Replays air the following SUNDAYS at 4pm PT, 7pm ET, MIDNIGHT pm UK, 1am CET 2am EET.

Email The Krazz with questions, or music suggestions for future shows at Krazz@Progzilla.com

KrazzLoft Vinyl Show Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheKrazzLoft

THE TPA/PROG MILL FAHRENHEIT 452 SPECIAL with Leo Trimming (Music About Books Part 2)

Leo from The Progressive Aspect takes over the Prog Mill again this week to present another show featuring music written about books. A superbly curated mix featuring an eclectic selection of music, some prog.. some not… (The Prog Mill returns to normal next week!)

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week – www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

THE TPA/PROG MILL FAHRENHEIT 451 SPECIAL with Leo Trimming (Music About Books Part 1)

Leo from The Progressive Aspect takes over the Prog Mill this week to present a show featuring music written about books. A superbly curated mix featuring an eclectic selection of music, some prog.. some not… (Part 2 to follow next week!)

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week – www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

With a week to go to the Nene Valley Rock Festival, held in the grounds of the magnificent Grimsthorpe Castle from 4th -7th September 2025, Progzilla’s roving reporter TV’s Roger Marsh recently chatted with two of the Festival Directors … Andrew Little and Tony Castle about this year’s event.

Also included are the following tracks:

The Skys – The Guardian of the Water Tower feat. Durga McBroom (from the ‘Automatic Minds’ album)

Winter In Eden – Never Let Go (from the ‘Social Fake’ album)

The Whisky Flowers – Broken Bones (from the ‘Broken Bones’ EP)

HeKz – Mayday (from the ‘Terra Nova’ album)

You can find out more about NVRF 2025 and buy tickets here:

Nene Valley Rock Festival | Rock, blues, prog – Sept 4th-7th 2024 | Grimsthorpe Castle

Roger Marsh recently talked with Trude and Andreas prior to the release of their debut album ‘Liquid Stone’.

Whispers of Granite are one of the featured ‘Limelight’ artists in Issue 162 of Prog Magazine and, as well as talking about the album, Trude talks about her work with White Willow and When Mary and Andreas talks about Frequency Drift and Haven of Echoes.

Also included are the following tracks:

Hiding In Plain Sight (from ‘Liquid Stone’ by Whispers of Granite)

Wings Of Wax (from ‘Tainted’ by When Mary)

Sagittarius A* (from ‘Over’ by Frequency Drift)

It Walks Among Us (from ‘Memento Vivere’ by Haven of Echoes)

Ocean Maker (from ‘Liquid Stone’ by Whispers of Granite)

You can find out more here:

Website : Whispers of Granite

Bandcamp : Liquid Stone | Whispers of Granite

Photograph by Jim McGrath

The Wood Demons released their new album ‘In Rabbits & Corners’ on July 19th 2025 and played gigs at The Soundle Festival, Prog For Peart and at the 1865 in Southampton to help promote the album.

Prior to these events, Mike Whitfield spoke to Simon Carbery about the process involved in writing and recording the album, as well as talking about Simon’s solo project Vegetarians & Carnivores.

Also included are the following tracks:

Angels of Peckham Rye (from ‘Angels of Peckham Rye’ by The Wood Demons)

Explorer (single/digital release by Vegetarians & Carnivores)

I Told You I Will (from ‘In Rabbits & Corners’ by The Wood Demons)

You can find out more here:

The Wood Demons: Facebook

https://thewooddemons.bandcamp.com

Vegetarians & Carnivores: Facebook

Music | Vegetarians & Carnivores

https://www.vegsandcars.com

Tom McCauley, a regular contributor to Graham Harfleet’s Progressive Rock Show is back for another podcast. This time in the second of his Gordon Giltrap Podcasts there’s more music for you to enjoy.

The 24th LONG ONES SPECIAL from The Prog Mill for Progzilla Radio, first broadcast 13 July 2025, is now also available to stream on demand or download as a mp3 file. Enjoy eight superb epic melodic and symphonic progressive rock tracks over two hours of wonderful music.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week – www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Th PROG MILL LONG ONES SPECIAL Number 23 for Progzilla Radio, first broadcast 6 July 2025, is now also available to stream on demand or download. Just seven epic melodic and symphonic progressive rock tracks in two hours.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week – www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Photograph by Ben French Jones

Roger Marsh chatted a few weeks ago with Sheila Maloney about her appearances with The David Cross Band, Cruise To The Edge, her recent appearances with Storm Deva and her solo project Darkfish and the album ‘Beyond’, which received a great review in Issue 161 of Prog Magazine.

Also included are the following tracks:

Destination Forever (from ‘Beyond’ by Darkfish)

The Pale Blue Dot (from ‘Beyond’ by Darkfish)

Starless (from ‘Ice Blue, Silver Sky’ by David Cross Band)

Leaving The Heliosphere (from ‘Beyond’ by Darkfish)

You can find out more here:

Website: Home

Bandcamp: Beyond | Darkfish

David Cross : Official Website – Home

Photograph by Andrew Merritt

Mike Whitfield spoke with new Berkshire based band Belizaire recently about their debut album ‘Unravel’, which has just been released on vinyl, and the plans for their second album.

Also featured are the following tracks :

Lost Time

Taste

Autopilot

A Myriad Words

You can find out more here:

Facebook: (2) Facebook

Instagram: Belizaire (@belizaireband) • Instagram photos and videos

Bandcamp: Music | Belizaire

Roger Marsh chatted recently with festival co-organiser Béla Alabástrom about the upcoming one day festival on Saturday 30th August 2025 at The Drygate Brewery in Glasgow.

During the conversation, they also played the following tracks :

Comedy of Errors – The Student Prince Part 3 (from ‘Disobey’)

The Wizards of Progg – Nine/No Problem (from ‘Dooking For Apples’)

Machinary – Pictures (single release)

Long Earth – Morpheus (from ‘An Ordinary Life’)

EBB – Cost & Consequence (from ‘The Management Of Consequences’ EP)

Comedy of Errors – Tachyon (from ‘House of the Mind’)         

You can find out more and buy your tickets here:

Wha’s Like Us, the All Scottish Progfest

Visit Dee’s corner of quirkiness for an hour of rhythmically rogue rock. 7th Heaven explores some of the more peculiar parts of Prog, old and new – uncommon time signatures and offbeat rhythms.

7th Heaven – Where “living in interesting times” is a blessing, not a curse.

Roger Marsh chatted with Gerard Freeman from the band The Book Of Revelations recently, after their performance at Winter’s End. The band have recently released their second album ‘Olympus Mons’, the follow up to 2023’s ‘The Plumes of Enceladus’.

Also included are the following tracks:

P and/or A (from ‘The Plumes of Enceladus’)

Safe as Sofas (from ‘Olympus Mons’)

The Collapse of The Firewall (from ‘Olympus Mons’)

You can find out more here :

The Book of Revelations

Roger Marsh recently chatted with Anne-Claire from Bad Dog Promotions about the world of band and live event promotions and he even managed to sneak in a play of the new single ‘Sweet Confusion’ by Anne’s musical project ‘FRANT1C’ to help push it up the charts!

You can find out more about Bad Dog Promotions here …

Website: www.baddogpromo.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baddogmusicpromotions (page)

and www.facebook.com/acbaddogpromo (account)

Instagram: @baddogpromotions

Email: baddogpromotions@gmail.com

And about FRANT1C here :

Frant1c | Twitter, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

And about Nine Skies here :

https://linktr.ee/nineskies

Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect presents this Prog Mill special as he takes us through a journey through the colourful side of progressive rock, with bands as diverse as Quidam, Moon Safari, The Art of Noise and Talk Talk. Two hours of simply superb, and brightly coloured music!

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week – www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

(Group Photo by Clive Turner. Album artwork by Elaine Samuels)

Here is a podcast created especially and exclusively for Progzilla by the Kindred Spirt Band, who are Elaine Samuels, Keith Buckman, Paul Austin, Piers Hogg and Stevie Mitchell.

You will find out more about the band and the forthcoming album ‘The Journey Within’ and included, as a preview, are clips of the following tracks:

House of Mirrors;

The Shadows;

The Lake (fea. Phil Stuckey and Ade Fisher of Stuckfish);

The Pass (fea. Brian Gulland of Gryphon and Ross McCrae of Big Hogg);

The Way Home (sound design extract);

The Light; The Mountain (with Eliot Minn of The Far Meadow on synth);

Into the Woods (fea. Chris McMahon of Haze and Treebeard).

You can find out more here:

Elaine Samuels Kindred Spirit Band

Elaine Samuels

Music | Kindred Spirit Band

(Colour photo by Chris Simmons. B&W photo by Mark Comish)

Roger Marsh recently chatted with John Hackett, Nick Fletcher, Jeremy Richardson and Duncan Parsons about the new album ‘Red Institution’, their musical influences, the challenges of arranging live performances and some of the new up and coming bands and artists that are emerging.

Also included are the following tracks from ‘Red Institution’ :

Theme And Rondo

Who Let The Rain In

MDLXXXIX

I Talk To The Wind

Brotherhood

A Country Gentleman

You can find out more here …

Website: Hacktrax – The Website for information about John Hackett

(1) Facebook

(Leoni with Andy Glass playing at Solstice’s Nottingham gig. Picture by Roger Marsh)

Roger Marsh recently chatted with Leoni Jane Kennedy, a featured ‘Limelight’ artist in issue 159 of Prog Magazine about her solo career, her plans for her next album and her recent appearances supporting and performing as a member of Solstice.

Also included are the following tracks:

Kid Gloves (from ‘New World Woman’)

Tears (from ‘New World Woman’)

Different Kind Of Woman (single release 2025)

Firefly – Solstice (from ‘Clann’)

Bravado – feat. John Mitchell (from ‘Songs For Neil Volume 5’)

Closer (single release 2025)

You can find out more here …

Website: Leoni Jane Kennedy | Musician

Bandcamp: Music | Leoni Jane Kennedy

(1) Facebook

Instagram

(Photograph courtesy of Neil McCarty Photography)

To coincide with the recent release of their new album ‘Tales You Lose’, Roger Marsh recently chatted with Pearl Handled Revolver about all manner of things, especially their upcoming launch gig on Saturday 3rd May.

Also included are the following tracks:

Belly Of The Whale (from ‘Fantasy Reigns’)

Black Rock (from ‘Tales You Lose’)

Junkies (from ‘Tales You Lose’)

If The Devil Cast His Net (from ‘If The Devil Cast His Net’)

Loverman (from ‘If The Devil Cast His Net’)

You can find out more here …

Website : Pearl Handled Revolver | official website for the English Psychedelic Blues Rock Four Piece Pearl Handled Revolver

Bandcamp : Tales You Lose | Pearl Handled Revolver

Facebook

And here is a link for tickets for the album launch gig on Saturday 3rd May 2025 at Esquires in Bedford:

Pearl Handled Revolver event tickets from TicketSource.

(Photo courtesy of Bo Hansen – BANDSHOOT.CO.UK)

To help commemorate Jump’s 35th Anniversary and to promote the forthcoming celebratory gig at The Key Theatre in Peterborough on Friday 9th May, Roger Marsh recently spoke to John Dexter Jones about the ‘World Of Wonder’ the band have been living in since the late 80’s.

Also included are the following tracks:

The Heroes (from ‘Breaking Point’)

Johnny V (from ‘Over The Top’)

The City (from ‘Breaking Point’)

Shed No Tears (from ‘…And All The King’s Men’)

Down Three Times (from ‘The Beachcomber’)

The Sniper (from ‘The Beachcomber’)

Free At Last (from ‘Something Of The Night’)

You can find out more here …

www.jumprock.co.uk

www.facebook.com/jumprockUK

Music | JUMP

And here is a link for tickets for the 35th Anniversary gig …

Jump – 35th Anniversary with special guests EBB & Whimsical Creature – Key Theatre

The TPA/PROG MILL IQ – DOMINION ALBUM LAUNCH SPECIAL presented by guest host Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect is now available to listen to anytime or download. Leo is joined by Peter Nicholls and Mike Holmes from IQ who discuss the making of ‘Dominion’ and all things IQ. You can hear not only music from the new album but from across their extensive catalogue.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week – www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

(Photo courtesy of Autumn Dawn Leader)

To mark the release of the new album ‘Naked Truth, Roger Marsh recently spoke with Autumn Dawn Leader about the journey which led her to recording the album.

Also included are the following tracks:

Five Decades (from ‘Naked Truth’)

Realm of Positivity (from ‘The Goddess Reflective’)

Splendour (from ‘Naked Truth’)

Radioactive (from ‘A Soft-Centre Melting’)

Howl (from ‘Naked Truth’)

You can find out more here …

Facebook

Music | Autumn Dawn Leader

(Photo courtesy of Malcolm Galloway, Mark Gatland and Kathryn Thomas)

To mark the release of the new album ‘The Uncertainty Principle’, Roger Marsh recently spoke with Malcolm and Mark from Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate about the certainty of the album’s success!

Also included are the following tracks:

The Light Of Ancient Mistakes (from ‘The Light Of Ancient Mistakes’)

Lidice (from ‘Out Of Mind’)

The Ultraviolet Catastrophe (from ‘The Uncertainty Principle’)

Between Two Worlds (from ‘The Uncertainty Principle’)

You can find out more here …

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate

Music | Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate

THE TPA/PROG MILL MARITIME SPECIAL with guest host Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect is now available to stream on demand or download. Join Leo for two hours of superb progressive rock tracks all with a connection to ships or the sea. (This is The Prog Mill edition 459 for Progzilla Radio and 679 in total).

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

(Photo courtesy of Alison Hughes)

Ahead of the release of the second album ‘Life Amongst Strangers’ by Tribe3 and to coincide with them appearing as a ‘Limelight’ act in Issue 158 of Prog Magazine, Mike Whitfield chatted with Steve, Jon and Chris from the band about all manner of things – and you can even find out who they think are the Batman and Robin of Prog!

It is a very entertaining and humorous conversation.

Also included are the following tracks:

Invictus (from the debut album ‘Tribe3’)

Dawntreader (from ‘Tribe3’)

Voyager (from ‘Life Amongst Strangers’)

Requiem For A Friend / Life Amongst Strangers (from ‘Life Amongst Strangers’)

And you can find out more here :

Discover Tribe3: Captivating Progressive Rock Band | Tribe3 

Music | Tribe3

Here is a playlist created by Claudia Kanzler and in conversation with Mike Whitfield.

Claudia Kanzler is a regular listener on Progzilla radio. She is a marketing and events manager based in Germany, and looks after marketing aspects of moroccan-based progressive rock act ‘Achelas‘. This includes public relations, social media, website, and music video creation. Contact: https://www.facebook.com/claudia.kanzler.5 https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiakanzler/ https://achelas.com/

 Jackie Jarvis and Mike Whitfield present a special podcast previewing Jackie’s upcoming musical event, in Leicester on 30th March 2025, which commemorates her Birthday …

… and which also supports these wonderful charities …

Prostate Cancer UK | Prostate Cancer UK

We’re Breast Cancer Now | Breast Cancer Now

Included are the following tracks :

Herds – Northern Sky

Red Bazar – Spirit Of Man

Stuckfish – SkiesFall

Ghost Of The Machine – Scissors

Haze – The Outlandish Knight / Dragon Fly

Tickets for JJ’s Prog 60 | TicketWeb – The International (Home of The Musician 2) in Leicester, GB

(Photos courtesy of Dommett Young Photography)

Ahead of the release of the highly anticipated second CIRCU5 album ‘Clockwork Tulpa’, Roger Marsh caught up with Steve Tilling recently and they chatted at great length about … well … er … this and that!

You’ll just have to listen to find out more .. and trust us, it really will be worth your while.

Also included are the following tracks:

The Amazing Monstrous Grady (from the debut album ‘CIRCU5’)

Clockwork Tulpa (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

Don’t Spare Me (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

Freakshow Train (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

Sing Now (from ‘Clockwork Tulpa’)

And you can find out more here :

CIRCU5 Official Website – Home

CIRCU5 | CIRCU5

(photo by Simon Arnold)

To coincide with the release of the debut album ‘Laplacian’ by Fluctus Quadratum, Mike Whitfield spoke with Rick, Jopheus and Curtis from the band towards the end of last year as they were preparing to master the album, ready for release. The album is now available to purchase and there are links below.

The band will be playing live on Sunday 23rd February 2025 at 45 Live, Kidderminster and you can find out the details on the Fluctus Quadratum website.

Also included are the following tracks:

Acquiescence II (from ‘The First Wave’ EP)

Laplacian (from the ‘Laplacian’ album)

Alone / Mistwell / Direlight (from the ‘Laplacian’ album)

You can find out more here:

Fluctus Quadratum

Music | Fluctus Quadratum

And here is a link to a charity very close to the band, which you will find out more about at the end of the interview: 

Home | ians-chain

The podcast for the PROG MILL LONG ONES SPECIAL (#22) – first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 2 February 2025, is now available to stream on demand or download. Kick back and maybe treat yourself to your tipple of choice, and enjoy some superb epic melodic and symphonic progressive rock music with minimal DJ interruption. And don’t worry. The Prog Mill reverts to it’s normal format from next week!

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Mike Whitfield chatted with Leo Koperdraat recently about the band Fractal Mirror, the offshoot project The Mirror Image and Leo’s new project The Imperfectionist. The conversation also included Leo’s musical influences and inspirations and … yes …we also talked  Mellotrons!

Also included are the following tracks :

Borders (from the Fractal Mirror album ‘Beyond Borders’)

Embers (from the Fractal Mirror album’ Slow Burn 1′)

Outlines (from ‘The Mirror Image’ EP)

Blue (single by The Imperfectionist)

Conspiracy (single by The Imperfectionist)

Forgotten (single by The Imperfectionist)

You can find out more here :

Bandcamp : Music | Fractal Mirror

Bandcamp : The Mirror Image EP1 | The Mirror Image

Bandcamp : Music | The Imperfectionist

You Tube : @TheImperfectionist-y6u

Instagram : 2024the_imperfectionist

BlueSky : @theimperfectionist.bsky.social

The PROG MILL LONG ONES SPECIAL broadcast on Progzilla Radio on 26 January 2025 is now available for you to listen to anytime or download as a mp3 file.

Relax, kick back and enjoy just SIX epic tracks in two wonderful hours of superb melodic progressive rock!

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

The TPA/Prog Mill Peter Gabriel Albums Special, first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 19 January 2025, is now available for you to listen to anytime or download. Join Leo Trimming of the Progressive Aspect on a two hour journey through the musical career of this prog rock icon.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Roger Marsh recently chatted with Michael Whiteman about his musical adventures with Ryo Okumoto, I Am The Manic Whale (anag.), and his new project, Whimsical Creature, with Ella Lloyd.

And Michael has very kindly given us the forthcoming single ‘A Journey of Five Lifetimes’ to play for the first time.

Also included are the following tracks :

Secret Passage (from the I Am The Manic Whale album ‘Bumper Book Of Mystery Stories’)

The Stargazer (Whimsical Creature single)

The Watchmaker (Time On His Side) (from the Ryo Okumoto album ‘The Myth Of The Mostrophus’)

Valenta Scream (from the I Am The Manic Whale album ‘Things Unseen’)

A Journey Of Five Lifetimes (forthcoming Whimsical Creature single)

You can find out more here :

Music | I Am The Manic Whale

Facebook

Music | Ryo Okumoto

Home

Music | Whimsical Creature

Facebook

Vicky and Steve from Winter In Eden chatted with Roger Marsh towards the end of last year about the return of the band, ahead of the release of their new 3 track EP ‘Therapy’ … which is available now!

 The conversation explains the origins of the band, its hiatus and comeback in 2025.

Also included are the following tracks :

Fate Will Oblige (from ‘Awakening’)

The Awakening: Chapter IV – Torment (from ‘Echoes Of Betrayal’)

The Script (from ‘Court Of Conscience’)

Social Fake (from ‘Social Fake’)

Silence (from ‘Therapy’ EP) 

You can find out more here :

Winter In Eden | Symphonic Rock Band

www.facebook.com/winterinedenband

In a very entertaining and insightful podcast, Guy Manning chatted recently with Roger Marsh about this and that …. including his appearance at The Summer’s End Festival in October 2024 with his All Stars, the 25th anniversary reissue of his ‘Tall Stories For Small Children’ album on vinyl, his current project – The Patchwork Alliance – as well as his thoughts on the joys, trials and tribulations of being a musician in the current environment.

Also included are the following tracks :

Where Do All The Madmen Go (from ‘The Ragged Curtain’)

Flight 19 (from ‘Akoustik #2’)

The Last Psalm (from ‘Tall Stories For Small Children’)

The Baobab Tree feat. Simon Godfrey (from ‘The Patchwork Alliance’)

Valentine’s Night (from ‘Number Ten’)

You can find out more here :

Manning – the official website

Music | Guy Manning

http://www.guymanning.com/damanek/

Making Shore | Damanek

During the month of December 2024 we asked listeners to send in lists of their top 5 favourite progressive rock albums of the year. We awarded their number one 5pts, number 2 with 4pts etc… 101 people kindly voted. And here is the results show. Every album nominated gets a mention, and we count down from 25 to 11 before then playing a track from each of the top 10 until we reach the number 1. If you don’t want to know the result before listening, avoid scrolling down to the playlist. We then finish off the show with music from the numbers 11 to 13.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Featured as a ‘Limelight’ act in the January 2025 issue of Prog Magazine, Carina and Matt from the band Oddleaf recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about their debut album  ‘Where Ideal And Denial Collide’ and a whole host of other things – including medieval music.

Also included are the following tracks :

The Eternal Tree (from ‘Where Ideal And Denial Collide’)

Stroumitsa (from ‘Codex Bricolia’ by Vagarem)

Ethereal Melodies (from ‘Where Ideal And Denial Collide’)

And you can find out more here :

ODDLEAF – New Progressive-Rock Band

www.facebook.com/oddleaf.official

www.instagram.com/oddleaf.music/

Oddleaf – YouTube

Bandcamp : Where Ideal and Denial Collide | Oddleaf

Bandcamp : Music | Vagarem

Featured in the January 2025 issue of Prog Magazine, Shelby Logan Warne and Grace Hayhurst of Sensible Music Studios chatted with Roger Marsh towards the end of last year about how they got involved with  co-owning and running the business and what their plans are for the future.

Also included are the following tracks :

Grace Hayhurst – I’m In A Battle Against My Brain

Kyros – Fear & Love

Together with a playlist of their choice of music :

Santana – Milagro

Fontaines D.C. – Here’s The Thing

Geordie Greep – Holy, Holy

St. Lucia – Rescue Me

Wang Chung – The World In Which We Live 

You can find out more here :

www.sensible-music.co.uk

instagram.com/sensiblemusic

Music | Grace Hayhurst 

www.kyrosmusic.com

kyrosmusic.bandcamp.com

           Progzilla is incredibly honoured to welcome EBB, who are presenting their incredibly wonderful New Year’s Eve Special …

                                                                                                       P R O G M A N A Y !

Dick plays a selection of tracks from prog albums released in 2023 and 2024, interspersed with older tracks, some of which are prog but with a sprinkling of jazz, fusion and blues, and with the occasional connection between them.

The podcast for the TPA/PROG MILL CARAVAN SPECIAL is now available for you to listen to anytime or download. Join Richard Swan and Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect as they walk the streets of Canterbury, visiting places of relevance to the band, and playing some of their most loved tracks. Two hours of superb classic progressive rock.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – and on your smart speaker.

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

BAD DOG PODCAST (December 2024)

In this 3rd special podcast, EBB’s Bad Dog talks about the wonderful universe in which EBB live, play and record.

Mike Whitfield chatted recently with three quarters* of Prog Magazine ‘Limelight’ band Ruby Dawn about very, many several things –  which you can hear … er … here!  

(*Adam Perry was on holiday at the time)

Also included are the following tracks …

Into The Sun (from ‘Beyond Tomorrow’ – 2023)

Juliet (from ‘Blood on Water’ – 2024)

Save Me (from ‘Live at the Steam Museum’ – 2023)

Chronicles of a Celestial Soul (from ‘Blood on Water’ – 2024)

Blood on Water (from ‘Blood on Water’ – 2024)

Find out more at :

Rock Band | Ruby Dawn

Music | Ruby Dawn

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‘LILLIES OF THE DEAD – REVISITED’. – A TPA/PROG MILL SPECIAL FOR PROGZILLA RADIO compiled by Leo Trimming

In this month of Remembrance, and with another war raging in Europe, TPA & The Prog Mill present an updated version of the impactful and emotional World War 1 related prog rock special, including various spoken word excerpts from World War One participants. This new 2024 version has some different tracks to the original with additional dialogue to enhance the voice of the Fallen.

As a mark of respect, apart from a very brief intro there will be no jingles, idents or presenter voice… just 2 hours of brilliant and moving music… and voices of WW1 veterans.

Mike Whitfield chatted recently with Foxpalmer about her music, gigging and progress towards her debut album …     

Also included are the following tracks …

That Way (2024 single)

Wanted (2022 single)

Forever – Radio Edit (2021 single)

Tired (2024 forthcoming single)

Find out more at :

https://foxpalmer.bandcamp.com/

Spotify – Foxpalmer

Facebook

https://www.instagram.com/foxpalmer

Roger Marsh was recently granted access to high security Ward XVI at the Whittingham Asylum to talk to Doktor Von Stottenstein and inmate Psychoberrie about … er … things!

During his conversation, the following tracks are also included :

Burn The Witch – from ‘Metamorphosis’

Toybox – from ‘The Art Of Manipulation’

Shadows – from ‘Metamorphosis’

The Cradle Song – from ‘Metamorphosis’

Broken Toys – from ‘Metamorphosis’

Adrenochromania – from ‘The Art Of Manipulation’

Cry Of The Siren – from ‘The Art Of Manipulation’

Find out more here :

Ward XVI – For the Criminally Insane

Music | Ward XVI

And if anyone is worried, they did – eventually – let Roger out from the asylum … on licence.  

Roger Marsh chatted recently with Jon Hunt about his new album, ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ and the conversation started and ended talking about eggs!

Also included are the following tracks :

Bait & Switch – from ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ 2024

Lift To The Ritual – from ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ 2024

Penultimate – from ‘An Explosion Of Nothing’ 2024

London Road (1st Part) – from ‘Wanderlust’ 2011

Collapse – from ‘Truth & Bullshit’ 2008

Something’s Happening Here – from ‘Truth & Bullshit’ 2008

Friendship Of Convenience – from ‘So Much Promise’ 2013

Find out more at:

Jon Hunt – British Musician

Music | Jon Hunt

***STOP PRESS ***

Jon has just announced a new gig …

19th November 2024: New Cross Inn (with HOTMOTEL, MartPaul and Dan Cross) TICKETS HERE!!

Photo by Liv Roberts

            Mike Whitfield chatted recently with Nick Fletcher about his solo albums, including the new album ‘A Longing For Home’      

… during the conversation they also talked about Nick’s influences, his music career, plectrum technique, 12 string guitars, the potential for live performances of his solo albums, his classical guitar work, the thematically linked trilogy of solo albums, the guest musicians involved, the value and importance of having a producer prepared to say ‘yay’ or ‘nay’, the progress towards his next solo album, what is currently influencing him from the current music scene, the plans for The John Hackett Band in 2025 …

… and so, much more!

Also included are the following tracks :

Cycles Of Behaviour – from ‘Cycles Of Behaviour’ 2021

The Eyes Of Persephone – from ‘The Cloud Of Unknowing’ 2022

The Journey To Varanasi (Scene 5) – from ‘Quadrivium’ 2023

A Pathway To The Hermitage – from ‘A Longing For Home’ 2024

The Sage, The Monk and The Scholar – from ‘A Longing For Home’ 2024

To Hear The Angels Sing (feat. Dikajee) – from ‘A Longing For Home’ 2024)

Find out more at :

Nick Fletcher – Musician and Composer UK

Hacktrax – The Website for information about John Hackett

Roger Marsh chatted recently with Chealsea Dawn, daughter of the legendary Buddy Miles and custodian of his remarkable musical legacy

During their conversation, Roger and Chealsea talked about Buddy Miles’ remarkable career and about some exciting upcoming documentary and album releases.

Also included are the following tracks :

Buddy Miles – Them Changes (from the album ‘Them Changes’)

The California Raisins – (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay (from the album ‘Sweet, Delicious & Marvelous’)

Jimi Hendrix – Power To Love (from the album ‘Band Of Gypsys’)

Buddy Miles Express – Booger Bear (from the album ‘Booger Bear’)

Buddy Miles – Easy Greasy (from the album ‘We Got To Live Together’)

Find out more at :

www.buddymiles.com

WWW.NORRSKEN.PHOTOGRAPHY

Roger Marsh chatted recently with music legend Chas Cronk and the podcast includes the following tracks :

Liberty (from Chas’ solo album ‘Liberty’ 2022)

Catherine Howard (from Rick Wakeman’s ‘The Six Wives Of Henry VIII’ album 1973)

Simple Visions (from Strawbs ‘Deep Cuts’ album 1976)

The Ferryman’s Curse (from Strawbs ‘Ferryman’s Curse’ album 2017 )

Autumn (from Acoustic Strawbs ‘Acoustic Gold’ album 2011)

Heartbreak Hill / Starting Over (taken from Strawbs ‘Heartbreak Hill ‘ album – recorded in 1978 and released in 1995)

Find out more at :

Chas Cronk | Musician, Producer and Strawbs Bass Player

The podcast of THE TPA/PROG MILL 70’S LIVE PROG ALBUMS SPECIAL, presented by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect, first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 13 October 2024, is now also available to stream on demand or download.

Join Leo for a journey through his own collection of live 70’s prog albums, from Yes to King Crimson, Genesis to Supertramp and much more…

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms and via Alexa on My Tuner Radio)

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Tom McCauley (a contributor to Graham Harfleet’s Progressive Rock Show) is back for another helping of Progressive Rock for you to enjoy in his latest podcast entitled “The Prog Rock Selection”. In this podcast Tom showcases a selection of 10 progressive rock songs he thinks you’ll enjoy. So sit back, relax and let Tom take an hour out of your time to see what he has to offer! He hopes you’ll enjoy it!

Roger Marsh chats with Prog Magazine Limelight artist Emily Francis and the podcast includes the following tracks :

The Kite & The Crow (taken from ‘Luma’)

Don’t Forget To Feed The Orchid (taken from ‘Atomic’)

2 Bed Flat On Mars (taken from ‘Luma’)

After The Rain (taken from ‘Atomic’)

Atomic (taken from ‘Atomic’)

Lydian Child (taken from ‘Atomic’)

… and we are assured that the Orchid remains well!

You can find out more about the Emily Francis Trio here :

https://www.emilyfrancistrio.com

Music | Emily Francis Trio (bandcamp.com)

As usual Dick will be playing some prog, jazz and classical tracks, but this time they will be mixed in with a good sprinkling of “outliers” – music that we own which doesn’t fit into our usual listening habits – continuing the theme of one of his previous podcasts, along with one or two outright novelties.

As this is a particularly diverse and multifarious assortment of music (with recordings dating from between 1933 and 2024), he has called it Eclectic Avenue. So why not rock down there?

An entertaining chat with the band AlphaLine about their debut album …

hosted by Roger Marsh

In this latest series of conversations with Roger Marsh we welcome AlphaLine and discuss the making of the album ‘Electromagnetic’ and much, much  more.

You can also hear the following tracks :

• Dual
• Flatlining
• What U Gonna Do
• Release
• White Fire
• Paper Cups

You can find out more about AlphaLine here : 

https://www.alphalineband.co.uk

https://www.youtube.com/@alphalineband

http://facebook.com/alphalineband

http://instagram.com/alphalineband

This week’s PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio included an interview with Chrissy Mostyn and Rick Pilkington of THE BLACKHEART ORCHESTRA. They chat about their new music, the current UK tour and the world of music and prog in general.

If you’d like to just hear the interview by itself. Here it is. The whole two hour show is also available as a separate podcast.

Thanks to Chrissy and Rick for a very entertaining chat and James Barry for arranging it!

Henge – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Friday, 1-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow with Shaun Geraghty.

A chat with Matt Young about all things HeKz hosted by Roger Marsh

You will also be able to hear the following songs :

• Terra Nova (taken from the ‘Terra Nova’ LP)
• The Tower (also taken from the ‘Terra Nova’ LP)
• For Our Lives (Taken from the ‘Invicta’ LP)
• Disconnect The World (Taken from the ‘Caerus’ LP)
• Bring The Fire (Taken from the Tabula Rasa’ LP)

which you can find here : Terra Nova | HeKz (bandcamp.com)

And you can find out more about HeKz here : Progressive Metal Band | HeKz | United Kingdom (hekztheband.com)

Franck Carducci – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Headliner, Saturday, 2-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow with Buzz Elliot from Progzilla, and Franck Carducci.

Rosalie Cunningham – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Sunday, 3-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Buzz Elliot from Progzilla, Rosalei Cunningham.

THE TPA/PROG MILL CAMEL SPECIAL – WITH RICHARD SWAN

The podcast for the Camel Special, presented by guest host Richard Swan of The Progressive Aspect, is now available to stream on demand or download.

Two hours of classic Camel concentrating on the MCA/Decca years. Many of the tracks are live or alternative versions which differ from the original albums.

This show was first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 11 August 2024

Hayley Griffith – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Sunday, 5-March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Shaun Geraghty from Progzilla, with Hayley Griffith.

Pearl Handled Revolver – Interviewed at Fusion-5 Thursday, 2 March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Buzz Elliot from Progzilla, and Lee Vernon & Simon Rinaldo and the band.

Picture by Lee Millward

An entertaining chat with Amanda Lehmann about all things musical and her upcoming plans and live appearances …

hosted by Roger Marsh

You can also hear the following tracks :

• Tinkerbell (from ‘Innocence and Illusion’)
• Childhood Delusions (from ‘Innocence and Illusion’)
• The Watcher (from ‘Innocence and Illusion’)
• We Are One (from ‘Harmony for Elephants’)
• One Last Spin (single)

You can find out more about Amanda and her music here : Amanda Lehmann  (https://www.amandalehmann.co.uk)

Ghost of The Machine Interviewed at Fusion-5 Thursday, 2 March 2024.

Featuring Alan Kraslow & Mike Whitfield from Progzilla, and Charlie Bramald & Graham Garbett from the band.

The TPA/PROG MILL Live 70’s Classic Rock Special, first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 7 July 2024 and presented by Leo Trimming, is now also available to stream on demand or download. Two hours of superb live 70’s classic rock from some of the most iconic live albums of that decade. (This is The Prog Mill edition 425 for Progzilla Radio and 645 in total).

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – or ask your smart speaker to “Play Radio Progzilla on Tune-In”)

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

The PROG MILL – PROGFINDER GENERAL’S ONE ALBUM WONDERS SPECIAL edition 5, first broadcast on Progzilla Radio on Sunday 30 June, is now also available to stream on demand or download. Join us for a deep dive into the obscure side of prog with music from bands who only ever released one album. Compiled once again by the Progfinder General Anthony Dawes and presented by Shaun Geraghty. (This is also The Prog Mill edition 424 for Progzilla Radio and 644 in total).

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – or ask your smart speaker to “Play Radio Progzilla on Tune-In”)

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

A chat with Dikajee about her forthcoming 2nd album ‘The Frame’ and all things musical and artistic …

hosted by Mike Whitfield  

The wonderful artist Dikajee recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about her forthcoming second album, ‘The Frame’, the Kickstarter campaign which she has launched to support it, her musical influences,  live performance and her upcoming tour plans and appearances … amongst many other things, including how to pronounce Berkshire!

You can also hear the following songs :

• Lily Of The Valley (from the ‘Forget~Me~Nots’ album)
• In The Blink Of An Eye (2022 single)
• Gloomy Flowers Blooming – Live from Tavrichesky Garden (2020 single)
• Demo track excerpts from ‘The Frame’

You can find out more about the Kickstarter campaign and the different options available here : The Frame. New album from Dikajee (Vinyl, CD’s and apparel) by Dikajee — Kickstarter

And you can find more of Dikajee’s music here : Merch | Dikajee (bandcamp.com)

And more about Dikajee here : Facebook

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – VOLUME 2 : CHAPTER ONE :  UNBALANCED (Part Two)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – VOLUME 2 : CHAPTER ONE :  UNBALANCED (Part One)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A chat with the band VMBRA ahead of their appearance at Prog For Peart 2024

hosted by Mike Whitfield

The exciting new band VMBRA (pronounced ‘Umbra’) recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about – amongst other things – what the name VMBRA means, their musical influences, playing live gigs, the Manchester Co-Op Arena, the plans for the debut album  – and much more besides.

You can also hear the following songs :

• The Crows (taken from the ‘RESVRGAM’ EP)
• Echelon (taken from the ‘DELAPSVS’ EP)
• Creed (taken from the ‘DELAPSVS’ EP)

which you can find here : Music | VMBRA (bandcamp.com)

And you can find out more about VMBRA here : Facebook

This interview with “Overhead” (from Finland) took place at The Fusion-5 Festival in Stourport, England on 3-March 2024, with Progzilla Presenters Alan Kraslow & Buzz Elliott along with band members from “Overhead.”

No theme this time, just a dive into my collection, with some classical and jazz/fusion included for good measure. But having said that, the opening track does fit the theme of Podcast 6!

Here is part one of a new series in which Steve Lazenby discusses his life in the context of progressive rock giants Marillion whose music he fell in love with in 1982, a love affair which continues to this day. How has this fan and the band changed over the years? Deeply personal, alongside some decent music as well. Steve’s independent artist supporting review website is www.lazland.org

A chat with Dominic Sanderson hosted by Mike Whitfield

Following Dominic’s excellently received set at Winter’s End in Chepstow in April, he recently chatted with Mike Whitfield about – amongst other things – playing the festival, his musical influences and the progress(!) he is making with his second album – and much more besides.

You can also hear the following songs :

• The Twisted Hand Of Fate (taken from ‘Impermanence’)
• Is There Calm Amongst This Chaos ? (taken from ‘Impermanence’)
• This Human Remains – live (taken from ‘The Acoustic EP’)
• Empty Circles and Grains of Sand – Part 1 (taken from the ‘Discarded Memories’ EP)

which you can find here : Music | Dominic Sanderson (bandcamp.com)

And you can find out more about Dominic here : Dominic Sanderson

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Picture by Neal Rylatt Photography

A chat with Sharon Cannings and Martin Nicholls from Candacraig hosted by Mike Whitfield 

To coincide with Candacraig being one of the ‘Limelight’ bands featured in issue #151 of Prog Magazine, this special podcast will enable you to find out more about ‘the band’ and their album ‘Thunder Of Whispers’ and the latest album ‘Lit By Lightning’, both of which are available to buy here : Music | Candacraig (bandcamp.com)

We talk about all manner of things and play 5 tracks :

• Gliding Parts 1 & 2
• St. George’s Day
• Ash Tree
• Last Transmission

You can find out more about Candacraig here : https://candacraig.net  

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

This interview took place at The Fusion-5 Festival in Stourport, England on 1-March 2024, with Progzilla Presenters Alan Kraslow, Shaun Geraghty, Buzz Elliot along with Erin Bennett and Bad Dog from the Scottish Proggers, EBB.

Mike Whitfield recently chatted with Mark Cunningham, the Promoter/Organiser of the Prog For Peart Festival, which will take place   

Friday 12th/Saturday 13th July 2024 at The Northcourt, Abingdon United FC, Oxfordshire

In this special podcast, you can find out about the 14 bands appearing, and hear tracks from :

VMBRA, Fluctus Quadratum, Spriggan Mist, Drifting Sun, IT, Freedom To Glide, Galahad, Forgotten Gods, Tribe3,

Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate, League Of Lights, Sonic Tapestry, Comedy Of Errors, IO Earth

… and Mark chooses 2 Rush tracks as well !

To find out more about the festival and to book tickets (including a streaming option), please go to :

www.progforpeart.com

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

 AN ELGIN MARVELS

ADVENT CALENDER

THE ELGIN MARVELS: CHAPTER FOUR

THE GANG OF SAINTS……

THE CHRISTMAS AUDIO SPECIALS

written and voiced Jon Patrick

With guest voices from Neil Long,

Elaine & Graeme Blackmore.

Welcome one and all! Tis soon the season to be jolly! HO, HO, HO!

Characters

The Goodies (Sort of)

The Main Suspects:

Richard Belkin – Despite colliding head first into his twenties, Richard has a proclivity for pyrotechnics that is legendary in Elgin Road. Many of the residents are extremely concerned about this unhealthy, for them obsession. He also loves to terrorise his father, Kenneth.

Pat Denning – Pat is the unofficial leader of the main suspects. He shares Richard’s love for a damn fine bang! (They all do, the neighbourhood, does not!) Pat has no off switch. Unfortunately, he has a terrible gift for inappropriate words which will lead to consequences, for others.

Paul Ellerby– Paul is Pat Denning’s best mate, which means he’s forced to suffer some of the previously mentioned consequences.  He’s happy to be a member of the Cuss Masters, but he harbours a desire to study piano with the greats. He is sensitive, but he keeps that hidden from his less than sensitive mates.

The Cuss Masters– Pat Denning writes terrible lyrics, taking well known songs, bastardising the words to unleash disgusting puerility, on an online world. Despite political correctness, woke-ism and changing attitudes, the Cuss Masters are fast becoming the most watched on the current technology of the day.

Sarah Fettle– A teenager the Belkin’s met and became friends with in chapter one. (Dungkirk) Sarah now makes videos for the Cuss masters. The more out of order, the better. Along with the Cuss masters, Sarah’s films are and will have consequences, once again for others.

Stephan Labelle– Whilst the Labelle family are in Canada, climbing a family tree, Stephan hosts the November 5^th Party. To the main suspects absolute delight, this firework fiasco ends in a charge, designed to shift underwater wrecks, causing terrible consequences.  (Yes, you’ve guessed it, for others) He’s an engineer, a scientist and one day he just might grow up.

Kenneth Belkin– Father of two sons, Kenneth is trapped in the body of a Victorian gentleman. He believes in hard work, sense, and sensibility, morals and God. Richard Belkin, his first born, does not!

Pamela Belkin– Wife of Kenneth, mother of Richard and Paul. Pamela has an uncanny likeness to the late Queen Elizabeth 2^ND; She also has a corgi. (Who requires therapy) She tries her very best to keep the family together, (Pamela not the corgi) all she wants is normality. (Good luck with that Pamela)

Alouicious Jebidiah Wellesley– Alouicious, originally from Jamaica he has made his home in Elgin Road with his wife Delores. (A midwife) They have raised two sons, now medics in the British Army. His very presence fills people with positivity. It’s a complete mystery what he actually does, but the Roman Catholic church as well as the British Government have requested his help in the past, for certain sensitive issues. They will again.

Alouicious is the leader of The Nation, best mates with Ian Bates, the master builder.

Ian Bates– A master builder, a family man who runs his own building firm alongside Russel Feilding. (He’s known Russ since his school days. (Which has no relevance to this story) Ian is also best mates with Alouicious. (Which very much does, the relevance that is.)

Brian and Stella Battersby– Brian is an ex – copper. Since his ‘early retirement,’ some years ago now, Brian has become bitter and twisted. He’s had all the windows in their house changed so, now he can look out into the world, but the world cannot look into him. He’s obsessed that the neighbours are all up to something and writes reports about them whilst he spies, without looking down. He is also sexually repressed, ever since his ‘early retirement.’

Stella, his wife has lived a physically barren life for many frustrating years. Brian refuses any help whatsoever and the thought of counselling terrifies Brian. (Although he’d never admit it.)

Due to a rather unfortunate dinner party at the Belkin’s house. (Chapter Two-Sex, drugs, and Casseroles) Stella discovers, the answer to her frustration. After Alan Belkin becomes an apoplectic adolescent, he rebels and adds a large bag of Marijuana into the lamb casserole. The guests are affected in differing ways. For Brian, it turns him into a sex god, all repression is swept aside whilst he’s under the influence. The one problem for Stella is he can’t remember a thing the next day. His mind is a complete, albeit slightly fuzzy mess.

Stella keeps all of this a secret but it gnaws away at her. She shares this after an emotional break down, with Doctor Granger, Ian, and Russel’s wife, as well as everyone who inadvertently over hear this when they are evacuated to the leisure centre. (Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Father Simmons and Mother Mary– The local Roman Catholic priest and Mother superior, who are forced to recruit Alouicious and the Nation, when the Gang of Saints (Stayley, Gregson & Ratcliffe Harper return to finish a terrible plan over forty years in the making. Father Simmons just wants a quiet life, good luck with that.

Clarence Forthrop– Clarence specialised in ancient and forgotten crafts with wood and glass. He is hired to build a stained-glass window for a bunch of psychopathic nutters. It does not end well.

Alistair– A man with two minds, and they talk to each other, medication permitting.

Alison Craddock– The architect of all this, not that she meant any of this to happen. Alison perfected genetic tinkering back in the 70’s. This was long before anyone else had perfected it, but when two of Alison’s early experiments are stolen, in Dec 1981, something is released into the world that has no damn place being there.

The Nation- A local club, made up of the residents of Elgin and the Sainted roads. They help the local community and beyond. Their members consist of, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Christians, Roman Catholics. In fact any culture or denomination is welcome, as long as they aren’t psychopathic nutters.

THE BADDIES!

The Gang of Saints– A bunch of psychopathic nutters.

(Roman Catholic)

Over 40 years ago The Gang of Saints were nine. Now there are three, the other six are residence who just want to raise money to fix the church roof. (That was damaged in the pipe incident, courtesy of the main suspects. Chapter Three Brimstones and Laxatives)

Playlist:

Playlist:

My name is Richard Macphail.

By being in the right place at the right time I became the first manager, road manager, van driver, chief cook and bottle washer for the band Genesis. I have recently published a memoir about those early days – ‘My book of GENESIS’. It is  available from www.amazon.co.uk/My-Book-of-Genesis

Every Tuesday evening from 6 till 8 (UK) I broadcast my radio show – Radio Rich Pickings – which you can access here : Radio Rich Pickings’s Shows | Mixcloud 

My name is Richard Macphail.

By being in the right place at the right time I became the first manager, road manager, van driver, chief cook and bottle washer for the band Genesis. I have recently published a memoir about those early days – ‘My book of GENESIS’. It is  available from www.amazon.co.uk/My-Book-of-Genesis

Every Tuesday evening from 6 till 8 (UK) I broadcast my radio show – Radio Rich Pickings – which you can access here : Radio Rich Pickings’s Shows | Mixcloud 

Shaun Geraghty of THE PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio chats to the multi talented JOHN HOLDEN about the making of his new album PROXIMITY & CHANCE which was released on 31 May. You can also hear three tracks from the album.

To hear the whole two hour show – go to the Progzilla Radio podcasts page and look for The Prog Mill edition 420 under the Shows section

(Picture by Jim Donnelly)

KITTY BISCUITS PODCAST (May 2024)

In this special 30 minute podcast, EBB’s Kitty Biscuits talks about the records and artwork which inspired her and gives us a further insight into the wonderful and evolving World of EBB!

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER THREE : OH, FOR FAWKES SAKE! (Part Six)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

TPA PROG MILL SPECIAL with LEO TRIMMING
Sunday 12th May

PETER GABRIEL at the MOVIES plus other Prog / Rock on the Screen

Whilst Lord Shaun Geraghty was busy at Buckingham Palace (no kidding!) I usurped his Prog Radio throne for one week with a Special based on Peter Gabriel music at the movies, including his film soundtracks ‘Birdy’ and ‘Passion’ and many film songs (eg ‘Wall-E’, ‘Philadephia’ etc)… with other great rock and Prog songs from screen greats like ‘Baby Driver’, ‘Children of Men’, and ‘Stranger Things’ … with a couple of ‘Movies for your Ears’ mixes along the way.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – or ask your smart speaker to “Play Radio Progzilla on Tune-In”)

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC, 2300 Europe, 2pm Pacific US, 5pm East Coast US) main broadcast

Saturday Replay – 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER THREE : OH, FOR FAWKES SAKE! (Part Five)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

The Krazz fills in for Mark St. John’s Saturday Prog Fiesta on 27-April.

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show AIRS LIVE from Southern California every SATURDAY at 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8PM UK, 9pm CET, 10pm EET on Progzilla Radio.

Replays air the following SUNDAYS at 4pm PT, 7pm ET, MIDNIGHT pm UK, 1am CEST 2am EEST.

Email The Krazz with questions, or music suggestions for future shows at Krazz@Progzilla.com

• KrazzLoft Vinyl Show Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheKrazzLoft

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER THREE : OH, FOR FAWKES SAKE! (Part Four)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

(Picture by Joe Timmins)

ERIN BENNETT PODCAST (April 2024)

In this special 23 minute podcast, EBB’s Erin Bennett talks about the music that inspired her and gives us an insight into the wonderful World of EBB!

Featuring music by Rush, Hawkwind, Queen, King Crimson, Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and EBB, of course!

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER THREE : OH, FOR FAWKES SAKE! (Part Three)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

Photo by Rafal Chlapinski.

An interview with Talie Rose Eigeland from Teiger  

conducted by Roger Marsh

In this special podcast you can hear more about the eponymous debut album ‘Teiger’ which was released in September 2023 and which is available to buy here :Music | Teiger (bandcamp.com)

You will find out more about the debut album, as well as the upcoming 2nd album, and you can hear 5 tracks from the debut, including the excellent single ‘Splinter’, which was recently voted Prog Magazine’s ‘Track Of The Week’ in an online readers’ poll. Talie also talks about her hopes for the coming months.

Find out more about Teiger here : Home (teiger.land)

See the video for ‘Splinter’ here :  Teiger – Splinter (youtube.com)

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER THREE : OH, FOR FAWKES SAKE! (Part Two)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

Music has a history of using literature as a source of inspiration, so this time Dick has put together a selection of tracks that have some sort of connection – from the firm to the tenuous – with the world of novels, plays and poetry. If that all sounds rather highbrow, don’t worry – the sources of inspiration range from Macbeth to Winnie-the-Pooh.

An interview with Sandra Spaceflower Zovko and Laura Gonzales Badenes from Before The Moon Arrived 

conducted mid-March by Mike Whitfield 

In this special podcast you can hear more about the debut album ‘Dreams’ released 2nd February 2024, which is available to buy here : Dreams | Before The Moon Arrived (bandcamp.com)

We talk about all manner of things and play 5 tracks from the album. You can find out :

• potential plans to follow up the debut album with an EP and the plans for the 2nd album;
• recent gigs and plans for the future;
• the importance of good sound technicians in a live environment;
• the challenges of being creative musicians;
• which are Sandra’s favourite tracks from the album and which are Laura’s.

It is a very insightful interview – wonderfully enhanced by tracks from the debut album.

Find out more about the band here : Before The Moon Arrived – songs from dreamlands

Tom McCauley is a regular contributor to Graham Harfleet’s Progressive Rock Show on Progzilla Radio. Here Tom presents a podcast about Gordon Giltrap MBE. Tom tells you about Gordon’s musical career as well as playing some of Gordon’s music. You can find out more about Gordon Giltrap by going to Gordon’s website which is www.giltrap.co.uk

A Multitude of One – Colin Powell

A special podcast in which composer and musician Colin Powell provides a fascinating insight into his background, his influences and his music.

You can explore more of Colin’s superb music here :

Music | A Multitude of ONE (bandcamp.com)

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER THREE : OH, FOR FAWKES SAKE! (Part One)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER TWO : SEX, DRUGS & CASSEROLES (Part Four)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER TWO : SEX, DRUGS & CASSEROLES (Part Three)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER TWO : SEX, DRUGS & CASSEROLES (Part Two)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

aerial photograph of Gloucester Cathedral Gloucestershire England UK

The podcast for last Sunday’s (3 March) PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio with guest presenter TREVOR HOWARD of Severn FM in Gloucester (the photo is of Gloucester Cathedral), is now available to stream on demand or download. Two hours of superb music as Trevor takes you through his personal journey in prog. Many thanks to Trevor for doing a fine job covering the show while I was away at Fusion in Stourport.

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – or ask your smart speaker to “Play Radio Progzilla on Tune-In”)

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2200UTC) – main broadcast

Repeated Wednesdays 5am – 7am UK (0500 UTC) – for The Americas/Far East/Australasia (Tuesdays 9pm Pacific US/Midnight Eastern US) and Saturdays 6pm – 8pm UK (1800 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

An interview with The Bardic Depths 

conducted in February 2024 by Roger Marsh

In this special podcast you can hear about the formation of The Bardic Depths and the upcoming release of their 3rd album ‘What We Really Like In Stories, which is due for release on 7th March 2024, and which is available to buy here : What We Really Like In Stories (24bit/96k) | The Bardic Depths (bandcamp.com)

The interview also includes the tracks :

Legacies (from ‘The Bardic Depths’)

You’ve Written Poetry My Boy (from ‘What We Really Like In Stories’)

Imagine (from ‘Promises Of Hope’)

What We Really Like In Stories (from ‘What We Really Like In Stories’)

Stillpoint (from ‘What We Really Like In Stories’)

And you can find out more about the band here : (2) Facebook

An interview with Carollyn Eden and Stuart Clark from Storm Deva

conducted at the end of January 2024 by Mike Whitfield 

In this special podcast you can hear about the creation of the eponymous debut album ‘Storm Deva’ released 1st December 2023, which is available to buy here : Storm Deva | Storm Deva (bandcamp.com)

We talk about their inspirations and influences, the creative process in producing the album and play 4 tracks and during the course of the podcast and you can also find out (in no particular order) :

• which track includes ‘Prog Chopsticks’ and which luminary came up with that description;
• how instead of just enjoying a gig as part of the audience, they ended up playing at very short notice;
• who we agreed should have a blue plaque placed on their house for services to live prog;
• their upcoming appearance supporting Franck Carducci in London on February 28th;
• their plans to follow up the debut album with an EP and their plans for the 2nd album;
• future live performances as a five piece

It is a very entertaining and insightful interview … but I guess, I would say that, wouldn’t I ?

Find out more about the band here : Storm Deva – Official Site

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER TWO : SEX, DRUGS & CASSEROLES (Part One)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

The Prog Mill Special ‘The Progfinder General’s One Album Wonders Special No. 4‘, first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 28 January 2024, is now also available to stream on demand or download. Two hours of superb obscure progressive rock from bands who only released one album – compiled by The Progfinder General Anthony Dawes. Join us for a deep dive into obscure (but still amazing) melodic progressive rock.

A massive thank you to Ant for his work putting this together. The Prog Mill returns to normal next week with two hours of melodic & symphonic progressive rock including a CD Giveaway and the latest album review from our friends at the Progressive Aspect.

The TPA.Prog Mill Steve Hackett Special, presented by Richard Swan of The Progressive Aspect, and first broadcast on Progzilla Radio 21 January 2023, is now available to listen to anytime or download. Two hours of stunning music covering much of Steve’s solo career and featuring a variety of different tracks from his many albums.

The TPA/PROG MILL special entitled ‘The Psychedelic Seeds of Prog’ – presented by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect and first broadcast on Progzilla Radio on Sunday 14 January 2023, is now also available to play anytime you like or download.

Two hours of superb psychedelic music, mainly from the late 60’s, from which perhaps the early seeds of progressive rock were born. The show includes a superb 70 minute ‘song cycle’ with non stop music interspersed by audio clips and film excerpts relevant to the music and era.

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER ONE : DUNGKIRK (Part Three)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER ONE : DUNGKIRK (Part Two)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

A book at bedtime for adults.

‘It takes many layers to make the fabric of society.

These are the stories of everyday abnormal people,

whose fabric is getting a right unpicking…………..

And you think you’re having a bad day?’

THE ELGIN MARVELS – CHAPTER ONE : DUNGKIRK (Part One)

Written and voiced by Jon Patrick

Following on from his “UK Round Trip” in Podcast 4, this time Dick has put together a selection of tracks from around the world, with no particular theme, except that none of them are from the UK!

A Christmas Special, podcast-only Flight, featuring eponymous songs – that is where the song title, album name and band name are the same.

EBB present a very special podcast in which they discuss their forthcoming EP release ‘The Management Of Consequences’ and explain how it came about.

The Podcast also includes the track ‘Silent Saviour’ from the EP, which is due for release on 1st January 2024, and which you can exclusively hear … er  … here!

The Management of Consequences | Ebb (bandcamp.com)

Martin Haggarty released the charity single ‘Dust and Stone’ on 17th November 2023, in aid of the War Child UK charity. Joining Martin on this song are Amanda Lehmann, Hew Montgomery, Trev Turley and Jon Farley.

On this special 31 minute podcast, Martin explains the inspiration behind the song and how it all came together.

Here is the Bandcamp link for further information :

Dust and Stone | Martin Haggarty (bandcamp.com)

The podcast for last night’s PROG MILL on Progzilla Radio is now available to stream on demand or download. This is the INFINITY SPECIAL with guest host Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect. Two hours of superb music all revolving around the mysterious subject of ‘Infinity’.

Not a geographical round trip but a musical tour, starting and ending with the classic 1978 self-titled album by UK, where each track is linked to the previous one by having at least one band member in common.

On the way, there are also a couple of excursions down branch lines. Dick doesn’t reveal the links until the end, so you can have fun spotting them as you listen (he says it’s pretty straightforward), or even trying to guess what’s coming next!

Something a bit different this time. A podcast of “outliers” – music that we own which doesn’t fit into our usual listening habits.

My choices range in style from Bert Kaempfert to Basement Jaxx, and in year from 1933 to 2020.

The Progfinder General One Album Wonders Special (Number 3), compiled for The Prog Mill by Anthony Dawes, and first broadcast 10 September 2023, is now available to stream on demand or download.

Two hours of superb progressive rock from bands who have only released one album.

The Unitopia Family Tree Special, produced and presented for THE PROG MILL by Leo Trimming of the Progressive Aspect, is now available to stream on demand or download.

Two hours of superb progressive music from down under from Unitopia, United Progressive Fraternity, Southern Empire and more.

Read Leo’s reviews of all these bands and many many more from the TPA team at www.theprogressiveaspect.net

Dick Dapré’s Third Podcast

(Broadcast Sunday 30th July 2023)

Playlist:

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show is broadcast live Sundays from the KrazzLoft Broadcasting Studio in Eastvale, California, USA.

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show show airs LIVE from Southern California every Sunday at 4pm PT, 7pm ET, Midnight UK, 1am CET.

Replays air the following Saturday at 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm UK, and 9pm CET.

Email The Krazz with questions, or music suggestions for future shows at Krazz@Progzilla.com

• KrazzLoft Vinyl Show Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheKrazzLoft

If you love the Polish band RIVERSIDE – you’ll love this show. A very special edition of THE PROG MILL with guest host Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect.

Leo takes us on a journey through the band’s musical history, including solo projects and other collaborations. Two hours of superb progressive rock.

THE PROG MILL – “LOST AND FOUND” – RIVERSIDE SPECIAL
with guest host LEO TRIMMING of The Progressive Aspect
First broadcast – Sunday 18 June 2023 on Progzilla Radio

PART ONE: 
1. Lost (Why should be Frightened by a Hat?)  – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Love, Fear and the Time Machine’ (2016)
 
2. Story of My Dream – RIVERSIDE – from 2021 ‘Story of my Dream’ Single – also on ‘Riverside 20 – The Shorts and the Longs’ (Compilation) (2022)
 
3. The Same River – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Out of Myself’ (2003/4)
 
4. Back to the River (Edit: ‘Shine on you Crazy Diamond’ section) – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Rapid Eye Movement’ (Bonus Disc) (2007)
 
5. Volte-Face – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Second Life Syndrome’ (2005)
 
6. 02 Panic Room (Edit) – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Rapid Eye Movement’ (2007)
 
7. He Av En – LUNATIC SOUL – from ‘Under the Fragmented Sky’ (2018)
 
8. Summoning Dance – LUNATIC SOUL – from ‘Through Shaded Woods’ (2020)
 
PART TWO: 
9. Driven to Destruction – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Anno Domini High Definition’ (2009)
 
10. New Generation Slave  – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Shrine of New Generation Slaves’ (2013)
 
11. Blackbird (Live Acoustic Cover of the Beatles) / Promise (Edit) – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Live Acoustic’ (2021 fan Club Release) / from ‘Eye of the Soundscape’ (2016)
 
12. The Old Peace – STEVEN WILSON & MARIUSZ DUDA – from Charity Download Single (2014)
 
13. Cold (Edit) – LUNATIC SOUL – from ‘Walking on a Flashlight Beam’  (2014)
 
14. Time Travellers – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Love, Fear and the Time Machine’ (2016)
 
15. Guardian Angel – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Wasteland’ (2019)
 
16. Fleeting Skies (with Bela Komoszynska) – MICHAŁ ŁAPAJ – from ‘Are You There’ (2021)
 
17. Self-Aware (Edit) – RIVERSIDE – from ‘I.D. Entity’ (2023)
 
18. Hyperactive (Live) – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Wasteland Tour 2018-2020’ (Released 2021) (Original album version on ‘Anno Domini High Definition – 2009)
 
19. Found (The Unexpected Flaw of Searching) – RIVERSIDE – from ‘Love, Fear and the Time Machine’ (2016)

PRANCE is where PROG meets DANCE!

An almost 3 hour uninterrupted mix of music featuring :

Galahad – Seize The Day

Mike Oldfield & York – Tubular Bells (Remix)

Jean-Michel Jarre – Oxygene, Pt 17

FC Kahuna – Hayling

Fragma – You Are Alive

Tangerine Dream – Firetongues (The Break Freak Mix)

IQ – Closer Than Close

Delerium & Rani – Underwater (Above & Beyond’s 21^st Century Edit)

Andain – Beautiful Things (Radio Edit)

Ozric Tentacles – Lemon Kush

Minimalistix – Close Cover (Radio Remix)

Ian Van Dahl – Castles In The Sky

Technomancer – Bladerunner

Pure Reason Revolution – Armistice (L.A. Boxers Remix)

Armin Van Buuren (feat. Justine Suissa) –  Burned With Desire

Hans Zimmer – S.T.A.Y. (Madis Remix)

Marillion – When I Meet God (Spirited Away Remix)

Porcupine Tree – Voyage 34 Phase 1

Public Service Broadcasting – Go !

Armin Van Buuren (feat. Nadia Ali) – Who Is Watching

Alex Carpani – Next Time

Sash! (feat. Tina Cousins) – Mysterious Times

Motorcycle – As The Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden Chillout Mix)

The Ryszard Kramarski Project – Fox’s Secret

Thrillseekers  (feat. Sheryl Duane) – Synaesthesia (Fly Away) Paul Van Dyk Remix

Veracocha – Carte Blanche

John Beagley – Never Mind

Quantum Fantay – Autumn Landscapes

Rank 1 – Airwaves (Corsten Ferry Remix)

Zoungla – Sunlight Through The Trees

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show is broadcast live Sundays from the KrazzLoft Broadcasting Studio in Eastvale, California, USA.

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show show airs LIVE from Southern California every Sunday at

4pm PT, 7pm ET, Midnight UK, 1am CET.

Replays air the following Saturday at 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm UK, and 9pm CET.

Email The Krazz with questions, or music suggestions for future shows at Krazz@Progzilla.com

RED HOT ROCK with SUZIE SPARKLES

Progzilla Pilot Show

PLAYLIST:

Airbourne – Ready To Rock

Black Star Riders – Finest Hour

Y&T Forever

Pink Floyd – Young Lust

Audioslave – Be Yourself

Mammoth WVH – Don’t Back Down

AC/DC – Who Made Who

FM – Bad Luck

Dio – Rainbow In The Dark

Rush – The Spirit Of Radio

Scorpions – Rock You Like A Hurricane

Wayward Sons – Don’t Wanna Go

Thunder – Last One Out Turn Off The Lights

THE PROG MILL – PROGFINDER GENERAL’S ONE ALBUM WONDERS SPECIAL – first broadcast 30 April 2023 on Progzilla Radio, is now also available to stream on demand or download. A two hour show featuring 11 progressive rock tracks from bands (most of whom you’ve probably never heard of before) who only ever released one album. All selected by ‘The Progfinder General’ Anthony Dawes especially for The Prog Mill This is a brand new show and a follow up to the first One Album Wonders Special broadcast last year.

Playlist

1 Theta – The Toy Airplane (Seeds of a Dream) 2000
2 Crystalwood – In A Dream (Solaire) 2014
3 Abacab – La Source (Mal De Terre) 2008
4 Every Waking Hour – Where The River Flows (Writing on the Wall) 2009
5 PRE – Escetic Eros (PRE) 1994
6 Arts – In Search of Ignorance (Find A Way) 2021
7 8 Days in April – I’d Like to be a Child Again (The Hamburg Scene) 1972
8 Leviathan – Quicksilver Clay (Leviathan) 1974
9 Irrgarten – Into The Maze (Home and Sanctuary) 1997
10 Netherworld – A Matter of Time (In The Following Half Light) 1981
11 The Merlin Bird – Backburner (Chapter and Verse) 2014

You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in and other internet radio apps and platforms – or ask your smart speaker to “Play Radio Progzilla on Tune-In”)

Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC) – main broadcast

Repeated Wednesdays 5am – 7am UK (0400 UTC) – for The Americas/Far East/Australasia (Tuesdays 9pm Pacific US/Midnight Eastern US) and Saturdays 6pm – 8pm UK (1700 UTC/1900 Europe, 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern).

Plus: A podcast of the show which you can stream anytime or download as a mp3 file is normally online by Monday evening each week, with links here and at progzilla.com/podcasts

Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill

Dick Dapré’s Second Podcast

(Broadcast Sunday 30th April 2023)

PLAYLIST:

Solstice – Mount Ephraim

 Landmarq – Personal Universe

Level 42 – Last Chance

Dixie Dregs – Road Expense

The Allman Brothers Band – Stormy Monday

 The Impossible Gentlemen – Barber Blues

Gerald Finzi – Eclogue

Damanek – Long Time, Shadow Falls

The Brand New Heavies – Midnight at the Oasis (Extended version)

Tom Lehrer – The Elements

Codices – Illuminate

Unitopia – Can We Still Be Friends?

I Am The Manic Whale – Stand Up

Nitin Sawhney – Immigrant

A Formal Horse – This One’s Just a Warning

Pendragon – Faces of Light

The ‘h’ Era Marillion Special, compiled for The Prog Mill by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect, first broadcast 30 April 2023, is now also available to listen to anytime or download. Two hours of superb music from the Steve Hogarth era of one of the world’s most loved prog bands. Featuring not only Marillion but also touching on other projects and collaborations during that time.

The Playlist

Part One: 
1. Easter – Marillion – from ‘Season’s End’ (1989) – this version from 1997 Remaster edition
 
2. Splintering Heart – Marillion – from ‘Holidays in Eden’  (1991) – this version from 2022 Remaster – Deluxe Edition
 
3. Standing in the Swing  /  Hard as Love – Marillion –  from ‘Brave’  (1994) – this version from 2018 Remaster – Deluxe Edition
 
4. Afraid of Sunlight – Marillion – from ‘Afraid of Sunlight’ (1995) – this version from 2019 Remaster – Deluxe Edition
 
5. Stranger in Your Soul  (Parts 1 & 2) – Transatlantic – from ‘Bridge Across Forever’ (2001)
 
6. Tumbling Down the Years  (edit) – Marillion – from ‘Marillion.com’ – (1999)
 
7. This Train is My Life – Egbert Derix (with Steve Hogarth) – from ‘Paintings In Minor Lila (New Music Inspired By Marillion)’ (2012)  (Original Marillion version on ‘Happiness is the Road’ – 2008)
 
8. Estonia (edit) – Marillion – from ‘This Strange Engine’ (1997)
 
9. Quartz – Marillion – from ‘Anoraknophobia’ (2001)
 

 
Part Two: 
1. This Strange Engine – Marillion – from ‘This Strange Engine’ (1997)
 
2. The Ghosts of Pripyat – Steve Rothery – from ‘The Ghosts of Pripyat’  (2015)
 
3. Gaza  (Part 1) – Marillion – from ‘Sounds that Can’t Be Made’ (2013)
 
4. The New Kings iv: Why is Nothing Ever True? – Marillion – from ‘F.E.A.R.’ (2016)
 
5. The Crow and the Nightingale – Marillion – from ‘An Hour Before it’s Dark’ (2022)
 
6. Sympathy (Acoustic Version)  (Rare Bird Cover) – Marillion – from ‘Holidays in Eden’  (1998 Remaster edition – bonus disc) (Acoustic version originally recorded 1992)
 
7. Neverland  (Live) – Marillion from ‘All One Tonight – Live at the Royal Albert Hall’ (Recorded live in 2017 – released in 2018) – (Original album version on ‘Marbles’ – 2004)

Join us again next Sunday (30 April) for another Prog Mill Special as we present a ‘One Album Wonders Special’ featuring some amazing music from prog bands who have only released one album, compiled for us by ‘The Progfinder General’ Anthony Dawes. Sunday from 10pm UK (repeated Wed 5am UK and Sat 6pm UK)

The TPA/PROG MILL MARQUEE SPECIAL produced for Progzilla Radio by Richard Swan of the Progressive Aspect is now also available to stream on demand or download. Two hours of superb live music from the neo-prog years at the Marquee Club in London. Hear live performances from the likes of Marillion, Solstice, Pendragon, IQ, Pallas and more.

The Playlist

Part One:

(Intro) Pendragon, Elephants Never Grow Old, The R-best of Pendragon
Twelfth Night, This City, Fact And Fiction
1. Solstice, Find Yourself (Live), Silent Dance
2. Marillion, Forgotten Sons (Live 1982), Script For A Jester’s Tear
3. Pendragon, The Black Knight (Live), 9:15 Live
4. Pallas, Queen Of The Deep, Arrive Alive
5. Twelfth Night, East to West, Live At The Target, segueing into Fact And Fiction / The Poet Sniffs A Flower, Live and Let Live
6. Solstice, Sunrise (Live), Silent Dance

Part Two:

(Intro) Twelfth Night, Sequences, Live At The Target
7. IQ, Awake And Nervous, Living Proof
8. Howard Jones, Hunt The Self (Live), Human’s Lib
9. Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway / Watcher Of The Skies, Live At The Marquee, 27 Sep 1982 (Genesis – The Mov’t)
10. Marillion, Script For A Jester’s Tear (Live 1982), Script For A Jester’s Tear
11. Pendragon, Alaska, 9:15 Live
12. Solstice, Morning Light (Live), New Life
13. Twelfth Night, Sequences, segueing into Love Song, Live And Let Live

THE PROG MILL/KRAZZLOFT VINYL SHOW FUSION 4 INTERVIEWS – PART 4 – DRIFTING SUN

Progzilla Radio presenters Shaun Geraghty (The Prog Mill) and Alan Kraslow (The Krazzloft Vinyl Show), chat to Pat Sanders, Jargon and John Jowitt of Drifting Sun following their performance at Fusion 4 in Stourport on Severn. In a highly enjoyable, funny, lively and occasionally chaotic interview we find out more about how Drifting Sun came to be, how Jargon and John got musically involved with Pat Sanders, and how it felt after their first ever live gig together.

Band website: https://driftingsun.co.uk/

Bandcamp Page: https://driftingsun.bandcamp.com/

Progzilla Radio presenters Shaun Geraghty (The Prog Mill) and Alan Kraslow (The Krazzloft Vinyl Show) chat to Phil Stuckey and Ade Fisher of Stuckfish following their performance at Fusion 4 in Stourport on Severn. They talk about their musical influences, how their albums are created and how they make it all work in live performances.

Band website: https://www.stuckfish.net/the-band
Bandcamp page: https://stuckfish.bandcamp.com/

Shaun Geraghty (The Prog Mill) and Alan Kraslow (The Krazzloft Vinyl Show) chat to Farrah and Richard West of League of Lights following their performance at Fusion 4 in Stourport on Severn. They talk about how they create their music, their musical influences and also Richard’s work with prog metal band Threshold.

Tom Jackson and David Greenaway of The Emerald Dawn are interviewed by Shaun Geraghty (The Prog Mill) and Alan Kraslow of The Krazzloft Vinyl Show following their performance at Fusion 4 in Stourport on Severn. An informal friendly chat followed by one of The Emerald Dawn’s epic tracks.

Watch out for further interview specials right here – with other artists and bands recorded at Fusion 4.

This podcast was made following a programme that Graham Harfleet presented to the Orpington Recorded Music Society on 6.2.23. The programme is based on three composers who died in 1934 and three composers who were born in 1934.

If you would like to contact Graham, please email graham@progzilla.com

Dick Dapré’s Inaugural Podcast

PLAYLIST:

Abel Ganz – One Small Soul

Dixie Dregs – Take It Off The Top

The Tangent – The Tower Of Babel

Stan Tracey – Starless and Bible Black

It Bites – Flag

The Emerald Dawn – Shadow In Light

Heights – Trick Of The Light

Big Big Train – London Plane

Gustav Holst – A Fugal Overture Opus 40 No.1

That Joe Payne – By Name, By Nature

This show is dedicated to the memory and music of David Crosby.

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show show airs LIVE from Southern California every Sunday at

4pm PT, 7pm ET, Midnight UK, 1am CET.

Replays air the following Saturday at 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm UK, and 9pm CET.

Email The Krazz with questions, or music suggestions for future shows at Krazz@Progzilla.com

The TPA/PROG MILL SCOTTISH SPECIAL with guest presenter Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect, first broadcast 29 January 2023, is now also available to stream on demand or download.

Two hours of superb progressive rock from north of the border!

Part One:
1. One Brown Mouse (Live) – Jethro Tull – from ‘Live Bursting Out’  (1978)
 
2. One Small Soul (Radio edit) – Abel Ganz – from ‘The Life of the Honey Bee, and other Moments of Clarity’ (2020)
 
3. Begin Again – Alan Reed – from ‘First in a Field of One’ (2012)
 
4. Faith Healer (Live) – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band – from ‘Live’ (1975)
 
5. ‘Heart of Lothian’ (including):
i.      Bitter Suite Pt 4 – Misplaced Rendezvous
ii.     Bitter Suite Pt 5 – Windswept Thumb
iii.    Heart of Lothian – Pt 1 Wide Boy
iv.    Heart of Lothian – Pt 2 Curtain Call
Marillion – all from ‘Misplaced Childhood’ – (Orig. 1985 – this version: 2017 Deluxe Remaster edition)
 
6. Waverley Steps – Fish – from ‘Weltschmerz’  (2020)
 
7. Martyn Bennett  ‘Grit’ Mix intro – including short excerpt of ‘Brother 52’ from Fish album ‘Sunsets on Empire’ (1997) – TPA Leo
 
8. Grit (TPA Scottish Special Mix) – Martyn Bennett – from ‘Grit’ (2003) – including: ‘Nae Regrets’ & ‘Liberation’ with short excerpts of ‘Chanter’ and ‘Why’
 
9. Moonlight – The Emerald Dawn – from ‘Nocturne’ (2019)
 
Part Two:
 
1. Fanfare for the Broken Hearted – Comedy of Errors – from ‘Fanfare and Fantasy’ (2013)
 
2. Lost Demi-Gods – Comedy of Errors – from ‘Time Machine’ (2022)
 
3. Mary Jane – EBB – from ‘Mad and Killing Time’ (2022)
 
4. Old England – The Waterboys – from ‘This is the Sea’ (orig. 1985 – this version: 2004 Deluxe Remaster)
 
5. The Light Goes Out – Abel Ganz – from ‘The Life of the Honey Bee, and other Moments of Clarity’ (2020)
 
6. Happiness – The Blue Nile – from ‘Peace at Last’ (1996)
 
7. Downside Up – Peter Gabriel (with Paul Buchanan & Liz Fraser) – from ‘Ovo’ (2000)
 
8. Peace Begins with Me – Ali Ferguson – from ‘The Contemplative Power of Water’ (2022)
 
9. TPA Progmill Outro – TPA Leo
 
10. Thank You (Short Excerpt) – Abel Ganz – from ‘Abel Ganz’ (2014)

This show is also repeated on Progzilla Radio Wednesday at 0500 UK, and Saturday at 1800 UK. Back to normal next week with your proggy music suggestions, our fun, quickfire quiz and the TPA album review with Richard Swan who will be taking a listen to the latest release from Freedom To Glide. See you Sunday at 10pm UK.

Playlist

A two hour tribute to the work of musician Robin Armstrong, featuring not only Cosmograf but also his work with Big Big Train and collaborations with artists such as Lee Abraham.

This special was produced for the Prog Mill by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect website. You can read reviews of hundreds of progressive rock albums and gigs at www.theprogressiveaspect.net

Play List

Part One

1. Aspire, Achieve  – Cosmograf (from ‘The Man Left in Space’ – 2013)
2. British Made – Cosmograf  (from ‘Heroic Materials’ – 2022)
3. TPA Review of ‘Heroic Materials – TPA Leo
4. Heroic Materials – Cosmograf (from ‘Heroic Materials’ – 2022)
5. Evolution Railroad (edit) – Cosmograf  (from ‘End of Ecclesia’ – 2009)
6. The Reaper’s Song – Cosmograf  (from ‘Capacitor’ – 2014)
7. Arcade Machine – Cosmograf  (from ‘The Unreasonable Silence’ – 2016)
8. Find Another Way – Lee Abraham (with Robin Armstrong)  (from Lee Abraham album ‘ Colours’ – 2017)
 
Part Two
 
1. East Coast Racer (Live – Short Excerpt) – Big Big Train  (from ‘Empire’) – 2020
2. They Stay  – Cosmograf  (Single – 2022)
3. Blacksmith’s Hammer – Cosmograf (from ‘When Age has Done it’s Duty’ – 2018 Remix Version – original release in 2011)
4. Bakelite Switch – Cosmograf (from ‘When Age has Done it’s Duty’ – 2018 Remix Version – original release in 2011)
5. The Motorway – Cosmograf  (from ‘The Hay-Man Dreams’ – 2017)
6. Godspeed – Cosmograf  (from ‘Mind Over Depth’ – 2019)
7. Time Will Flow – Cosmograf  (from ‘Rattrapante’ – 2021)
8. TPA Outro – TPA Leo
9. The Man Left in Space – Cosmograf (from ‘The Man Left in Space’ – 2013)

New Year’s Eve Special Edition KrazzLoft Vinyl Show broadcast on 31-Dec 2022 (only).

The KrazzLoft Vinyl Show show airs LIVE from Southern California every Sunday at

4pm PT, 7pm ET, Midnight UK, 1am CET.

Replays air the following Saturday at 12pm PT, 3pm ET, 8pm UK, and 9pm CET.

Email The Krazz with questions, or music suggestions for future shows at Krazz@Progzilla.com

Playlist

Welcome to Prog Ramblings, a podcast featuring a wide range of progressive rock and other genres, all linked by a common theme. I’ll take you on a musical journey through time and space, exploring the many facets of progressive rock and other genres. From the classic sounds of the 70s to the modern twists of today. Please be warned that this episode may contain acts related to Eurovision. So sit back, relax, and let me guide you through my world of progressive rock and beyond.

Another chance to hear the beautifully produced Remembrance Special ‘Lillies of the Dead’ produced for The Prog Mill by Leo Trimming of The Progressive Aspect.

Perfect to listen to during Remembrance week.

Huw Lloyd-Jones and Stephen Lambe …

… talk about and play some of the music that helped them through the lockdowns and which has inspired them recently 

(and they mention Summer’s End and Winter’s End a bit too !)   

Featuring the following music :

Sun’s Signature – Golden Air

Hands of the Heron – Softly Spoken Woman

Meer – Across The Ocean

Hannah Moule & The Moulettes – Behemooth

Major Parkinson – Lover, Lower Me Down!

Azure – Spark Madrigal

If you missed the shows the top 40 albums as voted for by Progzilla Radio listeners were:

40. Echolyn – Suffocating The Bloom

39. Dream Theater – Images And Words

38. Abel Ganz – The Danger Of Strangers

37. Porcupine Tree – Voyage 34

36. Mike Oldfield – Amarok

35. The Flower Kings – Back In The World Of Adventures

34. Arena – Songs From The Lion’s Cage

33. King’s X – Faith Hope Love

32. Bankstatement – Bankstatement

31. Victor – Victor

30. Rush – Hold Your Fire

29. Radiohead – The Bends

28. It Bites – Once Around The World

27.Twelfth Night – Collectors Item

26. Roger Waters – Amused To Death

25. Discipline – Push And Profit

24. Peter Gabriel – Us

23. Pink Floyd – A Momentary Lapse Of Reason

22. Roger Waters – Radio Kaos

21. Marillion – Afraid Of Sunlight

20. IQ – Are You Sitting Comfortably?

19. King’s X – Gretchen Goes To Nebraska

18. Dream Theater – Awake

17. Yes – Big Generator

16. Cardiacs – A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window

15. Fish – Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors

14. IQ – Ever

13. King Crimson – Thrak

12. Porcupine Tree – The Sky Moves Sideways

11. Jethro Tull – Crest Of A Knave

10. Echolyn – As The World

9. Roine Stolt – The Flower King

8. Marillion – Seasons End

7. Tool – Ænima

6. Spock’s Beard – The Light

5. Marillion – Clutching At Straws

4. Pink Floyd – The Division Bell

3. Queensrÿche – Operation: Mindcrime

2. Porcupine Tree – Signify

1. Marillion – Brave

Thanks to everyone who voted!

Part 2 of the results show from our Five Decades Of Prog poll (1967-1976) is available now to download or stream on demand!

Part 1 of the results show from our Five Decades Of Prog poll (1967-1976) is available now to download or stream on demand!

I am pleased to announce that the podcast of Progzilla’s tribute to Daevid Allen is now available to download

Farewell Daevid – we’ll see you somewhere down the oily way on other side of the sky.