
Jerry Ewing
Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine, which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, amongst others. He created Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998, serving as its first Editor, and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock, as well as sleevenotes for many major record labels. He lives in North London and happily indulges a passion for AC/DC, Chelsea Football Club and Sydney Roosters. He hosted the Prog Magazine radio show for TeamRock Radio from 2015-2017.
Latest articles by Jerry Ewing

Dream Theater hook up with Z2 Comics for special Parasomnia graphic novel release
By Jerry Ewing published
Reunited US prog metallers Dream Theater have released their new Parasomnia: The Graphic Album in various formats

Great new prog you must hear from Arjen Lucassen, IO Earth Amorphis, Auri and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
By Jerry Ewing published
Cool new proggy sounds from Sometime In February, Royal Sorrow, Connor Kaminski and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

"Intense. But amazing!" Leprous have covered a-ha's Take On Me. And it's brilliant!
By Jerry Ewing published
Norwegian prog metallers Leprous cover a-ha's 1985 hit Take On Me as part of Musora's Covers On The Spot challenge

Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and Chris Maitland reunite for new album
By Jerry Ewing published
Jon Durant, Colin Edwin and Chris Maitland will release The Baldock Transmission in November

Bioscope announce in store Q+A and signing sessions for August
By Jerry Ewing published
Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning will release their debut Bioscope album, Gentō, in August

Glass Hammer's Steve Babb reveals he's undergone successful surgery to remove a benign brain tumour
By Jerry Ewing published
Glass Hammer mainstay and multi-instrumentalist Steve Babb reveals brain tumour diagnosis and successful surgery in social media post

Trevor Horn announces live UK dates for December
By Jerry Ewing published
Former Yes singer and producer and Buggles mainstay, Trevor Horn, will play three live dates in December

John Carpenter announces Halloween: The Complete Expanded Collection to be released in October
By Jerry Ewing published
John Carpenter's new Halloween trilogy of soundtrack albums are released in expanded editions as well as collected in a limited edition deluxe box set with a lenticular cover

Steven Wilson launches new prog rock radio show on SiriusXM
By Jerry Ewing published
Intrigue: The Progressive Rock Show With Steven Wilson will air monthly on the satellite radio and online streaming service SiriusXM

New reissue of The Alan Parsons Project's I Robot to be released in October
By Jerry Ewing published
The Alan Parsons Project's I Robot is to be reissued on CD, vinyl and as a five-disc limited edition Super Deluxe box set

"A high point in the FZ catalogue!" Frank Zappa's One Size Fits All gets lavish 50th anniversary reissue
By Jerry Ewing published
Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention's 1975 album One Size Fits All has been resized, reupholstered and remastered for its 50th anniversary

"We had an artistic success, but not a financial one… but that’s another story.” Peter Gabriel's 1982 WOMAD set to be released this Friday
By Jerry Ewing published
Peter Gabriel's live set from the very first WOMAD Festival in 1982, featuring material from the then-unreleased Peter Gabriel 4 album, is released digitally this Friday

"I can't fulfil what he needs musically!" Francis Dunnery departs Asia featuring John Payne after one gig
By Jerry Ewing published
Asia featuring John Payne only announced their new line-up two weeks ago ahead of live dates in the US, Japan and the UK

King Crimson announce In The Wake Of Poseidon and Lizard reissues to be released in October
By Jerry Ewing published
Both King Crimson's 1970 releases In The Wake Of Poseidon and Lizard to be reissued on two-disc sets and with Lizard on heavyweight vinyl too

Cardiacs announce that their final album, LSD, will be released in September
By Jerry Ewing published
The late Cardiacs frontman Tim Smith's final album has been completed by his brother Jim, Kavus Torabi, Mike Vennart and more...

It's in the trees. It's coming! We celebrate 40 years of Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love on the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now
By Jerry Ewing published
Prog 162 also features Mike Oldfield, Dave Cousins, Bioscope, Peter Giles, Auri, Nosound, Jump, the new Canterbury sound and loads more...

Animals As Leaders cancel Mexico, South America, and Australia tour dates due to "serious injury"
By Jerry Ewing published
Instrumental prog trio Animals As Leaders cancel live shows after drummer Matt Garstka sustains a "serious arm injury that requires surgery".

Mike Oldfield's The Orchestral Hergest Ridge to be released in September
By Jerry Ewing published
A 1975 performance of Mike Oldfield's Hergest Ridge from Kelvin Hall in Glasgow is to be released on CD

Public Service Broadcasting announce remix album, Night Flight (The Last Flight Remixes)
By Jerry Ewing published
Conceptual pop proggers Public Service Broadcasting's new Night Flight (The Last Flight Remixes) will be released in October

Steve Howe to release Portraits Of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre on vinyl for the very first time
By Jerry Ewing published
Steve Howe's Portraits Of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre arfe reissued on CD and vinyl in September

Peter Hammill to release 20-disc The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 - 1986 box set in September
By Jerry Ewing published
Peter Hammill's solo albums for Charisma and Virgin Records have been newly remastered from the original master tapes.

Big Big Train announce trumpeter Paul Mitchell joins the band on a full-time basis
By Jerry Ewing published
UK prog rockers Big Big Train bolster their line-up with the full-time addition of trumpeter, vocalist and percussionist Paul Mitchell

David Gilmour announces Live At The Circus Maximus movie and The Luck And Strange Concerts live album
By Jerry Ewing published
David Gilmour's Live At The Circus Maximums hits cinemas in September and is released in October

"I formed this band for God’s sake! And I helped Roger a hell of a lot because he wasn’t a musician when we started." The lost Richard Wright interview
By Jerry Ewing published
On the back of a Classic Rock cover story for Pink Floyd's The Wall back in 2000, keyboard player Richard Wright was determined to have his say. And he did
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