Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her
Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce
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"I said, “We’re a band, we want to make a record.” He said, “Oi dunno much about records… If you wanted a cowshed, I could probably ’elp yer!” Pendragon's Nick Barrett looks back on their 40-plus year career...
In 2020, when Pendragon released their eleventh studio album Love Over Fear, we grilled mainman Nick Barrett in The Prog Interview
Tori Amos’ From The Choirgirl Hotel is prog in its truest sense
1996 album opens with arguably her proggiest song then delivers figurative lyrics, rhythmic shifts and style change-ups
Tears For Fears are one of the most influential bands ever. Here's ten reasons why.
If you’ve been wondering what connects Disturbed, Kanye West, The 1975, David Guetta, James Corden, Nas, New Found Glory, Foals, Dizzee Rascal and more then this is the list for you. If you haven’t, you might as well read it anyway.
Cool new proggy sounds you must hear from McStine & Minnemann, Gleb Kolyadin, Marko Hietala and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Great new prog to enjoy from Phase Transition, you, infinite, Pale Epiphany and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
"Behind those dark glasses and unsmiling visage, he presented an inscrutable presence." Soft Machine's Mike Ratledge remembered
Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former Soft Machine founder and keyboard player Mike Ratledge, who sadly died after a short illness, aged 81
When William Burroughs gave Daevid Allen permission to call his band The Soft Machine
A key moment in the Canterbury band’s history came when the future Gong mastermind made contact with his former collaborator in 1966
By the time Barclay James Harvest upset The Moody Blues, they already had form
They didn’t mingle with fellow prog pioneers and didn’t clamour for stardom – but co-founder Les Holroyd argues they were highly successful where it mattered
Why you should adore Katatonia – and where you should start
From death/doom majesty to streamlined, melodic metal, this is your whistlestop tour through the best of Katatonia’s 12 albums
When Kansas cracked the charts with a song they didn’t want to record
In 1976 the US prog rockers found themselves in the upper reaches of the US charts with drivetime classic Carry On Wayward Son – which nearly fell victim to lethargy
How Fish escaped his Marillion train wreck and scored a Top 5 album
On the cusp of retirement, the singer looks back on how the 1988 split came about, how it could have been avoided, and how his debut solo record Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors rose from the ashes
The Police’s Andy Summers on success, psychedelia and working with difficult people
The multi-faceted guitarist looks back on a career including stints with Robert Fripp, John Cale, Kevin Ayers and others
Soen embedded modern truth and old-school songwriting in fourth album Lotus
Swedish prog metal supergroup on why they flew the flag for classic songwriting values and honest live performances with 2019 release
Great new prog to enjoy from Ghost Of The Machine, Tiktaliika, Avawaves and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new proggy sounds from Bruit ≤, Nebula Nine and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week...
Why Rosalie Cunningham broke the fourth wall with her third album To Shoot Another Day
Inspired by a passion for Bond movies, she investigates movie glamour, fake mediums, teenage drinking and her smutty partner in her third solo album – the first one she’s made at home
”I wish I was as creative as him”: If a Skindred show slumps, Phil Collins saves the day
Welsh metal band’s drummer Arya Goggin hails the Genesis icon and reveals some of his secrets
Why progressive metal will rule the world in 2025
Sleep Token headlining Download! A long-awaited Mastodon album! Polyphia x Babymetal?! This is why forward-thinking metal will have a banner year in 2025
A fight, a show then a drink with the always progressive John Martyn
All the evidence you need to be convinced the hard-living singer-songwriter was as progressive as they come
The Pretty Things know which mistake derailed S.F. Sorrow, the first rock opera
Burdened with debt, ignored by their label and used as a sweetener in a hush-hush deal, the band delivered one of the most progressive records of all time to no avail – but always believed it was an artistic success
