Latest articles by David West
The Prog interview: John McLaughlin
From helping create jazz rock fusion to tackling everything from funk to Indian music to flamenco, McLaughlin’s career has been defined by taking his music into unknown territories
The Low Spark - Few But Many album review
Not yet ratedCyprus – the summer’s hottest prog destination?
Roger Waters: The Man Behind The Wall by Dave Thompson book review
Not yet ratedThe dark side of prog legend Roger Waters
Cosmosquad - The Morbid Tango album review
Not yet ratedAn instrumental cornucopia of delights from Cosmosquad
Tim Burness - Whose Dream Are You Living? album review
Not yet ratedWhen 10cc go clubbing in Brighton they hang with Tim Burness
Join Rikard Sjoblom's Gungfly as they head to the heart of the solar system
Beardfish may have departed this mortal coil as a band, but their former frontman is setting forth on a new musical voyage with his rebranded, ever-evolving Rikard Sjöblom’s Gungfly
Midnight Sun at The Bedford, London - live review
Not yet ratedThree great bands - Midnight Sun, Introitus and Jade Vine - but where was the audience?
The Heather Findlay Trio at Aces & Eights, London - live review
Not yet ratedIntimate London show from Mantra Vega frontwoman
Cult Of Luna - Years In A Day DVD review
Not yet ratedOne night in Paris with the experimental Swedes. Drone. Scream. Repeat
Valdez - This album review
Not yet ratedTinyfish chap Simon Godfrey presents the prog soundtrack to a summer’s day
Order Of Voices - Constancy album review
Not yet ratedLeaving prog country, journing through Sheffield via Seattle in the 90s
The Parallax Method - The Squid album review
Not yet ratedBritish prog’s finest cephalopod lovers return!
Tom Slatter - Happy People album review
Not yet ratedSmile, damn you, or suffer the consequences!
Leslie Mandoki: “I still believe that music can change the world”
Leslie Mandoki’s supergroup is on a mission to change the world, one star-studded gig at a time
Leslie Mandoki: "Everybody knows that egos kill music"
Hungarian Leslie Mandoki is bringing his star-studded Soulmates project to the UK for the first time, and is ready to fulfil his dream to play in what he calls “the heartland of prog rock"
Arcane Roots at Bush Hall, London - live review
Not yet ratedArcane Roots' hometown show falls short of the mark
Man Doki Soulmates Swoop Into London
Hungarian musical mastermind brings his all-star show to the capital.
Tim Bowness: "I want to present something emotional, with no distractions"
Tim Bowness tells Prog about pursuing the perfect take, the buzz of working with his heroes and avoiding the post-album blues
Family live review - Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
Not yet ratedFamily's rocking farewell
Steve Hackett and Djabe - Summer Storms And Rocking Rivers DVD review
Not yet ratedA genre-hopping meeting of great musical minds
Shaman Elephant: It's jazz rock, Jim, but not as we know it
Time to get to know Norwegian psych-pedallers Shaman Elephant
