Prog-Watch

Episode 732 - In Conversation with Steve Howe of Yes and Asia

This week on Prog-Watch my guest is the legendary Steve Howe! Tune in to hear a little chat and lots of great music from his illustrious career...starting with Yes and Asia and moving through his solo career, up to the present and the release of his wonderful new album 'Love Is'!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

101 Dimensions - August 2020

Howdy folks! Big Tony here and I am once again curating this week's 101 Dimensions! Here's what I have lined up:1. Hawkwind – L.S.D., Blue Shift; Death Of War; and The Secret Agent (from the album Electric Tepee, 1992)2. Synergy – Falcons And Eagles; Flight Of The Looking Glass; Shibolet; and An End To History (from the album Audion, 1981)3. Robert Rich and Ian Boddy – Metamorphic; Lithosphere; and Melt (from the album Lithosphere, 2005)4. Karda Estra – Paper Cuts; Life Drawing; Atom Of Warmth; Morning Wraiths; and Halcyon Years (from the album The Last Of The Libertine, 2007)5. Michael Stearns – The Light In The Trees; The Gathering; Cenote; and The Path Between (from the album The Light In The Trees, 1996)I hope you will join me!TThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

Episode 731 - Variety + Long Earth on Progressive Discoveries

Rob Fisher and I have a great program lined up for you this week on Prog-Watch! I'll be spinning music from The Tangent, Man-Akin, I Am The Manic Whale, Morse, Portnoy and George, Starmen, Failover, Joost Maglev, Tiger Moth Tales, and Three Colours Dark! Plus, Rob will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the fabulous new album, Once Around the Sun, by the Scottish band Long Earth!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

Episode 730 - In Conversation with Dennis DeYoung, Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my feature on Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx)! Hear more chat, more classic Styx, and more solo music from Dennis (including a few more from his new album 26 East, Vol. 1)!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

Episode 729 - In Conversation with Dennis DeYoung, Pt. 1

My special guest on this week's Prog-Watch is rock legend Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx)! Tune in to hear Part One of my artist feature, including some spirited conversation (and believe me, Dennis pulls no punches!) and lots of great Styx and solo Dennis DeYoung music!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

101 Dimensions - July 2020

Here's what's on tap for this edition of 101 Dimensions, curated by yours truly (the Progsquatch) once again:1. The Orb – Complication (3:55); Lunik (5:50); Ripples (5:51); Captain Korma (4:13); and Can Can (4:43) (from the album Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt, 2005)2. Soniq Theater – Flying Dolphins (4:40); Spirallels (4:17); Welcome To Absurdistan (2:24); Paradox (6:00); and April Snow (3:08) (from the album Squaring The Circle, 2018)3. Tangerine Dream – Crystal Voice (3:10); The Run (4:50); Testlab (4:01); Charly The Kid (3:55); and Escaping Point (5:10) (from the album Firestarter, 1984)4. Jean-Luc Ponty – Two Thousand-One Years Ago (4:20); Signals From Planet Earth (6:03); The Infinite Human Caravan (6:37); Lonely Among All (4:24); Firmament (7:21) (from the album Life Enigma, 2001)5. Matt Baber – Parts 6-10 (22:38) (from the album Suite For Piano and Electronics, 2018)I hope you will join me!TThis show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

Episode 728 - Shaking the Family Tree of King Crimson

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the mighty King Crimson! I'll be spinning a few classic tunes from the band proper and exploring their roots and branches in the music of Giles, Giles & Fripp, McDonald & Giles, Peter Sinfield, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, David Cross & David Jackson, and more! Come and hear what I shake out of the KC Family Tree!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

Episode 727 - In Conversation with Nick D’Virgilio

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Nick D'Virgilio, who is perhaps best known as a drummer and vocalist for Spock's Beard and Big Big Train! Nick and I chat about his illustrious career, and along the way I'll be spinning lots of great music from Spock's Beard and various side projects in which Nick has participated (including Rewiring Genesis, Deckchair Poets, and Zorbonauts)! We will also hear a number of tunes from his solo career, including a couple from his wonderful new album 'Invisible'!This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

Episode 726 - ALL NEW Variety

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous, brand new music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Surreal, The Bedlam Furnaces, Caligula's Horse, The Segue, I Am The Manic Whale, Kinetic Element, Vesper Vals, Delain, Alcàntara, Fughu, and Lonely Robot! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement

101 Dimensions - June 2020

Another three weeks have comes and gone and it's my turn to guide the good ship 101 Dimensions again! Here's what's in store:1. Kraftwerk - Computer World (Robotron-Mix) (5:41); Tour De France (Orig. 1983 Kevorkian Ext. 12' Remix) (6:47); and Techno Pop (1983 Version) (4:35) (from the album Toccata Electronica, 1995)2. Ott - Ott Meets Billy The Kid (6:53); Scilly Automatic (7:41); and Joyful Wonder (6:39) (from the album MMII, 2014)3. Electric Mud – Aurora Moon (7:03); Mer De Glace (2:05); Quiet Days On Earth (7:21); and Silhouettes Floating Down A Rain-Slicked Street (5:18) (from the album Quiet Days On Earth, 2020)4. Kraftwerk - Metropolis (Machine-Version) (Live Utrecht 10.12.81) (5:36); and The Model (Catbonic-Mix) (5:18) (from the album Toccata Electronica, 1995)5. Thomas Dolby – Armageddon (5:29); Planet Of Lost Souls (3:00); Big Bang Backwards (2:11); and N.E.O. (5:47) (from the album he Gate To The Mind's Eye OST, 1994)6. Richard Barbieri – Ballerina (7:25); Vibra (6:52); and 1979 Rehearsal Room (5:45) (from the album Variants.3, 2018)I hope you will join me!(RIP Florian Schneider)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3136310/advertisement