Re-Broadcast: The Really Big Prog Show

While we are busy working away stitching together the final bits and pieces of our upcoming new show called the "Women of Classic Prog," we thought it would be a great time to pull out another one of our favorite past broadcasts, aptly entitled "The Really Big Prog Show."

And big it certainly is, crammed full of all kinds of musical goodies including the Strawbs, X World 15, Diagonal, Riverside and even a little bit of Emerson, Lake and Palmer on the side.

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"The Really Big Prog Show," which originally aired on the April 12, 2009 edition of The Irrelevant Rock & Roll & Music Show was the first of a series of shows fully dedicated to progressive rock, both classic and new.

Progressive folk rock pioneers, The Strawbs, are featured in this show, including a discussion of their "The Broken Hearted Bride" album, released in September 2008.

The Strawbs are also the focus of a "Retro Perspective" discussion of their career by J. Hoskins & Krafty.

You'll find lots more info about The Strawbs on their extensive website.

Other show highlights include "Crossfire" in which two new albums are showcased and debated.

In the Crossfire on this show are the debut album from Diagonal, and X-World/5's "New Universal Order."

For more on the Diagonal debut album, check the reviews on Progarchives

Check out X-World/5's website here

Another feature of IRRMS is the Find of the Week, in which great albums that may have been overlooked are featured. On this show we uncover "Second Life Syndrome" by Riverside, which was released in 2005.

You'll find more info on this Riverside on their website and also at Progarchives.

Also included in the show is our Alternative Classic Rock Track, "Knife Edge," by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, from ELP's 1970 debut album.

Enjoy the show!

The Shredders Show

Okay, batten down the hatches, it’s time for the Irrelevant Rock & Roll & Music Show's very special Second Edition of the All Prog Summer.

I can’t think of a better way to kick off the festivities than to feature a segment entirely dedicated to that rare breed known as "shredders." Yes, those guitar wizards that are faster than a speeding bullet and sometimes think that they can jump over tall buildings and don’t always play well with others.

Musical heroes, and in some instances villains, cut a large swath through the heart of modern music and its many diverse layers. Names like Gilbert, Malmsteen, MacAlpine and Petrucci, who stand toe to toe unleashing a pyrotechnic display of fret board virtuosity and sometimes even get around to penning the odd song or two.



So step away from the sunscreen and beach umbrella and join co-hosts J Hoskins and guitar maverick and composer of the album, "Decade," Jeff Pearson, as they introduce you to a hybrid of Rock, Classical, Jazz and Alternative six string alchemists that define the very essence of what prog and progressive music is and what it continues to be …. Fearless music

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Jeff Pearson - Decade

Check out our co-host's album.

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Featured on the show are:

Dream Theater

John Petrucci

Greg Howe

Tony MacAlpine

Yngwie Malmsteen

John 5

The International Record Store Day Show, Part 2

Okay it’s finally here, the 2^nd part of the extended long playing record show 2012 edition, in which hosts J Hoskins and John Howarth continue spinning out the tunes from Yes, Ryan Adams and former Sharks and Baker Gurtvitz Army vocalist, Snips. 

They also take a moment to give out some props to Toronto’s Sunrise Records and lament the loss of Peter Dunn’s Vinyl Museum. 

Not be outdone, Dr Prog reveals his ongoing quest to remove Yes’ “Tales From Topographic Oceans” from the dreaded "Wall of Shame." Worth waiting for you betcha. 

All part of the service from your friends here at "The Irrelevant Rock & Roll & Music Show."

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TAKE THE WALL OF SHAME CHALLENGE AND RECIEVE SOME FREE MUSIC ON US

Help Dr Prog in his quest to remove "Tales From Topographic Oceans" from the Irrelevant Rock & Roll &Music Show "Wall of Shame."

If you are one of the first fifty people who contact us through the Irrelevant Rock & Roll Music page or the blog and cast your vote either yeah or nay along with a short explanation  of why this misunderstood Yes classic should be rescued from musical purgatory.

producers@virtuallyaudio.com

We will send you a Virtually Vinyl sampler featuring TRIP2MARS, Alan Lee, Jeff Pearson, and the Reverend Johns on us.

The Branches of Genesis - Anthony Phillips & Steve Hackett, Part 2

J. Hoskins & guest host, Christopher Rutty (aka "Dr Prog"), continue their unique in-depth examination of the solo careers of ex-Genesis guitarists, Anthony Phillips and Steve Hackett. 


The show picks up their parallel musical paths in the mid-1990s and traces their extensive studio album output to the present, closing the loop when Ant played on Steve's "Out of the Tunnel's Mouth" masterpiece. 

The distinctive paths of Phillips' and Hackett's post-Genesis musical journey clearly reflects, continues and expands on the original Genesis spirit they both helped forge. Moreover, as this special extended episode illustrates, their solo albums underscore a vital, yet sensitive, progressive music fearlessness that both of these guitar geniuses have maintained to this day. 

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To keep up to date on all things Steve Hackett & Anthony Phillips, visit their websites.

Steve Hackett's site

Anthony Phillips' site

Steve Hackett live in Rome, May 2011

Anthony Phillips in Steve's studio, June 2009

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Rebroadcast: "Another Really Big Prog Show"

This week we are rebroadcasting "Another Big Prog Show" with a little new, a little old, and a bit retro.  It was originally broadcast in March 2010.

Stay tuned for the Branches of Genesis Part 2 coming in the next week or two!

Until then this show features Big Big Train, Frost, Abigail's Ghost and The Lee Saunders Project. 

The two co-hosts, J. Hoskins & Krafty, also lock horns over the definition of what is progressive and what is prog. 

For the icing on the musical cake, they advise you how to spend your hard earned money on early Jethro Tull.

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Big Big Train: The Underfall Yard (2009)

Frost: Experiments in Mass Appeal (2008)

Abigail's Ghost: D_LETION (2009)

The Lee Saunders Project: A Promise of Peace (1995)