagala discuss some of their favorite non-prog albums from 2022. ***Apologies for some of the mic issues.

The Prog Report team discuss their top prog rock albums for 2022.

Voting for the 2022 Prog Report Awards are underway on ProgReport.com.  Here, Roie goes over the nominees in the 8 categories.  Voting ends on Dec 5th.

Dean Wells, songwriter, guitarist and vocalist for Australian band Teramaze joins the podcast to talk about the band and their new album Flight of the Wounded, their 4th in just the last 2 years.  

Prog and metal writer Jordan Blum, and Notes Reviews YouTube Channel host Michael, join Roie Avin to talk about the highly anticipated new album from Devin Townsend - Lightwork.

Singer/songwriter/keyboardist Dave Kerzner joins the podcast to talk about his new solo album The Traveler, the new Arc of Life album, and more.  

The Prog Report team of Roie Avin, Geoff Bailie, Daniel Levy, Victor Giol, Prog Nick, and Jon Fiala create the Ultimate 2000s Prog Album, covering the years 2000-2009.  What would you pick?

The long awaited return of Prog A-Z, our series that goes letter by letter to talk about notable artists, albums, songs, and other important things about Prog. In this episode, Geoff Bailie and Roie Avin tackle the letter C.

Michael Wilton, guitarist and original member for legendary prog metal band Queensrÿche returns to the podcast to discuss the band's latest album Digital Noise Alliance, how they have kept things going for so long, touring, and more.  Digital Noise Alliance is out on Oct. 7th.

John Petrucci returns to talk about his upcoming solo tour with Mike Portnoy and Dave LaRue, what's the latest with Dream Theater, and more.

Devin Townsend returns to the podcast to talk about his latest album Lightwork, making it through the pandemic, his love of 80s pop, and more.  Lightwork is out on Oct. 28th, 2022.

King's X are back with their first studio album in 14 years 'Three Sides of One' which was just released on Sept. 2, 2022.  Roie interviewed the full band (Ty Tabor, dUg Pinnick, and Jerry Gaskill) prior to the album's release where they talk about the making of the album, their history and more.  This interview was previously released on the label and band socials in 3 parts.  This is the audio o...

SiX BY SiX is the new band featuring Ian Crichton (SAGA), Nigel Glockler (Saxon) & Robert Berry (3; Emerson, Berry, Palmer). The band spoke to Roie Avin about the debut album and forming the band prior to the album's release.  Portions of this podcast have been previously released on the band and label YouTube channels in separate parts.