This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of ALL NEW material! I've got fantastic stuff from The Flower Kings, Pymlico, Wobbler, Taskaha, Isobar, Jakko M. Jakszyk, Sanguine Hum, Tony Lowe's ESP Project, Cirkus, Watertank, and Steve Hackett! I hope you will join me! 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...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 26 min
This week's Prog-Watch is all about ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT! With songs concerning things supernatural from White Willow, The Strawbs, Blue Oyster Cult, Asia, Uriah Heep, Pattern-Seeking Animals, Agents Of Mercy, Ken Hensley, The Syn, Styx, Jethro Tull, Rush, The Rocket Scientists, Drifting Sun, Todd Rundgren, Warren Zevon, and Anekdoten! Join me...if you dare! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in a...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week on Prog-Watch our reviewer extraordinaire Dr. Rob Fisher returns with a new Progressive Discoveries feature on the fabulous debut album 'The Science of Goodbye' by the UK project Three Colours Dark! For my part, I'll be spinning great stuff from Gandalf's Fist, YYNOT, Briand Boursin Rohr, Neptune, Wytch Hazel, Kevin Godley, Caravaggio, Sudler's Row, and The Wood Demons! I hope you will join us! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on thi...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 27 min
I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions and have an interesting program lined up for our listening enjoyment. Here's the itinerary: 1. Hawkwind – Seeing It As You Really Are; and Mirror Of Illusion (17:56) (from the album Hawkwind, 1970) 2. Garrett N. – Reprise/Bak3/Unknown; Scorpio/Ramos; Sinister; and Avant4/Outtro/Epilogue (23:32) (from the album Let's Get Surreal, 2018) 3. Ashra – 77 Slightly Delayed; Midnight On Mars; Don't Trust The Kids; and Blackouts (221:26) (from the album Blackouts, 19...
Oct 14, 2020•1 hr 50 min
This week on Prog-Watch I'm taking a look at the rich and diverse Musical World of Rick Wakeman! Of course we'll hear music from his time with The Strawbs, Yes, and Anderson Bruford, Wakeman & Howe, and from his most recent foray into the world of Yes music with Jon Anderson and Trevor Rabin! I'll also be exploring some of his collaborations with son Adam and Mr. Anderson, and some of his early session work for David Bowie and Cat Stevens! Great Rick Wakeman music will abound! This show is p...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I'll be spinning music from Kansas, O.A.K. (Oscillazioni Alchemico Kreative), Dyble-Longdon, The Hawkwind Light Orchestra, The Broken Bridges, and Tony Lowe's ESP Project, and mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Keith McCarthy of Newnham, England! Keith has selected some fabulous stuff from Fleetwood Mac, John Martyn, Anathema, Druid, and Camel! I hope you will come along for the ride! This show is part of the Spreaker ...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Come and do a little Moonlighting with Prog-Watch this week, where every song will have the word “Moon” in the title! With music from a wide assortment of artists, including Genesis, City Boy, Tom Slatter, Sky Cries Mary, Conspiracy, Thin Lizzy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Flame Dream, Lana Lane, The Electric Light Orchestra, White Willow, The Nice, The Alan Parson Project, Seven Steps To The Green Door, Marco Ragni, and The Who! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are intere...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 23 min
This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of mostly new material! (Hey, at least we got a lot of good music this year!) I've got great stuff from Circuline, Automatism, The Mighty Handful, Keith and the Tiger Moth, Bob Beland, Whiteside's Daughter, Okyr, Taskaha, Michele Conta, Grus Paridae, and Watertank! I hope you will join me! 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/3136...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 27 min
I'm back at the helm of 101 Dimensions this weekend and here's what I have lined up for our listening pleasure: 1. Aphex Twin – Phlange Phace; Dodeccaheedron; Analogue Bubblebath 1; and Metapharstic (20:51) (from the album Classics, 1995) 2. Oliver Wakeman with Steve Howe – Ages of Magick; Mind Over Matter; The Forgotten King; The Storyteller; and The Whales Last Dance (21:14) (from the album The 3 Ages Of Magick, 2001) 3. Edgar Froese – Pinnacles (21:54) (from the album Pinnacles, 1983) 4. Coli...
Sep 16, 2020•1 hr 48 min
This week on Prog-Watch I'm shaking the Family Tree of the mighty Marillion! I'll be exploring some of the solo works and side projects of Fish, Steve Hogarth, Steve Rothery, Mark Kelly, Pete Trewavas, Ian Mosley, and Mick Pointer! Come along for a fun and interesting ride! 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...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week on Prog-Watch Dr. Rob Fisher returns with a new Progressive Discoveries feature on the latest album 'Song For The Homeless, Live in Russelheim, 2019' by the fabelhaft German band Subsignal! In addition, I've got great stuff from Kevin Godley, Glass Hammer, Wytch Hazel, YYNOT, Circuline, O.A.K., Turdetans, and IQ! I hope you will join us! 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/313...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging through the vaults and doing an entire show of Prog Rock classic tracks! I'll be spinning tunes from The Cardiacs, Steely Dan, Van Der Graaf Generator, Rick Wakeman, Pink Floyd, Kansas, Supertramp, Budgie, Harmonium, Uriah Heep, The Moody Blues, and The Beach Boys! 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...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 26 min
This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! Just six tunes will carry us through our time together and I'll play one from each decade of our favorite genre (with a bonus from the 1970s)! Tune in to hear great music from Dire Straits, Southern Empire, Rush, Rocket Scientists, Marillion, and Camel! 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...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 27 min
This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature! I'll be spinning music from The Tangent, Bob Beland, Tiger Moth Tales, IQ, Rick Wakeman, and Atlas Cube, and mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Charles Anderson of York, England! Charles has selected some great stuff from England (the band), Epidaurus, Emerson Lake and Palmer, The Enid, and Mostly Autumn! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us a...
Aug 18, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week on Prog-Watch my guest is the legendary Steve Howe! Tune in to hear a little chat and lots of great music from his illustrious career...starting with Yes and Asia and moving through his solo career, up to the present and the release of his wonderful new album 'Love Is'! 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...
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 25 min
Howdy folks! Big Tony here and I am once again curating this week's 101 Dimensions! Here's what I have lined up: 1. Hawkwind – L.S.D., Blue Shift; Death Of War; and The Secret Agent (from the album Electric Tepee, 1992) 2. Synergy – Falcons And Eagles; Flight Of The Looking Glass; Shibolet; and An End To History (from the album Audion, 1981) 3. Robert Rich and Ian Boddy – Metamorphic; Lithosphere; and Melt (from the album Lithosphere, 2005) 4. Karda Estra – Paper Cuts; Life Drawing; Atom Of Warm...
Aug 05, 2020•1 hr 49 min
Rob Fisher and I have a great program lined up for you this week on Prog-Watch! I'll be spinning music from The Tangent, Man-Akin, I Am The Manic Whale, Morse, Portnoy and George, Starmen, Failover, Joost Maglev, Tiger Moth Tales, and Three Colours Dark! Plus, Rob will be taking us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the fabulous new album, Once Around the Sun, by the Scottish band Long Earth! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this pod...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my feature on Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx)! Hear more chat, more classic Styx, and more solo music from Dennis (including a few more from his new album 26 East, Vol. 1)! 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
Jul 28, 2020•1 hr 26 min
My special guest on this week's Prog-Watch is rock legend Dennis DeYoung (formerly of Styx)! Tune in to hear Part One of my artist feature, including some spirited conversation (and believe me, Dennis pulls no punches!) and lots of great Styx and solo Dennis DeYoung 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/show/3136310/advertisement...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Here's what's on tap for this edition of 101 Dimensions, curated by yours truly (the Progsquatch) once again: 1. The Orb – Complication (3:55); Lunik (5:50); Ripples (5:51); Captain Korma (4:13); and Can Can (4:43) (from the album Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt, 2005) 2. Soniq Theater – Flying Dolphins (4:40); Spirallels (4:17); Welcome To Absurdistan (2:24); Paradox (6:00); and April Snow (3:08) (from the album Squaring The Circle, 2018) 3. Tangerine Dream – Crystal Voice (3:10); The Run (4...
Jul 15, 2020•1 hr 58 min
I'm doing another of my band 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 band proper and exploring their roots and branches in the music of Giles, Giles & Fripp, McDonald & Giles, Peter Sinfield, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Robert Fripp, Adrian Belew, David Cross & David Jackson, and more! Come and hear what I shake out of the KC Family Tree! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, ...
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 28 min
This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Nick D'Virgilio, who is perhaps best known as a drummer and vocalist for Spock's Beard and Big Big Train! Nick and I chat about his illustrious career, and along the way I'll be spinning lots of great music from Spock's Beard and various side projects in which Nick has participated (including Rewiring Genesis, Deckchair Poets, and Zorbonauts)! We will also hear a number of tunes from his solo career, including a couple from his wonderful new album 'Inv...
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous, brand new music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Surreal, The Bedlam Furnaces, Caligula's Horse, The Segue, I Am The Manic Whale, Kinetic Element, Vesper Vals, Delain, Alcàntara, Fughu, and Lonely Robot! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!” 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...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr 25 min
Another three weeks have comes and gone and it's my turn to guide the good ship 101 Dimensions again! Here's what's in store: 1. Kraftwerk - Computer World (Robotron-Mix) (5:41); Tour De France (Orig. 1983 Kevorkian Ext. 12' Remix) (6:47); and Techno Pop (1983 Version) (4:35) (from the album Toccata Electronica, 1995) 2. Ott - Ott Meets Billy The Kid (6:53); Scilly Automatic (7:41); and Joyful Wonder (6:39) (from the album MMII, 2014) 3. Electric Mud – Aurora Moon (7:03); Mer De Glace (2:05); Qu...
Jun 24, 2020•1 hr 48 min
On this week's Prog-Watch: brand new music from Kansas, Nick D'Virgilio, Turdetans, Blood Brothers, Hollow Water, and Frost*, plus great stuff from Farehaven, Michele Conta, and Man Till God! In addition, Dr. Rob Fisher returns for an in depth look at City Burials, the brand new album by Katatonia, on Progressive Discoveries! 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...
Jun 23, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Come sail away with Prog-Watch this week, where every song will have the root word “sail” in the title! Aside from Styx (who provide the theme song, of course) we will also be hearing from Ayreon, Mystery, Carmen, Golden Earring, Manning, Elton John, Jon & Vangelis, The Strawbs, Gryphon, Radio Head, Moon Safari, Robert Palmer, John Hackett & Nick Fletcher, and Mike Oldfield! You'll almost be able to smell the salt water, and feel the wind on your face and the rocking of the waves! Well.....
Jun 16, 2020•1 hr 25 min
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 Jon And Vangelis, and I'll be mixing those in and reading Tony's commentary! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this po...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Another three weeks have come and gone, and I'm back at the helm of the good ship 101 Dimensions! Here's what's in store for this week's journey: 1. Hawkestrel – Detox Train (1:33); Up All Night (4:35); No Smoking (4:03); Invisible Spies (6:47); Man Eggs From Mars (4:17); and Higher (4:58) (from the album Hawkestrel Presents Pre-Med, 2020) 2. Michael Stearns – Splash (3:34); Two Memories (3:29); Penguins On Mars (4:38); Dark Passage (4:42); and Space Grass (4:23) (from the album Plunge, 1999) 3....
Jun 03, 2020•1 hr 46 min
This week on Prog-Watch Dr. Rob Fisher returns with a new Progressive Discoveries feature on the second album, Asylum, by a great band from Italy called Art! In addition, I've got fabulous music from Anubis, Chimpan A, Pendragon, Psychoyogi, Starset, Mirthrandir, and Galverna! I hope you will join us! 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...
Jun 02, 2020•1 hr 26 min
This week on Prog-Watch I'm taking a look at the rich and diverse Musical World of Phil Collins! We'll hear music from Genesis, Brand X, and his solo career, and some of the noteworthy and interesting guest appearances Phil made on records by other artists including some of his Genesis bandmates, Frida, Robert Plant, Howard Jones, and more! Great drumming and singing will abound! This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at ...
May 25, 2020•1 hr 29 min
