Flipping the Script-Gentle Giant's Derek Shulman's Journey from Prog Singer to Pop Executive
There are many progressive rock bands that still stalk the earth. Yes, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator. But not Gentle Giant. They made all their records during Prog Rocks glory years in the 1970s and then called it quits. While their legacy continues on as one of the most innovative and expansive bands in the genre, their co-founding member and lead singer, Derek Shulman went from the stage to the record executive office working for Polygram, Atco and Roadrunner records and signing acts like Bon Jovi, Cinderella, Dream Theater and Pantera. His journey is chronicled in his new autobiography, Giant Steps: My Improbable Journey from Stage Lights to Executive Heights. John Diliberto takes that journey with Derek Shulman on Echoes from PRX.
| Start Time | Artist | Song Title | Album |
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| First Half Hour | |||
| 0:01:00 | Sudama Mark Kennedy/Joss Jaffe/Steve Miles | Wave Navigation | Whale Dreaming |
| 0:06:00 | Jake Shimabukuro | Waterfall | Calm Seas |
| 0:09:06 | Craig Padilla & Marvin Allen | Undercurrents of Change | Unfolding Skies |
| 0:14:26 | Morcheeba | Pareidolia Master | Escape the Chaos |
| 0:18:08 | Twin Shadow | Real Enough | Cadet |
| 0:25:19 | Dino Pacifici & Brannan Lane | Cold Fusion | Imaginary Horizons 2 |
| Second Half Hour | |||
| 0:30:00 | Interview : Derek Shulman | ||
| 0:44:43 | Gentle Giant | Mister Class and Quality_ | Three Friends |
| 0:50:33 | Gentle Giant | Three Friends | Three Friends |
| 0:53:10 | Break | ||
| 0:53:33 | Near the Parenthesis | ThreeFive | Relative Minor |
| 0:59:00 | Lena Natalia | Afternoon in Oslo (excerpt) | The Time Before Us |
| Third Half Hour | |||
| 1:01:00 | Primal Sky | Druid Grove | Druid Grove (Single) |
| 1:06:00 | All India Radio | Catch The Breeze (Featuring Lisa Gibbs) | The Unified Field |
| 1:10:43 | Steve Horner & Fiona Joy Hawkins | Quickening | Quickening (single) |
| 1:13:45 | Leandrul | Nature Part One | Choose |
| 1:17:00 | Falling You | Constellations | Metanoia |
| 1:23;10 | Michael Brückner | Emerald Green | A Sequence of Colors |
| Fourth Half Hour | |||
| 1:30:00 | Tom Griesgraber | The Split | The Split |
| 1:33:27 | Rebecca Foon | Flood of Eternity | Black Butterflies |
| 1:37:54 | Twilight Archive | Somewhere Street | Dusk Line |
| 1:42:39 | Hevi Levi | Evolve with the Dawn | Evolve with the Dawn |
| 1:47:51 | Break | ||
| 1:48:38 | Jake Shimabukuro | After the Rain | Calm Seas |
| 1:51:53 | Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore | Rachel’s Song | Tragic Magic |
| 1:55:55 | Barry Walker Jr. | Son Don’t Brighten The Bear Creek Rhyolite (feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon) | Son Don’t Brighten The Bear Creek Rhyolite |
We go on a Quest for the Runestone on the next Echoes. That is the title of David Arkenstone‘s album returning to his fantasy-laden orchestral sound with a lot of Celtic touches. We’ll hear David Arkenstone’s Quest for the Runestone and more on Echoes from PRX.
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Weekend, February 21-22, 2026 – Echoes Program 2607B |
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Song Name |
Album Name |
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First Half Hour |
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| 0:01:00 | Brannan Lane/John Gregorius/Sean O’Bryan Smith | The Gate | Emergence |
| 0:06:00 | Byron Metcalf & Ari Urban | Fearless Encounter | Rituals of Passion |
| 0:12:00 | frostlake | In the Stars | The Weight of Clouds |
| 0:18:07 | David Arkenstone | Oceans of Ice | Quest for the Runestone |
| 0:22:21 | This Mortal Coil | Another Day | It’ll End in Tears |
| 0:25:09 | Kinobe | Lucky Stars | Out Of The Blue |
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Second Half Hour |
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| 0:30:00 | Nine Inch Nails | Together | Ghosts V: Together |
| 0:39:49 | Zanias | Departure | Chrysalis |
| 0:42:40 | Ryan Farish | Sky Dweller | Sky Dweller |
| 0:46:16 | break | ||
| 0:47:03 | C37 | The Hurt in Breaking Your Fall | Beautiful Beginnings |
| 0:51:25 | Niyaz | Shir Ali Mardan | The Fourth Light |
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Third Half Hour |
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| 1:01:00 | Transponder | Totality | Empire of the Eclipse |
| 1:06:00 | Erik Wøllo | Equator | Crossing the Equator |
| 1:12:29 | Caoilfhionn Rose | Simple | Constellation |
| 1:15:47 | Russel Walder | Walk on Water (featuring Franko Heke and Meeta Pandit) | Speak to the Storm |
| 1:24:07 | Still Corners | The Ship | Dream Talk |
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Fourth Half Hour |
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| 1:30:00 | Cigarettes After Sex | Dark Vacay (mix 18) | Xs |
| 1:33:18 | Nils Frahm | Kaleidoscope | All Melody |
| 1:41:21 | David Arkenstone | Eyes of Skata | Quest for the Runestone |
| 1:45:59 | break | ||
| 1:46:57 | David Wright | Observational Bias | Fade |
| 1:50:48 | Carmen Rizzo | All Is Forgiven | Perfect Sisters (OST) |
| 1:55:32 | Dark Sky Alliance | Tré Pur | Interdwell |
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