Latest articles by David West
Chris Squire’s greatest musical moments, by bandmates, friends and fans
Members of Yes, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, and later-generation musicians are among 30 artists who choose their favourite performances to mark a decade since the bass powerhouse’s death
Mostly Autumn don’t just make records. They also make limited-edition companion records
As their 30th anniversary looms, band leader Bryan Josh discusses the joy and challenge of continuing to create big, long songs with big, long guitar solos, even if some people think it’s too much
“Is this a feel-bad album?”: 10th anniversary edition of Bruce Soord’s solo debut
New vinyl version proves that songs he writes outside The Pineapple Thief’s domain still deserve to be heard
How Caligula’s Horse searched for a new direction and new message with Rise Radiant
Guitarist, writer and producer Sam Vallen was as surprised as anyone else when a bid to avoid making another concept album resulted in a record with an underlying – and refreshingly positive – theme
Despite death threats, Roine Stolt will keep doing what he does with The Flower Kings
The band’s 13th album, titled simply Love, may or may not contain some political points, but it does contain more examples of the music their leader has loved to create for over five decades
Anthony Phillips’ remastered, extended Sail The World is literally yacht music
It’s smooth sailing in every sense from the original Genesis guitarist, packed with extensive insight and unheard material
From bitter experience, Maynard James Keenan aims to keep knuckleheads away from his music
Maynard James Keenan explained why he does what he does when A Perfect Circle staged their surprise return in 2018 with Eat The Elephant
How Roger Hodgson created Supertramp’s most ambitious song, and why he won’t say what it means
Inspired by the Beatles, a famous piece of classical music and the post-war era, Fool’s Overture isn’t the band’s longest song – but it’s by far their most complex and intense
"We tend to write very emotive music – you could say emotive rock." How Panic Room discovered themselves with Incarnate
The story of UK prog quintet Panic Room's fourth album, 2014's Incarnate
The 10 best Genesis songs, as chosen by Prog readers
Over 28 years the genre giants released 15 albums, achieving over 100 million sales. It’s unfair to boil their work down to just a handful of key songs – but you did it anyway
How a band of Dutch retro-rockers ended up recording at two legendary recording studios
The Queen Of Soul, the birth of the Allman Brothers Band, and the new album from retro-rock flag bearers DeWolff all have something in common
And So I Watch You From Afar were brave enough to debut their new album in full at a festival
Irish band broke the limits of their own ambition when they performed every track of their seventh record at ArcTanGent
“Dictators live forever – only the good die young“: Orphaned Land’s take on ancient allegory
Lead vocalist Kobi Farhi explains why 2018 album Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs echoes the ancient message: “dictators live forever – only the good die young“
“I had no illusions about losing popularity – in fact, I almost did it intentionally. A guy from the label said, ‘Are you crazy?’ I said, ‘Yes, but I assume the consequences’”: John McLaughlin’s career outside the lines
Surrounded by genre-breakers from an early age, the Mahivshnu Orchestra mastermind learned quickly about ignoring critics – but never stops reminding himself of his own incapabilities and ignorance
“Welcome textures… but the mix lacks coherence”: White Willow’s remaster of Storm Season
Mainman Jacob Holm-Lupo took his band in a new direction with 2004 release, but the material shows its age in latest update
Nightwish’s constant reinvention could be a chain reaction that explodes out of control
With close harmonies and a full orchestral suite on Human. :||: Nature. the band proved it was capable of endless expansion. But the experience of being mobbed and drowned out in South America offered pause for thought
Why the Von Herzen Brothers dropped wizard-cloak synths but added sax to In Murmuration
Ninth album deals with two different concepts, as the Finnish group look forward to a future of total control over their catalogue
Opeth have made a concept album like no other with The Last Will And Testament
Family drama, a pair of prog legends and even the bloke who sang The Final Countdown… Swedish prog metal kings have made a concept album like no other
“An impressive overview of his restless curiosity and hunger”: Bill Bruford’s solo box set
Jazz, fusion, and a dash of muzak from the drummer’s electronic and acoustic experiments from 1977 to 2007
30 prog stars name their favourite David Gilmour performances
David Gilmour's 30 greatest moments, as chosen by members of Marillion, Roxy Music, Asia, Solstice, TesseracT, Haken and more
Why John Petrucci wouldn’t be John Petrucci without Rush’s Alex Lifeson
Future prog metal master discovered his Canadian counterpart at just the right time in his life – and he soon had friends including John Myung joining in
Despite the prog contents of Trifecta’s new album, Nick Beggs insists he’s no prog musician
The New Normal is the surprise second helping from Steven Wilson bandmates Beggs, Holzman and Blundell. Among the silliness there’s also deep love and sincere cynicism
The 40 greatest Yes songs, as voted by 50,000 Prog readers
When 50,000 Prog magazine readers voted on the band’s catalogue, the resulting chart contained a few surprises
