Jo Kendall
Jo is a journalist, podcaster, event host and music industry lecturer who joined Kerrang! in 1999 and then the dark side – Prog – a decade later as Deputy Editor. Jo's had tea with Robert Fripp, touched Ian Anderson's favourite flute (!) and asked Suzi Quatro what one wears under a leather catsuit. Jo is now Associate Editor of Prog, and a regular contributor to Classic Rock. She continues to spread the experimental and psychedelic music-based word amid unsuspecting students at BIMM Institute London and can be occasionally heard polluting the BBC Radio airwaves as a pop and rock pundit. Steven Wilson still owes her £3, which he borrowed to pay for parking before a King Crimson show in Aylesbury.
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Shakespeare's Sister and Bananarama star Siobhan Fahey says a schoolgirl crush kickstarted a life-long love of the UK prog giants

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Renowned astronomer, author and Guardian blogger has combed time, space and several guitar shops for a galaxy of progressive music delights.

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The Vinyl Detective Andrew Cartmel takes us through his favourite Pink Floyd, ELP, Jethro Tull, Zappa and Kate Bush records

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Motorpsycho's 2020 album The All Is One completed the band's trilogy of albums, that also includes The Tower and The Crucible

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The Steeleye Span frontwoman reflects on a life in music from the folk clubs of St Albans to working with David Bowie

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Well known for her work with Steve Hackett, Prog sat down with Amanda Lehmann when she released her debut solo album Innocence And Illusion

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Artist. Photographer. Filmmaker. Writer. From Dream Theater to The Sandman, this Berkshire gent is a chap of many hats and still finds time to run his own jazz label, Feral Records.

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Here's all you need to know about this Zappa-loving LA wunderkind

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Blues and rock singer Deborah Bonham on working with her partner and finding the humour in playing with a band

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17 years in and they're just getting started: Johnossi's new album is inspired by metamorphosis, mental health, and The Joker

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By day Mark McCaughrean is Senior Science Advisor at the European Space Agency. But by night he’s pondering spiritual transportation via Mahler, Yes and Chvrches…

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Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth on the inspiration for the band's new album An Hour Before It’s Dark, working with choirs, and 33 years as the new boy

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American Pie man Don McLean on a childhood dogged by illness, the struggle to get signed, and keeping the folk flame burning in the wake of 2020’s civil unrest

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"When that switch flips and the bands starts, it’s otherworldly and healing" say harmony-laden Nashville trio DeeOhGee

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Named after a Jerry Garcia instrumental, Motorpsycho spin-offs Spidergawd sound like the New Wave of The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal… but from Norway

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Colorado trio The Velveteers on their Dan Auerbach-produced glam-punk-garage debut Nightmare Daydream, and what it was like supporting Guns N' Roses

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Toast Of London star Matt Berry is a fan of Jean Michel Jarre, Mike Oldfield, Pink Floyd and more

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Singer-songwriter Imelda May on spirituality, new album 11 Past The Hour, activism and sticking it to music industry ageism

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Spinal Tap actor and comedian Harry Shearer reveals his influences

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Broadcaster, filmmaker, musician and DJ Don Letts picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why we need more people like Joe Strummer

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We all love to put on a favourite album, switch off the lights and just totally tune in. So does Colleen Murphy, and with her Classic Album Sundays she’s taken the experience further

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Not yet ratedActor-musician Matt Berry creates a multipart monster on Blue Elephant

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X-Ray Spex's “mad glasses”, feminism, bondage trousers and a brilliant, troubled leader made these punk enigmas an alluring prospect
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