Playlist - 29 November 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including Adelaide band Unitopia recorded live and some heavier music from the Perth band Voyager. With much of Adelaide at the Glendi festival today and tomorrow, there's a musical detour to Greece including the band Aphrodite's Child, which in the early 1970's featured both the keyboard wizard Vangelis and the singer Demis 'Forever and ever' Roussos. And it's happy birthday to Roger Glover (Deep Purple).

8pm
Rush    Distant early warning (1984) (Grace Under Pressure)
Rush    The anarchist (2012) (Clockwork Angels)
Vangelis    The motion of the stars (1988) (Direct)
Aphrodite’s Child    The four horsemen (1972) (666)
September Code    B4U (2012) (Remembering Mirrors)
Voyager    Pulse 04 + Falling (2007) (Univers)
Andy Salvanos    Happy song (2011) (Dream Recall)
Camel    Ice (1979) (I Can See Your House From Here)
9pm
Sky    Where Opposites Meet (1979) (Sky)
Kevin Peek    Drifting (1982) (Life And Other Games)
John Williams    Travelling (1978) (Travelling)
Francis Monkman    The Long Good Friday soundtrack: Overture (1981) (The Long Good Friday soundtrack)
White Willow    Anamnesis (2000/2014) (Sacrament)
Dave Kerzner    Stranded Pt.1 (2014) (New World)
10pm
Roger Glover and Guests    The feast + Love is all (1974) (The Butterfly Ball)
Deep Purple    Perfect strangers (1984) (Perfect Strangers)
Unitopia    The garden (live) (2011) (One Night In Europe)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest    Trevethy Quoit + Hadrian’s wall + St Michael’s Mount + Cerne abbas (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 22 November 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Adelaide's Sympathy Orchestra and Unitopia,  and the new CD from The Lammas Tide (Perth); plus some classic early '70's music from Barrie McAskill and the Levi Smith's Clefs. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Steve Swindells (songwriter and keyboardist with Hawkwind, who contributed a mildly successful single during his brief tenure with the band).

8pm
Starting with a little birthday music, then continuing with:
Levi Smith's Clefs    Relief from a lighted doorway + You can’t do that (1970) (Empty Monkey)
Freedom To Glide    Rain (Part 1) + Anywhere Else But Here + Path Of Reason+ Riders on a wave (2013) (Rain)
Tin Spirits    Old hands (2014) (Scorch)
Steeleye Span    Overture + The Dark Morris Song + The good witch (2013) (Wintersmith)
Jethro Tull    Broadsword (1982) (Broadsword And The Beast)
9pm
Unitopia    Take good care (2005) (More Than A Dream)
Unitopia    Even in the quietest moments (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
Moon Safari    Too young to say goodbye (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
The Flower Kings    Dark fascist skies (2013) (Desolation Rose)
10pm
The Lammas Tide    Barefoot electric (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
Sympathy Orchestra    May the middle (2014) (Sword Machine)
Hawkwind    High Rise (live) (1978/1992) (The Hawklords Live)
Hawkwind    Shot down in the night (live) (1979) (Live ‘79)
Andy Jackson    The boy in the forest (2014) (Signal To Noise)
Pink Floyd    Side 2: Sum + Skins + Unsung + Anisina (2014) (The Endless River)

Playlist - 15 November 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Dyssidia and the new CD from The Lammas Tide; plus a detour into the spacier side of Australian music with Lobby Loyde, Mushroom Giant (here in Adelaide next Saturday) and The Black Galaxy Experience. It's happy birthday this weekend to Martin Barre (Jethro Tull). And there's some Tori Amos (in concert here in Adelaide tmorrow).

8pm
Pink Floyd    selection from The Endless River (2014)
Syd Barrett    Dark globe (1970) (The Madcap Laughs)
Pink Floyd    When the tigers broke free (1982) (single only / Echoes: A Pink Floyd Collection)
Pink Floyd    One of these days (1971) (Meddle)
Pink Floyd    Us and them (1973) (Dark Side Of The Moon)
Dave Gilmour    The blue (2006) (On An Island)
9pm
Mushroom Giant    Aesong (2012) (The Drake Equation EP)
Dyssidia    Deja senti (2013) (Quiet Waters EP)
Tori Amos    Seven sisters + Carry (2011) (Night Of Hunters)
Lobby Loyde    Hymenoptera’s revenge (1976) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths Of Klimster)
Ozric Tentacles    Five jam (1986) (Erpsongs)
The Black Galaxy Experience    Clean cut (2013) (End Transmission EP)
10pm
Jethro Tull    Aqualung (1971) (Aqualung)
Jethro Tull    Hot mango flush (1999) (Dot Com)
Dave Gilmour    Echoes (live, 2006) (Live In Gdansk)
The Lammas Tide    Barefoot electric + A company of rogues (2014) (Barefoot Electric)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 8 November 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring classic music from Spectrum/Murtceps, Mackenzie Theory and the recent CD reissue of the one and only album from 1972 by McPhee (Sydney) and new music from Vanishing Point. There's some Joe Satriani (in concert here in Adelaide tomorrow). And it's happy birthday this weekend to Peter Hamill (VdGG), Greg Lake (King Crimson. ELP) and Roy Wood (ELO, Wizzard).

8pm
Joe Satriani    One big rush + The bells of Lal (Pat One) + The bells of Lal (Pat Two) (1989) (Flying In A Blue Dream)
Joe Satriani    New day (1986) (Not Of This Earth)
McPhee    Indian rope man + Out to lunch (1972) (McPhee)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose / Ghosts: Post-Terminal Reflection)
Electric Light Orchestra    Look at me now (1971) (The Electric Light Orchestra)
Roy Wood & Wizzard    See my baby jive (1973) (Wizzard Brew)
Ozric Tentacles    Ullular gate (1985) (Tantric Obstacles)
Hawkwind    Spiral galaxy 28948 (1975) (Warrior On The Edge Of Time - Remastered)
9pm
King Crimson    Peace – A beginning + Pictures of a city (1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Emerson Lake and Palmer    Trilogy (1972) (Trilogy)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
Mackenzie Theory    World’s the way (1973) (Out Of The Blue)
Dream Theater    The test that stumped them all (2002 / 2008) (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence / Greatest Hit)
Vanden Plas    Fire blossom + Rainmaker (1997) (The God Thing)
10pm
Vanishing Point    Distant is the sun + Let the river run (2014) (Distant Is The Sun)
Andy Salvanos    Smiles (2007)  (Closer)
Anglagard    Jordrok (live) (1996) (Buried Alive)
Van der graaf Generator    Man Erg (1971) (Pawn Hearts)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 1 November 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring classic music from Blackfeather and Tamam Shud, plus more recent releases from Indaba (jazz rock fusion from Brisbane) and Sebastian Hardie. Birthdays this week for the late Ric Grech (bass player with Family and Traffic) and Keith Emerson, plus a broad selection from the musical legacy of Jack Bruce.

8pm
Jack Bruce    Golden days (1974) (Out Of The Storm)
Jack Bruce    Tickets to waterfalls + Weird of Hermiston (1969) (Songs For A Tailor)
Cream    I feel free + White room (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Van Der Graaf Generator    The house with no door (1970) (H to He Who Am The Only One)
Spooky Tooth    Lost in the dream (1969) (Spooky Two)
Curved Air    Over and above (1972) (Phantasmagoria)
Indaba    Absolute mobility (2000) (Something Serious)
9pm
Blackfeather    At the mountains of madness + Seasons of change (1971) (At The Mountains Of Madness)
Blackfeather    Tomorrow never knows (1971) (The GTK Tapes Vol.2)
Traffic    Rainmaker (1971) (The Low Heeled Spark Of High Heeled Boys)
Traffic    Gimme some lovin’ (live) (1971) (Welcome  To The Canteen)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Honky tonk train blues (1977) (Works Volume II)
The Nice    America (1968) (single only)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Fanfare for the common man (1977) (Works Volume I)
10pm
Tamam Shud    Bali waters + Sea the swells + First things first (1972) (Morning Of The Earth, soundtrack)
Cream    Crossroads (live) + NSU (live) (1968) (Wheels Of Fire)
Cream    Strange brew + Wrapping paper (live at the BBC) (1968) (Cream BBC Sessions)
Sebastian Hardie    I wish (2012) (Blueprint)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)
Andy Salvanos    Long black lunch (2007) (Closer)

Playlist - 25 October 2014

This week, if you're not off to the Rolling Stones concert tonight, you can put your feet up and relax after a day at the Cheesefest in the Adelaide Parklands with another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and overseas, including recent music from Brisbane band Caligula's Horse, selections from the 2006 concept album by local group Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest ("A Celtic history of South Australia") and the ASO playing Pink Floyd from 2006. And it's happy birthday to singer Jon Anderson (Yes),  French jazz pianist Jacques Loussier and the multi-talented Gil Matthews (drummer with Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs, as well as house engineer/producer for Havoc Records; and more recently the guru behind the remastering and reissue of some classic Australian music from the 1970's).

8pm
A Mixed Cheese Platter:
 - Cheddar
 - Stilton
 - Mozzarella
9pm
Jon Anderson    New new world (2011) (Survival And Other Stories)
Vangelis (feat. Jon Anderson)    So long ago so clear (1975) (Heaven And Hell)
Yes    South side of the sky (1972) (Fragile)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Kapunda 1856 The Cornish Miners + The Burra 1861 + Gulnare 1872 Death Of The Last Born (2006) (Land Of The Vast Horizon)
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs    Most people I know (1972) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Gil Matthews    Gil’s thing (1971) (single only, The Complete Havoc Singles)
Cybotron    Eureka (Guitar version) (1980)  (Implosion, bonus track from Abbey Moor sessions)
10pm
Jacques Loussier    Prelude No.1 (1959) (Play Bach No.1)
Jacques Loussier    Chorale No.1 (live) (1965) (Play Bach aux Champs-Elysees)
The Nice    Brandenburger (1968) (single, Ars Longa Vita Brevis)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Signs of life + Learning to fly + Another brick in the wall Pt.2 (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Caligula’s Horse    A gift to afterthought (2013) (The Tide, The Thief & River's End)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 18 October 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Kettlespider (Melbourne), Quiet Child (Adelaide) and the eclectic Resonaxis (Sydney), plus some classic music from Flake and Tully. With Devin Townsend in Adelaide for a guitar clinic on Thursday, tonight features some of his "wall of sound" music. And it's happy birthday this weekend to the fine lyricist Keith Reid who has written lyrics for Procol Harum songs since 1967, and who in his spare time away from Procol has put words in the mouths of many singers including Robin Trower, Peter Frampton and John ("You're the voice") Farnham.

8pm
Jethro Tull    Look at the animals (1973/1993) (Nightcap)
DeeExpus    Maybe September (2012) (King Of Number 33)
The Wishing Tree    Hollow Hills (2009) (Ostara)
Procol Harum    A salty dog (1969) (A Salty Dog)
Procol Harum    The mark of the claw (1977) (Something Magic)
Procol Harum    A whiter shade of pale (1967) (single only)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Thank you + Brother sun + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
9pm
Ocean Machine    Seventh wave (1997) (Biomech)
Devin Townsend    Deep peace (2001) (Terria)
Devin Townsend    The greys + Tall latte (2007) (Ziltoid The Omnisient)
Ozric Tentacles    Plurnstyle (1995) (Become The Other)
Hawkwind    Aerospace age (2013) (Onward)
Resonaxis    Monsignor Loss + Mysterium (2012) (Hymnarium)
Kettlespider    Reflections (2012) (Avadante)
10pm
Quiet Child    Conditions + The coming storm (2013) (The Coming Storm)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    Alta Loma Nine Till Five (live, 1974) (Cook)
Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)    The world became the world (1974) (The World Became The World)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Resonaxis - " the only known rock band in the world with a pipe organist and choral singer in their line-up.":

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Also on PBA-FM, Monday nights (8:30pm) and Friday mornings (9:05am):

"Creative Male Ageing" - 12 programs starting from Monday 29 September, challenging conventions and exploring new options for older men. Produced at PBA FM in Adelaide South Australia, with support from the Office for the Ageing, Department of Health and Ageing, Government of South Australia. More information about this thought provoking 12 program series is at the program website: http://www.creativemaleageing.com/

Playlist - 11 October 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Adelaide bands Dyssidia and Like Leaves, plus Mushroom Giant (Melbourne) and The Lammas Tide (Perth) and an entree sized serving of the eclectic '70's band Rainbow Theatre.

8pm
Camel    Rhayader (single edit) (1975) (The Snow Goose)
The Orb and David Gilmour    Spheres side: Es Vedra / Hymns to the Sun (Reprise) / Olympic / Chicago Dub / Bold Knife Trophy (2010) (Metallic Spheres)
Anathema    Anathema (2014) (Distant Satellites)
Porcupine Tree    Stranger by the minute (1999) (Stupid Dream)
Dyssidia    Deja senti (2013) (Quiet Waters EP)
Karnivool    The Caudal Lure (2009)  (Sound Awake)
9pm
Like Leaves    Dancing on glass + Fruit (2011) (Like Leaves)
Genesis    The Cinema Show (1973) (Selling England By The Pound)
Steve Hackett    Clocks (the angel of Mons) (1979) (Spectral Mornings)
Curved Air    Marie Antoinette + Cheetah (1972) (Phantasmagoria)
Rainbow Theatre    Petworth House (1975) (The Armada)
10pm
Triumvirat    Illusions on a double dimple (1973) (Illusions On A Double Dimple)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    A time and a place + From the beginning (live, 1997) (Then & Now)
Emerson Lake & Palmer    Hoedown (1972) (Trilogy)
Mushroom Giant    Aesong (2012) (The Drake Equation EP)
The Lammas Tide    Soldier of the sun (2014) (Soldier Of The Sun, single)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)


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Also on PBA-FM, Monday nights (8:30pm) and Friday mornings (9:05am):

"Creative Male Ageing" - 12 programs starting from Monday 29 September, challenging conventions and exploring new options for older men. Produced at PBA FM in Adelaide South Australia, with support from the Office for the Ageing, Department of Health and Ageing, Government of South Australia. More information about this thought provoking 12 program series is at the program website: http://www.creativemaleageing.com/

Playlist - 4 October 2014

Don't forget the Open Day today at PBA-FM. By 8pm tonight, you might be ready to put your feet up and take in another edition of Seasons Of Change with a "best of breed" selection of progressive rock from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Anubis (Sydney), Ben Craven (Brisbane) and Unitopia (Adelaide) recorded live, plus some classic Spectrum, Sebastian Hardie and Healing Force.  And a little Kate Bush in honour of her last concerts this week - on the other side of the world - at the Hammersmith Odeon.

8pm
Rush    The Spirit of Radio (1980) (Permanent Waves)
Pink Floyd    Shine on you crazy diamond Pt.1 to 7 (1975 / 2001) (Wish You Were Here / Echoes)
Ozric Tentacles    Dance of the loomi (1994) (Arborescence)
Ben Craven    Great & terrible potions (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
Spectrum    Trust me (1972) (Milesago)
9pm
Dream Theater    In the Presence of Enemies Part 1 (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
Liquid Tension Experiment    Kindred Spirits (1998) (Liquid Tension Experiment)
Dream Theater    In the Presence of Enemies Part 2 (2007) (Systematic Chaos)
Yes    Roundabout (single version) (1972) (Fragile)
Procol Harum    Wee small hours of sixpence (1968) (single, Shine On Brightly)
King Crimson    In the court of the crimson king (1969) (In The Court Of The Crimson King)
10pm
Anubis    The passing bell (Parts I – VI) (2011) (A Tower Of Silence)
Unitopia    More than a dream (live, 2011) (One Night In Europe)
Unitopia    Common Goal (2005) (More than a Dream)
Kate Bush    Wuthering Heights (1978) (The Kick Inside)
Peter Gabriel    Solsbury Hill (1977) (Peter Gabriel)
Healing Force    Golden Miles (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969-1974)
Genesis    Follow you follow me  (1978) (…And Then There Were Three)

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Also on PBA-FM, Monday nights (8:30pm) and Friday mornings (9:05am):

"Creative Male Ageing" - 12 programs starting from Monday 29 September, challenging conventions and exploring new options for older men. Produced at PBA FM in Adelaide South Australia, with support from the Office for the Ageing, Department of Health and Ageing, Government of South Australia. More information about this thought provoking 12 program series is at the program website: http://www.creativemaleageing.com/

Playlist - 27 September 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Hibernal (Brisbane) and Sebastian Hardie, plus some classic music from Spectrum. And it’s happy birthday to Australian blues, soul and jazz singer Wendy Saddington.

8pm
Ekseption    The 5th (1969) (Ekseption)
Focus    Focus III + Answers? Questions! Questions? Answers! (1972) (Focus III)
Sebastian Hardie    Art of life (2012) (Blueprint)
Le Orme    Ritratto di un mattino + All ‘infuori del tempo + Ritorno al nulla (1973) (Felona e sorona)
Triumvirat    E minor 5/9 minor (1972) (Mediterranean Tales)
9pm
Hibernal    Fragments of the past + Fallout (instrumental) + Replacements Part II (2014) (Replacements / Replacements (Instrumental))
Spectrum    The Sideways Saga (1971) (Milesago)
Spectrum    Going home (1971) (Milesago – bonus track on CD re-issue)
Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine    Five people said I was crazy (live, 1971) (Wendy Saddington & The Copperwine Live)
10pm
Opeth    Cusp of eternity (2014) (Pale Communion)
A Secret River    No way to say goodbye (2014) (Colours Of Solitude)
Kate Bush    Hounds of love (1986) (Hounds Of Love)
Caravan    Nine feet underground (live, 1971) (2007) (The Show Of Our Lives – Live At The BBC 1968-1973)
Marillion    Slainte mhath + Sugar mice (1987) (Clutching At Straws)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 20 September 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Anubis (Sydney), Lacrymae (Perth) and A Lonely Crowd (Melbourne), plus some classic Lobby Loyde. And a selection of music featuring the late John Gustafson (bass player and/or lead singer with various bands including Quatermass, the Ian Gillan Band and Roxy Music; you've probably heard his prominent bass-line on "Love is the drug").

8pm
Pink Floyd    Echoes (1971) (Meddle)
Anubis    Hitchhiking to Byzantium (2014) (Hitchhiking To Byzantium)
Anubis    Tower of silence (2011) (Tower Of Silence)
Konchordat    Motion (2009) (English Ghosts)
Genesis    Burning rope (1978) (And Then There Were Three)
9pm
Roxy Music    Love is the drug (1975) (Siren)
Ian Gillan    Clear air turbulence (1977) (Clear Air Turbulence)
Roger Glover & Friends    Watch out for the bat (1974) (The Butterfly Ball)
Quatermass    Black sheep of the family (1970) (Quatermass)
Renaissance    Ashes are burning (1973) (Ashes Are Burning)
Lobby Loyde & Sudden Electric    Sympathy in D (1980/2006) (Live With Dubs)
A Lonely Crowd    The fall (2014) (Transients)
10pm
Lacrymae    Handel’s Apocalypse (2009) (The Hallowed Design)
Kate Bush    Experiment IV (1986) (single only / The Whole Story)
Jethro Tull    By kind permission of + Dharma for one (live, Carnegie Hall) (1972) (Living In The Past)
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Andy Salvanos    Radiant (2011) (Dream Recall)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 13 September 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from The Lammas Tide (Perth) and Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest (Adelaide) plus classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Bakery and Sebastian Hardie and some electronic sounds from Cybotron. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Neil Peart (Rush).

8pm
Yes    Tempus fugit (1980) (Drama)
Yes    To be over (1974) (Relayer)
Rick Wakeman    Catherine of Aragon (1973) (The Six Wives Of Henry VIII)
Chris Squire    Lucky seven (1975) (Fish Out Of Water)
Anathema    The lost song (Part 3) (2014) (Distant Satellites)
Mostly Autumn    First day at school (2014) (Dressed In Voices)
Ozric Tentacles    Atmosphear (1985) (Tantric Obstacles)
Cybotron    Suite 16/9th floor (1980) (Implosion)
9pm
Sebastian Hardie    Four moments suite: Glories Shall Be Released - Dawn of Our Sun - Journey Through Our Dreams - Everything Is Real (1975) (Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
The Lammas Tide    Soldier of the sun (2014) (Soldier Of The Sun, single)
The Lammas Tide    The Devil’s stone (2011) (High Tide)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotters Bequest    Hadrian's wall (1998) (My Mother's Country)
Rush    Nobody’s hero (1991) (Counterparts)
Rush    YYZ (1981) (Moving Pictures)
Rush    Tom Sawyer (1980) (Permanent Waves)
10pm
Kate Bush    Ninth wave: And dream of sheep + Under ice + Waking the witch + Watching you without me + The morning fog (1985) (Hounds of Love)
The Flower Kings    Nothing new under the sun + The lamb lies down on Broadway (live) (USA, 1998) (Alive On Planet Earth)
The Flower Kings    Monkey business (2002) (Unfold The Future)
Bakery    The gift (1971) (Momento)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 6 September 2014

This week, on the first edition of Seasons Of Change for Spring, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Karnivool and sleepmakeswaves, plus classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Fraternity and Spectrum. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Swedish guitarist Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings, Kaipa), prog rock sax player for hire Mel Collins (King Crimson, Camel, and a full appointment book of mainstream bands and artists), Roger Waters (Pink Floyd), Marc Hunter (Dragon), Daryl Cotton (Zoot) and lastbutnotleast that rhapsodic bohemian Freddie Mercury.

8pm
Fraternity    Seasons of Change (1971) (single only / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
Spectrum    Fiddling fool (1971) (Part One)
Dragon    Patina (1974) (Universal Radio)
Dragon    Darkness (1975) (Scented Gardens For The Blind / Golden Miles: Australian Progressive Rock 1969 - 1974)
District 97    Read your mind (2012) (Trouble With Machines)
Moon Safari    Mega moon (2013) (Himlabecken Vol.1)
9pm
The Flower Kings    Desolation road (2013) (Desolation Rose)
The Flower Kings    Big puzzle (1999) (Back In The World of Adventures)
King Crimson    Cadence and cascade (1970) (In The Wake Of Poseidon)
Camel    Unevensong (live, 1977) (1978) (A Live Record)
Gerry Rafferty    Hang on (1992) (On A Wing And A Prayer)
Protest the Hero    Clarity (2013) (Volition)
Karnivool    Aeons (2013) (Asymmetry)
Andy Salvanos    Afternoon bass (2007) (Closer)
10pm
Queen    Somebody to love (1976) (A Day At The Races)
Queen    Killer queen (1974) (Sheer Heart Attack)
Queen    It’s a hard life (1984) (The Works)
Kate Bush    Cloudbursting (1985) (Hounds of Love)
Roger Waters    In the flesh + The happiest days of our lives + Another brick in the wall (live, USA) (2006) (In The Flesh)
Roger Waters    What god wants, Part 1 (1992) (Amused To Death)
Zoot    Flying (1970) (Just Zoot / Zoot Locker)
Zoot    Eleanor Rigby (1970) (single only / Zoot Locker)
Sleepmakeswaves    (hello) cloud mountain (2011)  (.​.​.​and so we destroyed everything)

Playlist - 30 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Ben Craven, Karnivool, Sympathy Orchestra and Unitopia plus a classic song from Flake. And it's happy birthday this weekend to artist Roger Dean (the creator of album covers for a generation of bands including Yes, Uriah Heep, Greenslade and more recently Australia's Ben Craven). Plus some early Jethro Tull as a tribute to the late Glen Cornick, their first - and always nimble - bass player.

8pm
Procol Harum    Kaleidoscope (1967) (Procol Harum)
Transatlantic    Into the blue (2014) (Kaleidoscope)
Unitopia    Genesis medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1 Smooth As Silk)
Karnivool    We are (2013) (Asymmetry)
Sympathy Orchestra    Famous five (2014) (Sword Machine)
9pm
Yes    Heart of the sunrise (1972) (Fragile)
Greenslade    Sundance (1973) (Greenslade)
Babe Ruth    The Mexican (1972) (First Base)
Ramases    Life child (1971) (Space Hymns)
Ben Craven    The conjurer + No specific harm + Solace + Nobody dies forever Part 2 (2011) (Great And Terrible Potions)
Ozric Tentacles    The aum shuffle (1985) (Tantric Obstacles)
10pm
Jethro Tull    Bouree (1969) (Stand Up)
Jethro Tull    To cry you a song (1970) (Benefit)
Jethro Tull    Inside (1970) (Benefit)
Kate Bush    Running up that hill (1985) (Hounds of Love)
Genesis    Home by the sea (live, 2007) (Live Over Europe 2007)
Marillion    Seasons end (1989) (Seasons End)
Flake    Under the silent tree (1971) (How’s Your Mother)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 23 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Zen Stella (Adelaide) and Sebastian Hardie and classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Indelible Murtceps, Lobby Loyde and Tully. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Tori Amos, French keyboard wizard Jean Michel Jarre and English keyboard wizard Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep).

8pm
Jethro Tull    Living in the past (1972) (Living In The Past)
Pink Floyd    Burning bridges (1972) (Obscured by Clouds)
Tully    Ice (1972) (Loving Is Hard)
Indelible Murtceps    Esmerelda (1972) (Warts Up Your Nose)
Haken    Down to Earth (2013) (The Mountain)
Ozric Tentacles    Shima koto (1994) (Arborescence)
Hawkwind    Paradox (1974) (The Hall Of The Mountain Grill)
Tori Amos    Seven sisters (2011) (Night Of The Hunter)
Tori Amos    Carry (2011) (Night Of The Hunter)
9pm
Jean Michel Jarre    Calypso Parts 1, 2 & 3 (1990) (Waiting For Cousteau)
Lobby Loyde    Return to ether (1976) (Beyond Morgia: The Labyrinths Of Klimster)
Perfect Beings    Fictions (2014) (Perfect Beings)
Brimstone    Flapping lips at ankle height (2014) (Mannsverk)
Zen Stella    Deviate (2013) (Deviate EP / Progfest 2013)
10pm
Uriah Heep    Easy livin’ (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Uriah Heep    Rainbow demon (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Uriah Heep    Traveller in time (1972) (Demons and Wizards)
Jade Warrior    A winter’s tale (1972) (Last Autumn’s Dream)
Al Di Meola    Elegant Gypsy Suite (1982) (Tour De Force – “Live”)
Sebastian Hardie    I remember (2012) (Blueprint)
Sebastian Hardie    Rosanna (1976) (The Four Moments)
The Bucket    I can’t help thinking of you (1968) (single only / Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 16 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Caligula's Horse, Domino and an epic live recording from Adelaide's Unitopia, plus the ambient-folk tinged sounds of Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Kevin Ayers, Colin Moulding (XTC) and Barry Hay (Golden Earring).

8pm
Nick Magnus    Time (2014) (N’Monix)
The Gift    Road runs on til morning (2014) (Land Of Shadows)
Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest    Lovers (2007) (The Poet And The Priest)
Yes    Mind drive (1997) (Keys To Ascension 2)
Domino    Karislama + Caravan (2013) (Where the Desert Meets The Sea)
9pm
Kevin Ayers    Blue (1976) (Yes We Have No Mananas)
Kevin Ayers    The oyster and the flying fish (1970)  (Shooting At The Moon)
Kevin Ayers    Whatevershebringswesing (1972) (Whatevershebringswesing)
Mike Oldfield    Incantations + Harmonia mundi + The other side + Empyrean + Musica universalis (2008) (Music Of The Spheres)
XTC    Fruit nut (1998) (Apple Venus)
Dukes Of Stratosfear    The Affiliated (1987) (Psionic Psunspot)
XTC    War dance (1992)  (Nonesuch)
Lobby Loyde & The Colored Balls    Metal feathers (1972) (Ball Power And More)
10pm
Golden Earring    Song of a devil’s servant (1969) (Eight Miles High)
Golden Earring    Big tree blue sea + Radar love (1973) (Moontan)
Unitopia    The garden (2011) (One Night In Europe)
Caligula’s Horse    Ephemera(2011) (Moments From Ephemeral City)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 9 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Kahvas Jute, Spectrum and Tamam Shud. And it's happy birthday this weekend to singer Deborah Conway (Do Re Mi) and guitarist Tim Gaze (Kahvas Jute, Tamam Shud and Ariel, etc). And as today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Finnish author and illustrator Tove Jansson, some of her Moomins will be around the place - via the music of Swedish band Ritual.

8pm
The Nice    America (1968) (single / Nice Hits Nice Bits)
The Moody Blues    Legend of a mind (1968)  (In Search Of The Lost Chord)
Pink Floyd    Set the controls for the heart of the sun (1968) (A Saucerful Of Secrets)
Procol Harum    Shine on brightly (1968) (Shine On Brightly)
Ritual    Late in November + A dangerous journey (2007) (The Hemulic Voluntary Band)
9pm
Kahvas Jute    Twenty three (1970)  (Wide Open)
Tamam Shud    Heaven is closed (1970) (Goolutionites And The Real People)Kahvas Jute    Politician (live) (2005)  (Wide Open, bonus track on re-issue)
Camel    The sleeper + Rainbow’s end (1978) (Breathless)
Steven Wilson    Luminol (2012) (The Raven That Refused to Sing (And Other Stories))
Freedom To Glide    When the whistle blows (2013) (Rain)
10pm
Do Re Mi    Man overboard (1985) (Domestic Harmony)
Deborah Conway   Consider This (1993) (Bitch Epic)Deborah Conway   White roses (live, 1994) (Epic Theatre)
Deborah Conway   It doesn’t work that way (2004) (Summertown)
Spectrum    Some good advice + I’ll be gone (live at Sunbury, 1972) (Milesago – reissue: bonus track)
Renaissance    Northern Lights (1978) (A Song For All Seasons)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 2 August 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Hibernal (Brisbane), classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Spectrum and Tamam Shud, plus the ambient-folk tinged sounds of Gavin O'Loghlen & Cotter's Bequest. And it's happy birthday this weekend to guitarist and eternal hippy Steve Hillage (Egg, Gong,System 7, etc) and Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, etc).

8pm
Over The Garden Wall    Firth of fifth (1995) (Suppers Ready: Another Serving From The Musical Box)
Hibernal    Replacements Part 1 + The city ebbs away + The restless man (instrumental) (2014) (Replacements / Replacements (instrumental))
The Enid    In the region of the summer stars (1976)  (In  The Region Of The Summer Stars)
Steeleye Span    Fighting for strangers (1976) (Rocket Cottage)
Spectrum    Superbody (1970) (Part One)
9pm
Spock’s Beard    Gibberish (1999) (Day For Night)
Transatlantic    Overture And Whirlwind (2009) (The Whirlwind)
Neal Morse    Weathering Sky (2012) (Momentum)
Kansas    Apercu (1974) (Kansas)
Echolyn    All ways the same + As the world (1995) (As The World)
Glass Hammer    Further on and further in (2002) (Lex Rex)
Gavin O’Loghlen & Cotter’s Bequest    Tintagel (1998) (My Mother’s Country)
10pm
Steve Hillage    The glorious Om riff (1978) (Green)
ROVO & System 7    Hinotori (2013) (Phoenix Rising)
The Orb    Codes (2007) (The Dream)
Khan    Stargazers (1972) (Space Shanty)
Tamam Shud    Midday ‘til four + Bali waters (live, 1971) (Goolutionites And The Real People, bonus track)
The James Taylor Move    Still I can go on (1967)  (single only, Peculiar Hole In The Sky)
Kevin Peek    In the time of (1982) (Life And Other Games)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 26 July 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Ben Craven (Brisbane) and classic '70's Aussie prog rock from Sebastian Hardie, plus a serving from the ASO Plays Pink Floyd concerts in 2006. There's also some arboreal music just for National Tree Day tomorrow. And it's happy birthday this weekend to Roger Taylor (Queen).

8pm
Wooly Wolstenholme    Through a storm + Hebden bridge (2005) (Grim)
Barclay James Harvest    Poor man’s Moody Blues (live) (1978) (Live Tapes)
Ben Craven    Great & terrible potions (2011) (Great & Terrible Potions)
Ben Craven & The Section    Golden band (2014) (Dissected)
Sebastian Hardie    Openings (1975) (The Four Moments / Four Moments Of The Windchase)
9pm
Procol Harum    The Worm and the tree (1977) (Something Magic)
Rush    The Trees (1978) (Hemispheres)
Jethro Tull    Bends like a willow (1999) (Dot Com)
Mother Gong    I am a tree (1989) (The Owl And The Tree)
Robert Reed    Sanctuary (2014) (Sanctuary)
Magenta    Gluttony (2004 / 2009 remix) (Seven)
10pm
Queen    A kind of magic (1986) (A Kind Of Magic)
Queen    Seven seas of Rhye (1974) (Queen II)
Cap (Consorzio Acqua Potabile)    Soli sull'Olimpo (1998 / 2014) (Robin Delle Stelle)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra    Shine on you crazy diamond (live, 2006) (ASO Plays Pink Floyd)
Ozric Tentacles    Spiralmind (1999) (Waterfall Cities)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)

Playlist - 19 July 2014

This week, another diverse serving of prog rock and anything else that fits from Australia and around the world, featuring recent music from Adelaide's Unitopia and Melbourne instrumental band Kettlespider, plus classic music from Tully. And it's happy birthday this weekend to singer Russell Allen (Symphony X), John Lodge (The Moody Blues) and two Brians - Brian May (Queen) and Brian Auger (wizard keyboardist perhaps best known for his duet with Julie Driscoll on a cover of Bob Dylan's song "This wheel's on fire"). Plus a little poetry from Robbie Burns (218 years after his death in July 1796).

8pm
Jethro Tull    Bouree (1969) (Stand Up)
Porcupine Tree    Fear of a blank planet + Sleep together (2007) (Fear of a Blank Planet)
The Moody Blues    Tuesday afternoon (1968) (single, Days Of Future Past)
Justin Hayward & John Lodge    You (1975) (Blue Jays)
The Moody Blues    Gemini dream (1981) (Long Distance Voyager)
Tully    Sea of joy Part 1 + Brother sun + Sea of joy Part 2 (1971) (Sea Of Joy)
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band    Circles (1978) (Watch)
9pm
Queen    Hammer to fall (1984) (The Works)
Queen    ‘39 (live) (1979) (Live Killers)
Brian May    Back to the light (1993) (Back To The Light)
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity    This wheel’s on fire (1968) (single)
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express    Freedom jazz dance (1972) (Second Wind)
Unitopia    Yes medley (2013) (Covered Mirror Vol.1)
Unitopia    Tesla (2010) (Artificial)
10pm
Symphony X    The accolade (1997) (Divine Wings Of Tragedy)
Symphony X    Prelude + Evolution + Fallen + Transcendence (segue) (2000) (V: The New Mythology Suite)
Focus    Hocus Pocus Medley (live) (1973/2004) (A History Of Progressive Rock)
Eddi Reader    My love is like a red red rose (2003) (The Songs Of Robert Burns)
Southerly Gaels    Carls o’ Dysart & De’ils awa Exciseman (1996) (Twa Corbies & A Lark)
Kettlespider    The kettle spider (2010) (demo)
Andy Salvanos    Dream recall (2011) (Dream Recall)