Steve Petch
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Mar 15 2020
Ms Amy Birks | All That I Was & All That I Was
Let’s put this out there from the beginning shall we? Kate Bush fans form an orderly clue. For lovers of Kate’s work and style there is now once again a young and vibrant exponent of storytelling and musical theatrics. Ms Amy Birks first came to my attention as singer and song writer with the rather …
Mar 11 2020
Prog the final frontier.
I write this missive on the fourth anniversary of Keith Emerson’s tragic suicide. An event like so many of his fans and admirers I found very hard to bear. My hero since I was thirteen years old and a huge influence on my future musical interests and obsessions. A man of extremes, hard drinking, flamboyant …
Feb 05 2020
Steve Hackett Autobiography
Count the Progmeister in on this one. I have long awaited an official autobiography of Mr Hackett. Available to pre-order from: Hackettsongs Webstore Publication date: 24th July 2020 RRP: £19.99 ISBN: 978-1-912782-38-3 Hardback: 234 x 156 mm, 224pp, plus 8 page photo section July 2020 sees the publication of A Genesis In My Bed …
Jan 30 2020
Panoply | Transcript
Panoply is the name used by one time Quasar guitarist Kevin Fitzgerald to channel his multi layered compositions of both long and short form musical sketches. According to my copy of The Little Oxford dictionary Panoply means “full armour, complete or splendid array”. Indeed I can see why Kevin would use such a title as …
Dec 13 2019
Glorious Wolf | Zodiac
Glorious Wolf is the name under which guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Ruud Dielen records some interesting and beguiling music. Ruud contacted me some time ago informing me of an album he was working on and kindly sent me some tasters. So intriguing were they that I played them on my show on www.progzilla.com . Hailing from …
Dec 09 2019
Dave Bainbridge and Sally Minnear in the North East
I recieved a call from an old school mate a couple of weeks back asking if i would like to compare a gig he is organizing in my home town Hartlepool up in the North East. I of course tread with caution before agreeing to anything. However, when he told me that it is Dave …
Dec 02 2019
Putting the year to bed.
In the terminal days of the decade 2019 for me personally presented many personal challenges. So many issues left me battling with depression and physical weakness. Something perhaps not dwelled on or indeed discussed unnecessarily. As I don my Big Big Train hat and potter in the garden whilst putting it to bed for winter …
Nov 08 2019
Is It Prog?
Travelling to the HRS Prog weekend in Sheffield recently with my good friend Johnny Blakey of Progwinds fame. He suggested to me that I should include a song or piece of music in my show that begs the question “is it Prog or is it not?” Following a debate about possible contenders we agreed that …
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- The Progmeister @ Progzilla February 251. The Procession/The White Rider – Camel 2. From The Weeping Cradle – Dominic Sanderson 3. Masheena – Last Flight To Pluto 4. Don’t Lose Your Soul -Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne 5. Crystalline – Midnight Jazz Club 6. Return Of The Ellington – Rosalie Cunningham 7. You – Roy Harper 8. Sulis Rise […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla January 25 show.1. Martha’s Madman – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band 2. Coexistence part 1 – Oddleaf 3. The Fastest Man In The World – Gary Kemp 4. The Race – Yello 5. A Timeless Place – Anne Dudley & Jaz Coleman 6. Fingertips (live) – Peter Jones 7. Ectone – Norrsken 1982 – Beardfish 8. Arriving Somewhere […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla December 241. Something Very Strange – Spock’s Beard 2. The Rotter’s Club Is Closing \Down – Jakko Jakszyk 3. Torrential Downpour – Beardfish 4. Earthsong (live at Rosfest 2012) – Sanguine Hum 5. Blakey Jones – Back Door 6. Dream Kitchen – Frazier Chorus 7. Heavy Pencil – Rosalie Cunningham 8. It Ain’t Cool – […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla November 241. Heathrow- Level 42 2. In My Life-Barclay James Harvest 3. The Way Back Home-Unity 4. Flight Behaviour-Haze 5. Take Your Shot-Pineapple Thief 6. Telling The Bees (live)-Big Big Train 7. Tureg’s Dance-Madfellaz 8. Coffee In New York-The Korgi’s 9. Bermuda Triangle-Bob Walsh 10. Sweet Dreams (live)-Jethro Tull 11.Philadelphia-Neil Young 12. Tony Patterson @ Doug […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla | October 24 Show1. Water From A Vine Leaf – William Orbit 2. The North Sky – The Tangent (4 one) 3. Between Two Points David Gilmour featuring Romany Gilmour 4. Digging In The Dirt – Peter Gabriel 5. For You And I – Glorious Wolf 6. Back Seat Driver – Emily Francis Trio * 7. Gordon’s Gin […]
- The Progmeister @ Progzilla September 2024 show.1. Crazy – Supertramp 2. Do You Know – Jadis 3. Transylvanian Dances – Mandoki Soulmates 4. Pigs Might Fly – Doris Brendel 5. Sand Castles – Tony Patterson & Doug Melbourne 6. The Good Old Days Of The Cold War – The Korgis 7. Bats In The Belfry – Big Big Train 8. Heart […]
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