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Prog’s 50 best albums of the year 2025
Prog's 50 best albums of the year 2025

By Jerry Ewing, Dave Everley, Julian Marszalek, Phil Weller Published

The prog genre has enjoyed an incredible year in 2025. Here are our top 50 albums of the past 12 months – did your favourite make the cut?

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Albums
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Jo Quail’s music education was free. She believes yours should be too

By Julian Marszalek Published

Virtuoso on pushing her boundaries with latest album Notan and upcoming companion Ianus, and how she acts on her belief that music training is a right, not a privilege

Albums
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We pay tribute to Supertramp and founding member Rick Davies in the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing Published

Prog 164 also features Rick Wakeman, Gentle Giant, Barclay James Harvest, Lunatic Soul, Arjen Lucassen, Jo Quail, The Emerald Dawn, Spriggan Mist and loads more...

Magazines
Jo Quail – Notan
“Genuinely shocking, and uninterested in the post-rock status quo”: Jo Quail’s Notan

By Dom Lawson Published

The cello champion defies comparison as her compositional skills continue to develop and impress

Albums
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Awesome new proggy sounds from Leprous, Iamthemorning, Jo Quail and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published

Great new prog sounds from Ring Van Möbius, Our Oceans and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

Bands & Artists
Prog's Tracks Of The Week 25/7
Cool new proggy sounds from Jo Quail, Steeleye Span, Chimpan A and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing Published

Great new prog you must hear from Between The Buried And Me, The Vintage Caravan, Aisles and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Bands & Artists
Jo Quail
“Before I wrote The Cartographer, I would’ve avoided using anything except strings – because I didn’t understand and had no cause to”: Jo Quail learned to write for trombone just in time to add energy to her EP set Invocation/Supplication

By Dom Lawson Published

Experimental cellist explains how she took two very different musical approaches and blended them with the very different voices of Maria Franz and Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari

Interviews
Enslaved
Enslaved announce Jo Quail will perform Congelia with them at London's opening night of their latest tour

By Jerry Ewing Published

Prog cellist Jo Quail will join Norwegian prog metallers Enslaved at their Islington Assembly Hall show on March 6

Concerts & Shows
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“However high-falutin’ the intention, you’re still onstage as an entertainer, so make a performance out of it!” Jo Quail claims it’s easy to write orchestral prog metal - and to be fair, she does make it sound easy

By Dom Lawson Published

Electric cellist’s classical-stroke-metal masterpiece The Cartographer makes maximum impact from one basic concept, but the real magic is in the delivery

Interviews
Enslaved 2022
Enslaved and Jo Quail hook up for alternative version of Forest Dweller

By Jerry Ewing Published

Norwegian prog metal quintet Enslaved will release an expanded Heimdal (Deluxe) digitally on March 1

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