Music
Prog
Take a bow: STEVEN WILSON
Frank Skinner is barely five minutes into a short but well-received set when he meets Eric.
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TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS: YES ALBUM LISTENING GUIDE
Assiduously in-depth study of prog’s cause célèbre.
1 min |
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HIROE
Philadelphian post-rockers demonstrate the art of incremental expansion.
1 min |
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OCEANICA
Try Not To Dwell On It...
1 min |
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JON ANDERSON & THE BAND GEEKS
Jon Anderson loses his way in the middle of Close To The Edge. It’s the opening song of the final show of this leg of the Yes — Epics, Classics & More Tour, and he stops, clearly unsure of his place in the song.
2 min |
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LIKE FATHERS, LIKE SONS
In 2023, Avkrvst emerged from the Norwegian wilderness with a top-notch debut and an impressive record deal. As they ready their second album Waving At The Sky, co-founders Simon Bergseth and Martin Utby explain their familial ties to progressive music.
5 min |
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ZACH TABORI
Attack Of The Clout Chasers
1 min |
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RICHARD SINCLAIR
Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it's Richard Sinclair. Born and bred in Canterbury, the bassist, guitarist and vocalist is one of the leading voices of the city’s titular scene, co-founding and playing in some of the burgeoning movement's core acts, including Caravan, Hatfield And The North and Camel.
10+ min |
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GREG LAKE
A two-CD plus DVD upgrade of Lake's 2005 show at Stevenage Concert Hall.
1 min |
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NORTH SEA RADIO ORCHESTRA
Genre-defying chamber collective return with first original material since 2016.
1 min |
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Analogue Master
On his second solo album, Gamle Mester, Wobbler keyboard player Lars Fredrik Frøislie unleashes a tour de force of old-school analogue wizardry. Lars kindly invites Prog into his magical world of vintage instrumentation to find out more.
5 min |
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ANTOINE FAFARD
Quadra Spherium TIMELESS MOMENTUM Powerful jazz-rock with added sax appeal.
1 min |
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ANTHONY PHILLIPS
Former Genesis guitarist's Scottish on-air session repackaged with extras.
1 min |
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WHISPERS OF GRANITE
Liquid Stone APOLLON: Norway meets Germany in prog-pop heaven.
1 min |
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CONNOR KAMINSKI AND KEYAN
Prog-metal guitarists collaborate on instrumental EP.
1 min |
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EMILY FRANCIS TRIO
The superb prog-jazz unit in action on their recent tour.
1 min |
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FIFTH DAUGHTER
Diagonal and Running Dogs musos team up for intergalactic musical adventures.
2 min |
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ELBOW
Guy Garvey and co offer classy leftovers from sessions for their last album.
1 min |
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Bread Of Haven
Eleven years after his first ambitious homage to Mike Oldfield, Robert Reed is back with the long-awaited fourth instalment in his Sanctuary series. With a little help from Oldfield collaborators Les Penning, Tom Newman and drummer Simon Phillips, the Magenta and Cyan mastermind tells Prog about his mission to keep long-form music alive.
5 min |
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RIZ STORY
Anyone mastermind discusses his prophetic new double album, Al sentience and the joys of creating in complete solitude.
4 min |
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WINTER'S END
Chepstow is bathed in glorious weather for Winter's End 2025, something normally reserved for Summer's End during our increasingly clement Octobers. But even though the increased sun and warmer temperatures seriously raise the heat in the old Drill Hall to sometimes uncomfortable levels (damn these well-built buildings from days of yore, when winters froze and summers merely rained!), they seem to buoy the mood of everyone attending prog's premier live event of the calendar. Or maybe that's because this event's grand 20th anniversary is nearing, and a sense of celebration is in the air. As usual, a weekend's worth of great prog music is something to savour.
6 min |
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OCULAR
Solstice guitarist's son leads smart-jazz instrumental group along the prog path.
2 min |
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ROD RODRIGUES
Never sticking to a planned route, the Brazilian-Canadian guitarist fuses prog with metal to reach new destinations.
1 min |
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JACK BRUCE
A fine revamp of one of Bruce's key post-Cream milestones.
1 min |
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CLAUDIA BRÜCKEN
Night Mirror DEMON - Fourth solo album of polished art-pop from Propaganda singer.
1 min |
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DESERTFEST
Understandably, Camden's Desertfest doesn't pull a huge number of prog fans - the multitude of stoner rock-leaning bands on offer isn't exactly a draw. However, the event always features a few bands who buck the trend and, on Saturday evening at The Roundhouse, Little Rock quartet Pallbearer offer something that leans well into the prog sphere.
2 min |
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SKIN ALLEY
Sun Music - The Complete Recordings 1969-1973 ESOTERIC
1 min |
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IN MEMORY OF SIMON HOUSE
A key presence in Hawkwind's line-up during the 1970s, Simon House brought an incredible palette of sonic colours to the band's songs with his exciting and imaginative keyboard and violin work. Leaving to become a member of David Bowie's live band, he went on to become an in-demand session player before rejoining Hawkwind again (twice) and releasing a series of solo albums. We pay tribute to House, who died at the end of May.
4 min |
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TÖRZS
Hungarian post-rockers who record in caves and find sanctuary in the rehearsal room.
2 min |
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ATOMIC ROOSTER
Proto-prog trio's crunching 80s revamp remastered with extras and live set.
1 min |