Latest about Steven Wilson
“It was incredibly disingenuous of Radiohead. But it was wise”: Steven Wilson and the war between prog and pop
Fifth solo album To The Bone found him considering his pompous teen years, his dad’s inventions, looking like a nerd, and how mainstream perceptions limited his audience
No-Man plot 2027 return, promising poignant ballads, twisted pop and electronic excursions to art rock's heart of darkness
No-Man last released an album back in 2019 with the upbeat electronica of Love You To Bits
A beginner's guide to progressive rock in five essential albums
50 years on from its arrival, arguments still rage about what exactly constitutes progressive rock - but there's no quibbling about these five essential albums, surely?
Midge Ure’s prog moments with Ultravox, Robert Fripp, Kate Bush, Jethro Tull and, indirectly, Steven Wilson
Taking the same attitude to keyboards that he’d first taken to guitar, he regards his best 80s work as “synth prog” – and it’s difficult to disagree
Why Marillion ex Fish opened a song with a string of racial slurs
His 1997 album Sunsets On Empire – a collaboration with Steven Wilson – remains a sunny moment in his stormy career, although one song might not be the same if it was written today
Steven Wilson adds Gentle Giant, Storm Corrosion and Hawkwind to his Headphone Dust platform
Steven Wilson's 2012 live album Catalogue / Preserve / Amass is available digitally for the very first time, and his own The Future Bites is also given a new digital makeover
Mikael Åkerfleldt still doesn’t know what Storm Corrosion is about, and won’t ask Steven Wilson
When the Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders got together in 2012, they were prepared to defy fans. And Åkerfleldt only wanted one thing out of the collaboration: a copy of their record
Why Steven Wilson launched his own digital music platform
He hopes to overcome the limitations of physical media and streaming, and wants other artists to join him
