Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast

David Layton
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Spanning the globe to give you the constant variety of Prog. The thrill of mellotrons. And the agony of the 80s. The musical drama of epic compositions. This is Soundchaser. The Professor will host three hours of music selected from the history of progressive rock, the 1960s to the present. The main feature of every broadcast will be at least an hour of symphonic progressive, the boldest, most robust flavors prog has to offer. The program will feature many varietal selections as well, from fusion, progressive ambient, psychedelic, eclectic progressive, RIO, folk, and crossover progressive. The program is for the discerning and daring connoisseur of progressive rock. Relax. Open the aural palette. Delights to follow.

  1. Sound Chaser 317

    FEB 21

    Sound Chaser 317

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. . This time I am exercising my professorial privilege to get just a bit educational. Much of progressive rock, especially in the early days, was based on classical music, including rock and jazz-rock versions of classical pieces. I dedicated show 24 all the way back in 2014 to spotlighting the prog-rock versions of classical music. In this show, I am turning the idea around. I will be playing the actual pieces of classical music that became the inspirations for progressive rock transcriptions. I will be discussing the prog rock versions with the help of excerpts from many favorite prog rock acts. With this audio essay, it is time truly to get in touch with the Classics on Sound Chaser. Featured composers include Holst, Mussorgsky, Smetana, Hermann, Jarre, Glass, Adams, Debussy, Beethoven, Wagner, Hovhannes, Janáček, Prokofiev, Rodrigo, Ligeti, Khatchaturian, Handel, Mozart, Tárrega, Saint-Saëns, Satie, Ravel. PodOmatic limits the number of characters for episode descriptions, and I could not cut enough to make it under the limit. So, I will be posting the fully detailed playlist on the Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Sound-Chaser-Progressive-Rock-Podcast/61577332305605/, and in the comments on this page.

    3h 57m
  2. Sound Chaser 316

    FEB 8

    Sound Chaser 316

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from Sykofant, other music from across the decades of prog, the Symphonic Zone, and more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Big Big Train - Hedgerow, from Empire2. Mastermind - This Lover's Heart, from Angels of the Apocalypse3. Kino - The Silent Fighter Pilot, from Radio Voltaire4. Shadow Gallery - Mystified, from Shadow Gallery5. Jan Akkerman - Maybe Just a Dream, from Profile6. Suzanne Ciani - Lumiere, from Neverland7. John Klemmer - Rose Petals, from Eruptions8. Pallas - Shock Treatment, from The Sentinel9. Steve Tibbetts - Interlude, from Steve Tibbetts10. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - In the Beginning, Darkness, from Solar Fire11. Strawbs - So Close and Yet So Far Away, from Deep Cuts12. Leni Stern - Closer to the Light, from Closer to the Light13. Clannad - In a Lifetime, from MacallaTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE14. Rick Wakeman - The Temple of Artemis, from The Seven Wonders of the World15. Antony Kalugin's Kinematics Orchestra - Sunrise, from AKKO 116. Jordsjø - Hulderheimen, from Jordsjø17. Asia - Gravitas, from Gravitas18. Atoll - Tunnel, from Tokyo C'est Fini19. Spock's Beard - Devil's Got My Throat, from Snow20. Spock's Beard - Open Wide the Flood Gates, from Snow21. Spock's Beard - Open the Gates Pt. 2, from Snow22. Spock's Beard - Solitary Soul, from Snow23. Spock's Beard - Wind at My Back, from SnowLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE24. Steven Wilson - Like Dust I Have Cleared from My Eyes, from Grace for Drowning25. Ozric Tentacles - It's a Hup Ho World, from Sliding Gliding Worlds26. Six-North - Inner Crystal, from I'm Here in My Heart27. Lensflare - Acropoli, from La Valle dell'Inferno28. Neuronium - Part 3 (Main Theme Studio Version), from From Madrid to Heaven29. Sykofant - Heart of the Woods, from Leaves30. Emily Bezar - 40 Mansions, from Moon in Grenadine31. Bo Hansson - Day and Night, from Attic Thoughts32. Frédéric L'Épée - Doubtless, from Sketches for Images33. Sonic Music - Ancient Hieroglyphs, from The Prisoner

    3h 21m
  3. Sound Chaser 315

    JAN 24

    Sound Chaser 315

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, I have plenty of music from the different decades of progressive music, in the many styles of progressive music, I have an In Memoriam feature for Terry Sullivan and Ralph Towner, and the Symphonic Zone. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Proto-Kaw - Heavenly Man, from Before Became AfterIN MEMORIAM2. Renaissant [Terry Sullivan] - Careless, from South of Winter3. Ralph Towner - Icarus, from DiaryEND IN MEMORIAM4. Arabs in Aspic - Shelob’s Cave / The Great Shelob / Wizard in White, from Progeria5. Manoel Macia - Sin Infierno, from Semillas6. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Luojalle, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen7. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Miikaelille, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen8. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Enkeleille, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen9. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Materialle, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen10. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Solulle, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen11. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Eläville Sieluille, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen12. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Hymni Eläville Paratiisille, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen13. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Ihmisen Luominen, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen14. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Vastustaja, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen15. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Ihmisen Perisynti, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen16. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Vedenpaisumus, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen17. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Uusi Ihmiskunta, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousen18. Jukka Gustavson’s Alone Together Orchestra - Kolme Evankeliumia, from …jaloa ylpeyttä…ylevää nöyryyttä nousenTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE19. Damanek - Dark Sun, from On Track20. Chris - Stars Align, from City of Light21. Steve Cochrane - Abandon Ship, from With or Without22. Steve Cochrane - Where Is It Leading?, from With or Without23. Steve Cochrane - Rise Like the Sun, from With or Without24. Pendragon - The Pleasure of Hope, from Past and Presence25. Real - Airglow, from The Path26. Zen Rock and Roll - Circle, from The Birthright CircleLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE27. Jane Siberry - Vladimir Vladimir, from The Speckless Sky28. Boris SG - Mechanic Pt. 5, from Mechanic29. Eloy Fritsch - Dances with Dolphins, from Space Music30. The Flower Kings - Just This Once, from Stardust We Are31. The Gift - Long Time Dead, from Antenna32. Ken Baird - No Easy Path, from Fields33. Lost World Band - Symphonic, from Spheres Align34. Karfagen - The Space Between Us, from The Space Between Us35. Karfagen - When the Night Falls, from The Space Between Us36. cHoclat FRoG - Part VIII (Metropolis), from Snapshot37. Louis de Mieulle - Scapegoat 2 (Displacement), from Defense Mechanisms38. starfish64 - Happiness, from Scattered Pieces of Blue39. Guy Hatton - The Hundred of Hoo, from Daylight40. Anthony Phillips - The Beggar and the Thief, from Missing Links Volume 2: The Sky Road

    3h 34m
  4. Sound Chaser 314

    JAN 12

    Sound Chaser 314

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time is the 12th anniversary show. The show has been broadcasting biweekly since January, 2014. To honor this 12th anniversary achievement, I have dedicated this show to the 12-string guitar. Every piece of music on this show, with the exception of one song that is part of a suite, features the 12-string, mostly acoustic, but a couple of electric as well. It’s a varietal mix starring an instrument more common to prog than to other forms of popular music, and definitely part of the whole prog vibe. All that plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Supertramp - C'est Le Bon, from "...famous last words..."2. Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away, from Houses of the Holy3. Manoel Macia - Del Tiempo, Reposo, from Ritmos del Aire4. Fleet Foxes - I Am All That I Need / Arroyo Secco / Thumbprint Scar, from Crack-Up5. Fleet Foxes - Cassius -, from Crack-Up6. Fleet Foxes - - Naiads, Cassadies, from Crack-Up7. Fleet Foxes - Kept Woman, from Crack-Up8. Jeremy - Rivers of Life, from Pilgrim's Journey9. Barclay James Harvest - In Memory of the Martyrs, from Turn of the Tide10. Renaissance - Secret Mission, from Azure D'Or11. Pat Metheny Group - Praise, from First Circle12. Manning - After the (Tears in the) Rain, from The View from My Window13. However - In the Midst of Making, from Sudden DuskTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE14. Genesis - Entangled, from A Trick of the Tail15. Harmonium Symphonique - Un Musicien Parmi Tant D’autres, from Histoires sans Paroles16. Yes - Mirror to the Sky, from Mirror to the Sky17. Steven Wilson - The Watchmaker, from The Raven Who Refused to Sing (And Other Stories)18. The Flower Kings - Black Flag, from Waiting for Miracles19. Finisterre - Orizzonte degli Eventi, from In LimineLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE20. Ten Jinn - In the End, from Alone21. Flaming Youth - Space Child, from Ark 222. Ralph Towner - Solitary Woman, from Anthem23. Anthony Phillips - Promenade, from The Archive Collection Vol. 124. Nigel Mazlyn Jones - River of Love, from Breaking Cover25. Don McGreevy - Pins, form Aichmophobia26. Afforested - The Commoner's Right of Pannage, from Surviving Remnants of the Medieval Greenwood27. Flairck - Oneven Wals, from Variaties op een Dame28. Sarah McLachlan - Out of the Shadows, from Touch29. Emtidi - Saat, from Saat30. October Tree - Epiphanies, from The Fairy's Wing31. Gryphon - Ethelion, from Midnight Mushrumps32. Rush - Nobody's Hero, from Counterparts

    3h 22m
  5. Sound Chaser 313

    12/28/2025

    Sound Chaser 313

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from The John Irvine Band, an In Memoriam feature for Mick Abrahams and Michal Urbaniak, and plenty of prog from across the decades. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Gong - Three Blind Mice, from Expresso IIIN MEMORIAM2. Jethro Tull [Mick Abrahams] - Cat's Squirrel, from This Was3. Michał Urbaniak Group - Inactin, from InactinEND IN MEMORIAM4. Frank Zappa - Twenty Small Cigars, from Chunga's Revenge5. Frank Zappa - The Nancy & Mary Music, from Chunga's Revenge6. Allan Holdsworth - Karzie Key, from Velvet Darkness7. Ozric Tentacles - Ta Khut, from Live at the Pongmaster's Ball8. The John Irvine Band - One Small Step, from Take Me To Your Leader9. Software - Magic Beach, from Digital-Dance10. Roger Waters - The Ballad of Bill Hubbard, from Amused to Death11. Roger Waters - What God Wants Part I, from Amused to Death12. Roger Waters - Perfect Sense Part I, from Amused to Death13. Roger Waters - Perfect Sense Part II, from Amused to Death14. Roger Waters - The Bravery of Being out of Range, from Amused to DeathTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE15. Celeste - La Grande Isola, from Celeste16. TCP - I'm Me, from The Way17. The Flower Kings - Considerations, from LOVE18. Intergalactic Touring Band - Approach (Overture), from Intergalactic Touring Band19. Intergalactic Touring Band - Silver Lady, from Intergalactic Touring Band20. Marcus Viana - Sinfonia, from Pantanal: Suite Sinfonica21. Mona Lisa - Tripot, from Avant Qu’il Ne Soit Trop Tard22. Eris Pluvia - Pushing Together, from Rings of Earthly Light23. Renaissance - Let It Grow, from Ashes Are Burning24. Formativ - Outside Moving In, from FormativLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE25. Alan Stivell - Loc’h ar Goulen, from Symphonie Celtique: Tir Na n-Og26. Alan Stivell - Divodan, from Symphonie Celtique: Tir Na n-Og27. The Wizards of Progg - White Fire Part 1, from Dooking for Apples28. Guy LeBlanc - One Sky, from All the Rage29. Elephant Gym - Go Through the Night, from Dreams30. Tangerine Dream - Severin Dies, from Near Dark31. Five Fifteen - Another Grasshopper's Holiday, from Six Dimensions of Electric Camembert32. Five Fifteen - Wide-Awake Dreams and Sleepwalking Nightmares, from Six Dimensions of Electric Camembert33. Five Fifteen - The Wink of an Eye, from Six Dimensions of Electric Camembert34. Five Fifteen - Once I Had a Name for This One, from Six Dimensions of Electric Camembert35. Vangelis - See You Later, from See You Later

    3h 31m
  6. Sound Chaser 312

    12/13/2025

    Sound Chaser 312

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time I have new music from Art Griffin’s Sound Chaser and Ian Neal, plenty of other music across the styles and eras of prog, the Symphonic Zone, an In Memoriam feature for Stig Arve Kvam-Jørgensen, and more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Frost* - Welcome to Nowhere, from Experiments in Mass Appeal2. Peter Gabriel - I Go Swimming, from Plays Live3. Nic Potter - Off the Planet, from Self Contained4. Alex Machacek, Jeff Sipe, Neal Fountain - Put Me Back to Sleep, from The Official Triangle Sessions5. Art Griffin's Sound Chaser - The Yin and the Yang, from Approaching Translucence6. Kate Bush - Houdini, from The Dreaming7. Lodger Wright - Himalaya by Rail (The Darjeeling Line), from One Lump or Two?8. Ian Neal - The Thing That Hurts, from https://ianneal.bandcamp.com/track/the-thing-that-hurts9. Dwiki Dharmawan - London in June, from Pasar Klewer10. Side Steps - Because of Silence, from Verge of Reality11. The Tea Club - If I Mean When, from If / When12. Robert Rich - A Flock of Metal Creatures Fleeing the Onslaught of Rust, from Below Zero13. Barry Cleveland - Voluntary Dreaming, from Voluntary DreamingTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE14. The Watch - Soaring On, from Primitive15. Saga - Images, from Images at Twilight16. Sky Architect - The Curious One, from A Billion Years of Solitude17. Rafael Pacha - A Song for Toni, from Arqueologías18. Glass Kites - Leviathan, from Glass Kites II19. Checking for Echo Project - Time, from Life and Other Short Stories Vol. IILEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE20. TNO - Space Walk Part III, from Space Walk21. Tusmørke - Kontakten Brytes, from Intetnett22. Brady Arnold - Forget Me, from One More for the Void23. The Picturesque Episodes - Old Static, from Young Galaxy24. Earthstar - Night Tones, from Salterbarty Tales25. Führs & Fröhling - Dancing Colours, from Strings26. Jean-Michel Jarre - Silhouette, from Métamorphoses27. Ashra - Club Cannibal, from Correlations28. Gong - Isle of Everywhere, from You29. Gong - You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever, from YouIN MEMORIAM Stig Arve Kvam-Jørgensen30. Arabs in Aspic - Arabide, from Strange Frame of Mind

    3h 44m
  7. Sound Chaser 311

    11/29/2025

    Sound Chaser 311

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. On the show this time, I have new music from Far Out Telescope and Colin Masson, plenty of other music across the styles and eras of prog, the Symphonic Zone, and much more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. The John Irvine Band - Some Bright Sparks, from Metaphysical Attractions2. Karfagen - Olympia: Poseidon, from Spektra3. Patrick Gleeson - Mercury, The Winged Messenger, from Beyond the Sun - An Electronic Portrait of Holst's The Planets4. Ars Nova - La Vénus Endormie, from Seventh Hell5. Far Out Telescope - Space Is Dead, from https://farouttelescope.bandcamp.com/6. Software - Syn-Code-Sunset, from Syn-Code7. Dream Theater - Metropolis, from Score8. The Galactic Cowboy Orchestra - At Cross Purposes, from All out of Peaches9. Alberto Rigoni - Death Stick, from Prog Injection10. Sunset Mission - Lunar Castellum, from Journey to Lunar CastellumTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE11. David Arkenstone & Kostia - The Spirit of Olympia, from The Spirit of Olympia12. Colin Masson - The Hollow Mountain, from The Old Bridge of Awe13. Moon Safari - Sugar Band, from Himlabacken, Vol. 114. Kaipa - Revelationview, from Sommargryningsljus15. Karnataka - Strange Behaviour, from Delicate Flame of Desire16. Mars Hollow - Voices, from World in Front of Me17. Novalis - Es färbte sich die wiese grün, from Novalis18. Genesis - The Fountain of Salmacis, from Nursery Cryme19. Rush - Cygnus X-1 Book II: Hemispheres, from HemispheresLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE20. Soft Machine - Stanley Stamp's Gibbon Album, from BBC Radio: 1971-197421. Violeta de Outono - Noturno Deserto, from Live at Rio ArtRock Festival ‘9722. Tangerine Dream - Birth of Liquid Plejades, from Zeit23. Boris SG - Pest, from Virus24. Michael Garrison - Eruption, from Prisms25. Michael Garrison - Interphase, from Prisms26. Andreas Vollenweider - Down to the Moon, from Down to the Moon27. Andreas Vollenweider - Moon Dance, from Down to the Moon28. Andreas Vollenweider - Steam Forest, from Down to the Moon29. Andreas Vollenweider - Water Moon, from Down to the Moon30. Andreas Vollenweider - Night Fire Dance, from Down to the Moon31. Grobschnitt - Fallstone, from Die Grobschnitt Story 0: Kapelle Elias Grobschnitt

    3h 38m
  8. Sound Chaser 310

    11/15/2025

    Sound Chaser 310

    The Sound Chaser Progressive Rock Podcast is on the air. The show this time features multiple progressive rock artists and styles, new music from Ian Neal, and In Memoriam feature for Jack DeJohnette, the Symphonic Zone, and more. All that, plus news of tours and releases on Sound Chaser. Playlist1. Mostly Autumn - Walk with a Storm, from Heart Full of SkyIN MEMORIAM JACK DeJOHNETTE2. Jack DeJohnette - Priestess of the Mist, from EarthwalkEND IN MEMORIAM3. Marillion - Hope for the Future, from This Strange Engine2. David Vorhaus - Shadowlands, from White Noise IV - Inferno3. Jordan Rudess - Piece of the Π, from The Road Home4. Steeleye Span - Dark-Eyed Sailor, from The Journey5. Illusion - Isadora, from Out of the Mist6. Genesis - Harlequin, from Nursery Cryme7. Hermetic Science - Against the Grain, Part One, from En Route8. Banco del Mutuo Soccorso - Circobanda, from Canto di Primavera9. Now - Naïveté, from Everything Is Different Now10. California Guitar Trio - Red Iguana, from Whitewater11. The Picturesque Episodes - (universe), from The Best of Ambient12. Brady Arnold - Time of Flux, from Instrumentals 1: Soft SoundsTHE SYMPHONIC ZONE13. The Tangent - GPS Culture, from London or Paris, Berlin or South End on Sea14. Fish - The Field, from Field of Crows15. The Enid - Sheets of Blue, from Salome16. Ian Neal - Leonardo, from https://ianneal.bandcamp.com/track/l-e-o-n-a-r-d-o17. Yes - Words on a Page, from From a Page18. SBB - Anna, from Slovenian GirlsLEAVING THE SYMPHONIC ZONE19. Steve Tibbetts - Ur, from Yr20. Steve Tibbetts - Sphexes, from Yr21. Steve Tibbetts - Ten Years, from Yr22. Wolfstone - Teacher, from To Cry You a Song [compilation]23. Al Stewart - Antarctica, from Last Days of the Century24. Ralph Lundsten - Enchanted Forest, from Cosmic Love25. Stick Men - Improv: Moon, from Midori26. Karda Estra - Covert, from A Winter in Summertime27. Eela Craig - Yggdrasil (Auszug aus “Dimensions zwischen Pop und Klassik”) [cd bonus track] , from Eeela Craig28. O Terço - Hey Amigo, from Live at Palace with Orchestra29. U.K. - Presto Vivace, from Night after Night30. U.K. - In the Dead of Night, from Night after Night31. Sky - Xango, from Forthcoming32. Dream Theater - Through Her Eyes, from Through Her Eyes [single]33. Iona - Dancing on the Wall, from Woven Cord34. Ken's Novel - Distinctive Signs, from Domain of Oblivion

    3h 35m
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Spanning the globe to give you the constant variety of Prog. The thrill of mellotrons. And the agony of the 80s. The musical drama of epic compositions. This is Soundchaser. The Professor will host three hours of music selected from the history of progressive rock, the 1960s to the present. The main feature of every broadcast will be at least an hour of symphonic progressive, the boldest, most robust flavors prog has to offer. The program will feature many varietal selections as well, from fusion, progressive ambient, psychedelic, eclectic progressive, RIO, folk, and crossover progressive. The program is for the discerning and daring connoisseur of progressive rock. Relax. Open the aural palette. Delights to follow.

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