Latest articles by Chris Roberts
Tim Bowness: the Elton John of sublime, avant-garde prog
No-Man vocalist Tim Bowness’s latest solo salvo Butterfly Mind does more than float
Jethro Tull's controversial parody concept album still holds together 50 years on
When is a concept album not a concept album? Jethro Tull's loquacious lampoon Thick As A Brick turns fifty
The story behind Kate Bush's first No.1 album, Never For Ever
From cheating husbands to saving the planet, Kate Bush explored a diverse range of subjects on Never For Ever, ensuring it was far more than just a pop record. We dissect the themes behind her chart-topping third album.
"We’ve had a lot of really good comments, and others are happy to be less complimentary." Yes, Benoit David and the story of Fly From Here
In 2011 Yes released their first album in a decade. But Fly From Here featured Canadian vocalist Benoit David, not Jon Anderson. Guess how the fans reacted?
Elbow - Flying Dream 1: "rich with an honest warmth"
Not yet ratedElbow, Bury’s finest, test the waters of self-reinvention with ninth album, Flying Dream 1
Zola Jesus - Arkhon: "a feast of many flavours"
Not yet ratedDarkwave vocalist delivers stunning sixth album.
Shearwater - The Great Awakening: "a remarkable, atmospheric set"
Not yet ratedMagical return of underrated maverick Jonathan Meiburg, aka Shearwater
Paddy McAloon on prog rock and trawling the megahertz
Prefab Sprout were already popular with prog fans, but with his reissued I Trawl The Megahertz, Paddy McAloon finds himself drifting in a much proggier world
The story behind Kate Bush's Running Up That Hill - the song everyone's talking about
Given new life by Stranger Things, Kate Bush's hallmark anthem helped to revitalise her career back in 1985
Alan White: 10 Yes performances that show he was a cut above
Yes drummer Alan White died last night, May 26, at the age of 72. Here's are ten reminders of his prodigious talent
Fifty years on, the cheesecloth and flares that shunned glam get another outing
Blowing Free: Underground & Progressive Sounds Of 1972 mines gems from Yes, ELP, Nektar, Edgar Broughton Band, Free, Thin Lizzy and many more
Creativity and the art of bass liberation. How Stanley Clarke made Up...
On 2014's Up, the ever-innovative Stanley Clarke nodded to his past while continuing to explore the outer reaches of bass, in another love letter to the instrument
The Waterboys find space for romantic and rebellious reflection on All Souls Hill
Mike Scott continues prolific period and embraces collaboration on 15th Waterboys album All Souls Hill
Nektar - ...Sounds Like This: "An excellent work of excavation..."
Not yet ratedExpanded and remastered edition of Nektar’s transitional third.
Pleasant but never bland, Midlake's For The Sake Of Bethel Woods mulls over time, illness and innocence
Folk-proggers Midlake streamline to set their soul free on For The Sake Of Bethel Woods
Spoon absorb the spirit of ZZ Top on the lively Lucifer On The Sofa
Arch art-rockers Spoon have come to realise that the devil has all the best tunes
The 40 greatest Yes songs ever
In Prog Magazine's biggest ever reader vote, you chose your favourite ever Yes songs
Matt Berry - Gather Up: "an appetite-whetting beginner’s guide"
Not yet ratedToast of the town: Matt’s music earns respect.
The Krautrock albums you should definitely own
Krautrock runs a truly revolutionary gamut from avant-garde dance to proggy space rock to minimalist electronica and beyond – and these are its best albums
How Genesis journeyed from pioneering prog to eighties' superstardom
Peter Gabriel left Genesis, and that was supposed to be that. But they adapted, survived punk, defined 80s rock, climbed the pop charts, and became one of the biggest bands of all time
The Kate Bush albums you should definitely own
Kate Bush is probably the most important and influential British female singer-writer-musician ever - and these are her best albums
Yes - The Quest: "a spirited attempt to roll back the years."
Not yet ratedAge and a global pandemic cannot wither them, as prog’s founding fathers notch up another landmark with album number 22.
Mark Knopfler does it gently on The Studio Albums 1996-2007
Dire Straits mainman Mark Knopfler's steady-going box set showcases the value of underplaying
