Prog Features

Pop-leaning rock band Cats In Space and multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and producer Willie Dowling have four dates together this month

in 1978 Kate Bush appeared on Saturday Night Live, impressing a budding musician and inspiring a future cinema star

His lyrical wit and musical genius helped spawn the definitive Fab Four pastiche band, got him a position in Monty Python and generated a hit single his band hadn’t wanted – leading him to compare himself to Shakespeare

He hails their punk ethic, their experiments with electronica, and their way of writing songs about real people

From King Crimson to ELP and beyond, Greg Lake left a catalogue of impressive creations from an extraordinary musical journey which included that Christmas song

Leprous, Opeth, Slift and others have presented some truly forward-thinking excellence this year

Tomorrow singer Keith West found himself at No. 2 in the Top 40 in 1967 with a song he’d never been meant to sing

Inspired by hold music, movie scenes, Sarah Bernhardt, Carry On Wayward Son and more, the Northumberland-based proggers have a new line-up and a new energy to go with their new music

From breaking out of local clubs to touring with Jethro Tull and attracting guest spots from David Bowie and Peter Sellers, the leading light of British folk looks back – and forward

Storm Thorgerson’s right-hand man on breaking the law, pushing creative concepts, refusing to work with record labels, watching Pink Floyd get rich and staying friends by never taking sides

Ninth album deals with two different concepts, as the Finnish group look forward to a future of total control over their catalogue

When it comes to enjoying live music, looking after your hearing is paramount. Myself and the Louder team have tested what we think are the best earplugs for gigs, plus we have full reviews and advice from hearing experts

Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power

Keyboard master – who took the plunge and played guitar on his new solo album – on his decision to lay aside some of the crazy and create a song-based work

I thought my kids would be a little army of music nerds but social media and video games had other plans for them. And then I got them a serious pair of headphones…

Cool new proggy sounds you really should check out from Allamedah, Astreyane, The Wring and more...

Folk and folk rock bands are responsible for some of the most progressive music ever made. Not only that, but they influenced the rock world as we know it

The band suffered a few false starts before delivering a triumph with a daring album that explored a new kind of energy

The story of Marillion. keyboard player Mark Kelly's first solo venture with Mark Kelly's Marathon

"He said, ‘Well, clearly your wife has impeccable taste where you have little. I suggest you listen to her'."