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Mike Whitfield

I'm Mike Whitfield ... presenter of 'The Beginner's Guide To Prog', which started on 2Bays Radio in 2016 and then on Progzilla from 2021. I also co-present 'The American Prog Show' with the very wonderful Brian Watson and I am a member of the Progzilla manglement team. And, it's all my fault!

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In Conversation with Simon Carbery of The Wood Demons and his solo/collaborative project Vegetarians & Carnivores

July 26, 2025

Photograph by Jim McGrath The Wood Demons released their new album ‘In Rabbits & Corners’ on July 19th 2025 and played gigs at The Soundle Festival, Prog For Peart and at the 1865 in Southampton to help promote the album. Prior to these events, Mike Whitfield spoke to Simon Carbery about the process involved in […]

The Beginner’s Guide To Prog – Edition 103 (23rd July 2025)

July 23, 2025

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The Beginner’s Guide To Prog – Edition 102 (9th July 2025)

July 9, 2025

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The Augmented Fifth with Dick Dapré 29th June 2025

June 29, 2025

Another month with five Sundays has come round, which means that Dick Dapré has produced another ‘The Augmented Fifth’ show and podcast. This edition is called Magic Moments and Dick has chosen 15 tracks, each of which contains a fleeting moment, whether a brief segment of the music or simply a transition, that holds a […]

The Beginner’s Guide To Prog – Edition 101 (25th June 2025)

June 25, 2025

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In conversation with Belizaire – June 2025

June 24, 2025

Photograph by Andrew Merritt Mike Whitfield spoke with new Berkshire based band Belizaire recently about their debut album ‘Unravel’, which has just been released on vinyl, and the plans for their second album. Also featured are the following tracks : Lost Time Taste Autopilot A Myriad Words You can find out more here: Facebook: (2) […]

Wha’s Like Us – The All Scottish Prog Festival 2025

June 24, 2025

Roger Marsh chatted recently with festival co-organiser Béla Alabástrom about the upcoming one day festival on Saturday 30th August 2025 at The Drygate Brewery in Glasgow. During the conversation, they also played the following tracks : Comedy of Errors – The Student Prince Part 3 (from ‘Disobey’) The Wizards of Progg – Nine/No Problem (from ‘Dooking […]

Dee Prince Presents … 7th Heaven (Pilot Episode)

June 23, 2025

Visit Dee’s corner of quirkiness for an hour of rhythmically rogue rock. 7th Heaven explores some of the more peculiar parts of Prog, old and new – uncommon time signatures and offbeat rhythms. 7th Heaven – Where “living in interesting times” is a blessing, not a curse. https://podcasts.progzilla.com/specials/7th_Heaven_Podcast_-_June_2025.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Anne-Claire Rallo of Bad Dog Promotions

June 16, 2025

Roger Marsh recently chatted with Anne-Claire from Bad Dog Promotions about the world of band and live event promotions and he even managed to sneak in a play of the new single ‘Sweet Confusion’ by Anne’s musical project ‘FRANT1C’ to help push it up the charts! You can find out more about Bad Dog Promotions […]

Rod Rodrigues

June 16, 2025

Never sticking to a planned route, the Brazilian-Canadian guitarist fuses prog with metal to reach new destinations with his autobiographical music. Brazilian-Canadian guitarist Rod Rodrigues is the first to admit that his life has been a series of happy accidents. “I was 37 when I left Brazil and Canada wasn’t really in my plans,” laughs […]

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