Passport to Prog (#PassToProg) – 15th August 2021

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"And now for something completely different."

It’s a warm welcome to Dr. Brad Stone - the JazzWeek Programmer of the Year 2015, who's also here every month to present his brand new show on SoulandJazz.com - Passport to Prog - one hour of progressive rock, progressive jazz, jazz-rock fusion, electronic and experimental music with a particular emphasis on new releases by current artists/bands plus the occasional visit back to the classic era of prog along with material from in between.

In Brad's own words: "The ‘Passport’ part of the title is a nod to my old, dear friend, Jim Snowden, whose Passport Jazz label brought us a host of great jazz-rock albums back in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Sadly, Jim passed away earlier in 2016. Just a couple of months before he passed, we had discussed the need for a show of this nature, as an outlet for all the great progressive music being produced and released today, and had planned on putting something together.

When I first began radio back in 1978, at the legendary underground station WQAX-FM in Bloomington, IN, my program was very similar to this, in terms of the types of music that I featured. So, I am coming full circle! I am eternally grateful to my friends Don Donald Lupo (for getting me started in radio) and Neil Sharrow (the WQAX 'Minister of Communication', for his strong encouragement and mentorship). My shows 'Electronic Meditations' (1984-85, KUCI-FM, Irvine, CA) and 'Silicon Sensations' (1986-97, KSJS-FM, San Jose, CA) featured some of this music, along with the occasional progressive rock special from time to time.

There’s so much great music out there that just doesn’t get the exposure it deserves. I hope that this new program will help a bit in that regard."

Please feel free to get in touch with Brad with any comments or suggestions you might have; he’ll be more than happy to hear from you: brad@soulandjazz.com or follow him via Facebook or Twitter.

Stereo, not stereotypical®

Enjoy!

Passport to Prog
15th August 2021

Artist - Track - Album - Year

Steven Wilson    Personal Shopper    The Future Bites    2021
Steven Wilson    Ascendant Here On    Hand. Cannot. Erase.    2015
Tautologic    Rocket Surgery    Wheels Fall Off    2021
The Flower Kings    Monster Within    Space Revolver    2000
Strawbs    Blue Angel    Deep Cuts (Original LP 1976)    2019
David Cousins    Blue Angel    Two Weeks Last Summer (Original LP 1972)    2019
Strawbs    Chorale (Instrumental)    Settlement    2021
Kansas    Circus of Illusions    The Absence of Presence    2020
Wobbler    Five Rooms    Dwellers of the Deep    2020
Dwiki Dharmawan    Act III: The Event Horizon    Hari Ketiga    2020
Mahogany Frog    Floral Flotilla    In the Electric Universe    2021
Styx    The Fight of Our Lives    Crash of the Crown    2021
Gerard    Four Holes in the Ground (PFM)    Keyboards Triangle: Keyboards Trio Tribute    1999
Styx    A Monster    Crash of the Crown    2021
Flower Kings    Going Up    Banks of Eden    2012
Caravan    The Paradise Filter    Paradise Filter    2013
Dewa Budjana    Naurora    Naurora    2021
Stephan Thelen    Cosmic Krautrock    Fractal Guitar 2    2021