Progtastic #93: For those about to Prog – we salute you! Part Two of the best Progressive rock from 2025 – mostly from the latter half of the year. Your wondrous endeavours are much appreciated, long may you continue to bless us with your cosmic splendour. 1. Fomies – Reflections 2. Cardiacs – The Blue … Read more
Progtastic #92: For the final show of the year we celebrate some of the best sounds of 2025 (with Part Two next week). So take a bow musicians one and all for making the world a more splendid place than it was before you blessed us with your fine musical offerings. 1. People of the … Read more
Progtastic #91: It’s the Progtastic Christmas Special transmitting live from the snug of The Rising Turnip, with a pint of What Ho! Zadok – the real ale of champions, and a bag of cheesy wotsits on hand to ensure the smooth running of this prog-tinged singalong party show. Expect merriment in abundance as this week … Read more
Progtastic #90: Prog rock is in the spotlight tonight – and caught in the beam of Progtastic’s all seeing eye is everything grand and superlative from the very progosphere itself, including the concluding part of the Alchemist by Home and a rather fine piece of post rock to conclude proceedings. 1. Pendragon – Back in … Read more
Progtastic #89: Prog rock is all around: in the dead of night or by the light of day. And the best place to encounter such sublime diversions is right here on Progtastic where we feature tracks both ancient and newfangled, while unearthing some little known classics and some fab Jazz fusion to close the show. … Read more
Progtastic #88: Progtastic goes Frank-tastic this week. He’s been deceased for quite a long time now and there are a great many of us in what I’m going to call ‘the world’ who are still not really over it. So here, on the anniversary of his departure, is a Zappa tribute with a few tracks … Read more
Progtastic #87: Progtastic can’t see the wood for the trees this week as it goes deep, deep into the forest of prog, following the trail of musical breadcrumbs while being careful to avoid the old lady of mainstream pop and that dodgy looking woodcutter who lives on his own chuckling to himself while playing the … Read more
Progtastic #86: Progtastic goes intergalactic this week as we comb the cosmos for music deemed worthy of the progophiles who tune in to the show every week. Prepare to have your ears burned and your mind blown by new tracks of startling virtuosity, some old classics and some out-of-this-world French magnificence to end the show. … Read more
Progtastic #85: Like a solitary gunslinger overseeing the apocalypse from the saloon of despair Progtastic gets off to a maudlin start this week. But after two fingers of the whisky of optimism and with splendid new Prog in the offing we soon cheer up with some ruling tunes to uplift the spirits and soothe the … Read more
Progtastic #84: This Halloween in Progtown supper might be ready, but we are home for tea with our German friends who start and finish the show. In between we have new tracks from Russia, Outer Space and St Ives, plus a tribute to legendary drummer Jack DeJohnette. 1. Triumvirat – Be Home for Tea 2. … Read more