Passport to Prog (#PassToProg) – 31st May 2020

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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
31st May 2020

Artist - Track - Album - Year

Steve Roach    The Return    Dreamtime Return    1988
GoGo Penguin    Kora    GoGo Penguin    2020
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso    Brivido    il 13    1999
Gordian Knot    Muttersprache    Emergent    2003
Chris Poland    Next One    Resistance    2020
Roine Stolt's The Flower King    Ze Pawns    Manifesto of an Alchemist    2018
Porcupine Tree    Idiot Prayer    Signify    1996
The Mute Gods    Twisted World, Godless Universe    Atheists and Believers    2019
Const    New Point of View    New Point of View    2020
Tobin Mueller    Ascent of Wonder    Wonder (Vol. 1)    2019
Dylan Hayes Electric Band    "203"    Songs for Rooms and People    2019
Jeff Pifher & Socrates Trial    For the Rectitude of Our Intentions    Live at BlueWhale    2019
Tobin Mueller    Chaos is a Ladder    Wonder (Vol. 2)    2019
Tangerine Dream    Mount Shasta
   Ballads: Beyond All Suns (Original LP 'Lily on the Beach' 1989)    2009
Nicholas Gunn    Into the Vastness    Pacific Blue    2020
Darshan Ambient    Ghosts of Africa    Dream in Blue    2011
Patrick O'Hearn    Approaching Summit    Beautiful World    2003
Gary Husband & Markus Reuter    Colour of Sorrow    Music of Our Times    2020