Chris Roberts
Chris Roberts has written about music, films, and art for innumerable outlets. His new book The Velvet Underground is out April 4. He has also published books on Lou Reed, Elton John, the Gothic arts, Talk Talk, Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson, Abba, Tom Jones and others. Among his interviewees over the years have been David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Bryan Ferry, Al Green, Tom Waits & Lou Reed. Born in North Wales, he lives in London.
Latest articles by Chris Roberts

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All-star virtuosi find their radical grooves

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Put a rock star under enough pressure and they’ll crumble or create diamonds. Producer Tony Visconti recalls his time in the studio with Marc Bolan and T.Rex, recording The Slider and Tanx

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Not yet ratedSecond retrospective explores Steve Howe as team player

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Not yet ratedLimited edition ode to Arctic exploration rolls around again

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Genius songwriter writes eyebrow-raising memoir

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Not yet ratedChris Roberts samples the new releases on the prog/rock boundary with The War On Drugs, Blancmonge, John Foxx & The Maths, John Sinclair, Wand, and David Palfreyman And Nicholas Pegg

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Late Mott legend laughs it up

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Prog-metal blizzard from Oz

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Beatle offspring finds his own space

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Not yet ratedA historic sonic eruption in a crucial Floyd crucible

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Not yet ratedGentle orchestral suite steps out once more

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Not yet ratedA rare live show from Lonely Robot with support from Tilt and Kepler Ten

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Not yet ratedMercury Rev team up with The Royal Northern Sinfonia for a night to remember in London

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Not yet ratedFormer Marillion man’s deluxe solo reissue campaign gets turbot-charged

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A rewarding retrospective: that’s what fiends are for

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Not yet ratedDisorientating whispers of the modern otherworld from The Focus Groop

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Not yet ratedAvant-garde archetype Ragnar Gripp still shimmers, four decades on

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Not yet ratedKaribow's epic concept album achieves the possible

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Not yet ratedPhil Collins' dismisses the naysayers on his unexpected comeback

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Not yet ratedMary Epworth floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee

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The album that rebooted prog, now remastered, blossoms in adulthood

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World set to rights via the medium of prog

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He’s the theatrical singer who’s worked with plenty of prog royalty. Now Nad Sylvan is back with his second solo album proper, continuing the Gothic concept of the first
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