Mike Maidment 
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
The prog tasting plate this week features Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery, as well as fresh offerings from Matt Berry, God is an Astronaut and Yobrepus. We also have vintage 70’s jazz funk from The Flock, a bit of classic Zappa and all manner of bountiful goodness from the Manic Street Preachers, Moon Safari and McStine … Read more
The second part of the Tim Bowness interview where he talks about his long time collaboration with Steven Wilson in No-man and The album years podcast, plus his live band and the state of the music industry. This not-to-be-missed chinwag is liberally peppered with Tim Bowness and No-man tracks. We also feature new releases from … Read more
The Jimi Hendrix Tribute show. Every 18th of September I play Hendrix music all day to celebrate the life of the guitar legend on the anniversary of his death. Beer may be involved and a late night viewing of concert footage. Join me fellow Proglings, in a Hendrix extravaganza plus music from his sidemen (and … Read more
Strap in for the Neo-progressive French trio Slift before checking out new sounds from Tim Bowness, Jon Anderson and some groovy Spanish brilliance from The Foxholes. We also feature cosmic rock from Sonic Trip Project, cruisy summer sounds from Fitzroy, jazz fusion from Billy Cobham, out-and-out rock from the Cult, 70’s pop-prog from Liverpool Express … Read more
Wherever men (and women) may gather the Prog will come – Sometimes wearing a cape. This week we feature new releases from Italian Riccardo Zappa (no relation), Norway’s The Flying Norsemen and Canadian Devin Townsend, with some old favourites from psych rock merchants The Deviants, funky jazz from Herbie Hancock, smooth blues from Guthrie Govan, … Read more
Get your Prog into gear this week with a Krautrock classic before pulling out into the fast lane for the new Anciients release before hitting cruise control for the latest Gavin Harrison and Antoine Fafard collaboration. Along the way we pass the marvellous aural scenery of Jeff Beck, Gentle Giant , Edgar Broughton, Karnivool, Tintern … Read more
Proggy put the kettle on. This week after savouring the bizarre existentialist splendour of Colosseum we check out new releases from Frost*, Candacraig and Deep Purple while digging into new Purple guitarist Simon McBride’s back catalogue. Plus we have more Zappa and Kavus Torabi and the Nels Cline Singers close the show in splendid fashion. … Read more
The black star hovers above us all spreading Progtastic joy across the cosmos. This week’s shooting stars include new music from Fen, Tim Bowness and Arild Brøter; cosmic delight from Saro Cosentino, Ange and Frank Zappa, a stellar tribute to John Mayall and a supernova of psychedelic progressive rock from Lucid Planet to close the … Read more
Welcome to a Strangeworld episode where we tap some of the more bizarre and experimental sounds from the world of prog. Magma start proceedings followed by new releases from The Cyberiam and Voyag3r. We pause to remember Martin Phillipps of the Chills, then showcase a quartet of related tracks starting with psychedelic folk with The … Read more