Latest articles by Jo Kendall
Remembering Rick Davies, from tramping around Germany to leading Supertramp around the world
Former colleagues recall the life and times of a driven but introverted musician who endured tough challenges to see his lifelong vision achieved – and updated his joke book while he did it
“It was a fear I had. It was unfounded”: Studio star reveals big regret to a fan who’s now a star himself
The Pink Floyd collaborator thought his career would last two years. But in the past five decades he’s had surprise hits, overreacted to a myth about tape, and made colleagues believe his ideas had been their own
The Hives on making their Back In Black and how the official franchise programme is going
The Hives' Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist on Outkast, the Beastie Boys, the Rolling Stones and becoming rock royalty
"I've got blisters on my fingers!" 12 songs that prove The Beatles really rocked
When The Beatles cranked up the guitars, they really cranked up the guitars
Radiohead, Yes, Can and Peter Gabriel are in Rock Hall boss Jason Hanley’s record collection
The Hall of Fame’s director of education wore out his first copy of 90125, was blown away by OK Computer, devoured So and went on to discover Coheed And Cambria
How Kate Bush answered her critics with Hounds Of Love
Her fifth album came out of relationships, nature and old movies, along with all her nightmares in one song. It became one of her most-loved releases, featuring big hit Running Up That Hill, but she endured a challenging climb to complete it
BBC sport writer Phil McNulty recommends albums by Roger Waters, Asia, Supertramp and others
The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others
“He opened possibilities for all future post-rock”: Editors’ Russ Leetch on Klaus Schulze
When the British band wanted to create their own dystopia, a passionate shop owner led him to the German electronic composer’s prog masterpieces
Joseph Arthur’s first acid trip turned him on to the majesty of Rush
In an incident he doesn’t recommend emulating, the singer-songwriter’s appreciation for the Canadian giants was cemented – but that’s only one of four reasons he loves them
Wang Chung’s Jack Hues reinvented himself by revisiting Robert Wyatt, Radiohead and Talk Talk
Decades after playing to 80,000 people a night with Wang Chung, the Canterbury artist went wild on Epigonal Quark, with help from Syd Arthur and others
Colin Moulding on meeting Chris Squire at the worst moment, and declining to join Pink Floyd
Jethro Tull and Atomic Rooster endured a difficult return from the breakup with Andy Partridge, but it led to a happy reunion with drummer Terry Chambers
Masters Of Reality's Chris Goss on Ginger Baker, David Bowie and the aggression of Rick Rubin
The gospel according to Chris Goss
Siobhan Fahey’s lifelong passion for prog is only hinted at in Bananarama’s name
A Frank Zappa show bored her to sleep, but the Shakespeare’s Sister masterming has remained in love with Roxy Music, Hawkwind and Syd Barrett
"Driving in the middle of the night in North Ontario, someone flags us down. At that same moment, I smell smoke": Six things you didn't know about The Damn Truth
They were saved by the rock community, they’re produced by Bob Rock and dug by Billy Gibbons. They're Canadian rockers The Damn Truth
Paul Hardcastle admits he once used Hawkwind titles for his own songs
The multi-instrumentalist synth pop icon recalls trying and failing to play Silver Machine on a music store synth, years before he impressed Lemmy by asking about Orgone Accumulator
Rather than look backwards with Rush, Alex Lifeson is building a bright future with Envy Of None
Second time’s a charm for Rush’s Alex Lifeson as he returns with a new album alongside his collaborators in Envy Of None
Ice-T on Ozzy, Lemmy, songs to get women pregnant and the music he loves most
Body Count singer and rapper Ice-T picks the records and artists he loves, and names the singer who almost guarantees pregnancy
New Order’s Peter Hook hails Groundhogs’ Split
Long before he started playing bass, but after discovering Wishbone Ash and Curved Air, he was introduced to the pioneering power trio’s 1971 album by a future bandmate
Andy Fairweather Low’s wild tales of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Roger Waters and Tom Jones
From Hendrix’s backing vocalist to George Harrison and Roger Waters’ right hand man, Andy Fairweather Low is one of rock’s secret MVPs
“ELO, Judas Priest, my dad’s piano playing – that’s prog!” Pat Cash’s record collection
Travelling the world with his Walkman, the young Australian moved on from his family’s opera and folk to Rush, Steven Wilson, Brian Eno, Francis Dunnery and Anathema, and adopted his chequered headband in honour of Cheap Trick
“I’d get up in the morning, practise scales at my piano, go off dancing, and then in the evening I’d come back and play the piano all night.” The story of Kate Bush's debut album The Kick Inside
The story of how 19-year-old Kate Bush became one of the world's biggest music phenomenons, with a little help from David Gilmour and Emily Brontë
"A towering two-hour concept work on a Norse saga scale." Motorpsycho and Ståle Storlokken's The Death Defying Unicorn is a "battered, barnacled beauty."
Norwegian prog trio hook up with Elephant9 keyboard player for epic saga
”I wish I was as creative as him”: If a Skindred show slumps, Phil Collins saves the day
Welsh metal band’s drummer Arya Goggin hails the Genesis icon and reveals some of his secrets
