Jon, James and Wilf regroup for the second part of their Mike Oldfield extravaganza, celebrating the music released by the great man in the Eighties, culminating with his leaving Virgin Records and releasing Tubular Bells II in 1992.

There’ll be more Mike Oldfield-related shenanigans next time, but while you’re waiting for that, I’m back with another selection of top tunes, and Martin drops in with his Progradar’s Picks! Suns of the Tundra – Each of Us (04:59) from Murmuration,

After literally years of talking about it, Wilf gets together in a socially distanced, responsible fashion with two old friends of The European Perspective, Jon Hunt and James Hendry, to present an extravaganza of music by one of their favourite compos...

In celebration of the release of a new, all-singing, all-dancing edition of Marillion’s debut album Script For A Jester’s Tear we take a look back at the early days of the New Wave Of British Progressive Rock.

It all got a bit chaotic! The general idea here was to play some cheerful music. And most of it is. There’s a really tiny bit of swearing – twice, in fact, with the first one being near the start of the show.

In this episode of the European Perspective, Martin and Wilf ramble on about progressive rock, and play some very long tunes. It’s far more enjoyable than it sounds. Tinyfish – Rainland (06:54) from The Big Red Spark,

In this episode of The European Perspective – Matt Stevens from The Fierce And The Dead chats to Wilf and chooses some of his favourite music. We also take a look back at Matt’s career as a band member and solo artist,

In this week’s show: Tracks from the Italian Rolling Stone top ten progressive rock albums of the 1980s More Eighties stuff! Progradar’s Picks, bringing us bang up to date King Crimson – Frame by Frame (05:09) from Discipline,

In this episode of The European Perspective: A shorter show than usual! Martin, with Progradar’s Picks from Moon Halo, Blind Ego and Different Light The usual mix of new stuff and old stuff Men Without Hats – The Safety Dance (02:45) from The Safety Da...

Welcome to the first European Perspective of 2020, and Happy New Year to you all! In a rather impulsive and largely unplanned show, I review some of the great music of the previous two decades according to the following self-imposed rules: One album pe...