What a year eh? In the music world it’s been a bloody awful one loosing as we have my all time hero Keith Emerson as well as legends David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Roye Albrighton, Prince, Rod Temperton, James Woolley, Gilli Smith Greg Lake and most recently Rick Parfitt. This short list only scratches the surface …
Dec 18 2016
New Hackett album set for March
Steve Hackett: The Night Siren Guitar virtuoso and rock legend, Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis), releases his latest album The Night Siren on 24th March 2017 through InsideOut Music (Sony). As implied in the title, The Night Siren is a wake-up call… the warning of a siren sounding in this era of …
Dec 17 2016
Christmas Progcast
It’s been a hell of a year for music and the arts in general losing so many wonderful legends. Indeed in the words of her majesty it has been an Annus Horriblus. With the most recent loss being Greg Lake it is fitting that we steer from our normal format of including new releases etc …
Dec 08 2016
Greg Lake 1947-2016
Too many times have i been lost for words this year and now yet again i find myself speechless. I actually have tears welling in my eyes as i type this as i did when i heard of Keith Emerson’s tragic death earlier in the year. Like Keith, Greg lake lake made a massive impression …
Nov 22 2016
November’s Progcast
Ladies and gentlemen, “welcome back my friends to the show that never ends”. Join me Steve Petch AKA The Progmeister on Sunday 27th of November for my November Progcast on ARFM Rock Radio. It starts at 2pm through till 4pm. I will be playing a couple of tracks from the new Yello album “TOY …
Nov 13 2016
Kaipa Da Capo | Darskapens Monotoni.
Forerunners to Swedish Prog legends The Flower Kings, Kaipa recently reformed with the extended moniker Kaipa Da Capo. This if my understanding is correct differentiates between Kaipa who are still a going concern. The incarnation under scrutiny here formed in 2014 for a festival and decided to stay together in their present to produce a …
Nov 02 2016
Interview With Mog’s Phil Swinburne. A Ghost in the machine.
I was pleased to catch up with singer songwriter Phil Swinburne of Teesside band Mog recently. I had a chat with him about Astronauts & Ghosts the bands new album. But why in a church? Well, he is a Man Of God! It was strange sitting in that church as it will have been over …