The Prog Report

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.

Steve Babb, Fred Schendel and Hannah Pryor from Glass Hammer join the podcast to talk about their latest album 'Skallagrim - Into the Breach', which comes out on Oct. 15th.  

The Prog Report team of Roie Avin, Kyle Fagala, Victor Giol, and Jon Fiala put together their fantasy band lineups.

Producer, composer and drummer Leslie Mandoki joins the podcast to talk about his star-studded project Mandoki Soulmates and the new visual album Utopia for Realists: Hungarian Pictures which is out on InsideOutMusic on Sept. 24th.  He tells about his incredible background to working with some of the biggest names in prog. 

Yes bassist Billy Sherwood joins the podcast to talk about the band's new album The Quest and to help put together the ultimate Yes album from the band's huge discography.  The Quest is out on Oct. 1st.

Keyboardist/composer Rob Reed from Magenta has resurrected his original band called CYAN along with the help of Pete Jones and Luke Machin to record a new album titled For King and Country.  We talk about that album and more.  The album is out on Sept 24th.

Singer/songwriter from Leprous, Einar Solberg, returns to the podcast to talk about the band's latest album Aphelion and more.  Aphelion is out on August 27th, 2021.

Prog Reporters Roie Avin, Kyle Fagala, Daniel Levy, and Victor Giol, are joined by prog metal expert and author Jeff Wagner to put together the Ultimate Prog Metal Album. 

Singer/songwriter and former Genesis vocalist, Ray Wilson, joins the podcast to talk about his latest solo album The Weight of Man.

Styx drummer Todd Sucherman joins the podcast to talk about the band's latest album Crash of the Crown, going back on tour, and more.  Crash of the Crown is out now.  More more info visit Styxworld.com.

The Prog Report team of Roie Avin, Geoff Bailie, Daniel Levy, Victor Giol, Kyle Fagala and Kyle Graves create the Ultimate 90s Prog Album.

Mike Portnoy makes his 10th appearance on the podcast and helps us put together the Ultimate Neal Morse Album from Neal Morse solo albums only. We also talk about the new NMB (Neal Morse Band) album - Innocence & Danger, what they might play on tour and at Morsefest, and much more.  Innocence & Danger is out on August 27th, 2021. Morsefest is on October 8th and 9th.

It has been a really busy first half of 2021, with a lot of great albums released.  Roie Avin is joined by Daniel Levy to discuss some of the year's big stories, albums, and songs from an already incredible year. 

Bassist, songwriter, and founding member of Big Big Train, Greg Spawton, returns to the podcast to talk about the band's upcoming new album Common Ground, due out on July 30th.  We also talk about the upcoming tours and more.  

Guitarist/Singer Randy McStine joins the podcast to talk about the latest with his group McStine and Minnemann with drummer Marco Minnemann, touring in a Pink Floyd tribute band, and helps us create the Ultimate Pink Floyd album.

Lead singer for Kansas, Ronnie Platt, talks about the band's upcoming live album 'Point of Know Return - Live & Beyond', and the group's return to the stage after more than 14 months away. 

In this special Hard Rock edition of the podcast, Rick Allen, Hall of Fame legendary drummer from Def Leppard, joins Roie Avin and Kyle Graves to talk about his art, philanthropy, and discuss the best Def Leppard deep cuts. For more info on Rick's art and more visit: https://rickallen.com

British rock DJ and author Jon Kirkman joins the podcast to talk about the 30th anniversary of the Yes - Union album and tour. We also talk about the Cruise to the Edge, which Jon has hosted since its inception.