Prog-Watch

Prog-Watch 324 - Shaking the Family Tree of the band Yes

This week's show is a new kind of special called Shaking The Family Tree! The focus of the show this time will be the band Yes, and we will be playing tracks by former members who had solo careers or worked in other bands besides Yes proper. There will be music by The Buggles, Trevor Rabin, Refugee, Asia, Flash, Esquire, Levin/Torn/White, Badger, and Bruford!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!)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

Prog-Watch 323 - Variety

This week's show is a great variety episode! Hear music from Apollo 100, Karibow, Airbag, Mike Kershaw, Red Bazar (with Peter Jones), Tin Spirits (a Dave Gregory project) and Big Big Train!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit and like our Prog-Watch Facebook page.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

Prog-Watch 322 - Brave, Frost*, Lee Abraham & 3rdegree feature

This week's episode centers on a feature on the US band 3RDegree, including an interview with Robert James Pashman of the band! Also on deck: music from Brave, Lee Abraham, and a Progradar recommendation from the new Frost* album!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit and like our Prog-Watch Facebook page.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

Prog-Watch 321 - Variety

This week's Prog-Watch is an awesome variety show with a lot of great stuff for your listening pleasure! We have music from Rick Wakeman, Purson, Pete Jones, The Room, Kylver, Iona, Aisles, Vly, and Camel!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit and like our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you have a Prog band and are looking to maybe break into “the big league”, contact us to get on our Watch List! (We just might play you on the show, and who knows, it might lead to your big break!)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

Prog-Watch 320 - Variety + Gandalf’s Fist feature

This week's show is mainly dedicated to Gandalf's Fist and their brilliant new album The Clockwork Fable! I chat with the drummer from the band Stefan Hepe and spin a hearty helping of GF music! I also play music from the new Mothertongue and I Am The Manic Whale albums!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!)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

Prog-Watch 319 - The Rosfest Special

This week's show is a 2016 Rosfest Special featuring many of the bands which appeared at this year's festival! The show has music from the Strawbs, Kinetic Element, 3RDegree, Dave Kerzner, Comedy Of Errors, Magic Pie, Spock's Beard, and Zebra! If you couldn't be there, you can at least crank up the volume, bust out your cell phone or lighter, close your eyes, and pretend!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) And don't forget to check out the website Progwatch.com. You can listen to shows there and find out more about the artists featured!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

Prog-Watch 318 - iamthemorning, Pervy Perkin + Fractal Mirror

The bulk of this week's Prog-Watch is devoted to a feature on the international band Fractal Mirror! I chat with Frank Urbaniak and Ed Van Haagen of the band about how they got together, the marvels and pitfalls of trans-Atlantic recording, and the making of their great new album Slow Burn 1! And of course we play a lot of great music along the way! We also have a Progradar Recommendation and Bite Size review from the new Iamthemorning album, and an epic by Pervy Perkin, a Spanish band recommended by a listener named Andreas of Denmark!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you have a Prog band and are looking to maybe break into “the big league”, contact us to get on our Watch List! (We love to spread the word on great new 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

Prog-Watch 317 - Variety

Another great variety show this week with a lot of great new music from Nine Stones Close, Konchordat, Headspace, Francis Dunnery, Ben Craven and Jump! Plus Subsignal, and a classic from Mike Oldfield!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. And don't forget about the website...Progwatch.com! There's a whole lotta great Progressive Rock music there for your listening enjoyment!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

Prog-Watch 316 - A Tribute To Keith Emerson

This week's show is a special paying tribute to an icon of the Prog world whom we sadly lost a few weeks ago... Keith Emerson. The show will feature commentary from some of today's Prog artists who knew Keith, and/or were inspired and influenced by him. Guests include Aaron Clift and Eric Gutierrez (of the The Aaron Clift Experiment), Erik Norlander (solo, Lana Lane, and Rocket Scientists), Dave Kerzner (solo, Sound of Contact, and Mantra Vega) and Luca Zabbini (of the Barock Project). (A great big THANK YOU to all the artists who contributed!) Of course, there will also be plenty of brilliant music spanning five decades.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

Prog-Watch 315 - Variety

This week's show is another great variety episode, with brand new Gandalf's Fist, Marillion, Tony Patterson, Hedfuzy, Barock Project, District 97, Sanguine Hum, The Syn (with Moon Safari) and Anthony Phillips! Plus the Progradar Weekly Recommendation and Bite Size Review from the new album by Body English!As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you have a Prog band and are looking to maybe break into “the big league”, contact us to get on our Watch List! (We just might play you on the show, and who knows, it might lead to your big break!)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