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This week's program is a Rosfest 2017 Special, with music from many of the bands that appeared at this year's festival! We'll hear from Kyros, Moon Safari, The Aaron Clift Experiment, Unified Past, The Neal Morse Band, The Fierce & The Dead, Evership, and Änglagård! Plus, we will check in with Dr. Rob Fisher for another great Progressive Discoveries feature on a unique U.K. act called the Beatrix Players! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

Viva variety! This week's show has music from Allan Holdsworth, Big Big Train, Kant Freud Kafka, Karnivool, Traffic, Dec Burke, Heliopolis, The Minstrel's Ghost, Rush, Long Earth, Alan Reed, Electric Light Orchestra, and Gandalf's Fist! That's a whole lotta Prog! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

My special guest on Prog-Watch this week is none other than Rob Reed---the prolific UK composer and multi-instrumentalist who has brought you great Progressive Rock through his numerous bands (including Cyan, ChimpanA, Magenta, Kiama, and Kompendium) and his own Mike Oldfield-inspired Sanctuary projects! I spoke with Rob about numerous interesting topics, including the new Magenta album, the state of the music industry, and much more. Hear part of that conversation and lots of great music in which Rob has had a hand, including one from the new Magenta album! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week's program? is another fabulous variety show, with lots of mostly new music! Hear from Trans-Siberian Orchestra?, The Bob Lazar Story?, Lonely Robot?, Drifting Sun?, Lifesigns?, Stewart Bell?, White Willow?, Nova Collective?, The Fierce & The Dead, and Projekt Gemineye! Plus, another great edition of Progressive Discoveries with our friend, Dr. Rob Fisher?, centering on the classic, first solo album by Tony Banks?! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week's show is a fun little special in which I shake the Family Tree of the band Genesis! See what shakes out! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

With Spock's Beard he helped re-invigorate the American Prog scene in the '90s, and then continued on as a solo artist and eventually with a band bearing his own name. Along the way, he was also a member of not just one, but two Prog Rock super-groups, Transatlantic and Flying Colors. He is, of course, Prog Icon Neal Morse, and this week he is my special guest on Prog-Watch! Tune in and get to know Mr. Morse a little better! We'll also be spinning a lot of great epic Prog tracks from Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Neal Morse solo, and with The Neal Morse Band! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week we have another great variety show, with a mixed bag of great stuff for your delectation! Hear music from Renaissance, Witchwood, Life in 24 Frames, Stick Men, Iona, Elephants of Scotland, D'AccorD, Elaine Samuels and Kindred Spirit Band, and Le Orme! Plus another great edition of Progressive Discoveries, with our friend Dr. Rob Fisher dishing on the great new album by Kepler Ten! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

My special guest this week is the fascinating German artist Thomas Thielen, also known simply as "t". Tune in to hear epic Prog Rock from his three latest albums, and some of a very deep and interesting conversation I had with Thomas a few weeks ago. Before I dig into it with Thomas, however, I get things rolling with a new track from the great new White Willow album! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week's program is a great variety show with lots of new music for your listening pleasure! Hear music from Boundary Exception, Pat Mastelotto & Markus Reuter, Southern Empire, Offworld, IQ, Alan Reed, Richard Barbieri, Tom Slatter, Knight Area & Blackfield! Plus another great edition of Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher, on the wonderful debut album from This Winter Machine! A splendid time is guaranteed for all! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week I pay my respects to another hero of mine who passed away earlier this year--- John Wetton. I've put together a nice program with lots of fantastic music from John's numerous projects (solo work, Original Asia, U.K., and Wetton Downes) plus some great guest shots with Steve Hackett and Renaissance. I'll also be reading some statements by notable friends, bandmates, and admirers. Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week on Prog-Watch there will be a feature on the Greek band Verbal Delirium, complete with an interview with Jargon and George of the band! We will, of course, also hear fantastic progressive music from all three of Verbal Delirium's albums! As if that was not enough, you can also hear great new music from The Mute Gods, Knight Area, and Napier's Bones! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

On Prog-Watch this week, it's Part 2 of our Roine Stolt coverage! You'll hear the rest of my interview with the man himself, plus great music from Agents Of Mercy, Kaipa, Transatlantic, and Anderson/Stolt! Our friend Dr. Rob Fisher will also weigh in on a classic from The Flower Kings! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

Our special guest this week on Prog-Watch is Keith Buckman of the UK band The Far Meadow! Keith and I talk TFM, as Keith and the band get ready for a great Evening Of Bad Elephant Music in London on 25 February! (Konchordat and The Rube Goldberg Machine are on the bill, as well!) Of course I also play a lot of great TFM music and even slip one in from the new Mike Oldfield album! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with lots of great stuff from David Gilmour, Toto, Ultranova, Glass Hammer, Pendragon, Unifaun, Black Bonzo, Tim Bowness, Procul Harum, and Machines Dream! Plus a great edition of Progressive Discoveries with Dr. Rob Fisher and the German band Blind Ego! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

The focus of this week's Prog-Watch is the band Kyros (formerly known as Synaesthesia)! Adam Warne and Robin Johnson of the band chatted with me via Skype and you can hear some of that conversation on the program! We will also hear a lot of great Kyros/Synaesthesia music, and have the WORLD PREMIERE of two new songs from the band's forthcoming EP "Monster" (which is not even officially released until 10 February)! Hear the future of Progressive Rock and get a sneak peek at the new Kyros music...only on Prog-Watch! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

The focus of this week's Prog-Watch is a man who is perhaps one of the most prolific artists in the history of Progressive Rock, Roine Stolt! From his beginnings in Kaipa, through The Flower Kings, Tangent, Agents Of Mercy, Transatlantic, and his recent collaboration with Jon Anderson of Yes, this man has made a lot of great music in a career spanning more than 40 years! I was lucky enough to speak with Roine via Skype, and I'd like to share that conversation with all of my friends out there in Progland! So tune in to hear some of that conversation and a lot of great Roine Stolt music from some of his various projects! Our friend Rob Fisher will also join in the festivities, with an edition of Progressive Discoveries that takes a look at Roine's recent reunion with some of his original Kaipa bandmates in a project called Kaipa Da Capo! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if yo

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program, with music from Ian Anderson, Steven Wilson, Kansas, Erik Norlander, Haken, Odyssice, Jadis Music, Karibow, Yuka & Chronoship, and Stackridge! Plus, another edition of Progressive Discoveries with Rob Fisher, from the latest album by Katatonia! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

This week on Prog-Watch we are catching up with the Jonses! Or at least one of the Joneses...namely, our friend Peter Jones of Tiger Moth Tales! Peter had a helluva year in 2016, from guesting on albums by Red Bazar and The Colin Tench Project, to live Tiger Moth Tales gigs with a full band, and even touring Japan as part of the legendary Camel! I caught up with him late last year and we discussed all of this and more. Plus, I play a lot of great music in between the chat, so in the words of Yoda, “miss it not!” Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

Greg Lake was kind of a personal hero to me; and as a guy with a Prog Rock show, I couldn't let his passing go without doing a tribute show. I've put together a nice career retrospective here, with some things you might not expect to hear and a few you may never have heard. So join me this week as I take a look back at a little of the impressive body of work left by Greg Lake. Requiescat in pace, Greg. Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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

Well, it's a new year, and I've got a boatload of (mostly) new Progressive Rock on Prog-Watch this week! Great stuff from Jason Rubenstein, Paatos, Chickn, This Winter Machine, Circuline, Fair To Midland, The Invisible, UVTraveler, and Triumvirat! Plus a Progressive Discoveries segment with Dr. Rob Fisher on the latest album by Dec Burke! Website: Progwatch.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ProgWatch/ Twitter: @ProgSquatch Email: progsquatch@gmail.com 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