Latest articles by Chris Roberts
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.
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, Bury’s finest, test the waters of self-reinvention with ninth album, Flying Dream 1
Darkwave vocalist delivers stunning sixth album.
Magical return of underrated maverick Jonathan Meiburg, aka Shearwater
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
Given new life by Stranger Things, Kate Bush's hallmark anthem helped to revitalise her career back in 1985
Blowing Free: Underground & Progressive Sounds Of 1972 mines gems from Yes, ELP, Nektar, Edgar Broughton Band, Free, Thin Lizzy and many more
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
Mike Scott continues prolific period and embraces collaboration on 15th Waterboys album All Souls Hill
Expanded and remastered edition of Nektar’s transitional third.
Folk-proggers Midlake streamline to set their soul free on For The Sake Of Bethel Woods
Arch art-rockers Spoon have come to realise that the devil has all the best tunes
Toast of the town: Matt’s music earns respect.
Buying guide 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
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
Age and a global pandemic cannot wither them, as prog’s founding fathers notch up another landmark with album number 22.
Dire Straits mainman Mark Knopfler's steady-going box set showcases the value of underplaying
We investigate the career highlights of Jaco Pastorius, bass player extraordinaire
A shared love of Blue Oyster Cult, Genesis and King Crimson saw Tears For Fears become much more than an 80s pop band
Eccentric brilliance, double entendres and Canterbury tales: prog’s gentlest geniuses get the career-spanning treatment they deserve on this epic 37-disc box set.
Caravan's massive, career-wide box set Who Do You Think We Are? lays down their enchanting legacy
Out now: Guitar legend Earl Slick plays blues with feeling on Fist Full Of Devils, his first solo album for 18 years
