The Prog Report

Gavin Harrison, drummer for Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, King Crimson, and more, joins Roie and Kyle Fagala for a chat about The Pineapple Thief current tour and album, the return of Porcupine Tree and the new album Closure/Continuation, and much more.  

Legendary drummer for ELP and Asia, Carl Palmer, makes his Prog Report podcast debut to talk about the newly released ELP book, his history with that band, and some exciting new projects coming up.  ‘Emerson, Lake & Palmer’ by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake & Carl Palmer is published by Rocket 88 Books. Order now, only at elpbook.com

The Tangent's Andy Tillison returns to talk about the band's new album Songs From The Hard Shoulder, out on June 10th.

Haken guitarist Charlie Griffiths joins the podcast to talk about his new solo album Tiktaalika, the new Haken single, and the band's tour with Symphony X.

James LaBrie returns to the podcast to talk about his new solo album Beautiful Shade of Grey, Dream Theater winning a Grammy, touring, and more. His album is out on May 20th, 2022.

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

Drummer Nic Collins joins the podcast to talk about playing on the recent Genesis 'The Last Domino' tour with his dad Phil Collins, as well as his musical background and his own band Better Strangers. 

Our new 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 B. What would you pick to represent the letter B in prog?

Main songwriter and keyboardist for Pattern-Seeking Animals, John Boegehold, joins the podcast to talk about the group's new third studio album, Only Passing Through, the history of the group, and the group's first upcoming live shows.

Nick D'Virgilio returns to share stories about his time as touring drummer for Tears For Fears, and to join Roie and "Prog" Nick in picking their top 5 TFF songs.

Symphony X guitar legend Michael Romeo joins the podcast to talk about his new solo album 'War of the Worlds, Pt. 2' and to help Roie and Dan pick the best Symphony X songs.

Nick D'Virgilio, Neal Morse & Ross Jennings spoke with Roie recently about their new collaboration and debut album Troika.  Originally released in 3 parts on YouTube, here is the full audio of the interview.  Troika will be released on Feb. 25th, 2022.

Founding member and guitarist for Marillion, Steve Rothery, makes his first appearance on the podcast to talk about the band's latest album An Hour Before It's Dark, which comes out on March 4th, 2022, following a lengthy hiatus.

Arjen Lucassen, mastermind behind Ayreon, returns to talk about the new Star One album, Revel in Time, his first Star One album in more than 10 years. We talk about the all-star cast, recording during the pandemic, getting guitar sounds, The Beatles, and more.

What makes a perfect album?  In this podcast, Roie, Geoff, Dan, and Nick share their picks for the perfect prog albums.

Prog icon Ian Anderson has returned with a new Jethro Tull album, the band's first in 18 years, called The Zealot Gene. The album comes out on Jan 28th, 2022. In this podcast, we talk about the new album, reissues, touring, and much more.

On the first episode of a new podcast series, Roie Avin and Kyle Fagala feature some of their favorite non-prog songs from 2021 that prog fans should know.

Jonas Lindberg & The Other Side have a new album coming out in February called Miles From Nowhere, their first with prog label InsideOutMusic. We chat here with Jonas about his musical history, the band, the new album and more.  

We look at some of our favorite albums from 2021.

Voting for the 2021 Prog Report Awards is open now and until Dec 6th.  Listen here for the nominees or visit ProgReport.com.

On this episode, Roie Avin, Geoff Bailie, Prog Nick, and guest Brad Birzer pay tribute to the recent passing of Big Big Train vocalist/writer David Longdon, who passed away at the age of 56 on Nov 19th.

Our new series that goes letter by letter to talk about notable artists, albums, songs, and other important things about prog.  In this first episode, Geoff Bailie and Roie Avin tackle the letter A.

The last couple of weeks has seen some big announcement with new albums on the way from Porcupine Tree and Jethro Tull, with new singles by each.  Roie Avin, Prog Nick, and Geoff Bailie discuss these albums and a few other releases.

Haken/Novena vocalist Ross Jennings joins the podcast to talk about his upcoming debut solo album 'A Shadow of my Future Self' and to help us pick the best debut solo albums.

Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess joins the podcast to talk about the band's new album A View From The Top of The World and to help us put together the Ultimate Dream Theater album.