Rick Wakeman - The Red Planet review By Chris Roberts Not yet rated The Caped Crusader parks the wisecracks and ivory-tinkling covers on Earth and teams up with The English Rock Ensemble for a long-overdue journey back to prog’s extra-terrestrial realms.
Steve Howe - Love Is review By Chris Roberts Not yet rated The evergreen Yes guitarist uncouples from the mothership to drift through ever-shifting landscapes, both internal and external, on his first solo album in nine years.
Be-Bop Deluxe - Axe Victim: Expanded And Remastered Edition Review By Chris Roberts Not yet rated Four-disc box set honours a neglected glam nearly-was.
Peter Gabriel's Rated PG: in which Peter Gabriel sings to a pig, and more By Chris Roberts Rated PG is a slightly arbitrary compilation of Peter Gabriel songs used in films
Jason Isbell And the 400 Unit: Reunions - charging a tired format with passion and perception By Chris Roberts Saviour of alt.country Jason Isbell is in fine form on Reunions, solo album number seven
12 of the best books about prog for you to read By Grant Moon, Sid Smith, David West, Mike Barnes, Natasha Scharf, Rachel Mann, Joe Banks, Chris Roberts Want to catch up on some reading? Here are 12 of the best books about progressive music
The story of Phil Collins' first show as the lead singer of Genesis By Chris Roberts How “the guy-next-door” drummer Phil Collins saved the day after Peter Gabriel left
The 40 greatest Yes songs ever By Jerry Ewing, Grant Moon, Chris Roberts, Johnny Sharp, David West In Prog Magazine's biggest ever reader vote, you chose your favourite ever Yes songs
Spirit interview: "We were one of the first progressive bands" By Chris Roberts Bass player Mark Andes looks back on the career Randy California and his intrepid band
Mark Hollis - A life in music By Chris Roberts A look at the career of the late Talk Talk frontman who died in 2019...
The 20 best Lou Reed solo songs By Chris Roberts Lou Reed's solo work was as fascinating and frustrating as the man himself – here, we compile his 20 best solo efforts
An unlikely union: the marriage of Elton John and Renate Blauel By Chris Roberts Chris Roberts' book Rocket Man tells the story of Elton John, from Pinner to winner. In this excerpt Elton gets married, much to the surprise of his friends
Tony Banks revisits the classic Genesis live album Seconds Out By Chris Roberts "It's got some good stuff on it," says a typically understated Banks, on Genesis's Seconds Out
Jethro Tull: how loneliness and cold war spy thrillers shaped Minstrel In The Gallery By Chris Roberts Jethro Tull swapped their West London studio for glamorous Monaco, but it was Ian Anderson’s ‘loner’ status and outsider observations that really informed Minstrel In The Gallery
4AD: a guide to the best albums By Chris Roberts One of the world's most influential indie record labels, 4AD is home of the original and timeless – here we round up the imprint's essential albums
Steve Howe: Prog God 2018 By Chris Roberts In 2018, Prog bestowed the ultimate accolade on Yes' Steve Howe. The veteran guitarist talks us through the highs and lows of his incredible career, from the UFO underground to world domination with Yes and Asia
The 10 Best Genesis Songs – voted for by Prog readers By Chris Roberts, David West, Johnny Sharp In Prog Magazine's biggest ever reader vote, you chose your favourite ever Genesis songs...
"If you understand it, you do." - An appreciation of the late Mark Hollis By Chris Roberts Talk Talk author Chris Roberts pays tribute to the band's former singer, who has died, aged 64...
Dream Theater's Distance Over Time is more rock than prog By Chris Roberts 14th Dream Theater studio album Distance Over Time finds the band veering delightfully off-course
Paper Late: Are VIP tickets really worth the dosh? By Chris Roberts It's the Prog magazine that let's readers and writers alike get something off their chest...
The Top 10 Best Genesis Songs With Peter Gabriel By Chris Roberts The 10 greatest songs from Genesis phase one, a time when Peter Gabriel bestrode the prog landscape like a giant, be-costumed god
What happened when Lou Reed ditched New York for London By Chris Roberts Rudderless after the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed ditched New York for London, hooked up with Bowie and created the aptly named Transformer, the defining record of his career
Iron Butterfly: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida album review By Chris Roberts Is Iron Butterfly's psychedelic classic all about one song?
Siouxsie And The Banshees: How we made Juju By Chris Roberts With their fourth album, Juju, The Banshees changed the way they made music, creating a conceptual masterpiece inspired by Hitchcock, horror and an African bust unearthed in Forest Hill
The Damned - Evil Spirits album review By Chris Roberts The Damned's crowdfunded return, their first in a decade, keeps things neat
