The Wood Demons - Interview with a couple of members of the Wood Demons, founder member John Silver (Bass) and violinist Naomi Belshaw. Tou can watch this podcast of YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwuuflVlWIs&t=18s & please subscribe I first saw The Wood Demons live at the Prog For Peart 2 day festival in August 2021 where they showcased their album ‘Angels Of Peckham Rye’  I have to say they were one of the most enjoyable bands of the weekend. I just love the violin...

Welcome back to 'My Top 5' where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lives and today I spoke to the drummer with progressive rock band Fragile.. Russ Wilson Take a listen to Fragile Here:  https://fragileyestribute.bandcamp.com/ For more info on ProgAxia podcasts and radio shows go to https://www.andyphillips.tv/ You can access all the podcasts on the major podcasting...

Welcome back to ProgAxia and another 'My Top 5' where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lives and today I'm with songwriter and frontman with progressive rock band Warmrain.. Leon Russell   Official Warmrain twitter: https://twitter.com/leonjrussell Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apWTZhy6a9Y

Welcome back to 'My Top 5' where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lives and today I spoke to keyboardist with progressive rock band Fragile.. Max Hunt  Take a listen to Fragile Here:  https://fragileyestribute.bandcamp.com/ For more info on ProgAxia podcasts and radio shows go to https://www.andyphillips.tv/ Watch Full Interview On YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPAJCJyPgew&t=654s

Welcome to My Top 5 where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lies and today I spoke to the drummer with progressive rock band The Far Meadow Paul had some great choices for his top 5 Gentle Giant - Octopus National Health - Of Queues and Cures UK - UK Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway Yes - Close to the Edge Take a listen to The Far Meadow Here: https://thefarmeadow.bandcamp.com/ For more info on ProgAxia podcasts and radio shows...

Welcome to My Top 5 where I talk to musicians about the albums that influenced them and shaped their lies and today we have the brainchild behind the band Zopp, multi instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson Ryan had some great choices Frank Zappa - Hot Rats Porcupine Tree - Fear of a Blank Planet Opeth - Ghost Reveries Eskaton - 4 Visions Egg - The Civil Surface Take a listen to Ryan’s album Zopp Here: https://zopp.bandcamp.com/album/zopp-2 For more info on ProgAxia podcasts and radio...

Second part of our Best Progressive Rock Of 1975. This was a great year for Prog Rock. This was the mid point of the 70's and some bands had just started their journey and some were well established.  I’m joined by my good friend Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) as we look at some wonderful albums that came out that year including Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd, Nadir's Big Chance  by Peter Hammill, Fish Out Of Water by Chris Squire, The Snow Goose by Camel, Time And Tide by Greenslade,...

Part 1 of 2 podcasts on the best Progressive Rock Of 1975. The midpoint of the 70’s This was a year in progressive rock that saw some emerging bands and some established bands hitting their peak. I’m joined by my good friend Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) as we look at some wonderful albums that came out that year. In this podcast we look at the the two albums from Rush that came out in 75, Fly By Night and Caress Of Steel, Steve Hackett’s Voyage of the Acolyte, Freehand from Gentle Giant,...

Top 10 Live Progressive Rock Albums - Join Andy Phillips and Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) as we rundown our top 10 LIVE Progressive Rock Albums. It was great going back and reminding ourselves of some of the wonderful live music produced by the bands we love so much. We talk with passion about albums from  Genesis, Yes, Marillion, Rush, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Pink Floyd, Steve Hackett, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Gong and Hawkwind   All the content we create can be found on...

The final part (Part 3) of our Best Progressive Rock Of 1974 podcast. This is part of a series of podcasts I did with my co presenter Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) where we looked at some of the best progressive rock of that wonderful year In this podcast we look at Gong, Hawkwind, Refugee with Patrick Moraz, Strawbs, Kansas, and Camel   Gong - You 00:26 Hawkwind - Hall Of The Mountain Grill 06:22 Refugee - Refugee (Patrick Moraz) 13:37 Strawbs - Hero And Heroine 20:26 Kansas - Kansas...

Join us for Part 2 of the Best Progressive Rock Of 1974. This is part of a series of podcasts me and my co presenter Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) are doing looking at a year that was very important for progressive rock.    In this podcast we look at the solo album from Peter Hammill, Focus, Renaissance, Emerson Lake And Palmer. Hatfield And The North and Wigwam  Peter Hammill - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage 00:46 Focus - Hamburger Concerto 10:34 Renaissance - Turn Of The Cards 15:13 ELP...

Hey… this is part 1 of 3 podcasts on the best Progressive Rock Of 1974. This was a great year for prog and as usual I’m joined by my good friend Paul Goodge (Dr Prog) as we look at some incredible albums that came out that year. In this podcast we look at the double album from Genesis, The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway, both albums from King Crimson, that’s Starless and Bible Black and Red, Relayer by Yes, The Power and The Glory by Gentle Giant and War Child from Jethro Tull. The Lamb Lies...

La Maschera Di Cera Interview - Great interview with Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI) band La Maschera Di Cera (The Wax Mask).. I was joined by vocalist Alessandro Corvaglia and Keyboardist Agostino Macor. We talked about the history of the band, italian progressive rock and their 2020 album S.E.I.   You can listen to the latest album on their Bandcamp page https://lamascheradicera.bandcamp.com/  The band Alessandro Corvaglia: lead vocals, guitar Agostino Macor: Keyboards Fabio Zuffanti:...

ProgAxia Progressive Rock Podcast 1973 | Part 2 Act 2 With Andy Phillips and Paul Goodge The year 1973 had so much great music that I couldn't squeeze it all into just one show, So I did another 2 hour show, This is the podcast that coverers the last 4 tracks that appeared on that second 2 hour show.   This podcast accompanies the radio show which you can hear on Mixcloud and is act 2 of a 2 part podcast. here's the link to the radio show:...

ProgAxia Progressive Rock Podcast 1973 | Part 2 Act 1 With Andy Phillips and Paul Goodge - 1973 was a hell of a year for progressive rock. In this podcast we look at some of the track that made it so special.   This podcast accompanies the radio show which you can hear on Mixcloud and is part 1 of a 2 part podcast. here's the link to the radio show: https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRebelRadio/best-progressive-rock-of-1973-part-2-rockin-rebel-radio/   Watch Part 2 Act 2...

In this podcast I speak to the brains behind the band Warmrain, Leon Russell. We discuss his debut album ‘Above The Clouds’ which I have come to love. The track Equilibrium was featured on my radio show ‘The Best Progressive Rock Of 2019 Part 2’ https://www.mixcloud.com/RockinRebelRadio/the-rockin-rebel-radio-2019-progressive-rock-retrospective-part-2/ Warmrain website : http://warmrainband.com/ You can catch up on all our podcasts on all the major platforms YouTube:...

The Far Meadow are a 5 piece progressive rock band from London and have 3 albums released to date. The one I heard first and have to say blown away by was their 2019 release called Foreign Land. All their albums display incredible musicianship, but more than that they have an approach to songs which focuses on composition, melody and a sense of event. This approach reminds me so much of how the great bands of the early progressive rock era of the 70’s created musical events in...

Zopp is the brainchild of multi-talented musician Ryan Stevenson. This is Stevenson’s debut album under the Zopp name, recruiting Andrea Moneta on drums and percussion as well as Andy Tillison (The Tangent) to help co-produce and mix the album. If you love the sort of music the Canterbury Scene had to offer in the past then this will hot that sweet spot. It pulls heavily on the Canterbury Scene vibe but with a fresh contemporary twist. In this ProgAxia podcast, Ryan Stevenson explains...

Karfagen is the brainchild of Antony Kalugin, a highly prolific and multi-talented musician and composer who creates incredible soundscapes as part of his Karfagen project but also for his solo albums and other projects. As part of Karfagen he assembles groups of incredibly talented musicians. This interview gives you a peek behind the band and the musician. You can listen to Karfagen and Anthony’s other music here: https://antonykalugin.bandcamp.com/ Of visit his...

SHOW LESS Ovrfwrd are a 4 piece progressive rock band from Minneapolis USA who have become one of the vanguard of modern progressive rock bands and were included in my 'Best Progressive Rock Of 2020' show and for a very good reason.  Their latest album Starstuff was their 4th studio album and has some remarkable instrumental prog. I caught up with Ovrfwrd and asked them about their influences, what brought them together and their reasoning behind the decision to create instrumental...

Andy Phillips and ‘Dr. Prog’ Paul Goodge look at the bands, the music and the albums that became the best progressive rock of 1973. This podcast comes on the back of ‘The Best Progressive Rock Of 1973 Part 1’ radio show now available on MixCloud. In this episode we talk about Camel - Six Ate - Camel (first album), Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon, Yes - The Revealing Science Of God - from Tales From Topographic Oceans, ELP - Karn Evil 9 1st Impression (Part 1 & 2) - from Brain Salad...

ProgAxia Podcast May 2020 Part 3 With Chris Gill, Jon Camp and Eliot Minn. Hosted by Andy Phillips:  Welcome to the May 2020 podcast from ProgAxia and Rockin'Rebel Radio which has been edited into 3 parts. This is Part 3 and is a sort of after-party review of the show we did on 'The Best Progressive Rock Of 1970'  Joining Andy was Chris Gill who had just released the album 'Petrichor' under 'Band Of Rain', The bassist on that album was Andy's next guest, the ex Renaissance bass player...

ProgAxia Podcast May 2020 Part 2 With Chris Gill, Jon Camp and Eliot Minn. Hosted by Andy Phillips:  Welcome to the May 2020 podcast from ProgAxia and Rockin'Rebel Radio which has been edited into 3 parts. This is Part 2 and is a sort of after-party review of the show we did on 'The Best Progressive Rock Of 1970'  Joining Andy was Chris Gill who had just released the album 'Petrichor' under 'Band Of Rain', The bassist on that album was Andy's next guest, the ex Renaissance bass player...

ProgAxia Podcast May 2020 Part 1 With Chris Gill, Jon Camp and Eliot Minn. Hosted by Andy Phillips: Welcome to the May 2020 podcast from ProgAxia and Rockin'Rebel Radio which has been edited into 3 parts. This is Part 1 and is a sort of after-party review of the show we did on 'The Best Progressive Rock Of 1970'  Joining Andy was Chris Gill who had just released the album 'Petrichor' under 'Band Of Rain', The bassist on that album was Andy's next guest, the ex Renaissance bass player...