by Blake Carpenter | Oct 22, 2020 | Staff
Ian grew up around Wigan, Lancashire, England. After witnessing his first band [Rainbow] at the Liverpool Empire in 1976 Ian was hooked on live bands and listening to music. Ian moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1981 and joined campus radio station CJSF at Simon Fraser...
by DJ Retroactive | Jun 5, 2020 | Staff
Hi my name’s Geoff (Penn) and I retired to live in Cyprus after living and working in the UK as a Consulting Engineer. My first memories of being totally absorbed in music were at the age of about six playing shellac records on my grand- mother’s posh radiogram. As a...
by Toohoppy(Rick) | Nov 15, 2019 | Latest News, Staff
We are proud to announce that Tom Gagliardi is bringing the Flagship of Progressive Radio to House of Prog. Airing at 10pm EST Saturdays and 2pm EST on Sunday. The Gagliarchives is a progressive rock radio program with almost 30 years of history and is hosted by...
by Toohoppy(Rick) | Jul 18, 2019 | Staff
Kev has been writing about progressive music for more than a quarter of a century. Between 1990 – 2006 he ran Feedback Fanzine in the UK, writing about bands that were never covered in the mainstream press, many of whom were in the progressive underground. He...
by Toohoppy(Rick) | Apr 20, 2019 | Staff
I grew up in the London Suburbs, UK, in the late 60’s at the end of the Hippy Era. I always wanted to be different with my musical tastes and went head first into heavy rock and Prog. Now, 50 years later, my tastes are still the same. Still love playing vinyl,...
by Toohoppy(Rick) | Apr 20, 2019 | Staff
Michael has been an immense fan of music ever since he received his first Walkman around the age of 6. Like many music fans, he grew up listening to the local radio station. It was at this time he purchased his first record player and a copy of Frank Zappa’s Joe’s...