Prog-Watch

This week on Prog-Watch my special guest is Robert Berry of 3 and 3.2! Robert talks candidly about the formation of the original 3 (with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer) in the late 1980s, how he and Emerson came to resurrect the idea of the band, and the ordeal he faced in finishing the album following Emerson’s tragic death in 2016. Along the way, there will be plenty of great music…from the original 3, a few from Robert’s solo career, and of course a few from the new 3.2 album “The Rules Have Changed”!

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US band Crack the Sky have a career that goes back more than 40 years, when their first self-titled album was chosen by Rolling Stone as the Debut Of The Year. Since then they have had their ups and downs, but in recent years the band has reunited many of the original and classic members and continue to make their own quirky and catchy brand of progressive rock music. I spoke to John Palumbo, founder and principal composer of the band, a few weeks ago on the eve of the release of their new album Living In Reverse. This week's Prog-Watch will consist of some of that interview, interspersed with lots of classics from the band's past and a few from the new album.

Whether or not you have heard of Crack The Sky I hope you will join me! John is a unique character, and to see where his vision leads the band's music is always interesting!

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Three more weeks have rolled by, so I am back at the helm of 101  Dimensions! This week's program is an eclectic collection (as usual) ranging from the more muscular sounds of Jason Rubenstein, to the classic electronic stylings of Tangerine Dream, and the more ambient motifs of Richard Barbieri and David Sylvian and Holger Czukay. Here's  the playlist if you want to follow along at home:1. Jason Rubenstein – Consideration; and Acceleration (from the album Four Points Of Focus, 2018)2. Space Debris – Phonomorph (from the album Space Rock – An Interstellar Traveler's Guide, 2016)3. The Firemen – Trans Lunar Rising; and 4 4 4 (from the album Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, 1993)4. Tangerine Dream – Tear Down The Grey Skies; Genesis Of Precious Thought; and Electron Bonfire (from the album Quantum Gate + Quantum Key, 2018)5. Electric Orange – Meals Of Confusion (from the album Space Rock – An Interstellar Traveler's Guide, 2016)6. Richard Barbieri – Nevada; Fear And Trembling; Light On Glass; and Drop Of Mercury (from the album Things Buried, 2004)7. David Sylvian and Holger Czukay – Plight (The Spiralling Of Winter Ghosts) (from the album Plight And Premonition, 1988) I hope you will join me!Until next time...Prog On!TonyThis 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

Pure, wholesome variety is on tap for this week's Prog-Watch! We'll hear fabulous new music from Argos, Circuline, Rausch, Jason Rubenstein, Gleb Kolyadin and Spock's Beard! Plus not quite so new (but equally fabulous) stuff from Argent, Cardiacs, Peter Matuchniak, Art Griffin's Sound Chaser, Isproject, Golden Earring & Michael Penn!

So come on...it's certified 100% organic and soooo good for you!

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This week's Prog-Watch is another edition of EPIX! My usual criteria apply: an EPIC must be over 10 minutes long; and we will hear one for each major decade of our favorite genre! This time we'll hear music from The Flower Kings, Big Big Train, Southern Empire, Jethro Tull and Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman & Howe!

I hope you will join me for some wonderful, modern rock symphonies!

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This week's program is a Variety show with lots of great new stuff from 3.2, The Sea Within, EvenFlow, Drifting Sun, and Strangefish! We'll also hear great (but not quite new) music from Agam, Heresy, and The Bedlam Furnaces, and our resident reviewer Dr. Rob Fisher will check in with a Progressive Discoveries feature on the latest album by the Italian band Victim Of Illusion! I hope you can come along for the ride! 

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I'm at the helm again for this week's 101 Dimensions and I've got an interesting journey plotted for us. Here's the itinerary:1. Pete Townshend - Who Are You (from the album The Lifehouse Chronicles, 2000);  Catsnatch; Body Language; and Baroque Ippanese (from the album Scooped,  1995)2. Jean-Michel Jarre – Electric Flesh; and Skin Paradox (from the album Geometry Of Love, 2003)3. The Orb (featuring David Gilmour) – Metallic Side (from the album Metallic Spheres, 2010)4. The Fragile Fate (featuring Rupert Greenall, Jerry Marotta, and Eric Taylor) – Bell-Like; Configuration; Rolled Over; Large Rooms;  and The Lost Toy Piano (from the album Lilliam Ocean, 20155. Glass Hammer – Twilight On Longview (from the album On To Evermore, 1998)6. Kitaro – Mysterious Encounter; Sundance; The Field; and The Light Of The Spirit (from the album The Light Of The Spirit, 1987)I hope you will join me on! Until next time, Prog On!TonyThis 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

This week on Prog-Watch I'm shaking the family tree of one of my favorite bands of all time...Jethro Tull! So much great stuff shakes out, including music from Blodwyn Pig, Aviator, solo Ian Anderson, solo Martin Barre, and some real lost gems from the late Glenn Cornick's Wild Turkey!

Come and see what shakes out!

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This week on Prog-Watch we're celebrating 40 years of Pendragon with the second of two Nick Barrett interview programs! Nick and I had an epic chat and you can hear some more of that PLUS a whole lot of great Pendragon music in this week's program!

If you missed the first show (or just want to refresh your memory so you can get the full-on Nick and Pendragon experience) you can find it here: 

http://progwatch.com/511/ 

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Well I'm back at the helm of the Starship 101 Dimensions and I've plotted an exciting course for us this month! Here's our itinerary:1. Trinity Ward – Shadowfire; Sunburst; Lotus On An Ocean Of Milk; and The Mountains Of The Moon (from the album Incoherent Light, 2018)2. Lunatic Soul – Shadows; Rinsing The Night; The Art Of Repairing; and Untamed (from the album Under The Fragmented Sky, 2018)3. Duncan Mackay – Morpheus; and 12 Tone Nostalgia (from the album Chimera, 1974)4. The Art Of Noise - Il Pleure (At The Turn Of The Century); and Born On A Sunday (from the album The Seduction Of Claude Debussy, 1999)5. Massimo Ruberti – The City Without Sun; Sabotage; and Last Bird In The Valley (from the album The City Without Sun, 2013)6. Kitaro – By The Seaside; Soul Of The Sea; Micro Cosmos; Beat; and Fire (from the album Ten Kai (Astral Voyage), 1978)I hope you can join me! Until next time, Prog On!Tony 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