Author: The Doorway

I'm a musician and presenter of the Doorway Rock Show on 103 The Eye and Progzilla Radio. My show takes listeners on a journey through the very best Progressive Rock. It's a blend of old and new; showing how the classic artists of the 1970s have influenced the very best contemporary artists. I'm also proud to providee a platform for those artists to get their work exposed to a wider audience.

The Doorway 02/03/19

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Hello everyone

Here’s the podcast of Saturday’s show on 103 The Eye.

Many thanks to my old friend, John Ingham in Cyprus for this week’s suggestions who’ll be getting much more than he bargained for!

Hope you all enjoy the music this week. Please do get in touch with any comments or requests.

Have a great week!

Ian

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Doorway – Cruise to The Edge Special

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Hello everyone

Here is the podcast of Saturday’s show broadcast on 103 The Eye.

All the tracks on the show are by artists that I saw on Cruise to The Edge earlier this month.

Special thanks to Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Thiys Van Lear, Marius Duda, Jem Godfrey, Danny Rabin among many others who recorded endorsments of the show for me. Listen out for these in the podcast!

I’ll be turning my attention to Night of the Prog next so if anyone has a track from a band on this year’s lineup they’d like me to play, get in touch.

Have a great week!

Ian

The Doorway 16/02/2019

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Hello everyone

Firstly apologies for the missing show last week. Technical issues meant that the Show was not broadcast on 103 The Eye nor uploaded as the usual podcast. These things happen, I’m afraid.

So, here is Saturday’s show that was broadcast as usual. I hope you all enjoy the selection of great tracks.

I’ve almost finished this coming Saturday’s show as well. Its a Cruise to the Edge special, featuring many of the bands I saw whilst in the States.

Please let me know if there’s something you’d like me to consider playing on future editions of The Doorway. I’m not short of inspiration or ideas but do try to accomodate any reasonable request for music, accompanied by a shout out on the show.

I’d like to thank all the artists that recorded idents for the show whilst we were all on the boat. I think it made a change from the usual selfie request and many of the contributors seemed surprised that there was a specialist prog radio show in the UK (as opposed to just a podcast!) You’ll hear many of them next week!

have a great week

Ian

Cruise to The Edge

Hello from Florida!

It’s now Saturday Morning here in the States. I won’t say much about the weather here other than it’s in  stark contrast to the freezing conditions we left behind in Blighty.

I’m with my good friend and partner in prog, Tony Apps and we have a day or so to acclimatise before embarking the Brilliance of the Seas on Monday for CTTE.

Before that though, there is the Pre Cruise party in the Ritz here in Tampa, featuring the incredible Neal Morse band amongst others. We are hoping he will play his new album, The Great Adventure.

The Doorway will be broadcast as usual tonight on 103 The Eye at 21.00 and I will post the podcast later today, a little earlier than usual.

Here is the schedule of CTTE which I hope some of you find interesting. I’ll update this regularly through the week.

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The Doorway 26.01.2019

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 Here is a slightly shortened podcast of Saturday’s Doorway, originally broadcast on 103 The Eye here in the UK. I’ve had a few technical issues resulting in the loss of part of the original show recording so we’re down to 1.5 hours this week! I promise I’ll make it up to you! If you’re quick you can catch the repeat of the whole show on 103 The Eye at midnight tonight!

The Doorway 19/1/2019

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Hello everyone.

There’s a distinctly “Canterbury”  feel to this week’s show. I hope you enjoy the slight change of direction. It’s all progressive Rock after all and needs to be heard on the show.

I am also gearing up to Cruise to the Edge during the 1st week in February! There will be lots of updates on the Blog whilst I’m away.

Let me know if there is something you would like me to play in future shows on 103 The Eye. The show goes out on Saturdays at 21.00 GMT and is repeated at Midnight on Tuesdays. By my reckoning that’s Drivetime in the States! What better way to enjoy the journey home!

 

 

 

The Doorway 12/1/2019

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Hello All

Here’s Saturday’s Show. A little later than normal but hopefully worth the wait!

I’m getting ready to go to Cruise to The Edge in the first week of February so the show will increasingly feature acts that are performing at this event.

This week’s show includes a stunning track by Karmakanic (dedicated to my keyboard playing youngest Son, Matt!) and ends with 22 minutes of pure bliss……

The Doorway 05/01/2019

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Happy New Year!

Welcome to the first edition of 2019. I’m back with a vengance after a break over the Christmas Holidays.

This week’s show is bookended by two fabulous tracks from the 70’s. In between these is the usual mixture of old and new, including a tribute to David Bowie to mark the Anniversary of his death on 10th January along with a 30 minute special feature on the career of Todd Rundgren.

I hope you all enjoy the Show!