Monday, March 19, 2012

Show #105

Hello dear listeners. As regular visitors to this site may have noticed, I updated the Festivals section of this website last week and will do so again today as many new acts have been confirmed for various festivals, and some even have confirmed schedules. If anyone has more information about these festivals, or anything to add to the list, please contact me by e-mail at progrockshow(at)hotmail.com.

As for reviews, I will post some this week finally!

On this week's IPRS on UK70sProgRock: a lot of new releases!! See the play list for more information. Send me thoughts or comments about the show, or send me a list of songs you'd like to hear!

Playlist was:

1. Hell Freezes Over, Part I, by Gazpacho (March of Ghosts, 2012)
2. Golem, by Gazpacho (March of Ghosts, 2012)
3. The Dumb, by Gazpacho (March of Ghosts, 2012)
4. Hell Freezes Over, Part IV, by Gazpacho (March of Ghosts, 2012)
5. A Cat with Seven Souls, by Hogart/Barbieri (Not the Weapon but the Hand, 2012)
6. Your Beautiful Face, by Hogart/Barbieri (Not the Weapon but the Hand, 2012)
7. Only Love Will Make You Free, by Hogart/Barbieri (Not the Weapon but the Hand, 2012)
8. Intro/Terra, by Glass Kites (Glass Kites, 2012)
9. Mirror Me, by Glass Kites (Glass Kites, 2012)
10. Revelation, by X-Panda (Flight of Fancy, 2011)
11. Journey of a Dream/Keyboard Solo, by X-Panda (Flight of Fancy, 2011)
12. Into the Gyre, by Motorpsycho (The Death Defying Unicorn, 2012)
13. Into the Mystic, by Motorpsycho (The Death Defying Unicorn, 2012)
14. Every Open Window, by Dice (Comet Highway, 2012)
15. Tunnel of Time, by Dice (Comet Highway, 2012)
16. Between the Face and the Mask, by Cast (Arte, 2012)
17. The Call, by Beyond the Bridge (The Old Man and the Spirit, 2012)
18. The Apparition, by Beyond the Bridge (The Old Man and the Spirit, 2012)
19. Triumph of Irreality, by Beyond the Bridge (The Old Man and the Spirit, 2012)
20. The Spring of It All, by Beyond the Bridge (The Old Man and the Spirit, 2012)
21. Maybe We'll Meet Again, by Lana Lane (El Dorado Hotel, 2012)
22. In Exile, by Lana Lane (El Dorado Hotel, 2012)
23. Intro/Vegetational Town, by VP (Water World, 2012)
24. Cold Call, by OSI (Fire Make Thunder, 2012)


As always, if you love the music, purchase the CDs through your favorite retailer, be it a physical CD or downloaded through iTunes or directly through the artist's website.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Interview with Eric Blackwood of Edison's Children

This week's guest on the International Prog Rock Rock is Eric Blackwood, one half of Edison's Children, the other half being bassist extraordinaire Pete Trewavas. How did this band form, how did Eric and Pete meet? Join me for three hours of great prog music with a great guest, and learn more about Eric and Pete's music, the genesis of there songs, the outtakes, and the future of this wonderful band.

Between the time Eric and I recorded this interview and now, the band has decided to release a single, A Million Miles Away, backed with 2 new songs and 3 remixes. Follow the link above to purchase either the album or the single... or both.

To download IPRS show 104, click here.

The playlist is as follows:

1. Dusk, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
2. Outerspaced, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
3. The "Other" Other Dimension, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
4. Fracture, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
5. A Million Miles Away, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
6. The Awakening, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
7. Spiraling, by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
8. In the Last Waking Moments..., by Edison's Children (In the Last Waking Moments, 2011)
9. The Whirlwind (Live), by Transatlantic (More Is Never Enough, 2011)


The International Prog Rock Show will now air once a month, on the first Friday of each month, for the foreseeable future. The reasons for this are many, but a major one is that doing a radio show on a weekly basis doesn't allow me to write comprehensive reviews of the CDs I receive. So for the moment the show will be monthly, probably 4 hours instead of 3, and will have more new music and more interviews.

And who knows, I may be able to bring the show to a bi-weekly format sooner than you think.

Prog On!