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Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – And Evening of Yes Music Plus

“Their own songs, freed from the dated sonics of their recorded counterparts, benefit most from the live treatment”: Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s An Evening Of Yes Music Plus returns in 4-disc set

By Paul Ging published

Sound and vision elements of 1989 pay-per-ew show brought together in clamshell

Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks – True

“No pale rehash of former glories, but a genuine triumph in a state-of-the-art setting”: Jon Anderson And The Band Geeks’ True

By Paul Ging published

Team player returns to prog with collaborators he discovered covering Yes songs

Squackett

“Superbly-executed powerful songs with enjoyable instrumental showboating… it’s a shame they never toured”: Squackett’s A Life Within A Day reissue

By Paul Ging published

The 2012 prog titans’ collab re-emerges with 5.1 Blu-ray surround mix included

D'Virgilio Morse Jennings

“I didn’t know if Ross would be into this kind of music… I sent him an email and he was like, ‘Dude! You have no idea!’ It just fell into place”: How Haken’s Ross Jennings wound up making two albums in 18 months with Nick D’Virgilio and Neal Morse

By Paul Ging published

The unlikely trio, with the same international make-up as Crosby, Stills and Nash, have a third record and live dates on their wish-list

Six By Six

“S for Saga, S for Saxon and it landed on Six By Six. Also, we have six arms, six legs, six eyes and and so on...” Welcome to the world of new prog supergroup Six By Six

By Paul Ging published

In 2022 the surprise grouping of Robert Berry, Saga's Ian Crichton and Saxon drummer Nigel Glockler resulted in a fine melodic prog album

Moon Safari - Himlabacken Vol 2

“Stately swathes of melodic guitar, stomping-goblin work-song chants, Rick Wakeman-riding-a-plesiosaur keyboard soloing:” Moon Safari’s Himlabacken Vol 2 is an epic complement to its predecessor

By Paul Ging published

The level of care and attention to detail explains why it took the Swedish symphonic prog outfit 10 years to deliver their exploration of growing up

Roine Stolt

“There’s usually a pile of songs, some to use now and some years from now… On this album the first chords are from something I wrote 30 years ago”: The patience of The Flower Kings’ Roine Stolt

By Paul Ging published

With Look At You Now on release, he’s looking forward to completing another project with Jon Anderson and maybe - just maybe - a Transatlantic reunion

Roxy Music in the control room of a London recording studio in 1972

The Roxy Music albums you should definitely own

By Paul Ging published

With fluorescent art-rock, lounge-lizard crooning and lots in-between, Roxy Music's musical jewellery box contains some real gems

Trevor Rabin - Rio

“It could become a slow-burn grower like Yes’ Talk album”: Trevor Rabin’s Rio

By Paul Ging published

His first vocal release since 1989 is the long overdue answer to fans’ prayers

Julian Cope: Fried artwork

Why you should definitely own Fried by Julian Cope

By Paul Ging published

Julian Cope's Fried is neo-psychedelic indie-prog of a completely unique hue, shot through with brains, wit and a little pop suss

Bruce Dickinson: Feeding The Soul

By Paul Ging published

Bruce Dickinson celebrates his birthday on August 7. To mark the occasion, this is a review of his most recent solo album, from Classic Rock issue 86