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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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Huw & Lambsie Talk Pants … and Summer’s End 2022 & Winter’s End 2023

October 4, 2022

Huw Lloyd-Jones and Stephen Lambe … … talk about and play some of the music that helped them through the lockdowns and which has inspired them recently  (and they mention Summer’s End and Winter’s End a bit too !)    Featuring the following music : Sun’s Signature – Golden Air Hands of the Heron – […]

Podcast 030 : The Beginner’s Guide To Prog 28th September 2022

September 29, 2022

PLAYLIST : Jadis – Holding Your Breath Porcupine Tree – The Nostalgia Factory Cardiacs – Bodysbad Il Berlione – Make You Die, Your Brain Peter Hamill – Given Time Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Changing States Steve Morse Band – User Friendly King’s X – Prisoner O Terco – Crucis Calliope – La Terra Dei […]

Podcast 176: Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 176

September 24, 2022

Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 176 24th September 2022 Cosmograf – I Recall Cosmograf – Heroic Materials England – Midnight Madness The Bardic Depths – Regal Pride Lonely Robot – A Model Life Timelock – Stay Awake I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again – Just My Jim (Jo Kendall) Alan Price – Jarrow Song […]

Podcast 029 : The Beginner’s Guide To Prog 14th September 2022

September 14, 2022

PLAYLIST:  Dixie Dregs – Bloodsucking Leeches Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue Nick Fletcher – The Cloud Of Unknowing (Pts1-3) Marillion – Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven) Lonely Robot – Starlit Stardust Tim Bowness – We Feel Chris Stark – Surfing The Jetstream On The Raw – Resistance Katalina Gonzalez – Nebuloso Ryo Okumoto – […]

Podcast 175: Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 175

September 10, 2022

Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 175 10th September 2022 Big Big Train – The Transit of Venus Across the Sun Lesoir – Babel Lonely Robot – Species In Transition Steve Hackett – Group Therapy Colin Bass & Daniel Biro – Hunting Game Red Bazar – Smoke Screen Cyril – Desert Crossing The Bardic Depths […]

Podcast 028 : The Beginner’s Guide To Prog 31st August 2022

August 31, 2022

PLAYLIST: Haken – Cockroach King Stuckfish – The Bridge (That Spans The Edge Of Time) Karmamoi – Tamed Shadows The Mighty Handful – The Signal Venus Loon & Wolfgang Ostermann – Dehumanised Pete Townshend – Give Blood Bryan Ferry – A Wasteland / Windswept All About Eve – Wishing The Hours Away Pink Floyd – […]

Podcast 174: Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 174

August 27, 2022

Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 174 27th August 2022 Kompendium – The Storm The Tangent – GPS Vultures Cyril – A Letter Home Monarch Trail – Waves of Sound Camel – Watching the Bobbins Dream Theater – Octavarium Tenacious D – City Hall Otyken – Storm Cressida – Munich Pete Jones – Uncle Jack, […]

Podcast 027: The Beginner’s Guide To Prog 17th August 2022 (1st Anniversary Show)

August 21, 2022

PLAYLIST: Rush – Animate Genesis – The Dividing Line Frost* – Black Light Machine Anathema – Untouchable Pt1 Anathema – Untouchable Pt2 Steven Wilson – Drive Home Steven Wilson – Together, Forever Again Spectral Mornings 2015 (Classic Mix) – Steve Hackett, David Longdon, Nick Beggs, Christina Booth, Rob Reed and Nick D’Virgilio Northern Lights – […]

Podcast 173: Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 173

August 21, 2022

Tales From The Tiger Moth Edition 173 – Bernard Cribbins Invented Prog 13th August 2022 Bernard Cribbins – Overture Bernard Cribbins – Right Said Fred Family – Old Songs New Songs The Incredible String Band – The Mad Hatter’s Song The Beach Boys – God only knows Pink Floyd – Astronomy Domine Bernard Cribbins – […]

Podcast 026: The Beginner’s Guide To Prog 3rd August 2022

August 4, 2022

PLAYLIST:   Mahavishnu Orchestra – Meeting Of The Spirits Manning – Moorland Skies Be Bop Deluxe – Adventures In A Yorkshire Landscape (Live) David Coverdale – Northwinds Allan Holdsworth – Letters Of Marque The Tangent – In Earnest Tony Christie – Avenues And Alleyways Ace – How Long Kiki Dee – Amoureuse Castanarc – Light […]