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EASTNOR, ENGLAND - AUGUST 5: Comedian Graham Fellows performs as John Shuttleworth on the Castle stage during the third day of the Big Chill music festival at Eastnor Castle Deer Park in the Malvern Hills on August 5, 2007 in Herefordshire, England. (Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty Images)

The prog stars who influenced a comedy musician’s career – and made him become a milkman for a while

By Jo Kendall Published 31 March 26

Graham Fellows, creator of Jilted John and John Shuttleworth, started out with ELP before finding Yes, Focus, The Enid and Pink Floyd (although he has no time for The Dark Side Of The Moon)

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Bands & Artists

Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Asia, Caravan, Focus and more lined up for huge new prog cruise taking place this summer

By Jerry Ewing Published 9 January 26

Prog-friendly venue Trading Boundaries announces a new prog cruise venture up and down the Rhine for July

Live Performances

Jan Akkerman celebrates four decades of My Focus – Live Under The Rainbow

By Stephen Dalton Published 12 December 25

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Freddie's solo debut remains flawed but sporadically glorious.

Bands & Artists

Dutch progressive rock band Focus posing for a photograph in the early 1970s

How yodelling Dutch prog weirdos Focus made the strangest hit single of 1973

By Dave Ling Published 25 October 25

It featured the greatest yodelling since The Sound Of Music

Bands & Artists

Simple ideas and happy accidents took a Dutch band to the pinnacle of prog. And yodelling.

By Dom Lawson Published 14 October 25

Master craftsmen’s 1971 release was a unique fusion of ingenuity, passion and febrile chemistry – plus some tension – and they never looked back

Albums

Former Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman (2025)

"I play these songs because my soul and heart are in there..." Former Focus guitarist Jan Akkerman will release a new live album in December

By Jerry Ewing Published 11 October 25

Jan Akkerman also announces live dates for the Netherlands in December and Norway in June

Bands & Artists

Focus guitarist Menno Gootjes on his prog life: Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis… Kiss

By Grant Moon Published 12 January 25

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

Interviews

Cracking prog, Gromit! Aardman movies were made to soundtrack of Jeff Wayne, Focus, Goldfrapp

By Jo Kendall Published 25 December 24

“We had a clunky old vinyl player and people would bring in odd records…” Minds open to limitless music helped build a legacy leading up to Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

Tracks & Singles