Latest articles by Jo Kendall
My Record Collection: Tom Cox
Firmly under the paw of Twitter sensation My Sad Cat, these days the DJ and author is ‘getting it together in the country’ with a purr-fect folk-prog playlist.
My Record Collection: Robin Ince
Goblins! Ballet! And ‘those other things’! The comedian, writer, actor and Infinite Monkey Cage creator scientifically dissects his 1am earworms.
My Record Collection: Mark Benton
“There’s been many a happy hour spent on the toilet thanks to Prog,” says the Waterloo Road, Catterick and Strictly Come Dancing star with a CV as eclectic as his taste in music…
My Record Collection: Noel Fielding
Never mind the Buzzcocks, most days the Luxury Comedy and The Mighty Boosh chap has Frank Zappa, Hawkwind, Primus and hoovering up after Pond on his wandering minstrel mind.
My Record Collection: Steve Oram
With his Fripp-enhanced dialogue-free avant-garde horror flick Aaaaaaaah! just hitting our home screens, it’s a perfect time for a Sightseers’ tour of the actor-director’s sonic stimuli…
My Record Collection: Rick Armstrong talks Marillion, Rush and Camel
Son of space pioneer Neil Armstrong, the ‘hobby guitarist’ and Marillion supporter runs down his own musical explorations…
My Record Collection: Writer and Broadcaster David Hepworth Digs Out His Vinyl
Throwing open an attic of treasures, the writer, broadcaster and former Whistle Test presenter David Hepworth remembers hyperventilating over The Beatles, am-dram prog lighting.
My Record Collection: Michael Legge, the Smiths fan who LOVES Marillion…
The London-based Northern Irish stand-up and Vitriola music podcast co-conspirator tells it like it is.
Artist Charles Uzzell-Edwards let us rummage through his record collection
Street artist and gallery owner Pure Evil (actually a very polite Charles Uzzell-Edwards) gives us a guided tour of his record collection
My Record Collection: novelist and Hawkwind fan Martin Millar
Glasgow-born, but known for his Brixton-based cosmic punk fiction, the novelist with the award-winning sci-fi alter ego Martin Scott blows the pixie dust from his proggier pleasures.
We have a leaf through Pub Landlord Al Murray's record collection
He got into prog as a reaction to punk, now Al Murray is rocking our world with the theory that prog’s King isn’t necessarily Crimson…
Judge Dredd illustrator Brian Bolland gives us a peek at his record collection
Spurred on by the far-out sounds of the Bonzos, Zappa and Residents, the Judge Dredd and Batman illustrator is lucky to still be in one piece after Swans “broke him"...
Little Britain actor Paul Putner lets us leaf through his record collection
Unsettling soundtracks from the past and I Monster mash-ups from the future: the Little Britain/Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle comic actor takes his prog-with-a-knowing-wink very seriously
Designer, historian and writer Phil Smee shows us his record collection
Even if you’ve not bought a record from Phil Smee's Waldo’s or Bam-Caruso labels, you’ll own something that he designed, from Motörhead to Return To Ommadawn. He opens up his archive...
Veep writer Will Smith gives us a look at his record collection
Bookish and wordy, this Jersey boy turned The Thick Of It/Veep writer-comedian found a world of imagination in Marillion and became a rebel without a cause thanks to Dire Straits…
We take a look through Steven Mackintosh's record collection
Obscurities and oddities abound in the record racks of the Lock, Stock…, Luther and The Halcyon actor, a self-confessed “rhythm nut” and hybrid obsessive with a passion for all things Gong
We take a leaf through Ben Wheatley's record collection
The Sightseers, High Rise and Free Fire director takes us from mono to stereo to cinema surround sound via Minecraft, minimalism… and Happy Mondays
Phil McNulty gives us a peek at his proggy record collection
The long-serving chief sports writer for BBC Online started supporting rock and prog back when he was a tuned-in Liverpool teen. But which proggers are in his premier league?
We take a look through Nick Helm's record collection
“I’m still learning about prog,” says the rock-loving star of hit BBC show Uncle. So where does the actor-comedian-musician get his weirder chops from?
Inside Rocketman Star Steven Mackintosh's Record Collection
You may recognise Steven Mackintosh as Elton John's emotionally distant father in the new Rocketman flick, but did you know he's a massive music buff? We take a look at his collection...
Inside Joel Dommett's Record Collection
Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett prefers some Muse, Tool, Coheed and Cave In when it comes to music
"I saw him a few times. The most memorable was at the Rainbow Theatre in 77." Madness drummer Woody on Steve Hillage
"I saw him a few time," says Woody. "The most memorable was at the Rainbow Theatre in 77."
