"Don’t call it a happy album!" Katatonia and the story of Sky Void Of Stars
Katatonia's upbeat, up-tempo Sky Void Of Stars was born from the need for adrenaline at a time when the stage felt very far away....
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Urged on by fans, Mike Oldfield’s final album was a look back to his early years
Return To Ommadawn was a fresh exploration of the ideas on his third album – complete with a vinyl gatefold sleeve offering “hours of enjoyment”
Billy Sherwood, Big Big Train and others paid it forward to help John Holden return to prog
Launching his career in middle-age, he found a huge range of kindred spirits like John Hackett, Sally Minnear and Oliver Wakeman – who understand he doesn’t need to make money, but doesn’t want to lose it either
“Manifesting grief too terrible for words”: David Crosby’s solo debut carries prog credentials
If I Could Only Remember My Name, created during a challenging time in the folk rock icon’s life, demonstrated joy in artistic freedom as he pushed boundaries to prove his uniqueness
It's the return of Prog's Tracks Of The Week! Cool new proggy sounds from Coheed & Cambria, Don Airey, Wardruna and more
New year - new prog, from Tiberius, Rendezvous Point, Seventh Station, Teramaze and more...
Tony Visconti, Roger Dean and the making of Osibisa’s debut album
Released in 1971, the African-tinged record pioneered what would become world music, and took prog into fresh new waters too.
The underwhelming moment when Yes’ Jon Davison met predecessor Jon Anderson
The brief encounter wasn’t what anyone could have predicted – but it was enough to give the younger singer a tantalising idea.
“It might inspire people to create movies”: John Carpenter’s second career in prog
The cult movie director started composing his own soundtracks out of necessity. Eventually he returned to his first love of music to create the Lost Themes album series, and began touring too
Why Baroness ex Peter Adams loves Camel
Brought up with Pink Floyd and Gentle Giant, the American guitarist discovered The Snow Goose live and never looked back – and Andy Latimer’s band inspired a musical ambition in him
Why Captain Beefheart is The Primevals frontman Michael Rooney’s prog hero
Scottish singer met Don Van Vliet a number of times, and the eccentric American’s influence extended through his own career
Devin Townsend is slightly embarrassed by his new album, and that’s a good thing
PowerNerd, the first of three autobiographical albums, was transformed into something unexpected as he began feeling like a liar, and wound up facing his 15-year-old self
Public Service Broadcasting’s J. Willgoose Esq. says he’s a pessimist with impostor syndrome
He says his natural negativity didn’t top him presenting a positive take on Amelia Earhart’s final adventure on latest album The Last Flight, as he considers where the emotional power of his band’s output comes from
"We had turned into grotesque prog creatures" How Rush reinvented themselves
After the "soul-crushing" slog of Hemispheres, Permanent Waves returned Rush to the peak of their powers and put them in a different league
The armed hold-up that set Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne on the road to music
Sold on their older brothers’ counterculture dream of living in outer space listening to the Beatles, Coyne and bandmate Steven Drozd very nearly became full-time drug dealers instead of musicians
"It's only afterwards that you realise, 'Hey, Kayak could really have been something'": the story of the Dutch proggers and their 2018 album Seventeen
When Dutch prog rock legends Kayak released album number Seventeen, longstanding keyboard player Ton Scherpenzeel looked back and pondered what might have been
Focus guitarist Menno Gootjes on his prog life: Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis… Kiss
He discovered Canterbury bands in his teens before moving on to Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis, obscure Dutch trio Three Dwarves Make War – oh, and Kiss
How William Shatner learned to love prog and make an album with the humanity of Star Trek
Knowing some people would never get over the novelty, Billy Sherwood decided to go for broke with Ponder The Mystery, featuring Steve Vai, Rick Wakeman, Nik Turner, Edgar Froese and others
10 epic songs that showcase Orphaned Land’s ferocious pursuit of peace and understanding
An introduction to the music of the Israeli prog metal powerhouse and their mission to promote peace and wipe out war
“Childlike qualities are where music comes from”: Tal Wilkenfeld’s prog connections
Inspired by Tool, the Australian bassist got her big break from Jeff Beck and went on to play with Prince, The Who and Brian Wilson – and her solo work is equally impressive
