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Ivar De Graaf, drummer of Kingfisher Sky joined us for program 1060 in an exclusive interview to discuss the new disc from his project titled Hallway Of Dreams. We covered the beginning days of the demo work, leaving Within Temptation, the formation of the band, talked about some recent shows, some new happenings, and the future as well. This was a great introspect from one of the new exciting bands of 2008.
http://kingfishersky.com
http://myspace.com/kingfishersky
NOTES: Kingfisher Sky Hallway Of Dreams was #1 for 2 weeks in requests on the weekly top 20. (3/29-4/5) It remained on the chars for 14 weeks with 10 of them being in the top 10.
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It had been a long time since Fish had been a guest on the program. Slightly over 9 years to be exact. But his return to the gagliarchives was just as exciting as his last. Fish joined us to discuss his excellent new disc titled 13th Star. We discussed the production, the intimate meanings to the deep cuts, and his own personal struggles. We also chatted about the upcoming tour and his special performance at the upcoming North East Art Rock Festival. This was yet another classic to be for the vaults of the gagliarchives
http://www.the-company.com
NOTES: 13th Star has spent 12 weeks on the weekly top 20 peaking at #3 in March, and averaging positions in the top 10 in 10 of the 12 reporting weeks. Arc Of The Curve has been one of the most requested singles of the year from a progressive rock album.
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Bill Berends and Rich Berends made a special trip to premiere some new material now available from their previous catalog on http://mindawn.com on program 1058, 5/24/08. Mastermind has been an integral part of our program since our beginning days at our current home. We have hosted multiple shows for them and are a key gear to our ‘renaissance’ period of the program dating back to 1995. This was a special in studio visit from some old friends. You can find out more about Bill and Rich at http://mastermindband.com
NOTES: We have world premiered every Mastermind album since 1996.
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Dutch composer/musician Ayreon visited the Gagliarchives again this time for an exclusive interview. Ayreon joined us to discuss his latest conceptual 2 CD release titled 01011001 and features a who’s who of fine musicians. We talked in fine detail about the wonderful roll call of artists, along with production, upcoming projects, the inspiration behind 01011001, the thread connecting previous albums, his gear, and ultimately my horrible Dutch pronunciations. Arjen Anthony Luccasson is a gifted artist that has an uncanny way of putting what is in his mind, no matter how grandiose, into wonderful thematic, conceptual releases. They are not rock operas. They are true movies for your ears.
NOTES: 01011001 spent 10 of its 15 weeks in our weekly top 20 in the top 10, peaking at #5 in it’s opening week in February.
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Christophe Godin, guitarist of the power trio Morglbl, joined us on March 29th to talk about the excellent new release titled Grotesk. Morglbl are no strangers to the radio program as they had created quite a buzz back at the end of 1990’s with their disc Bienvenue A Morglbl Land. Their mix of humor, composition, and intensity is willing to make any fan of fusion smile until he or she drools. Christophe chatted with us about the evolution of Morglbl over the last decade, some of his own solo material, his comrades in the recording process, and his and the bands upcoming monumental performance at NEARFEST 2008. Christophe was a blast of a guest that took time to celebrate his birthday with us.
NOTES: Morglbl - Grotesk spent 26 plus weeks in our weekly top 20, the longest of any release in late 2007 to the present. It peaked at #2 on 11/3/07
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One of the fresh, new budding acts gaining a lot of attention on our program in the last year has been the band The Wrong Object. This Belgian project has released one of the finest recordings in 2008 titled Stories From The Shed. We had the chance to speak with guitarist Michel Delville on April 19th, and talked at length about the surplus of great reviews coming from abroad about their new recording, how the touring process has gone, and the inspiration of going into each recording. We also covered Michel’s side projects including the disc Trank Zappa Grappa In Varese? titled More Light, and his introspect on working with the late, great Elton Dean. This was a personal favorite of the year as we connected on so many levels. A special thanks to the great Leonardo as well.
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– The Wrong Object - Stories From The Shed was #1 for 4 straight weeks in our weekly top 20 from 1/14/08 to 2/15/08
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On Friday April 11th, we had the pleasure of sitting with bassist and vocalist John Wetton. John has been a long time favorite of our audience since the program’s beginnings in the early ’90s. Following the Asia concert at the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood, NJ, John opted to chat with us. Meeting up at the Ritz Carlton in Philadelphia, we spoke about the current Asia tour, the new album Phoenix, and his personal travels over the last three years. Enjoy this special and candid interview with one of the hallmark artists of the progressive rock genre and ultimately our programs early history. It was a joy to have the Patron Saint return.
