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Chimpan A premiere their cover of Peter Gabriel’s Here Comes The Flood
By Martin Kielty published
Robert Reed and Steve Balsamo of Chimpan A commence 4-EP series with a Peter Gabriel cover, leading up to new album Music Is Art Vol. 1

Magenta to headline as Highway prog festival moves to Leeds
By Jerry Ewing published
This year's Highway Festival Of Progressive Rock takes place on September 21

How comic book artist Mark Buckingham became Peter Gabriel’s stunt double for Sledgehammer
By Jo Kendall published
Fables, Hellblazer and Miracleman creative’s prog journey includes ELO, Stackridge, IQ, Magenta, all the King Crimson he can buy… and The Wombles

“In my head I wanted to be in Genesis; I wanted to be in It Bites. I was living the dream and there was no second-guessing. So there’s a lovely innocence with these tracks”: What Rob Reed learned by reinventing Cyan for the 21st century
By Chris Cope published
The premise is simple: with a new line-up, rearrange, reimagine and rework an album, then record it on much better gear – but the Magenta mastermind didn’t expect it to be educational too

“You look back and wonder what really happened there. I was asked to lie about my age and I just thought, ‘I can’t be doing this anymore.’ It wasn’t fun”: One single show rekindled Magenta singer Christina Booth’s passion for music
By Francesca Tyer published
If she hadn’t pushed past the negativity of a record deal near-miss, there’d have been less Cyan, no Magenta – and no Bar Stool Prophet, her new solo album

“A triumph of melodic prog which wears its influences on its sleeve, yet still sounds bold and entirely contemporary”: Cyan’s reinvention of Pictures From The Other Side
By Gary Mackenzie published
Not yet ratedClassic and neo-prog meets classy pop-rock in lavish upgrade of 1994 original

Magenta replace Lifesigns for Fusion 2024
By Jerry Ewing published
Late Lifesigns call up to Cruise To The Edge sees Welsh proggers Magenta now headlining Fusion Festival 5

Magenta singer Christina announces star-studded third solo album
By Jerry Ewing published
Christina's new album Bar Stool Prophet will be released in October
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