PROG AWARDS 2012

Rick Wakeman, Genesis, Steven Wilson, Rush and Anathema were among the winners at the first Progressive Music Awards, held tonight in Kew Gardens.

Some of the biggest names in prog turned up for the event, including Genesis, Asia, ELP, The Moody Blues, Roxy Music, Marillion, Steve Hackett, Fish, It Bites and Anathema.

The event was hosted by Gavin Esler of Newsnight. It’s the first time that the genre has been celebrated in such a fashion. As Wakeman himself said: “It’s about time prog got the respect it deserves for the way it’s created, and continues to create, some of the most important music around”.

The winners are:

NEW BLOOD: TesseracT

LIVE EVENT: Anathema

GRAND DESIGN: Pink Floyd Immersion reissues

ANTHEM: Squackett A Life Within A Day

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Rush Clockwork Angels

VISIONARY: Peter Hammill

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Genesis

VIRTUOSO: Carl Palmer

GUIDING LIGHT: Steven Wilson

PROG GOD: Rick Wakeman

http://www.progrockmag.com/news/prog-awards-the-winners/

JUDGE SMITH: Curly's Airships Podcast

Jon Kirkman writes:

I have just uploaded another podcast featuring Judge Smith. This podcast is about the first of Judge Smith's Songstory releases Curly's Airships. The story is based on the R 101 Disaster and is a wonderful release which also features Hugh Banton, Peter Hammill and David Dackson from Van Der Graaf Generator alongside the likes of Arthur Brown, Paul Smith and a big acting cast. It is one of the best releases in this genre that I think has been released and I think the prog fans will love it as will Van Der Graaf fans and I think it will go beyond that as well.

Anyway you can find it here http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/gonzo_web_radio.html
See Judge Smith's Gonzo releases:
http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/site.php?s=2&action=list_table&t=products&filter_id=152&dbf_search_for=Judge+Smith+%28artist%29&image.x=8&image.y=7