Mike Maidment 
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
The Progasaur can be a dangerous beast lurking in the jungle of music. Among the prog offerings from Yes, Fish, Pallas and The Reasoning we find strange jazz fusion from Stanley Clarke and George Duke, what can only be described as New Wave from Lene Lovich and Goodbye Mr Mackenzie and a cracking bit of … Read more
Set the controls for the heart of the fun – This week we have new prog from Norwegian band The Windmill, Ethereal folk Prog from Jo Beth Young, psychedelic prog from Weed and Polish prog from Lunatic Soul. Then we push the envelope to include goth rock from Fields of the Nephilim, art rock from … Read more
This week on Progtastic we kick off with Supergroup Transatlantic, before passing the football of prog on to Dave Gilmour and Norwegian band Trojka for a couple of new releases. The show is driven forward by Mr Big (UK) before some intricate skills from former Zappa keyboardist George Duke laying off to San Francisco psychedelic … Read more