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Prog-Watch

Anthony Rowsickprogsquatch.podbean.com
Prog-Watch is a weekly podcast and internet radio program dedicated to bringing the listener contemporary Progressive Rock music, album reviews, and artist interviews and features from around the world!
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Episodes

Episode 841 - ALL NEW Variety

Get ready for another ALL NEW variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock on this week's Prog-Watch! I've got fantastic stuff from The Watch, Cyan, Aisles, Dec Burke, EmT, Three Colours Dark, Shumaun, Ray Wilson, The Paradox Twin, and Hangar Nord! I hope you will join me!

Oct 12, 20211 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 840 - Brave New World

Come take a ride with me on this week's Prog-Watch and we'll drive into a Brave New World! (Well every song will be about some world, anyway...the new world, half the world, the real world, a fantasy world, etc.) Soundtrack provided by Michael Penn, The Moody Blues, Big Big Train, Rush, Conspiracy, The Alan Parsons Project, The Strawbs, Kansas, The Electric Light Orchestra, Black Bonzo, David Bowie, Roger Daltrey, Red Bazar, Be Bop Deluxe, and The Anderson Ponty Band!

Oct 05, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 839 - Our Progressive Planet - Germany

On Prog-Watch this week it's another installment of OUR PROGRESSIVE PLANET in which Dr. Rob Fisher and I will take you on a little tour of the vibrant progressive music scene in Germany! With music from Sylvan, Lucifer's Friend, Subsignal, Panzerballett, Eloy, RPWL, Frequency Drift, Vanden Plas, Seven Steps To The Green Door, and Schmid and Arnold! We hope you will join us!

Sep 28, 20211 hr 26 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 838 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

This week's Prog-Watch is a variety program with a Guest DJ Feature, which will have lots of great stuff---new and old---for your listening pleasure! For my part I'll be spinning fabulous music from Yes, Big Big Train, Smalltape, Kristoffer Gildenlöw, Gentle Giant, and Texel! I'll also be mixing in selections from our Guest DJ, Mr. Jean-Marc Bonard of Lausanne, Switzerland! Jean-Marc has selected some fantastic stuff from Airquake, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, Arena, The Who, Marillion, and Caroline ...

Sep 21, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - September 2021

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, September 2021: 1. Geoff Downes' New Dance Orchestra – Shine On; Forgiven; Movin' On; Rainbow's End; and Breaking the Spell (21:14) (from the album Electronica, 2010) 2. Edgar Froese – Stuntman; It Would Be Like Samoa; and Detroit Snackbar Dreamer (21:37) (from the album Stuntman, 1979) 3. Vangelis – Suffocation; and See You Later (19:48) (from the album See You Later, 1980) 4. Redshift – Leviathan; Rhode Kill; Panzer; and Different Light (19:27) (from ...

Sep 15, 20211 hr 48 min

Episode 837 - ALL NEW Variety

This week on Prog-Watch it's another ALL NEW variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great new stuff from Drifting Sun, Kyros, Ray Wilson, John Wetton, Big Big Train, Tony Kaye, Smalltape, Styx, Shumaun, Dec Burke, Lee Abraham, and Texel!

Sep 14, 20211 hr 26 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 836 - In Conversation with Tony Lowe of the ESP Project and 22 Layers (and Cheryl Stringall), Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Tony Lowe of the ESP Project and 22 Layers! We'll hear more great music and chat, and Cheryl Stringall, Tony's partner at the Sunn Creative label, even drops by! As if this was not enough, Dr. Rob Fisher is also doing a Progressive Discoveries feature on the latest 22 Layers album, Isotope! All this in 90 minutes!

Sep 07, 20211 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 834 - The Musical World of David Gilmour

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of David Gilmour! We'll hear great music from Pink Floyd and his solo career, of course, as well as a variety of stuff featuring Dave as producer and guest!

Aug 24, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - August 2021

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, August 2021: 1. John Carpenter – Alive After Death; Weeping Ghost; Dripping Blood; Dead Eyes; and Vampire's Touch (19:29) (from the album Lost Themes III – Alive After Death, 2021) 2. Tangerine Dream – Approaching Snowy Village; Odd Welcome; The Untouchable Castle; and The Apparently Lunatic Hierarchy (25:11) (from the album Franz Kafka – The Castle, 2013) 3. David Sylvian and Holger Czukay – Flux (A Big, Bright, Colorful World) (16:57) (from the album ...

Aug 18, 20211 hr 48 min

Episode 833 - Explorations, Vol. 1 - Symphonic Prog

This week's Prog-Watch is the first of an occasionally recurring series that will explore different sub-genres of progressive rock! This first installment looks at symphonic prog, and we'll hear great music from Yes, Camel, Renaissance, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Anglagard, Echolyn, Kansas, Focus, and Genesis!

Aug 17, 20211 hr 25 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 832 - ALL NEW Variety

This week on Prog-Watch it's another ALL NEW variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great new stuff from The Cyberiam, Styx, Big Hogg, Steve Hackett, Kayak, Mariusz Duda, The Yuval Ron Trio, Nad Sylvan, Daidrum, Lord Helmet, and Elypsia!

Aug 10, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 831 - Sweet Dreams

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 The Allman Brothers Band!

Aug 03, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 830 - Variety

Lots of great sounds abound on this week's Prog-Watch! Tune in to hear fabulous stuff from Bend The Future, Red Bazar, Nine Skies, Kamyki, Crack The Sky, Deep Clear Field, Magenta, Jordsjø, Lord Helmet, and Tom Newman!

Jul 27, 20211 hr 26 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - July 2021

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, July 2021: 1. Thomas Dolby – I Love You Goodbye; Cruel; Silk Pyjamas; and Eastern Block (Sequel to Europa and the Pirate Twins) (18:05) (from the album Astronauts and Heretics, 1992) 2. Jansen Barbieri Karn – Beginning to Melt; The Wilderness; and March of the Innocents (20:53) (from the album Beginning to Melt, 1993) 3. Tom Newman – The Woods Of; Fórdin Searchráin; Bean Si; Little Voices of the Tarans; The Fluter; The Seelie Court (Goodish Faeries); an...

Jul 21, 20211 hr 53 min

Episode 829 - Epix, Vol. 9

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!

Jul 20, 20211 hr 29 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 828 - Home Sweet Home

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special called Home Sweet Home! With fabulous music by Peter Gabriel, Magenta, Blind Faith, Genesis, Jon & Vangelis, The Alan Parsons Project, Rod Argent & Colin Blunstone, Big Big Train, Boston, Paul & Linda McCartney, The Electric Light Orchestra, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Big Country, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and Phil Collins!

Jul 13, 20211 hr 26 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 827 - Variety

Be on the lookout for an awesome assemblage of astounding progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Frost*, Luca Zabbini, Gentle Giant, Bend The Future, Kayak, Barebone, 22 Layers, Franklin Mint, Paul Cusick, Jon Anderson, Ciccada, and Liquid Tension Experiment! As Yoda would say, “Miss it not!”

Jul 06, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 826 - In Conversation with Simon Collins, Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Simon Collins! More chat with Simon, and more great music from his most recent albums, plus a guest appearance on a Genesis re-make by Steve Hackett!

Jun 29, 20211 hr 25 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - June 2021

My turn on 101 Dimensions once again and here's our itinerary: 1. Tangerine Dream – Timeless; Ride on the Ray (Atlantic Ocean Version); Peddington at Five; and Morning Star (22:40) (from the album Flame, 2009) 2. Jean-Michel Jarre – Industrial Revolution: Overture, Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 (16:48) (from the album Revolutions, 1988) 3. Jean-Luc Ponty – Life Enigma; Even the Sun Will Die; Love at Last Sight; and And Life Goes On (22:51) (from the album Life Enigma, 2001) 4. Mike Oldfield – Misty...

Jun 23, 20211 hr 48 min

Episode 825 - The Musical World of Ritchie Blackmore

I hope you will join me on Prog-Watch this week when I will be exploring some of the vast Musical World of Ritchie Blackmore! We'll hear great music from Deep Purple, Rainbow, and his latest endeavor, Blackmore's Night!

Jun 22, 20211 hr 29 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 824 - In Conversation with Simon Collins, Pt. 1

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Simon Collins, eldest son of Phil, singer and multi-instrumentalist, solo artist, and former member of Sound of Contact! Simon and I chat about his illustrious career, and along the way I will of course be spinning lots of great music!

Jun 15, 20211 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 823 - Variety + Raven Sad on Progressive Discoveries

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Frost*, Nad Sylvan, The Checking For Echo Project, and Sylvan! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Raven Sad!

Jun 08, 20211 hr 26 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 822 - In Conversation with Oliver Wakeman, Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Oliver Wakeman! More chat with Oliver, and more great music from his time with Yes, his solo career, and his collaborations with Gordon Giltrap and Clive Nolan! From the latter: a nice helping of music from the new Nolan and Wakeman box set Tales By Gaslight!

Jun 01, 20211 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - May 2021

Here's what's on tap for this month's 101 Dimensions: 1. Röyksopp – Go Away; Clean Sweep; Boys; Head; and Looser Now (25:04) (from the album The Understanding, 2005) 2. Nik Turner – Adjust The Future; Hypernova, and Spiritual Machines (22:04) (from the album Space Fusion Odyssey, 2015) 3. Isao Tomita – Dawn Chorus; Whistle Train; Pegasus; and Vela-X Pulsar (21:11) (from the album Dawn Chorus, 1984) 4. John Carpenter – Virtual Survivor; Bela Lugosi; Last Sunrise; Utopian Facade; and Real Xeno (20...

May 26, 20211 hr 50 min

Episode 821 - Variety

This week's Prog-Watch is a straight-up variety program full of great contemporary progressive rock! I've got fantastic stuff from Liquid Tension Experiment, Karmamoi, Jon Anderson, Sylvan, Steven Wilson, Ciccada, Renaissance, Bob Lord, The Franky Valentyn Project, The Man From Ravcon, RPWL, and Raven Sad! I hope you will join me!

May 25, 20211 hr 25 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 819 - Stargazing

Go stargazing with Prog-Watch this week, with our theme of stars and constellations! Tune in to hear lots of stellar sounds from The Alan Parsons Project, Jethro Tull, King's X, Robert Fripp, IQ, Redshift, Mike Oldfield, FM, Steve Hackett, Pallas, Guy Manning, Hawkwind, Billy Sherwood, Enya, and Jon Anderson!

May 11, 20211 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - April 2021

I hope you will join me this week for another eclectic and enthralling edition of 101 Dimensions! Here's what's in store: 1. The Orb – Codes; Orbisonia; and Let the Music Set You Free (21:02) (from the album The Dream, 2007) 2. Klaus Schulze – Constellation Andromeda (23:52) (from the album Dreams, 1986) 3. Oliver Wakeman – Muladhara; and Svadisthana (21:19) (from the album Chakras, 2001) 4. John Carpenter – Vortex; Obsidian; Fallen; and Domain (24:27) (from the album Lost Themes, 2015) 5. Ian B...

Apr 28, 20211 hr 55 min
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