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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 1011 - Variety

There are tons of tasty tunes to astound and astonish you on this week's Prog-Watch! Prick up your ears to hear great stuff from Mike Keneally, RPWL, Voda, Prog Gnosis, Leap Day, Half Shell, Davide Ronfetto, David Longdon, Echo Us, and Ghost of the Machine!

Mar 14, 20231 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 11

Episode 1010 - Ten

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special to mark the tenth anniversary of the program! Hear great music from John Entwistle, Led Zeppelin, Pilot, The Yardbirds, Roy Harper, Paper Lace, Supertramp, IQ, Landmarq, Spring, XTC, Steve Thorne, Kerry Livgren, The Strawbs, The Jelly Jam, and ZZ Top! All in 90 minutes!

Mar 07, 20231 hr 31 minSeason 1Ep. 10

101 Dimensions - February 2023

Tune in to this month's 101 Dimensions to hear great music from Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen, The Weever Sands, John Carpenter, Kraftwerk, and Jaymz Dare!

Mar 01, 20231 hr 45 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 1009 - Variety

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear from Antimatter, Isbjörg, starfish64, Uriah Heep, RPWL, Aviram Tzur, the Prog Collective, Mike Keneally, Ghost of the Machine, The View Inside, Glass Island, and Anima Morte! Be there or be square!

Feb 28, 20231 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Episode 1008 - In Conversation with Ryo Okumoto, Pt. 2

This week on Prog-Watch it's Part Two of my coverage of Ryo Okumoto! More chat with Ryo, more great solo music, and more great music from his work with Spock's Beard, K2, and GPS! (With better interview audio this week.)

Feb 21, 20231 hr 27 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Episode 1007 - In Conversation with Ryo Okumoto of Spock’s Beard. Pt. 1

This week on Prog-Watch my very special guest is Ryo Okumoto of Spock's Beard! Tune in to hear Ryo chatting a bit about his early years in the music biz, and of course, lots of great music from his solo career, the Beard, and some of his other endeavors like K2, GPS, and his own Ryo Okumoto Project! (Apologies for the audio quality of this week's interview segment. You know how it is...technical difficulties! But I am sure you will be able to get the gist of what Ryo is saying, and I promise the...

Feb 14, 20231 hr 30 minSeason 1Ep. 7

Episode 1006 - It’s All Fun and Games Until...

This week's Prog-Watch is a themed special called It's All Fun and Games Until...! With fabulous music by Triumph, Spock's Beard, Roine Stolt, Mighty Handful, Uriah Heep, Mystery, Alan Parson Project, Wood Demons, Badfinger, Arc of Life, Utopia, Robert Berry, Arena, Nick D'Virgilio, and Grand Tour!

Feb 07, 20231 hr 30 minSeason 1Ep. 6

101 Dimensions - January 2023-2

Nearly two hours of great electronic, ambient, and progressive music from Emmett Elvin, Ott, Jean-Michel Jarre, Frank Wyatt and Friends, and Bill Laswell! (RIP, Frank)

Feb 01, 20231 hr 57 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 1004 - Variety + Arena on Progressive Discoveries

More great, contemporary progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Anima Morte, Comedy of Errors, Phi Yaan-Zek, Quasar, Rick Wakeman, and Elder! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, returns to take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Arena!

Jan 24, 20231 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Episode 1003 - Variety (More of the Best of 2022 PLUS)

This week's Prog-Watch is another variety program full of fabulous contemporary Progressive Rock...sort of a More of the Best of 2022 show PLUS! With great music from the Von Hertzen Brothers, Alan Parsons, Comedy of Errors, Devin Townsend, Rick Wakeman, Phi Yaan-Zek, Elder, Tim Bowness, Kaipa, and Bjorn Riis!

Jan 17, 20231 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 1002 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present The Best of 2022, Pt. 2

This week: Part Two of my collaboration with the Progressive Aspect on some of the best of 2022! With great music from Marillion, Ryo Okumoto, Jethro Tull, David Longdon, Stuckfish, Porcupine Tree, the ESP Project, Lobate Scarp, and Tiger Moth Tales! And thanks to all the contributors from this week and last: Alex Driessen. David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, Magnus Moar, Rick Pueser, Pete Rogers, Jez Rowden, Richard Swan, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming!...

Jan 10, 20231 hr 30 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 1001 - Prog-Watch and TPA Present The Best of 2022, Pt. 1

Happy New Year! Join us and start the year off right with some of the best progressive rock produced last year, as we begin our Prog-Watch and The Progressive Aspect collaboration on the Best of 2022! This year's contributors include Alex Driessen. David Edwards, Rob Fisher, John Giordano, Peter Hilton, Magnus Moar, Rick Pueser, Pete Rogers, Jez Rowden, Richard Swan, Graham Thomas, Roger Trenwith, and Leo Trimming! In this episode we will hear fabulous music from Lonely Robot, Leap Day, Arena, K...

Jan 03, 20231 hr 22 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Prog-Watch Christmas

Happy Holidays from the Prog-Watch team (Tony and Rob)! Click here for Playlist 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

Dec 20, 20221 hr 29 min

Episode 950 - Variety + Alta Forma on Progressive Discoveries

More astounding new progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Evership, Glass Hammer, Arc of Life, Threshold, The Bedlam Furnaces, Sudler's Row, and Glass Island! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the solo debut of a great new band called Alta Forma!

Dec 13, 20221 hr 29 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - December 2022

Nearly two hours of great electronic, ambient, progressive music from Royksopp, Tangerine Dream, Jansen Barbieri Takemura, The Fragile Fate, and Brian Eno! 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

Dec 07, 20221 hr 50 min

Episode 949 - Variety

Be on the lookout for a plethora of fabulous progressive rock music on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear lots of great new stuff from Gandalf's Fist, Ologram, Galahad, The Aaron Clift Experiment, Royal Hunt, Solstice, Babal, The Gardening Club, Tribe of Names, Silver Nightmares, and Magenta!

Dec 06, 20221 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 948 - Explorations, Vol. 4 - Eclectic Prog

This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of our Explorations series, this one looking at Eclectic Prog! In this program we'll explore the Eclectic sub-genre through great music from King Crimson, SBB, Steve Hackett, Beardfish, Gentle Giant, A.C.T, The Tangent, Van der Graaf Generator, Utopia, Birds and Buildings, and Motorpsycho!

Nov 29, 20221 hr 34 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 947 - Thanksgiving

In honor of American Thanksgiving (and all Thanksgiving or harvest festivals around the world) this week's theme is Thanks! With a cornucopia of great music from Abel Ganz, Fantasy, Agents of Mercy, Andrew Gold, Led Zeppelin, Gentle Giant, Paul McCartney, Barclay James Harvest, Francis Dunnery, Mostly Autumn, Solstice, Steven Wilson, John Wesley, Wigwam, Catapilla, and ZZ Top!

Nov 22, 20221 hr 33 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 946 - Classix, Vol. 4

This week on Prog-Watch I'm digging through the vaults and doing an entire show of classics from the halcyon days of the 1970s! With music from Armageddon, Happy the Man, Led Zeppelin, Crack the Sky, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator, Deep Purple, Frank Zappa, The Alan Parsons Project, Gentle Giant, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, and David Bowie!

Nov 15, 20221 hr 29 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - November 2022

101 Dimensions curated by Anthony Rowsick, November 2022: 1. Alberto Rigoni featuring Marco Minnemann – Evorevolution (from the album EvoRevolution, 2018) 2. Tangerine Dream – Sensing Elements; and Non-Locality Destination (from the album Quantum Gate + Quantum Key, 2018) 3. The Fragile Fate (featuring Rupert Greenall, Jerry Marotta, and Eric Taylor) – Water Field; Float; Sign Waves; Lilliam Ocean; and On Land-Like (from the album Lilliam Ocean, 2015) 4. Robert Reed – The Moonsinger Suite, Pts. ...

Nov 09, 20221 hr 49 min

Episode 945 - Variety + Imaginary Kings on Progressive Discoveries

More great, new, astounding progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear music from Tribe of Names, Silver Nightmares, John Holden, The Blackheart Orchestra, Glass Island, Time's Forgotten, Adventure, and Evership! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by the US duo Imaginary Kings!

Nov 08, 20221 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 944 - Variety

This week on Prog-Watch it's another variety program full of fabulous, contemporary progressive rock! I've got great stuff from The Steve Bonino Project, Galahad, Dave Kerzner, Babal, The Gardening Club, Gandalf's Fist, Lonely Robot, Todd Rundgren (with Thomas Dolby), Time Horizon, UV Traveler, Glass Island, and Red Bazar!

Nov 01, 20221 hr 29 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 943 - Here There Be Monsters!

As a warm-up (or bone-chill) for Samhain or Halloween, this week's Prog-Watch is all about monsters, both inhuman and human! With great music from David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Kyros, Camel, Blue Oyster Cult, Warren Zevon, Alice Cooper, Shineback, Ozzy Osbourne, Talking Heads, Greg Bissonette, Screaming Lord Sutch, The Edgar Winter Group, Dave Edmunds, and Bobby 'Boris' Pickett! Join me for a fun and frightening foray...if you dare!

Oct 25, 20221 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 942 - Variety with a Guest DJ Feature

This week I've got a variety program with a Guest DJ feature! Our guest DJ this time around is Mr. Andy Black of the UK, who has suggested some great stuff by Brand X, Focus, Rush, Fleetwood Mac, Yes, Genesis and Gerry Rafferty! And I'll be mixing in some great contemporary music from Todd Rundgren, Galahad, The Blackheart Orchestra, Arthur Brown, Down River Dead Men Go, and David Longdon!

Oct 18, 20221 hr 31 minSeason 1Ep. 1

101 Dimensions - October 2022

Nearly 90 minutes of great electronic/ambient/progressive sounds from Church of Hed, Redshift, Wolfgang Bock, Erki Norlander and Malcolm Galloway! 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

Oct 12, 20221 hr 49 min

Episode 941 - Shaking the Kansas Family Tree

I'm doing another of my band family tree explorations on Prog-Watch this week and my subject is the classic US band Kansas! We'll hear from the band proper and the spin-off, Proto-Kaw, and lots of great stuff from former members, Kerry Livgren, Steve Morse, Robby Steinhardt, and Steve Walsh!

Oct 11, 20221 hr 34 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 940 - Variety + Pymlico on Progressive Discoveries

More astounding, new progressive sounds await on this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear great music from Ryo Okumoto, Evership, Nemo, Dave Kerzner, Kalin Tonev, and Cosmograf! Plus, our friend and resident reviewer, Dr. Rob Fisher, will take us on a voyage of Progressive Discovery with the latest album by Norway's Pymlico!

Oct 04, 20221 hr 32 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Episode 939 - Shaking the Family Tree of the Moody Blues (Remastered)

Another oldie that I thought deserved a remaster! Anyway, on this program I’m shaking the family tree of the legendary band, the Moody Blues! We’ll hear lots of great stuff from the Moodies, Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Ray Thomas, Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge and more! See what shakes out!

Sep 27, 20221 hr 28 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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