A Seventies prog band who never quite hit the big time, despite having a couple of hit singles and some album success, and a great stage show – Curved Air. Tech issues meant we had to switch stream hosts at the start, but we were able to announce the change and we got everybody back 🙂
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Summerfest 2026 Story Show: Espedair Street
Late on a midweek night so I did not expect big numbers, but peak 13, 7 still on at the end, so I’m happy with that.
Espedair Street is Iain Banks’ story of a working class boy achieving success, a bit like Iain himself did, only for the protagonist of the novel, the success is in the rock music business, and comes with a price.
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Turbulence Ahead!
Formed in 1970 from the leftovers of Sisyphus, this week’s subject did what every good british Prog band did: Disband. And reform. And disband. Three times. Mind you, not in total (that number is quite a bit higher), but within three years.
In between re-forming and re-breaking-up, they also managed to record some music, which we will be featuring. Oh, the name? We’re talking about Curved Air!
See you in the Cavern,
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307 Edison’s Review of the Year for 2025-6
And it was a very good year, replete with good tracks and one that even Ed found hard to select from. The show went down well, with up to 21 listeners, and lots of banter on the plaza.
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It’s That Time of Year Again…
Yes, it has been another year of Radio Free D’ni, and that means that EdisonRex gets to put together a show for a change. As usual, it is an overview over the last year’s highlights.
See you in the Cavern,
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183R Herbie Hancock
Music in a great variety of styles from a master of the keyboard.
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306 Procol Harum
The band with a big big hit from the late Sixties that contrived to overshadow a lot of their later work, rather unfairly. Also the band where Robin Trower first came to prominence, and whose work with Jack Bruce we featured in the postshow. 29 listeners at peak, very satisfying in these times.
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Harum. Procol Harum.
This week, we will look at a band that, despite having been labeled a one-hit wonder, went quite a bit beyond the pale, or the whiter shade thereof. Pigeonholed as Symphonic Prog, they had a far wider range than just that, as we hope to show you.
See you in the Cavern,
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182R Wigwam
Finnish prog and pop rock band Wigwam provided an entertaining show, with up to 21 listener connections, a very satisfying number 🙂 The wildfires kept away from Cyan too.
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From Prog to Finnish
This week, we will look at what a British emigré put together with the leftovers of a local Blues band in 1968. The results could be described as a “big tent” effort. They did call themselves Wigwam, after all. Not entirely happy with being labeled “Prog,” they said they did “deep Pop,” and you can find out whatever that is supposed to be if you tune in on Sunday.
See you in the Cavern,
Malaclypse