As a warm-up (or bone-chill) for Samhain or Halloween, this week’s Prog-Watch is all about nightmares and the macabre! With songs concerning things spooky or supernatural from Alice Cooper, Atomic Rooster, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Kansas, Rush, Anthony Phillips, Spock’s Beard, Pink Floyd, Steven Wilson, and Jethro Tull! Join me…if you dare! 843: Welcome to […]
THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #438 (“A Dangerous Place”) The waters of the music industry are full of perils for artists, and how they choose to navigate them varies greatly. This week we feature some artists and their situations. PLAYLIST: Psychoyogi – “A Dangerous Place” from Digital Vagrancy on Bad Elephant Music (2021) Gerard Smith – […]
This week’s Prog-Watch has a “dream theme”! Every song will be about dreams or dreaming, with marvelous, melodious music provided by The Moody Blues, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Gary Wright, The Flower Kings, Supertramp, The Electric Light Orchestra, Yes, Asia, John Lennon, The Zombies, O.R.k., Esquire, Jethro Tull, Downes Braide Association, Genesis, King Crimson, and […]
This week on Prog-Watch I’m breaking out some fantastic EPIX once again! In this edition we’ll hear from Kansas, The Alan Parsons Project, Dream Theater, Magenta, Motorpsycho, and King Crimson! 829: Epix, Vol. 9
This week’s Prog-Watch is all about humankind’s favored pets…cats and dogs! Tune in to hear lots of great progressive sounds from The Rocket Scientists, The Flower Kings, Rush, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Mike Rutherford, Gentle Giant, The Alan Parsons Project, Stick Men, and more! http://progwatch.com/803/
THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #391 (The Art Rock Age) Prog? Progressive Rock? Neither was a common descriptor in 1970. But ‘Art Rock’ was. Time marches on…and many albums turning 50 this year deserve some love before this tumultuous year ends. So it’s all 1970 this week! Pink Floyd – “If” from Atom Heart Mother on Columbia […]
THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #389 (The Orange Referendum) A show that reminds you to replace that rotting pumpkin from Halloween… And a show that also reminds you to replace your rotting government… Cast – “Power and Outcome” from Power and Outcome on Progressive Promotion Records (2017) Kansas – “Sparks of the Tempest” from Point […]
I’m doing another of my b and family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the mighty King Crimson! I’ll be spinning a few classic tunes from the b and proper and exploring their roots and branches in the music of Giles, Giles & Fripp, McDonald & Giles, Peter Sinfield, Emerson, Lake […]
Progressive Tracks Show #370 (The Beautiful Genre) Progressive Rock is one of the most emotive and beautiful musical genres… so says I. This week’s show is going to be a big ‘lighter’ overall; each track is beautiful in its own way… and of course, in my opinion. And, sadly, we’ll have a tribute to […]
This week’s Prog-Watch is a Variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I’ll be spinning tracks from Robyn Ferguson, Tarmak, Ubi Maior, Airbag, Silas and Saski, Nick D’Virgilio, Steve Thorne, and Haken! Our Guest DJ, Mr. Tony Zappa (no relation to Frank, he informs me) has chosen songs from Yes, Spock’s Beard, King Crimson, and […]