Prog-Watch

Big Big Train won big big kudos at this year's Prog Awards, being named Band Of The Year and honored as the Best Live Event! A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have a chat with David Longdon of the band and you can hear that conversation (as well as some great BBT music) on this week's Prog-Watch! We covered a lot of ground, from the current state of the music business as regards creativity and a band's connection to their fans, to that time when David auditioned for Genesis! So you won't want to miss this one!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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A wide variety of stuff is in store for you on this week's show! There's music from Flying Colors, Thank You Scientist, Joost Maglev, Happy the Man, The Dowling Poole, Magenta, Haken, Trevor Rabin, and Barclay James Harvest! And don't go anywhere when you hear our outro music! I tacked on a last minute addition...the new single from the Colin Tench Project, featuring our friend, Peter Jones! You won't want to miss it!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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That Harvest Moon is shining in the sky telling us that fall is almost here! So join me for a few hours of cool, electronic and ambient musical entertainment as we prepare to bid adieu to Summer 2016. Here's what I have on tap for you this month, o faithful listener:1. British Theatre – Defeat Skeletons (from the album Dyed In The Wool Ghost, 2012)2. Doug Woods and Colin Powell – Rats In The Attic (from the album The Haunting Of Sally Caster, 2015)3. Shpongle – Shpongle Falls (from the album Are You Shpongled?, 1998)4. Darkroom – Some Of These Numbers Mean Something (from the album Some Of These Numbers Mean Something, 2008)5. Eddie Jobson – The Sojourn (from the album Theme Of Secrets, 1985)6. Larry Fast's Synergy – Warriors (from the album Reconstructed Artifacts, 2002)7. Tangerine Dream – Cloudburst Flight (from the album Force Majeure, 1979)8. Vangelis – Alpha (from the album Albedo 0.39, 1975)9. Andreas Vollenweider – Behind The Gardens, Behind The Wall, Under The Tree (from the album The Essential Andreas Vollenweider, 2000)10. George Winston – Colors /Dance (from the album Autumn, 1980)11. Shpongle – Around The World In A Tea Daze (from the album Tales Of The Inexpressible, 2001)12. Ian Boddy & David Wright – Comets (from the album Shifting Sands, 2009)13. Trevor Rabin – Roundabend (from the album Gone In Sixty Seconds (Original Soundtrack), 2000)14. Jean-Michel Jarre – Rendez-vous 2 (from the album Images, 1991)15. Resonant Drift – On The Edge Of Doubt (from the album Resonant Drift, 2004)16. Patrick Moraz – Time For A Change (from the album Out In The Sun, 1977)Until next time...be good to each other, and remember to Prog On, brothers and sisters!Cheers!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's show is a Proghopper episode centering on the diverse career of Mr. Damian Wilson! I tried to get Damian for an interview show, but we couldn't get it together. So I did the next best thing...because if ever there was a person who could be called a Proghopper, it's Damian! On the show we will be hearing music from Damian's time with Landmarq, Threshold, Ayreon, and Rick Wakeman's New English Rock Ensemble! We'll also hear from Headspace, his band with Adam Wakeman, and from a few of his solo albums, including the brand new one, Built For Fighting!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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Variety is the spice of life on this week's Prog-Watch! Hear music from Shpongle, Evership, cosmograf, Andy Tillison Diskdrive, Huis, Profusion, Comedy Of Errors, Galahad, and Electric Light Orchestra!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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This week's show is a bit of a departure for Prog-Watch! We chat with the lovely Elaine Samuels of Kindred Spirit, which could probably best be described as a Progressive Folk band. We talk about the band, exploding drummers (a la Spinal Tap), the giants of British Folk (Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and Lindisfarne) and the tribulations of being a band that doesn't easily fit into one particular genre. Of course, lots of great Kindred Spirit music will be interspersed in between the chat!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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This week's Prog-Watch features a variety of great stuff for your listening entertainment! Hear music from Toto, Katatonia, Armonite, The Pineapple Thief, Jeavestone, the Von Hertzen Brothers, Mungion, Pendragon, Knight Area, Napier's Bones, Simon Collins, and Crack the Sky!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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My turn on 101 Dimensions, and the next time I come 'round again it will be Autumn! Boy the time flies the older you get (trust me on this, anyone younger than 35)! Anyway, I've got another fun program lined up for you, complete with an appearance by Gandalf and his steed! Here's your play list for tonight's show:1. Phonatacid – AFX (from the album Analord 02, 2005)2. Trains – Ian Anderson (from the album Walk Into Light, 1983)3. Legacy – Art Of Noise (from the album The Best Of The Art Of Noise, 1988)4. Impact – Patrick Moraz (from the album The Story Of I, 1976)5. Opa-Loka – Hawkwind (from the album Warrior On The Edge Of Time, 1975)6. Photographic – Tora, Tora, Tora – Depeche Mode (from the album Speak and Spell, 1981)7. Ways Of Changes – Klaus Schulze (from the album Blackdance, 1974)8. Harmogram Suite, Movement 1 & 2 – Marvin Ayres (from the album Harmogram Suite, 2011)9. The Keeper Of The Old Forest – Gandalf (from the album Fantasia - The Best Of Gandalf, 1987)10. The Darker Water – Erik Norlander (from the album Echoes From The Collective, 2012)11. The Dignity Of Labour Pt. 1,3&4 – The Human League (from the album Reproduction, 1979)12. Folksong For A Nuclear Village – Shadowfax (from the album Folksongs For A Nuclear Village, 1988)Until next month, I wish you well! Be good to each other...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

The last cover song special on Prog-Watch was very well received, so this week we are doing a follow-up, which we are calling "Cover 2 Cover"! The show features music from Kevin Gilbert Official, Daryl Stuermer, Erik Norlander, Manfred Mann`s Earth Band, Fish, Rush, Unitopia, Dream Theater, Yes, Echolyn, Steve Howe, Arjen Anthony Lucassen and more!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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This week's show features none other than Colin Tench of Corvus Stone and The Colin Tench Project! Colin and I had a great conversation and I think you will enjoy listening to sections of it, interspersed, of course, with lots of great Corvus Stone and CTP music! The conversation ranged from serious topics like modern record production and the evolution of Pop and Prog music, to the more outrageous, such as the actual origin of the notorious title of the Corvus Stone song, Jussipussi! So don't miss it...it was fun and we had quite a few laughs!

As always, send questions, suggestions or comments to [email protected]. You can also follow the Squatch on Twitter (@ProgSquatch) or visit our Prog-Watch Facebook page. If you follow on Twitter or like the Facebook page, you can see the Daily Classic album---a fun little feature which the Squatch sends out six days each week! (Squatches rest on Sundays!) The Squatch also posts about the show and shares noteworthy news items from around the Prog World, so like or follow!

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