Prog-Watch

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Prog-Watch is a weekly podcast and internet radio program dedicated to bringing the listener contemporary Progressive Rock music, album reviews, and artist interviews and features from around the world!

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582 episodes

Episode 1039 - Night of the Living PROG 2

This week's Prog-Watch is a fantasy concert I am calling Night of the Living PROG 2! All live tracks from a dream line up of artists, including ELP, Pink Floyd, Renaissance, Gentle Giant, Traffic, Utopia, Yes, Tears For Fears, Kansas, Jethro Tull, Rush, and Camel!

1h 29m
Oct 02, 2023
Episode 1038 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, brand new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from PROG Magazine artists Zopp, Flor de Loto, and Infinite Rising! I also have lots of other terrific tunes from Built For The Future, Tiger Moth Tales, Isbjorg, 35 Tapes, Envy of None, Nine Skies, The Geof Whitely Project, Southern Empire, and The Emerald Dawn! 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

1h 29m
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 1037 - In Conversation with Mark, Suzi, and Mike of T.A.P

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guests are Mark Cook, Suzi James and Michael Jobborn of T.A.P! Tune in to hear some of my chat with Mark, Suzi and Michael, and lots of great music from T.A.P (plus some of their other projects...The Forever Moment, Fearful Symmetry, and Head Joint)! 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

1h 28m
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 1036 - Epix, Vol. 12

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just a handful of lengthy tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll spread the love across the decades of our favorite genre! Tune in to hear great music from Porcupine Tree, The Pineapple Thief, Citizen Cain, Jethro Tull, Tinyfish, and The Enid! 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

1h 34m
Sep 12, 2023
101 Dimensions - September 2023

Nearly two hours of great ambient, electonic, progressive music from Null terminator, JeGong, Mong Tong, Klaus Schulze, and Deborah Martin & Jill Haley! 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

1h 47m
Sep 06, 2023
Episode 1035 - Explorations, Vol. 5 - Heavy Prog

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Heavy Prog! In this program we'll explore the Heavy sub-genre through great music from Porcupine Tree, Rush, Headspace, Karnivool, DeeExpus, Black Bonzo, Uriah Heep, Haken, The Mars Volta, Anekdoten, Atomic Rooster, and Sky Architect! 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

1h 31m
Sep 05, 2023
Episode 1034 - Variety

More great contemporary prog rock awaits on this week's Prog-Watch! With music from Southern Empire, Eloy, 35 Tapes, Herd of Instinct, Emmett Elvin, I Am The Manic Whale, Steve Thorne, The Anchoret, Hats Off Gentlemen, It's Adequate, and Psychoyogi! I hope you will join me! 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

1h 27m
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 1033 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from PROG Magazine artists Ihlo, The Anchoret, and They Watch Us From The Moon! Plus lots of other fabulous music from Jethro Tull, Unitopia, United Progressive Fraternity, Lifesigns, I Am The Manic Whale, Head Spin, and Comedy of Errors! 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

1h 30m
Aug 22, 2023
Episode 1032 - Shaking the Family Tree of ELP

This week's Prog-Watch is another band family tree exploration, and this time around the subject is the iconic ELP! Tune in to hear lots of great music from the extensive musical careers of Messrs. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer! 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

1h 39m
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 1031 - Show and Tell

The theme on this week's Prog-Watch is Show and Tell! With music from Saga, Rush, Rocket Scientists, Kansas, Queen, Asia, Pink Floyd, Tiger Moth Tales, The Pineapple Thief, Alan Parsons Project, Triumph, Brian Eno, Stone Temple Pilots, Zebra, Steely Dan, Kayak, Radiohead, and Genesis! 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

1h 30m
Aug 08, 2023
101 Dimensions - July 2023

July's 101 Dimensions features great ambient/electronic/progressive music from Silicon Psychosis, Richard Barbieri, Johannes Schmoelling, Radio Massacre International, and Harmonia & Eno! 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

1h 56m
Aug 02, 2023
Episode 1030 - Variety

This week on Prog-Watch I'm pitching another straight-up variety program of great new and recently released stuff! We'll hear from Riverside, Pendragon, Stefano Panunzi, Obscurus Rex, Steve Thorne, Ocean Districts, Lifesigns, The Fierce and the Dead, Mostly Autumn, and Big Big Train! 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

1h 28m
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 1029 - Bonus Tracks

This week on Prog-Watch it's all Bonus Tracks! From the likes of Tony Banks, Anekdoten, Pendragon, Asia, Uriah Heep, Brian May, Jethro Tull, Steve Hackett, Conspiracy, ELO, Yes, UFO, Fish, ELP, and the Doors! Come along to hear some lost and hidden gems! 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

1h 29m
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 1028 - Variety + the ESP Project on Progressive Discoveries

A mix of great stuff awaits on this week's Prog-Watch, including new music from Riverside, T.A.P, Martin Miller, The Fierce and the Dead, and Comedy of Errors! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer Dr. Rob Fisher returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with Reverie, the latest release from Tony Lowe's ESP Project! 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

1h 29m
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 1027 - What I Did on my Vacation

My recent road trip/vacation was the experience of a lifetime! So I figured I would tell you a bit about it in words and song. I hope you will join me for my musical travelogue of my trip across America! 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

1h 32m
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 1026 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in the June edition of Prog Magazine! I've got fantastic stuff from Xavier Boscher, Mystery, Sound of Strangers, The Samuarai of Prog, Ocean's Edge, Elegant Simplicity, Andrew Gold, Polychrome, Sproing, Martin Miller, Ocean District, and Emma Tricca! I hope you will join me! 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

1h 30m
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 1025 - Virtuosos, Vol. 3 - Bassists

Join Rob Fisher, Magnus Moar and Big Tony on Prog-Watch this week for a look at some of the greatest bass players to ever grace our favorite genre! Guess who made the program, based on the episode's cover art! Even if you can guess them all, you won't want to miss this one! It's another belter! 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

1h 34m
Jun 27, 2023
Episode 1024 - RIP Steve Luttig

I lost a good friend a few weeks back. Without him there would probably be no Prog-Watch. So please join me as I pay tribute and celebrate the life of my friend, Steve Luttig. 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

1h 52m
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 1023 - Variety with PROG Magazine Artists

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program with lots of diverse, brand new progressive rock for your listening enjoyment! Tune in to hear great stuff from PROG Magazine artists The Enigma Division, Covet, and Us and Them! Plus lots of other fabulous music from Aviram Tzur, starfish64, Overhead, 5th Season, Isbjorg, Matt Dorsey, and Spencer Miller! 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

1h 30m
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 1022 - Down by the Seaside

This week go Down by the Seaside with Prog-Watch! Hear great sea-themed tunes from Led Zeppelin, Camel, Subsignal, Crack the Sky, Anekdoten, Jethro Tull, John Wetton, The Strawbs, Men at Work, Steve Howe, The Who, Mike McGear, Squackett, and George Harrison! 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

1h 28m
May 30, 2023
101 Dimensions - May 2023

This month's 101 Dimensions (curated by Anthony Rowsick) features music from Polinski, Richard Barbieri, Radio Massacre International, Johannes Schmoelling, and Maud the moth & Trajedesaliva!

1h 50m
May 25, 2023
Episode 1021 - In Conversation with Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom, Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom of eMolecule! Hear a bit more chat with Simon and Kelly and more of their music together, including a healthy dose of their new eMolecule project!

1h 26m
May 23, 2023
Episode 1020 - Variety

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock, some from artists featured in April edition of Prog Magazine! I've got fantastic stuff from Matt Dorsey, Jan Rivera, ifsounds, Karda Estra, Cairo, Hög sjö, Chaos and the Cosmos, Ten Jinn, The Moustrap Factory, Skeptosphere, The Dave Foster Band and Yemrot! I hope you will join me!

1h 31m
May 16, 2023
Episode 1019 - In Conversation with Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom, Pt. 1

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guests are Simon Collins and Kelly Nordstrom of the new eMolecule project! Tune in to hear lots of great music and some of my chat with Simon and Kelly!

1h 36m
May 09, 2023
Episode 1018 - Variety + Pink on Progressive Discoveries

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Kripke's Illusion, Instigations, Kinetic Element, Aisles, Sudler's Row, and the Dave Foster Band! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Pink! (Yes, I said “Pink” and didn't follow it with “Floyd”! Let's hear the man out!)

1h 35m
May 02, 2023
101 Dimensions - April 2023

This month's 101 Dimensions features the music of Tangerine Dream, Jon Jenkins, Ott, Vangelis, and Madhavi Devi!

1h 43m
Apr 26, 2023
Episode 1017 - A Tribute to Jeff Beck

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be paying tribute to a very progressive and iconic guitarist who sadly passed away earlier this year...Jeff Beck. I had so much great music slated that you will hear very little of me after a short preamble. Following that, get ready for nearly two hours of sublime guitar-oriented rock from a true innovator and virtuoso.

1h 53m
Apr 25, 2023
Episode 1016 - In Conversation with Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium, Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium! More chat with Clive and Laura, more of their music together, more Arena, and some of Clive's previous album, Song of the Wildlands!

1h 29m
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 1015 - Variety + Collage on Progressive Discoveries

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Aisles, Cairo, Aethellis, Yes, Joe DeNinzon & Stratospheerius, Overhead, Ten Jinn, and eMolecule! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the iconic Polish band, Collage!

1h 29m
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 1014 - In Conversation with Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium, Pt. 1

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guests are Clive Nolan and Laura Piazzai of Imaginaerium! Tune in to hear lots of great music and some my chat with Clive and Laura!

1h 30m
Apr 04, 2023