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No Words Music #66: A Very Instrumental Christmas

Recorded December 19, 2024 on progrock.com

  1. Joy to the World – A Proggy Christmas (2012) – The Prog World Orchestra 
  2. Christmas Time is Here – Guitars for Christmas (2003) – Joe Negri 
  3. The Arctic Flyer – The Wizards of Winter (2014) – The Wizards of Winter
  4. Flight of the Snow Angels – The Magic of Winter (2015) – The Wizards of Winter
  5. Holly Herald – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003) – Jethro Tull
  6. A Winter Snowscape – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album (2003) – Jethro Tull
  7. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen – A Christmas Album (2002) – California Guitar Trio
  8. Carol of the Bells – A Christmas Album (2002) – California Guitar Trio
  9. Greensleeves (What Child Is This?) – A Christmas Album (2002) – California Guitar Trio
  10. O Come All Ye Faithful – Christmas Variations (2020) – Rick Wakeman
  11. Hark the Herald Angels Sing – Christmas Variations (2020) – Rick Wakeman
  12. The Nutcracker Suite (1960) by Duke Ellington and his Orchestra 
    • Overture
    • Toot Toot Tootie Toot (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)
    • Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)
    • Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
    • Entr’acte
    • The Volga Vouty (Russian Dance)
    • Chinoiserie (Chinese Dance)
    • Dance of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)
    • Arabesque Cookie (Arabian Dance)
  13. Boughs of Holly – The Christmas Attic (1998) – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  14. Lullaby Night – Letters From the Labyrinth (2015) – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  15. Christmas Jazz – The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  16. Wizards in Winter – The Lost Christmas Eve (2004) – Trans-Siberian Orchestra
  17. The First Noel – Winter Nights (1999) – Al DiMeola
  18. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Winter Nights (1999) – Al DiMeola
  19. Tannenbaum – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – Vince Guaraldi Trio
  20. Linus And Lucy – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – Vince Guaraldi Trio
  21. The Christmas Song – A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) – Vince Guaraldi Trio

No Words Music #9: RAWK! Featuring Dixie Dregs

Recorded on July 15, 2021 on progrock.com Take It Off the Top - What If (1978) - Dixie Dregs Punk Sandwich - Night of the Living Dregs (1979) - Dixie Dregs Pegasus - Enlightened Rogues (1979) - The Allman Brothers Band Perpetual Burn - Perpetual Burn (1988) - Jason...

No Words Music #8: Presenter’s Choice

Recorded on July 1, 2021 on progrock.com The Unsinkable Ship - White Star Liner (2018) - Public Service Broadcasting Go! - Race for Space (2015) - Public Service Broadcasting Crumble - Doomsday Afternoon (2007) - Phideaux Christopher’s Plan - Cinema Finis (2017) -...

No Words Music #7: Colors

Recorded on June 17, 2021 on progrock.com Bikini Bottom Blue - Tequila Mockingbird (2014) - Trio Agave Adriatic Blue - Under A Mediterranean Sky (2021) - Steve Hackett The Red Bull Rides a Boomerang Across the Blue Constellation - Side Three (2006) - Adrian Belew The...

No Words Music #6: Horns of Plenty

Recorded on May 20, 2021 on progrock.com   Suspicious Waveforms - Maps of Non-Existent Places (2012) - Thank You Scientist Hotel Splendour - All Heaven Broke Loose (1991) - Bill Bruford’s Earthworks Anxiety’s Moment - Chicago II (1970) - Chicago West Virginia...

No Words Music #5: The 1970s

Recorded on May 6, 2021 on progrock.com   Tippi Toes - Struttin’ (1970) - The Meters Scorpio - Evolution (1971) - Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band Big Swifty - Waka/Jawaka (1972) - Frank Zappa Tubular Bells, Pt. I - Tubular Bells (1973) - Mike Oldfield...

No Words Music #4: Synthatronia

Recorded on April 15, 2021 on progrock.com Derezzed - TRON: Legacy Soundtrack (2010) - Daft Punk Vessel - Talcon Industries (2019) - AfterForm Ouroboros - The Weirding (2009) - Astra Fanfare for Absent Friends - The Galactic Collective (2010) - Erik Norlander L’enfant...

No Words Music #3: Music By Numbers

Recorded on April 1, 2021 on progrock.com 914 - Liquid Tension Experiment 2 (1999) - Liquid Tension Experiment 8.19 - Ghost (2010) - Matt Stevens 3am on the River Sleep - Emmettronica ‘98-’05 (2013) - Emmett Elvin The 32nd Path - The Divine Abstract (2017) - Charlie...

No Words Music #2: Philly Jawn

Recorded on March 18, 2021 on progrock.com Track list: Babadook - Speakeasy Petting Zoo EP (2018) - Countdown from Ten The Jackson Pollock of Jigsaw Puzzles - On the Instability of Air (2020) - Countdown from Ten Breathless - Something/Anything? (1972) - Todd Rundgren...

No Words Music #1: Beginnings

Recorded March 4, 2021 on progrock.com Track list: Start - Peter Gabriel 3/Melt (1980) - Peter Gabriel Launchpad - Launchpad (2004) - Particle Let’s Start A Cult - Spooky Action (2013) - The Fierce and the Dead Rune Song: The Origin of Water - The Joy of Molybdenum...