Prog-watch

This week's show is a collaboration with Progradar: It's the Best Of 2016 (So Far)! We'll be playing tracks from the 10 best albums of 2016 as selected by Martin Hutchinson and his band of merry reviewers! We'll also get Bite-Size album reviews from Martin, Gary Morley, Leo Trimming, Emma Chrysoprasia Roebuck, Shawn Dudley, Kevin Thompson, Roger Trenwith, and David Elliott! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show, and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow! 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/advertise

This week on Prog-Watch we have a lot of great stuff lined up, including some Prog Award nominees! There will be music from the Electric Light Orchestra, Nine Stones Close, the Strawbs, Pete Jones (he of the Tiger Moth Tales), Steve Howe, Kylver, Anderson Ponty Band, Circuline, and Robert Reed! It's also the last week for the Gaillion contest, so listen and enter to win the entire Gaillion catalog! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) Plus there are posts about the show and cool things happening in your favorite musical genre! 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/advertise

On this week's show we continue with the Gaillion contest and hear music from a new release by US band Ghost Medicine! The main part of the episode, however, is devoted to a feature on Australian Cinematic Prog Rocker Ben Craven! We chat about the Aussie Prog scene, working with Roger Dean and William Shatner, and various other topics! And we play a whole lot of Ben's music along the way! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) 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 great variety episode with music from Gaillion, Anekdoten, Agents Of Mercy, Yuka & Chronoship, The Barock Project, Bent Knee, Downriver Dead Men Go, Sylvan, Riverside, and Starcastle! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) 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 new kind of special called Shaking The Family Tree! The focus of the show this time will be the band Yes, and we will be playing tracks by former members who had solo careers or worked in other bands besides Yes proper. There will be music by The Buggles, Trevor Rabin, Refugee, Asia, Flash, Esquire, Levin/Torn/White, Badger, and Bruford! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) 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 great variety episode! Hear music from Apollo 100, Karibow, Airbag, Mike Kershaw, Red Bazar (with Peter Jones), Tin Spirits (a Dave Gregory project) and Big Big Train! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit and like our Prog-Watch Facebook page. 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 episode centers on a feature on the US band 3RDegree, including an interview with Robert James Pashman of the band! Also on deck: music from Brave, Lee Abraham, and a Progradar recommendation from the new Frost* album! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit and like our Prog-Watch Facebook page. 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 an awesome variety show with a lot of great stuff for your listening pleasure! We have music from Rick Wakeman, Purson, Pete Jones, The Room, Kylver, Iona, Aisles, Vly, and Camel! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit and like our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you have a Prog band and are looking to maybe break into “the big league”, contact us to get on our Watch List! (We just might play you on the show, and who knows, it might lead to your big break!) 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 mainly dedicated to Gandalf's Fist and their brilliant new album The Clockwork Fable! I chat with the drummer from the band Stefan Hepe and spin a hearty helping of GF music! I also play music from the new Mothertongue and I Am The Manic Whale albums! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) 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 2016 Rosfest Special featuring many of the bands which appeared at this year's festival! The show has music from the Strawbs, Kinetic Element, 3RDegree, Dave Kerzner, Comedy Of Errors, Magic Pie, Spock's Beard, and Zebra! If you couldn't be there, you can at least crank up the volume, bust out your cell phone or lighter, close your eyes, and pretend! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) And don't forget to check out the website Progwatch.com. You can listen to shows there and find out more about the artists featured! 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/31363

The bulk of this week's Prog-Watch is devoted to a feature on the international band Fractal Mirror! I chat with Frank Urbaniak and Ed Van Haagen of the band about how they got together, the marvels and pitfalls of trans-Atlantic recording, and the making of their great new album Slow Burn 1! And of course we play a lot of great music along the way! We also have a Progradar Recommendation and Bite Size review from the new Iamthemorning album, and an epic by Pervy Perkin, a Spanish band recommended by a listener named Andreas of Denmark! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you have a Prog band and are looking to maybe break into “the big league”, contact us to get on our Watch List! (We love to spread the word on great new music!) 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

Another great variety show this week with a lot of great new music from Nine Stones Close, Konchordat, Headspace, Francis Dunnery, Ben Craven and Jump! Plus Subsignal, and a classic from Mike Oldfield! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. And don't forget about the website...Progwatch.com! There's a whole lotta great Progressive Rock music there for your listening enjoyment! 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 special paying tribute to an icon of the Prog world whom we sadly lost a few weeks ago... Keith Emerson. The show will feature commentary from some of today's Prog artists who knew Keith, and/or were inspired and influenced by him. Guests include Aaron Clift and Eric Gutierrez (of the The Aaron Clift Experiment), Erik Norlander (solo, Lana Lane, and Rocket Scientists), Dave Kerzner (solo, Sound of Contact, and Mantra Vega) and Luca Zabbini (of the Barock Project). (A great big THANK YOU to all the artists who contributed!) Of course, there will also be plenty of brilliant music spanning five decades. 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 another great variety episode, with brand new Gandalf's Fist, Marillion, Tony Patterson, Hedfuzy, Barock Project, District 97, Sanguine Hum, The Syn (with Moon Safari) and Anthony Phillips! Plus the Progradar Weekly Recommendation and Bite Size Review from the new album by Body English! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you have a Prog band and are looking to maybe break into “the big league”, contact us to get on our Watch List! (We just might play you on the show, and who knows, it might lead to your big break!) 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 special focused on keyboardist extraordinaire Erik Norlander! Tony and Erik chat about his solo career, the Rocket Scientists, and his work with his wife, Lana Lane, and play a lot of great music along the way! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) 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 straight up variety show, with a lot of great stuff on board! Music from IQ, Unitopia, Porcupine Tree, Francis Dunnery, Haken, King's X, Red Bazar (featuring Peter Jones of Tiger Moth Tales), Ian Anderson and The Flower Kings! Plus the Progradar Recommendation and Bite Size Review from the new album by N.y.X! 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 pays a little tribute to two great men whom we lost recently---Sir George Martin and Keith Emerson. Stay tuned, faithful listener, as we are also working on an entire episode dedicated to Keith Emerson, which we think will be something special. But much of this week's show is dedicated to the artist Gordon Midgley. We have a little chat, play some of his solo work and his work in a side project called Selena And Gordon's Factory, and play a few from his main band Napier's Bones! We've even got a track from their brand new album "Hell And High Water" which just released this week! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you

The Squatch has a lot of great stuff lined up this week, much of it quite new! Music from John Mitchell, Red Bazar (featuring Peter Jones of Tiger Moth Tales), Mechanical Butterfly, The Gift, GEPH, Lazuli, Headspace (with Adam Wakeman and Damian Wilson), Southern Empire, and Focus! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) And if you haven't yet, check out the website Progwatch.com! Lots of great stuff there from our previous seasons! 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 I've been hyping it for a few weeks and it is finally here! The Dave Kerzner Special, complete with interesting chat about Dave's company, Sonic Reality, working with notables such as Genesis and Alan Parsons, and of course, his various musical projects Sound of Contact, the Dave Kerzner Band, and Mantra Vega! We'll also be playing a lot of great music from those projects along the way! So don't miss it! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) And if you haven't yet, check out the website Progwatch.com! Lots of great stuff there from our previous seasons! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spr

As you may have guessed from the title, this week's show is all about great Prog cover songs! The artists featured include Erik Norlander, Simon Collins, Manfred Mann`s Earth Band, Unitopia, Glass Hammer, Steve Howe, Transatlantic, April Wine, Emerson, Lake & Powell, Saul Blease, and Yes! As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to progsquatch@gmail.com. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) And don't forget to check out the website... Progwatch.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