Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire

15/08/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all good and well this week. Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire is back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm on Listen Lanarkshire and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on Prog Core Radio in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on Real Rock Radio. Links to all these stations are in the pinned post on our page.
Tonight’s show is also available on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

Our playlist this week includes great tunes from PALLAS OFFICIAL, Be Bop Deluxe Stuckfish, Mahavishnu Orchestra, GSG aka The Geoff Smith Group, Riverside and John Lees' Barclay James Harvest.

There’s brand new music from Enigmatic SOUND Machines making their Kiss That Prog debut as well as the The Wizards of Progg, Dim Gray and Steve Howe. Our featured album is Stalagmite Steeple, the latest album from Returned To The Earth,

So tune in this week at whichever timeslot suits you best. Remember to bring your ears and I’ll bring everything else!

Eddie

15/08/2024

Kiss That Prog is Scotland's first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. We're on www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk every Thursday 8-10pm and on smart speaker and on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We're also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal Friday nights 10-12.00. An alternative version of the show airs on www.realrockradio.co.uk from 4-6pm on Saturday afternoons

11/08/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-8-august-2024/
And for the second week running, a special thank you goes again to our MixCloud listeners as our show was No.1 in the global Neo-progressive rock chart.

This was our playlist:
Fish - Credo
Brendan Perkins Music - A Song For Friends
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - A Time And Place
Nick Magnus - To Whom It May Concern
Hatfield & The North - Let's Eat (Real Soon)
Paul Limb - Sunshine Saturday
Oliver Wakeman - 1000 Autumns
John Hackett Band - Magazine (live)
Steve Hackett - The Carpet Crawlers (live)
Darkness Is My Canvas - Day Zero
IQ - Drive On
Starcastle - Shine On Brightly
HFMC - Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion - Wherever You May Go
Wishbone Ash - Queen Of Torture
Circuline - Third Rail
Weather Systems - Do Angels Sing Like Rain?
Curved Air - Marie Antoinette
YES (official) - Heart of the Sunrise

Our featured album was Thoughts by SSB - Sloane Square Band and along with the title track, we played I Will Never and Jane. Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

08/08/2024

Hi everyone, Thursday again and Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on Listen Lanarkshire and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on PROG CORE RADIO in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on Real Rock Radio.

You can also listen to tonight’s show on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’) The online links for Listen Lanarkshire and Prog Core Radio are in the intro information on my homepage as I'm no longer permitted to post these for some reason.

We’ve got our usual mix of classic and future classic acts on this week’s show with Starcastle, Wishbone Ash, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer rubbing shoulders with Oliver Wakeman, John Hackett Band, IQ, Nick Magnus, HFMC - Hasse Fröberg & Musical Companion and Circuline.

We have four acts making their Kiss That Prog debuts - so It’s a big warm welcome to Weather Systems , Darkness Is My Canvas, Brendan Perkins Music and Paul Limb

Our featured album is simply titled Thoughts, that’s the new one from SSB - Sloane Square Band and well worth a proper listen. So join us if you can tonight, tomorrow or Saturday and as always, your ears will be truly grateful.

All the best
Eddie

04/08/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-1-august-2024/
And a special thank you again goes to our MixCloud listeners after our last show reached the no.1 spot in their Neo-Progressive Rock Chart

This was our playlist:
Camel - Band - Breathless
The Book of Revelations - Grand Prix
Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks - True Messenger
SSB - Sloane Square Band - Hiroshima
Steve Howe - Spring Board
Long Earth - The Arc
Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses (live)
Focus the band - Focus 13
Abel Ganz - Heartland
Big Big Train - A Boy in Darkness - (live)
Marillion - Afraid Of Sunlight - (live)
Dim Gray - Ashes (live)
John Lees' Barclay James Harvest - Medicine Man (live)
David Gilmour - The Piper’s Call
Genesis - The Cinema Show (live)

Our featured album was Parallel Lines by GSG aka The Geoff Smith Group and we played Avalon, Total Eclipse and Sleep Tight. Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

01/08/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all good and well this week. Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire is back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on Listen Lanarkshire and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on PROG CORE RADIO in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on Real Rock Radio. Apologies for not providing the usual links to these stations but apparently this is now against the rules for posting.
Tonight’s show is also available on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

First up it’s great to be back with you all. A special thank you goes to those of you who sent messages of support while we were off the air. It meant a great deal to my family and I that you would take the time to do this.

Plenty of classic acts as usual for you along with new music from Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, The Book of Revelations, Steve Howe and Focus the band. There’s brand new live music from Jethro Tull, John Lees' Barclay James Harvest, Dim Gray, Marillion and Big Big Train

We’re also welcoming back Abel Ganz, Long Earth and SSB - Sloane Square Band and our featured album is Parallel Lines, that’s the new one from our old friends the GSG aka The Geoff Smith Group and one that’s well worthy of a proper listen.

So join us if you can tonight, tomorrow or Saturday and give your ears a treat. You’ll be glad you did!

All the best
Eddie

18/07/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all well. Following on from last Thursday’s post, there will be no new edition of Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire tonight or next week. Sorry for the inconvenience but I fully expect to be back with a new show on Thursday 1st August.

All the best
Eddie

11/07/2024

Good morning everyone. Just to reiterate that there will be no new edition of Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire this week. This is due to unavoidable circumstances and I hope to be back on the air soon

Eddie

08/07/2024

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good weekend. A bit later than usual but I just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-4-july-2024/

And this was our playlist:
Wishbone Ash - Blowin' Free
Beggars Opera 1969-1972 - Open Letter
Dim Gray - The Wave We Thought We'd Ride Forever (live)
Focus the band - Focus 13
Sykofant - Between the Moments
Steve Hillage - Crystal City
YES - Cut from the Stars
Nick Magnus - Black and Scarlet
Original Asia - Midnight Sun
Van der Graaf Generator - My Room (Waiting For Wonderland)
Genesis - The Light Dies Down on Broadway/Riding The Scree/In The Rapids/It

Please note that on the MixCloud version of the show only ‘In The Rapids’ and ‘It’ by Genesis can be aired.

Our featured album was An Ordinary Life by Long Earth
and we played Fight The Hand That Bleeds You, Shadows
and Empty Shore. And our thanks again go to lead vocalist Martin Haggarty for co-presenting this week's show

Kiss That Prog will be off the air this week (and possibly next week) due to unavoidable circumstances. Please check back here for details of our next show

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

04/07/2024

Hi everyone, hope all’s well with you. Can’t believe we’re halfway through 2024 and weather-wise here in Scotland there’s more Evidence of Autumn than signs of summer! Anyway, Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on https://www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on www.realrockradio.co.uk
Tonight’s show is also on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

We’ve got a healthy selection of classic artists this week including Steve Hillage, Original Asia and Beggars Opera 1969-1972. There’s also brand new music from Nick Magnus, Focus and Dim Gray

Our featured album this week is An Ordinary Life - the third release by Glasgow proggers Long Earth. And I’m delighted to say that lead vocalist Martin Haggarty will be joining me in the studio to tell us all about it and choose some of his own favourites - from that one and also his wider tastes in music.

So join us if you can tonight, tomorrow or Saturday and give your ears a treat. You’ll be glad you did!

All the best
Eddie

30/06/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-27-june-2024/

And this was our playlist:
King Crimson - Sleepless
MAYA Prog Band - Wake Up
John Lodge - 10,000 Light Years Ago
Circuline - Temporal Thing
Greenslade - Feathered Friends
Age Of Distraction - Oceans
Steve Hackett - The Steppes
SSB - Sloane Square Band - Bag of Lies
Ray Wilson - Mother Earth
GSG aka The Geoff Smith Group - Sleep Tight
HFMC - Once In A Lifetime
Steven Wilson - Staircase
Be Bop Deluxe - Speed Of The Wind
Sound of Contact - Omega Point
YES - South Side Of The Sky (live)

Our featured album was Man on the Shore by Ozul and we played Promise, Grievance Entrepreneur and Man on the Shore (nomen nescio). Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

27/06/2024

Hi everyone, Thursday again and Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on https://www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on www.realrockradio.co.uk
You can also listen to tonight’s show on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

Our selection of classic artists this week includes Be Bop Deluxe, Steve Hackett, Greenslade and John Lodge. We’re welcoming back Age Of Distraction, Ray Wilson and Sound of Contact and there’s brand new music from Circuline, GSG aka The Geoff Smith Group and SSB - Sloane Square Band as well as two acts making their Kiss That Prog debuts – so welcome aboard to MAYA Prog Band from Hungary and Hasse Fröberg from Sweden.

Our featured album this week is Man on the Shore, the second release from Norway’s Ozul

So tune in this week at whichever timeslot suits you best and as always, we’ll take care of everything else.
Eddie

23/06/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-20-june-2024/

And this was our playlist:
Barclay James Harvest - Sideshow
Gabriel Keller - The Guns Are Approaching
PALLAS - The Great Attractor
Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate - Copenhagen
Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks - Shine On
The Dave Foster Band - Queen of Maybe
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets - Let There Be More Light (live)
David Gilmour - Between Two Points
Focus- Fjord Focus
Caravan - C'Thlu Thlu
Jethro Tull - Locomotive Breath
Returned To The Earth - Stalagmite Steeple
Genesis - Inside And Out
Long Earth - Morpheus
Anathema - Angels Walk Among Us
Porcupine Tree - Hatesong (live)

Our featured album was the self-titled debut by Sykofant and we played Pavement of Colors, Monuments of Old and Between the Moments. Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

20/06/2024

Hi everyone, it’s time to cheer up your ears again so Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on https://www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk Tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) we’ll be on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal and on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on www.realrockradio.co.uk
You can also listen to tonight’s show on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

Plenty of classic acts for you this week including Caravan, Genesis, Jethro Tull and PALLAS. There’s brand new music from David Gilmour, Returned To The Earth, Focus, Jon Anderson, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Long Earth and Gabriel Keller - who’ll be making his Kiss That Prog debut.

Our featured album is the self-titled debut from Norwegian proggers Sykofant - another great example of a great debut album that’s well worth a proper listen.

So join us if you can tonight, tomorrow or Saturday and give your ears a treat. You’ll be glad you did!

All the best
Eddie

17/06/2024

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Scottish prog rockers Long Earth will release their brand new album An Ordinary Life in July. Details here...

https://www.loudersound.com/news/long-earth-announce-third-album-an-ordinary-life

16/06/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-13-june-2024/

And again, a special thank you goes to our listeners on MixCloud as our two previous shows achieved the Number 1 slot in their global neo-progressive rock chart. It’s great to get feedback like this and it’s very much appreciated.

This was our playlist:
Rush - Far Cry
Residuos Mentales - The Missing Part
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets - Atom Heart Mother (live)
Ozul - Man on the Shore (nomen nescio)
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Lucky Man
Oliver Wakeman - Instead of my Fear
It Bites - Still Too Young To Remember
Sykofant - Between the Moments
YES - I Am Waiting
U.K. - Danger Money
Turning Virtue - Come to Me Azure
Unitopia - Broken Heart
Marillion - Forgotten Sons (live)
Steve Hackett - Firth Of Fifth (live)

Our featured album was A Game Of Whispers by Age Of Distraction and along with the title track, we played Compromised and Sneak Attack. Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

13/06/2024

Hi everyone, Thursday again and Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on https://www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on www.realrockradio.co.uk
You can also listen to tonight’s show on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

We’ve got a larger than usual helping of classic acts which includes Emerson, Lake & Palmer, YES, U.K. and Marillion. They’ll be joined on the airwaves this week by Unitopia, Sykofant, Residuos Mentales and Ozul.

Our featured album is A Game of Whispers, the brilliant debut release from Age Of Distraction. That one’s already been picking up a lot of positive reviews and you can out why on this week’s show.

So do your ears a massive favour and tune in to whichever timeslot suits you best and as always, we’ll take care of everything else.

Catch you later.
Eddie

09/06/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-6-june-2024/

And this was our playlist:
Focus - Fjord Focus
SSB - Sloane Square Band - Thoughts
Caravan - Waterloo Lily
Crypto Knight - Sky Traveller
Squackett - Can't Stop The Rain
Colin Bass & Daniel Biro - Dinner in Delphi
Steve Rothery Band - Fugazi (live)
Kick The Giant - Stop Signs
Anthony Phillips - Roads In Between
Pendragon - Total Recall
Outside The Original - Tears
Supertramp - Gone Hollywood
Big Big Train - Light Left in the Day
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
PALLAS - Atlantis

Our featured album was Maybe They'll Come Back For Us by The Dave Foster Band and we played Sleep Spindles, The Optimist and Whirling of Whales. Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

08/06/2024

What a fantastic gig last night by The Steve Rothery Band at Glasgow’s Oran Mor. The show opened with a short selection of tracks from his last solo album The Ghosts of Pripyat, before the promised 45 years of Marillion set which really did cover all the bases and included, for the first time in 40 years, Forgotton Sons from the band’s debut album – sounding as fresh and sinister as it did all those years ago. Mr Rothery’s trademark guitar textures are all over these tracks in all the right places but the rest of the band clearly know their way around the setlist ensuring an exceptional performance throughout. And a special mention has to go to local lad Martin Jakubski who put in a superb shift on vocals covering both eras of the band whilst engaging with a highly appreciative audience – even though his physique was somewhat unfairly compared to another vocalist who was on stage at the same time through in Edinburgh!

I would never have expected that a setlist running to just over two hours could do justice to the idea of celebrating 45 years of Marillion, but they certainly achieved that and more. I’d go back and see them again tonight if I hadn’t made plans elsewhere and if you’re in the Glasgow area, I’d strongly urge you not to miss this one. A special mention also goes to Iamthemorning for putting on a full band support slot and clearly picking up more than a few new fans in the process.

After a few days break, the guys will be on stage next Friday and Saturday in Manchester at. Band On the Wall, where the support slot will fall to Steve’s backing guitarist Dave Foster and his band whose latest release Maybe they’ll Come Back For Us is the featured album on this week’s Kiss That Prog. Wherever you are, if you can get along to any of these shows, do yourself a favour and grab a ticket before they sell out.

06/06/2024

Hi everyone, it’s time to cheer up your ears again so Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on https://www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk Tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) we’ll be on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal and on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on www.realrockradio.co.uk
You can also listen to tonight’s show on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

Our line-up of classic artists this week includes Supertramp, Pendragon and Caravan. They’ll be joined by SSB - Sloane Square Band, Outside The Original and Kick The Giant – all making their KTP debuts. There’s brand new music from Anthony Phillips, Focus the band, Crypto Knight and The Dave Foster Band who’ll be our featured artist this week with their new album, Maybe They’ll Come Back For Us.

So join us if you can tonight, tomorrow or Saturday and give your ears a treat. You’ll be glad you did!
All the best
Eddie

02/06/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire last week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-30-may-2024/

An extra special Thank You goes to Larne Peters from www.progalley.eu who came over from Germany to co-present the show and introduce us to a selection of German and Austrian prog acts. This was our playlist which also featured all the acts due to appear at the Soundle Music Festival this weekend. Not too late if you live in the Peterborough area to get along to the Sunday session which should be starting shortly:

YES - Cut from the Stars
The Blackheart Orchestra - The Tide
Ghost Of The Machine - Dead To Me
Marek ArnoldArtrock Project - Come Away With Me
Marillion – Thank You Whoever You Are
Long Earth - Life
The Beggs Sisters - Sleep with the Ghost
Chandelier - Jericha
Camel - Supertwister
Amanda Lehmann - Forever Days
John Hackett Band - Satellite
Annexus Quam - Osmose I
Peter Gabriel - I/o
That Joe Payne - Bread & Circuses
Spriggan Mist - Resurrection
Blank Manuskript - Pressure of Pride
David Gilmour - Out of the Blue
The Emerald Dawn - And I Stood Transfixed
Solstice - Light Up
Message - Waters
Crystal Palace Music - Stunned By The Silence

Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

30/05/2024

Hi everyone, hope all’s well with you. Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshire will be back on the air tonight from 8-10 pm in the U.K. on https://www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and tomorrow night from ten till midnight (EST) on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal. Then on Saturday from 4-6 pm we’ll be on www.realrockradio.co.uk
Tonight’s show is also on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area as well as on smart speaker (say – ‘play Listen Lanarkshire’)

This week we have a guest presenter – all the way from Germany. Larne Peters who presents Larne’s Finest every Saturday night on www.progalley.eu has arrived in the UK for a short break and to take in some gigs. We were at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow on Monday to see Long Earth along with The Emerald Dawn – making their Scottish debut. He’s now heading down south to the The Soundle Music Festival 2024 which takes place at The Key Theatre in Peterborough this weekend. So we decided to mark the occasion by playing all the acts on the bill along with a selection of German artists recommend by Larne. I might have squeezed in one or two of my own favourite acts as well!

So tune in this week at whichever timeslot suits you best and as always, we’ll take care of everything else.
Eddie

28/05/2024

Another great night of prog rock at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow with two great performances from local proggers Long Earth and The Emerald Dawn from Cornwall on their first ever Scottish show. Great also to catch up with Larne Peters who came over from Germany as well as Kevin Kennie and Robert Grant from Scarlet INside and Buzz Elliott.

26/05/2024

Hi everyone, hope you’re all having a good weekend. Just wanted to say Thank You again to everyone who tuned in to Kiss That Prog - Listen Lanarkshirelast week. Hope you enjoyed what we played for you. If you missed the show or want to hear it again, it’s now right here on our MixCloud page.
https://www.mixcloud.com/EddieMcF/kiss-that-prog-23-may-2024/

And this was our playlist:
Kansas - Sparks of the Tempest
Returned To The Earth - Dark Morality
IQ - The Wake
Scarlet INside - The King and Queen of What May Have Been
Moody Blues - The Actor
Mandoki Soulmates - Devil's Encyclopedia
YES - Sweet Dreams (live)
Space Kitchen - Lovin' 9 to 5
King Crimson - Lament
Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate - One Word That Means The World (Vasily Arkhipov)
Rick Wakeman - Anne Boleyn
Procol Harum - Strangers in Space
Long Earth - The Arc
The Emerald Dawn - A Moment in Time Extended
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway/The Musical Box (live)
Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts VI-IX)

Our featured album was More by Colin Bass & Daniel Biro and we played Out of My Head, Ghost of a Flea and Deep Fake.

Kiss That Prog will be back next week in our usual timeslots and it would be great if you could join us on the night. Before that, for our local listeners there’s a rare opportunity to catch The Emerald Dawn live on stage for their first ever Scottish gig at Ivory Blacks in Glasgow. They’ll be joined by Long Earth before heading off to Bannerman’s in Edinburgh for their next gig on Wednesday where they’ll be joined by Marley Davidson.

Catch you later
Eddie

Kiss That Prog is Scotland’s first ever dedicated prog rock radio show. You can catch us on Listen Lanarkshire every Thursday 8-10pm at www.listenlanarkshire.co.uk and on smart speaker or on 107.7 FM in the Shotts area. We’re also on www.progcoreradio.com in Montreal every Friday from 10 till mi...

25/05/2024

YES - GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL FRIDAY 24th MAY
It’s finally happened, after the disappointment of their 2023 tour being cancelled, prog legends Yes are back with their Classic Tales of Yes tour and clearly more than keen to make up for lost time. The band, in previous decades may have had a deserved reputation for perpetually changing their line-up, but the guys taking the stage at Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall tonight have recorded and played live together since 2017. The most stable line-up in the band’s 56-year history and it clearly shows in the standard of performance on display. Longest serving band member and lead guitarist Steve Howe continues to defy the march of time with a virtuosic performance combining classic and improvisational riffs seamlessly in a manner that would shame many of his younger peers. Following his short-lived tenure with the band in 1980, Geoff Downes returned to the fold in 2011 – marking the longest continual presence in the band of any of their alumni of keyboard players and smoothly combines his own distinctive technique with the expectations of those in the audience who know their way around every lead run and texture. Former Glass Hammer vocalist Jon Davison has been on mic duties since 2012 and his performance tonight is pitch and note perfect as regular attendees in recent years will have come to expect. Bass player Billy Sherwood and drummer Jay Schellen – both in the band at the behest of their sadly departed predecessors Chris Squire and Alan White know they have much more than a legacy to live up to and in that regard they’re both at the top of their game steering the band with a rhythm section that instinctively drives the show forward at full speed then eases off when necessary.

The show opens with a blistering Machine Messiah from 1980’s Drama, before leaping forward to It Will Be A Good Day (The River) from 1999’s The Ladder. Apart from a brief introduction to their current album Mirror To The Sky in the shape of Cut From The Stars, the setlist, as would be hoped for, is packed with classics from their golden age. Nothing from Close To the Edge, but as that album formed the centrepiece of their last tour back in 2022 that’s hardly surprising and certainly forgivable. Fan favourites like Fragile, The Yes Album and Going For the One are well represented with Time And A Word and Don’t Kill The Whale also given a new lease of life.

But the name of the show is Classic Tales Of Yes and this year marks the 50th anniversary of Tales From Topographic Oceans – an album that polarised both band members and fans in the same way that The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway did the same year for Genesis. But it has certainly stood the test of time and tonight it is being represented by a 20-minute medley of its strongest moments. This unique interpretation took more than a few unexpected left and right turns but flawless performances along the way ensured we all got there in the end.

The band left the stage to the enthusiastic cheers of a highly appreciative audience, returning for a brace of encores – Roundabout followed by Starship Trooper and the crowd would have gladly stayed for more.

There are plenty of highly vocal Yes fans who think the band should not have continued without the presence of one or more former members. If that’s your opinion then I have to suggest that it’s also your loss. All I can say is that I’ve been fortunate enough to have seen every incarnation live since 1980 and tonight’s show was one of the most cohesive and impressive performances I have witnessed from the band in any shape or form. As long as they’re happy to continue recording and performing then I’ll be happy to turn up on the night – a view clearly shared by those in the audience who braved the traditional Glasgow rainy summer night to bear witness to this. The tour continues throughout the UK until Tuesday 4th June and there are still a few tickets left for some of these shows. Get along if you can. It’ll Be A Good Night!