Shaun Geraghty chats to JOHN HOLDEN about his new album ‘THE GREAT DIVIDE’

John talks about who is involved, how he selects which artists will play or sing on which tracks, and also the controversial subject of the use of AI in music.

This is just the interview – without any music. If you’d like to hear it in full with the selected tracks from the album. Go to the Progzilla Radio website, click on podcasts, then The Prog Mill, and you’ll find it on The Prog Mill 494.

With a week to go to the Nene Valley Rock Festival, held in the grounds of the magnificent Grimsthorpe Castle from 4th -7th September 2025, Progzilla’s roving reporter TV’s Roger Marsh recently chatted with two of the Festival Directors … Andrew Little and Tony Castle about this year’s event.

Also included are the following tracks:

The Skys – The Guardian of the Water Tower feat. Durga McBroom (from the ‘Automatic Minds’ album)

Winter In Eden – Never Let Go (from the ‘Social Fake’ album)

The Whisky Flowers – Broken Bones (from the ‘Broken Bones’ EP)

HeKz – Mayday (from the ‘Terra Nova’ album)

You can find out more about NVRF 2025 and buy tickets here:

Nene Valley Rock Festival | Rock, blues, prog – Sept 4th-7th 2024 | Grimsthorpe Castle

Roger Marsh recently talked with Trude and Andreas prior to the release of their debut album ‘Liquid Stone’.

Whispers of Granite are one of the featured ‘Limelight’ artists in Issue 162 of Prog Magazine and, as well as talking about the album, Trude talks about her work with White Willow and When Mary and Andreas talks about Frequency Drift and Haven of Echoes.

Also included are the following tracks:

Hiding In Plain Sight (from ‘Liquid Stone’ by Whispers of Granite)

Wings Of Wax (from ‘Tainted’ by When Mary)

Sagittarius A* (from ‘Over’ by Frequency Drift)

It Walks Among Us (from ‘Memento Vivere’ by Haven of Echoes)

Ocean Maker (from ‘Liquid Stone’ by Whispers of Granite)

You can find out more here:

Website : Whispers of Granite

Bandcamp : Liquid Stone | Whispers of Granite

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 writing and recording the album, as well as talking about Simon’s solo project Vegetarians & Carnivores.

Also included are the following tracks:

Angels of Peckham Rye (from ‘Angels of Peckham Rye’ by The Wood Demons)

Explorer (single/digital release by Vegetarians & Carnivores)

I Told You I Will (from ‘In Rabbits & Corners’ by The Wood Demons)

You can find out more here:

The Wood Demons: Facebook

https://thewooddemons.bandcamp.com

Vegetarians & Carnivores: Facebook

Music | Vegetarians & Carnivores

https://www.vegsandcars.com

Photograph by Ben French Jones

Roger Marsh chatted a few weeks ago with Sheila Maloney about her appearances with The David Cross Band, Cruise To The Edge, her recent appearances with Storm Deva and her solo project Darkfish and the album ‘Beyond’, which received a great review in Issue 161 of Prog Magazine.

Also included are the following tracks:

Destination Forever (from ‘Beyond’ by Darkfish)

The Pale Blue Dot (from ‘Beyond’ by Darkfish)

Starless (from ‘Ice Blue, Silver Sky’ by David Cross Band)

Leaving The Heliosphere (from ‘Beyond’ by Darkfish)

You can find out more here:

Website: Home

Bandcamp: Beyond | Darkfish

David Cross : Official Website – Home

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) Facebook

Instagram: Belizaire (@belizaireband) • Instagram photos and videos

Bandcamp: Music | Belizaire

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 For Apples’)

Machinary – Pictures (single release)

Long Earth – Morpheus (from ‘An Ordinary Life’)

EBB – Cost & Consequence (from ‘The Management Of Consequences’ EP)

Comedy of Errors – Tachyon (from ‘House of the Mind’)         

You can find out more and buy your tickets here:

Wha’s Like Us, the All Scottish Progfest

Roger Marsh chatted with Gerard Freeman from the band The Book Of Revelations recently, after their performance at Winter’s End. The band have recently released their second album ‘Olympus Mons’, the follow up to 2023’s ‘The Plumes of Enceladus’.

Also included are the following tracks:

P and/or A (from ‘The Plumes of Enceladus’)

Safe as Sofas (from ‘Olympus Mons’)

The Collapse of The Firewall (from ‘Olympus Mons’)

You can find out more here :

The Book of Revelations

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 here …

Website: www.baddogpromo.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baddogmusicpromotions (page)

and www.facebook.com/acbaddogpromo (account)

Instagram: @baddogpromotions

Email: baddogpromotions@gmail.com

And about FRANT1C here :

Frant1c | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

And about Nine Skies here :

https://linktr.ee/nineskies

(Group Photo by Clive Turner. Album artwork by Elaine Samuels)

Here is a podcast created especially and exclusively for Progzilla by the Kindred Spirt Band, who are Elaine Samuels, Keith Buckman, Paul Austin, Piers Hogg and Stevie Mitchell.

You will find out more about the band and the forthcoming album ‘The Journey Within’ and included, as a preview, are clips of the following tracks:

House of Mirrors;

The Shadows;

The Lake (fea. Phil Stuckey and Ade Fisher of Stuckfish);

The Pass (fea. Brian Gulland of Gryphon and Ross McCrae of Big Hogg);

The Way Home (sound design extract);

The Light; The Mountain (with Eliot Minn of The Far Meadow on synth);

Into the Woods (fea. Chris McMahon of Haze and Treebeard).

You can find out more here:

Elaine Samuels Kindred Spirit Band

Elaine Samuels

Music | Kindred Spirit Band

(Colour photo by Chris Simmons. B&W photo by Mark Comish)

Roger Marsh recently chatted with John Hackett, Nick Fletcher, Jeremy Richardson and Duncan Parsons about the new album ‘Red Institution’, their musical influences, the challenges of arranging live performances and some of the new up and coming bands and artists that are emerging.

Also included are the following tracks from ‘Red Institution’ :

Theme And Rondo

Who Let The Rain In

MDLXXXIX

I Talk To The Wind

Brotherhood

A Country Gentleman

You can find out more here …

Website: Hacktrax – The Website for information about John Hackett

(1) Facebook

(Leoni with Andy Glass playing at Solstice’s Nottingham gig. Picture by Roger Marsh)

Roger Marsh recently chatted with Leoni Jane Kennedy, a featured ‘Limelight’ artist in issue 159 of Prog Magazine about her solo career, her plans for her next album and her recent appearances supporting and performing as a member of Solstice.

Also included are the following tracks:

Kid Gloves (from ‘New World Woman’)

Tears (from ‘New World Woman’)

Different Kind Of Woman (single release 2025)

Firefly – Solstice (from ‘Clann’)

Bravado – feat. John Mitchell (from ‘Songs For Neil Volume 5’)

Closer (single release 2025)

You can find out more here …

Website: Leoni Jane Kennedy | Musician

Bandcamp: Music | Leoni Jane Kennedy

(1) Facebook

Instagram

(Photograph courtesy of Neil McCarty Photography)

To coincide with the recent release of their new album ‘Tales You Lose’, Roger Marsh recently chatted with Pearl Handled Revolver about all manner of things, especially their upcoming launch gig on Saturday 3rd May.

Also included are the following tracks:

Belly Of The Whale (from ‘Fantasy Reigns’)

Black Rock (from ‘Tales You Lose’)

Junkies (from ‘Tales You Lose’)

If The Devil Cast His Net (from ‘If The Devil Cast His Net’)

Loverman (from ‘If The Devil Cast His Net’)

You can find out more here …

Website : Pearl Handled Revolver | official website for the English Psychedelic Blues Rock Four Piece Pearl Handled Revolver

Bandcamp : Tales You Lose | Pearl Handled Revolver

Facebook

And here is a link for tickets for the album launch gig on Saturday 3rd May 2025 at Esquires in Bedford:

Pearl Handled Revolver event tickets from TicketSource.

(Photo courtesy of Bo Hansen – BANDSHOOT.CO.UK)

To help commemorate Jump’s 35th Anniversary and to promote the forthcoming celebratory gig at The Key Theatre in Peterborough on Friday 9th May, Roger Marsh recently spoke to John Dexter Jones about the ‘World Of Wonder’ the band have been living in since the late 80’s.

Also included are the following tracks:

The Heroes (from ‘Breaking Point’)

Johnny V (from ‘Over The Top’)

The City (from ‘Breaking Point’)

Shed No Tears (from ‘…And All The King’s Men’)

Down Three Times (from ‘The Beachcomber’)

The Sniper (from ‘The Beachcomber’)

Free At Last (from ‘Something Of The Night’)

You can find out more here …

www.jumprock.co.uk

www.facebook.com/jumprockUK

Music | JUMP

And here is a link for tickets for the 35th Anniversary gig …

Jump – 35th Anniversary with special guests EBB & Whimsical Creature – Key Theatre

(Photo courtesy of Autumn Dawn Leader)

To mark the release of the new album ‘Naked Truth, Roger Marsh recently spoke with Autumn Dawn Leader about the journey which led her to recording the album.

Also included are the following tracks:

Five Decades (from ‘Naked Truth’)

Realm of Positivity (from ‘The Goddess Reflective’)

Splendour (from ‘Naked Truth’)

Radioactive (from ‘A Soft-Centre Melting’)

Howl (from ‘Naked Truth’)

You can find out more here …

Facebook

Music | Autumn Dawn Leader

(Photo courtesy of Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland and Kathryn Thomas)

To mark the release of the new album ‘The Uncertainty Principle’, Roger Marsh recently spoke with Malcolm and Mark from Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate about the certainty of the album’s success!

Also included are the following tracks:

The Light Of Ancient Mistakes (from ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’)

Lidice (from ‘Out Of Mind’)

The Ultraviolet Catastrophe (from ‘The Uncertainty Principle’)

Between Two Worlds (from ‘The Uncertainty Principle’)

You can find out more here …

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate

Music | Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate

(Photo courtesy of Alison Hughes)

Ahead of the release of the second album ‘Life Amongst Strangers’ by Tribe3 and to coincide with them appearing as a ‘Limelight’ act in Issue 158 of Prog Magazine, Mike Whitfield chatted with Steve, Jon and Chris from the band about all manner of things – and you can even find out who they think are the Batman and Robin of Prog!

It is a very entertaining and humorous conversation.

Also included are the following tracks:

Invictus (from the debut album ‘Tribe3’)

Dawntreader (from ‘Tribe3’)

Voyager (from ‘Life Amongst Strangers’)

Requiem For A Friend / Life Amongst Strangers (from ‘Life Amongst Strangers’)

And you can find out more here :

Discover Tribe3: Captivating Progressive Rock Band | Tribe3 

Music | Tribe3

(Photos courtesy of Dommett Young Photography)

Ahead of the release of the highly anticipated second CIRCU5 album ‘Clockwork Tulpa’, Roger Marsh caught up with Steve Tilling recently and they chatted at great length about … well … er … this and that!

You’ll just have to listen to find out more .. and trust us, it really will be worth your while.

Also included are the following tracks:

The Amazing Monstrous Grady (from the debut album ‘CIRCU5’)

Clockwork Tulpa (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

Don’t Spare Me (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

Freakshow Train (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

Sing Now (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

And you can find out more here :

CIRCU5 Official Website – Home

CIRCU5 | CIRCU5

(photo by Simon Arnold)

To coincide with the release of the debut album ‘Laplacian’ by Fluctus Quadratum, Mike Whitfield spoke with Rick, Jopheus and Curtis from the band towards the end of last year as they were preparing to master the album, ready for release. The album is now available to purchase and there are links below.

The band will be playing live on Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 45 Live, Kidderminster and you can find out the details on the Fluctus Quadratum website.

Also included are the following tracks:

Acquiescence II (from ‘The First Wave’ EP)

Laplacian (from the ‘Laplacian’ album)

Alone / Mistwell / Direlight (from the ‘Laplacian’ album)

You can find out more here:

Fluctus Quadratum

Music | Fluctus Quadratum

And here is a link to a charity very close to the band, which you will find out more about at the end of the interview: 

Home | ians-chain

Mike Whitfield chatted with Leo Koperdraat recently about the band Fractal Mirror, the offshoot project The Mirror Image and Leo’s new project The Imperfectionist. The conversation also included Leo’s musical influences and inspirations and … yes …we also talked  Mellotrons!

Also included are the following tracks :

Borders (from the Fractal Mirror album ‘Beyond Borders’)

Embers (from the Fractal Mirror album’ Slow Burn 1′)

Outlines (from ‘The Mirror Image’ EP)

Blue (single by The Imperfectionist)

Conspiracy (single by The Imperfectionist)

Forgotten (single by The Imperfectionist)

You can find out more here :

Bandcamp : Music | Fractal Mirror

Bandcamp : The Mirror Image EP1 | The Mirror Image

Bandcamp : Music | The Imperfectionist

You Tube : @TheImperfectionist-y6u

Instagram : 2024the_imperfectionist

BlueSky : @theimperfectionist.bsky.social

Roger Marsh recently chatted with Michael Whiteman about his musical adventures with Ryo Okumoto, I Am The Manic Whale (anag.), and his new project, Whimsical Creature, with Ella Lloyd.

And Michael has very kindly given us the forthcoming single ‘A Journey of Five Lifetimes’ to play for the first time.

Also included are the following tracks :

Secret Passage (from the I Am The Manic Whale album ‘Bumper Book Of Mystery Stories’)

The Stargazer (Whimsical Creature single)

The Watchmaker (Time On His Side) (from the Ryo Okumoto album ‘The Myth Of The Mostrophus’)

Valenta Scream (from the I Am The Manic Whale album ‘Things Unseen’)

A Journey Of Five Lifetimes (forthcoming Whimsical Creature single)

You can find out more here :

Music | I Am The Manic Whale

Facebook

Music | Ryo Okumoto

Home

Music | Whimsical Creature

Facebook

Vicky and Steve from Winter In Eden chatted with Roger Marsh towards the end of last year about the return of the band, ahead of the release of their new 3 track EP ‘Therapy’ … which is available now!

 The conversation explains the origins of the band, its hiatus and comeback in 2025.

Also included are the following tracks :

Fate Will Oblige (from ‘Awakening’)

The Awakening: Chapter IV – Torment (from ‘Echoes Of Betrayal’)

The Script (from ‘Court Of Conscience’)

Social Fake (from ‘Social Fake’)

Silence (from ‘Therapy’ EP) 

You can find out more here :

Winter In Eden | Symphonic Rock Band

www.facebook.com/winterinedenband

In a very entertaining and insightful podcast, Guy Manning chatted recently with Roger Marsh about this and that …. including his appearance at The Summer’s End Festival in October 2024 with his All Stars, the 25th anniversary reissue of his ‘Tall Stories For Small Children’ album on vinyl, his current project – The Patchwork Alliance – as well as his thoughts on the joys, trials and tribulations of being a musician in the current environment.

Also included are the following tracks :

Where Do All The Madmen Go (from ‘The Ragged Curtain’)

Flight 19 (from ‘Akoustik #2’)

The Last Psalm (from ‘Tall Stories For Small Children’)

The Baobab Tree feat. Simon Godfrey (from ‘The Patchwork Alliance’)

Valentine’s Night (from ‘Number Ten’)

You can find out more here :

Manning – the official website

Music | Guy Manning

http://www.guymanning.com/damanek/

Making Shore | Damanek

Featured as a ‘Limelight’ act in the January 2025 issue of Prog Magazine, Carina and Matt from the band Oddleaf recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about their debut album  ‘Where Ideal And Denial Collide’ and a whole host of other things – including medieval music.

Also included are the following tracks :

The Eternal Tree (from ‘Where Ideal And Denial Collide’)

Stroumitsa (from ‘Codex Bricolia’ by Vagarem)

Ethereal Melodies (from ‘Where Ideal And Denial Collide’)

And you can find out more here :

ODDLEAF – New Progressive-Rock Band

www.facebook.com/oddleaf.official

www.instagram.com/oddleaf.music/

Oddleaf – YouTube

Bandcamp : Where Ideal and Denial Collide | Oddleaf

Bandcamp : Music | Vagarem

Featured in the January 2025 issue of Prog Magazine, Shelby Logan Warne and Grace Hayhurst of Sensible Music Studios chatted with Roger Marsh towards the end of last year about how they got involved with  co-owning and running the business and what their plans are for the future.

Also included are the following tracks :

Grace Hayhurst – I’m In A Battle Against My Brain

Kyros – Fear & Love

Together with a playlist of their choice of music :

Santana – Milagro

Fontaines D.C. – Here’s The Thing

Geordie Greep – Holy, Holy

St. Lucia – Rescue Me

Wang Chung – The World In Which We Live 

You can find out more here :

www.sensible-music.co.uk

instagram.com/sensiblemusic

Music | Grace Hayhurst 

www.kyrosmusic.com

kyrosmusic.bandcamp.com

BAD DOG PODCAST (December 2024)

In this 3rd special podcast, EBB’s Bad Dog talks about the wonderful universe in which EBB live, play and record.

Mike Whitfield chatted recently with three quarters* of Prog Magazine ‘Limelight’ band Ruby Dawn about very, many several things –  which you can hear … er … here!  

(*Adam Perry was on holiday at the time)

Also included are the following tracks …

Into The Sun (from ‘Beyond Tomorrow’ – 2023)

Juliet (from ‘Blood on Water’ – 2024)

Save Me (from ‘Live at the Steam Museum’ – 2023)

Chronicles of a Celestial Soul (from ‘Blood on Water’ – 2024)

Blood on Water (from ‘Blood on Water’ – 2024)

Find out more at :

Rock Band | Ruby Dawn

Music | Ruby Dawn

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Mike Whitfield chatted recently with Foxpalmer about her music, gigging and progress towards her debut album …     

Also included are the following tracks …

That Way (2024 single)

Wanted (2022 single)

Forever – Radio Edit (2021 single)

Tired (2024 forthcoming single)

Find out more at :

https://foxpalmer.bandcamp.com/

Spotify – Foxpalmer

Facebook

https://www.instagram.com/foxpalmer

Roger Marsh was recently granted access to high security Ward XVI at the Whittingham Asylum to talk to Doktor Von Stottenstein and inmate Psychoberrie about … er … things!

During his conversation, the following tracks are also included :

Burn The Witch – from ‘Metamorphosis’

Toybox – from ‘The Art Of Manipulation’

Shadows – from ‘Metamorphosis’

The Cradle Song – from ‘Metamorphosis’

Broken Toys – from ‘Metamorphosis’

Adrenochromania – from ‘The Art Of Manipulation’

Cry Of The Siren – from ‘The Art Of Manipulation’

Find out more here :

Ward XVI – For the Criminally Insane

Music | Ward XVI

And if anyone is worried, they did – eventually – let Roger out from the asylum … on licence.  

Roger Marsh chatted recently with Jon Hunt about his new album, ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ and the conversation started and ended talking about eggs!

Also included are the following tracks :

Bait & Switch – from ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ 2024

Lift To The Ritual – from ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ 2024

Penultimate – from ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ 2024

London Road (1st Part) – from ‘Wanderlust’ 2011

Collapse – from ‘Truth & Bullshit’ 2008

Something’s Happening Here – from ‘Truth & Bullshit’ 2008

Friendship Of Convenience – from ‘So Much Promise’ 2013

Find out more at:

Jon Hunt – British Musician

Music | Jon Hunt

***STOP PRESS ***

Jon has just announced a new gig …

19th November 2024: New Cross Inn (with HOTMOTEL, MartPaul and Dan Cross) TICKETS HERE!!

Photo by Liv Roberts

            Mike Whitfield chatted recently with Nick Fletcher about his solo albums, including the new album ‘A Longing For Home’      

… during the conversation they also talked about Nick’s influences, his music career, plectrum technique, 12 string guitars, the potential for live performances of his solo albums, his classical guitar work, the thematically linked trilogy of solo albums, the guest musicians involved, the value and importance of having a producer prepared to say ‘yay’ or ‘nay’, the progress towards his next solo album, what is currently influencing him from the current music scene, the plans for The John Hackett Band in 2025 …

… and so, much more!

Also included are the following tracks :

Cycles Of Behaviour – from ‘Cycles Of Behaviour’ 2021

The Eyes Of Persephone – from ‘The Cloud Of Unknowing’ 2022

The Journey To Varanasi (Scene 5) – from ‘Quadrivium’ 2023

A Pathway To The Hermitage – from ‘A Longing For Home’ 2024

The Sage, The Monk and The Scholar – from ‘A Longing For Home’ 2024

To Hear The Angels Sing (feat. Dikajee) – from ‘A Longing For Home’ 2024)

Find out more at :

Nick Fletcher – Musician and Composer UK

Hacktrax – The Website for information about John Hackett

Roger Marsh chatted recently with Chealsea Dawn, daughter of the legendary Buddy Miles and custodian of his remarkable musical legacy

During their conversation, Roger and Chealsea talked about Buddy Miles’ remarkable career and about some exciting upcoming documentary and album releases.

Also included are the following tracks :

Buddy Miles – Them Changes (from the album ‘Them Changes’)

The California Raisins – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (from the album ‘Sweet, Delicious & Marvelous’)

Jimi Hendrix – Power To Love (from the album ‘Band Of Gypsys’)

Buddy Miles Express – Booger Bear (from the album ‘Booger Bear’)

Buddy Miles – Easy Greasy (from the album ‘We Got To Live Together’)

Find out more at :

www.buddymiles.com

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Roger Marsh chatted recently with music legend Chas Cronk and the podcast includes the following tracks :

Liberty (from Chas’ solo album ‘Liberty’ 2022)

Catherine Howard (from Rick Wakeman’s ‘The Six Wives Of Henry VIII’ album 1973)

Simple Visions (from Strawbs ‘Deep Cuts’ album 1976)

The Ferryman’s Curse (from Strawbs ‘Ferryman’s Curse’ album 2017 )

Autumn (from Acoustic Strawbs ‘Acoustic Gold’ album 2011)

Heartbreak Hill / Starting Over (taken from Strawbs ‘Heartbreak Hill ‘ album – recorded in 1978 and released in 1995)

Find out more at :

Chas Cronk | Musician, Producer and Strawbs Bass Player

Roger Marsh chats with Prog Magazine Limelight artist Emily Francis and the podcast includes the following tracks :

The Kite & The Crow (taken from ‘Luma’)

Don’t Forget To Feed The Orchid (taken from ‘Atomic’)

2 Bed Flat On Mars (taken from ‘Luma’)

After The Rain (taken from ‘Atomic’)

Atomic (taken from ‘Atomic’)

Lydian Child (taken from ‘Atomic’)

… and we are assured that the Orchid remains well!

You can find out more about the Emily Francis Trio here :

https://www.emilyfrancistrio.com

Music | Emily Francis Trio (bandcamp.com)

An entertaining chat with the band AlphaLine about their debut album …

hosted by Roger Marsh

In this latest series of conversations with Roger Marsh we welcome AlphaLine and discuss the making of the album ‘Electromagnetic’ and much, much  more.

You can also hear the following tracks :

• Dual
• Flatlining
• What U Gonna Do
• Release
• White Fire
• Paper Cups

You can find out more about AlphaLine here : 

https://www.alphalineband.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/@alphalineband

http://facebook.com/alphalineband

http://instagram.com/alphalineband

This week’s PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio included an interview with Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington of THE BLACKHEART ORCHESTRA. They chat about their new music, the current UK tour and the world of music and prog in general.

If you’d like to just hear the interview by itself. Here it is. The whole two hour show is also available as a separate podcast.

Thanks to Chrissy and Rick for a very entertaining chat and James Barry for arranging it!

Henge – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Friday, 1-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow with Shaun Geraghty.

Landmarq – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Saturday, 2-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow with Shaun Geraghty.

A chat with Matt Young about all things HeKz hosted by Roger Marsh

You will also be able to hear the following songs :

• Terra Nova (taken from the ‘Terra Nova’ LP)
• The Tower (also taken from the ‘Terra Nova’ LP)
• For Our Lives (Taken from the ‘Invicta’ LP)
• Disconnect The World (Taken from the ‘Caerus’ LP)
• Bring The Fire (Taken from the Tabula Rasa’ LP)

which you can find here : Terra Nova | HeKz (bandcamp.com)

And you can find out more about HeKz here : Progressive Metal Band | HeKz | United Kingdom (hekztheband.com)

Franck Carducci – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Headliner, Saturday, 2-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow with Buzz Elliot from Progzilla, and Franck Carducci.

Rosalie Cunningham – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Sunday, 3-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Buzz Elliot from Progzilla, Rosalei Cunningham.

Hayley Griffith – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Sunday, 5-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Shaun Geraghty from Progzilla, with Hayley Griffith.

Pearl Handled Revolver – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Thursday, 2 March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Buzz Elliot from Progzilla, and Lee Vernon & Simon Rinaldo and the band.

Picture by Lee Millward

An entertaining chat with Amanda Lehmann about all things musical and her upcoming plans and live appearances …

hosted by Roger Marsh

You can also hear the following tracks :

• Tinkerbell (from ‘Innocence and Illusion’)
• Childhood Delusions (from ‘Innocence and Illusion’)
• The Watcher (from ‘Innocence and Illusion’)
• We Are One (from ‘Harmony for Elephants’)
• One Last Spin (single)

You can find out more about Amanda and her music here : Amanda Lehmann  (https://www.amandalehmann.co.uk)

Ghost of The Machine Interviewed at Fusion-5 Thursday, 2 March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Mike Whitfield from Progzilla, and Charlie Bramald & Graham Garbett from the band.

A chat with Dikajee about her forthcoming 2nd album ‘The Frame’ and all things musical and artistic …

hosted by Mike Whitfield  

The wonderful artist Dikajee recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about her forthcoming second album, ‘The Frame’, the Kickstarter campaign which she has launched to support it, her musical influences,  live performance and her upcoming tour plans and appearances … amongst many other things, including how to pronounce Berkshire!

You can also hear the following songs :

• Lily Of The Valley (from the ‘Forget~Me~Nots’ album)
• In The Blink Of An Eye (2022 single)
• Gloomy Flowers Blooming – Live from Tavrichesky Garden (2020 single)
• Demo track excerpts from ‘The Frame’

You can find out more about the Kickstarter campaign and the different options available here : The Frame. New album from Dikajee (Vinyl, CD’s and apparel) by Dikajee — Kickstarter

And you can find more of Dikajee’s music here : Merch | Dikajee (bandcamp.com)

And more about Dikajee here : Facebook

A chat with the band VMBRA ahead of their appearance at Prog For Peart 2024

hosted by Mike Whitfield

The exciting new band VMBRA (pronounced ‘Umbra’) recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about – amongst other things – what the name VMBRA means, their musical influences, playing live gigs, the Manchester Co-Op Arena, the plans for the debut album  – and much more besides.

You can also hear the following songs :

• The Crows (taken from the ‘RESVRGAM’ EP)
• Echelon (taken from the ‘DELAPSVS’ EP)
• Creed (taken from the ‘DELAPSVS’ EP)

which you can find here : Music | VMBRA (bandcamp.com)

And you can find out more about VMBRA here : Facebook

This interview with “Overhead” (from Finland) took place at The Fusion-5 Festival in Stourport, England on 3-March 2024, with Progzilla Presenters Alan Kraslow & Buzz Elliott along with band members from “Overhead.”

A chat with Dominic Sanderson hosted by Mike Whitfield

Following Dominic’s excellently received set at Winter’s End in Chepstow in April, he recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about – amongst other things – playing the festival, his musical influences and the progress(!) he is making with his second album – and much more besides.

You can also hear the following songs :

• The Twisted Hand Of Fate (taken from ‘Impermanence’)
• Is There Calm Amongst This Chaos ? (taken from ‘Impermanence’)
• This Human Remains – live (taken from ‘The Acoustic EP’)
• Empty Circles and Grains of Sand – Part 1 (taken from the ‘Discarded Memories’ EP)

which you can find here : Music | Dominic Sanderson (bandcamp.com)

And you can find out more about Dominic here : Dominic Sanderson

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This interview took place at The Fusion-5 Festival in Stourport, England on 1-March 2024, with Progzilla Presenters Alan Kraslow & Shaun Geraghty along with band members from “Mad Fellaz.”

Picture by Neal Rylatt Photography

A chat with Sharon Cannings and Martin Nicholls from Candacraig hosted by Mike Whitfield 

To coincide with Candacraig being one of the ‘Limelight’ bands featured in issue #151 of Prog Magazine, this special podcast will enable you to find out more about ‘the band’ and their album ‘Thunder Of Whispers’ and the latest album ‘Lit By Lightning’, both of which are available to buy here : Music | Candacraig (bandcamp.com)

We talk about all manner of things and play 5 tracks :

• Gliding Parts 1 & 2
• St. George’s Day
• Ash Tree
• Last Transmission

You can find out more about Candacraig here : https://candacraig.net  

This interview took place at The Fusion-5 Festival in Stourport, England on 1-March 2024, with Progzilla Presenters Alan Kraslow, Shaun Geraghty, Buzz Elliot along with Erin Bennett and Bad Dog from the Scottish Proggers, EBB.

Mike Whitfield recently chatted with Mark Cunningham, the Promoter/Organiser of the Prog For Peart Festival, which will take place   

Friday 12th/Saturday 13th July 2024 at The Northcourt, Abingdon United FC, Oxfordshire

In this special podcast, you can find out about the 14 bands appearing, and hear tracks from :

VMBRA, Fluctus Quadratum, Spriggan Mist, Drifting Sun, IT, Freedom To Glide, Galahad, Forgotten Gods, Tribe3,

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, League Of Lights, Sonic Tapestry, Comedy Of Errors, IO Earth

… and Mark chooses 2 Rush tracks as well !

To find out more about the festival and to book tickets (including a streaming option), please go to :

www.progforpeart.com

Photo by Rafal Chlapinski.

An interview with Talie Rose Eigeland from Teiger  

conducted by Roger Marsh

In this special podcast you can hear more about the eponymous debut album ‘Teiger’ which was released in September 2023 and which is available to buy here :Music | Teiger (bandcamp.com)

You will find out more about the debut album, as well as the upcoming 2nd album, and you can hear 5 tracks from the debut, including the excellent single ‘Splinter’, which was recently voted Prog Magazine’s ‘Track Of The Week’ in an online readers’ poll. Talie also talks about her hopes for the coming months.

Find out more about Teiger here : Home (teiger.land)

See the video for ‘Splinter’ here :  Teiger – Splinter (youtube.com)

An interview with Sandra Spaceflower Zovko and Laura Gonzales Badenes from Before The Moon Arrived 

conducted mid-March by Mike Whitfield 

In this special podcast you can hear more about the debut album ‘Dreams’ released 2nd February 2024, which is available to buy here : Dreams | Before The Moon Arrived (bandcamp.com)

We talk about all manner of things and play 5 tracks from the album. You can find out :

• potential plans to follow up the debut album with an EP and the plans for the 2nd album;
• recent gigs and plans for the future;
• the importance of good sound technicians in a live environment;
• the challenges of being creative musicians;
• which are Sandra’s favourite tracks from the album and which are Laura’s.

It is a very insightful interview – wonderfully enhanced by tracks from the debut album.

Find out more about the band here : Before The Moon Arrived – songs from dreamlands

An interview with The Bardic Depths 

conducted in February 2024 by Roger Marsh

In this special podcast you can hear about the formation of The Bardic Depths and the upcoming release of their 3rd album ‘What We Really Like In Stories, which is due for release on 7th March 2024, and which is available to buy here : What We Really Like In Stories (24bit/96k) | The Bardic Depths (bandcamp.com)

The interview also includes the tracks :

Legacies (from ‘The Bardic Depths’)

You’ve Written Poetry My Boy (from ‘What We Really Like In Stories’)

Imagine (from ‘Promises Of Hope’)

What We Really Like In Stories (from ‘What We Really Like In Stories’)

Stillpoint (from ‘What We Really Like In Stories’)

And you can find out more about the band here : (2) Facebook

An interview with Carollyn Eden and Stuart Clark from Storm Deva

conducted at the end of January 2024 by Mike Whitfield 

In this special podcast you can hear about the creation of the eponymous debut album ‘Storm Deva’ released 1st December 2023, which is available to buy here : Storm Deva | Storm Deva (bandcamp.com)

We talk about their inspirations and influences, the creative process in producing the album and play 4 tracks and during the course of the podcast and you can also find out (in no particular order) :

• which track includes ‘Prog Chopsticks’ and which luminary came up with that description;
• how instead of just enjoying a gig as part of the audience, they ended up playing at very short notice;
• who we agreed should have a blue plaque placed on their house for services to live prog;
• their upcoming appearance supporting Franck Carducci in London on February 28th;
• their plans to follow up the debut album with an EP and their plans for the 2nd album;
• future live performances as a five piece

It is a very entertaining and insightful interview … but I guess, I would say that, wouldn’t I ?

Find out more about the band here : Storm Deva – Official Site