Dec 01 2013
I was recently fortunate enough to interview Ex 10cc and Camel drummer Paul Burgess. Paul has played with some top names over the years including Jethro Tull. Below is the link to Youtube were you can watch the interview conducted during an interlude whilst he was playing a gig in North Yorkshire. I hope …
Nov 15 2013
2013 has been a very difficult year for me personally and one that will remain in my memory for many years to come. The one thing that has remained positive has been the world of Prog. Forty years on since the release of the most most influential albums that truly shaped the genre that many …
Nov 10 2013
Sunday is a day of worship and with the first chapter of the bible being the book of Genesis what better way to spend an evening than at Newcastle City Hall in the company of Mr Steve Hackett performing some of the most revered work of the prog force that paved the way, Genesis? The …
Oct 28 2013
Some things in your life are very personal and effect you in a way that touch your soul. Camel are one of those things and an element of my life since adolescence. Imagine how thrilled i was to hear that after a ten year abscence due in no small part to guitarist Anrdew Latimers …
Oct 20 2013
Despite declaring that he felt the North East of England was: “like a black hole as far as my type of music is concerned”, and expressing his feelings of trepidation on seeing Newcastle on the tour schedule, a little over two hours later Steven Wilson was delightedly showing his appreciation to a more than receptive …
Oct 09 2013
Every once in a while you hear an album that you simply can’t stop playing. I was recently given just such an album in the form of Echo Games by Katy Lied. It would be very easy to assume that a band with such a name would be a Steely Dan tribute, however, nothing …
Sep 19 2013
Relaeased on September 2nd is the latest album The Twenty Seven Club by Welsh Progsters Magenta. Being as i am a late convert to Magenta’s music iv’e had a lot of catching up to do. and that is exactly what i have been doing. Bringing myself bang up to date on the bands work …
Sep 07 2013
Many years ago shortly after Peter Gabriel left Genesis he decided that he wanted to simply retreat and grow cabbages. It was always something that stuck in my mind not realising at the time what on Earth would make someone feel that way. Shortly after I staged Promeister2 I had the same epiphany. I …
The Progmeister on Progzilla Radio