A Sorta Young Person’s Guide to Prog Rock
Progressive Rock was a revolutionary music genre that emphasized flashy musicianship and wild experimentation. In the wake of the psychedelic 60s, Prog Rock would scale the heights of commercial and critical success. Its star burned brightly, but only five years later it was in terminal decline, destined to be lost to the sands of time. Join your host Ian Prise and his guests each week as we trace the rise and fall of Prog Rock, album by album.
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
We offer some final thoughts on how much we loved this album
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
We finish the second half Fairport Convention's 1969 Album Liege and Lief
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
We talk about the music, the myths and the talents behind Fairport Convention's 1969 Album Liege and Lief
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
It began with the recording of a Great Album. But some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for most of the 80s, the Album passed out of all knowledge. Until, when chance came, it ensnared a new bearer. The Album came to the creature, Ed, who took it deep into the tunnels of the Misty Mountains. And there it consumed him. And in the gloom of Ed's cave, it waited. Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. And the Album perceived its time had now come. It abandoned Ed. But something happened then the Album did not intend. It was picked up by the most unlikely creatures imaginable. Two Momes, Omegrine and Nikwise of the Shire.
On a very special episode, we reckoned we'd welcome back the Feckless Momes, hosts of the epic Talk Tull to Me podcast, to discuss Fairport Convention's perfect album, 1969's Liege and Lief
The only thing we didn't reckon on is that it would take 4 hours
It was worth all of it
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Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
King Crimson rounds out their jazz metal trilogy as a trio
This is the clearest, heaviest and arguably most King Crimson that King Crimson will ever be
Join us for 1974's Red
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Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
King Crimson takes it to the stage and improvises some surprisingly enjoyable music.
Also some unsurprisingly unenjoyable music
Join us for 1974s Starless and Bible Black
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Friday Feb 28, 2025
Friday Feb 28, 2025
We drop in on a newly reformed King Crimson as they embark on a trilogy of jazz metal classics with 1973's Lark's Tongue in Aspic
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Thursday Feb 06, 2025
Thursday Feb 06, 2025
We continue through to the stormy seas of Jazz Fusion with Relayer and return to our island home with Going for the One.
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Like the Greeks of Olde, we embark on Yes embarking on a 90 min odyssey with Tales from Topographic Oceans
Join us this week as we are delighted and perplexed by Mid-1970s yes
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Sunday Jan 26, 2025
Sunday Jan 26, 2025
We welcome back Prog Spawn, a showcase for any bands making 70s prog inspired rock
Ian sits down with Prog Scholars and Prog Rockers Arcane Atlas for the rerelease of their debut. We get into their musical friendship, their philosophy on making music and their unbridled passion for arpeggios
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