Mike Maidment 
Progtastic #46: Bringing it home this week are, er, Home. On the way we take in some splendid aural architecture from Godley & Crème, Saro Cosentino, The Cyberiam and Glenn C Victor. We stop off for a bit of Al Stewart and The Empty Pockets plus check out Zappa, Farm and Ultravox for good measure … Read more
Progtastic #45: A Prog-packed show tonight featuring Arthur Brown, The Pineapple Thief, Kansas, Unitopia and new tracks from The Vegetarians and Blacksmith Tales. Plus a bit of fusion from the Fents, psychedelic rock from Wellington and, er, Yngwie Malmsteen. How did he get in here? 1. Jean Michel Jarre – Ethnicolour 2. The Vegetarians – … Read more
A Zapp-tastic episode to mark the anniversary of Frankie’s departure from this earthly dimension, featuring lots of Zappa magnificence with sterling contributions from Dweezil, Banned from Utopia, The Muffin Men , Captain Beefheart, John Lennon, Sting and Treacherous Cretins. 1. Frank Zappa – Filthy Habits 2. Dweezil Zappa – Camarillo Brillo 3. Treacherous Cretins feat. … Read more
May the Prog be with you as we pay homage to Peter Sinfield before tuning in to new sounds from Rainbow Face and Sendelica. We then turn on to Rush, Zappa, Traffic, Steve Winwood and The Wedding Present before dropping out with a classic Ozzy creation with a little help from Randy Rhodes. 1. King … Read more
Prog is a many genre-d thing and this week we stroll through the forest of prog starting with Focus we wend an aural path all the way to Uriah Heep. Along the route we take in new releases from Beardfish and Thymeshift, suffer a battering from Pantera followed by a smooth chillout with Larry Carlton, … Read more
Progtastic is straight out of the traps this week with a deep cut from Little Feat. We roar along with new sounds from Arkadien and Imaginary Kings, then race through some classics from Atomic rooster, Zappa, Gentle Giant and Steve Hillage before hitting the home straight with a new Cure masterpiece. What a show! What … Read more
This week the pebble of prog ripples the pond of musical endeavour with new tracks from Raven Sad and Bitu, some recent retro folk from Steeleye Span, jazz from Knats, classic cuts from Supertramp and the Monochrome Set and a tribute to former Iron Maiden frontman Paul Di’Anno. We finish with a first rate psychedelic … Read more
This week the cake of prog provides some tasty Jethro Tull with new filling from Geordie Greep and Mile Marker Zero. Treacherous Cretins provide a bit of Zappa piquancy to the mix with Fish and Doris Brendel adding the icing. The Miles Davis track that closes the show can only be the cherry on top … Read more
Progtastic goes funk-tastic with some terpsichorean accompaniment (optional) from The Crusaders and Dixie Dregs. We also get down to new releases from Public Service Broadcasting, Laurie Anderson and Ethan Janais, bop along to be bop deluxe, doo-wop to Zappa, headbang to French rockers Trust, then stand immobile in chin-stroking wonder to the progressive sounds of … Read more
Progtastic goes bombastic with an ode to Music itself to start proceedings. We share splendid new offerings from Days Between Stations, Svynx and M’Z, with some bucolic Canterbury finery from Caravan, post rock brooding from If These Trees Could Talk, classics from DD Smash, Geordie and Stiff Little Fingers and a hard-rocking epic from Metallica … Read more