Latest articles by Martin Kielty
Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?
What happened when five serious musicians became pop stars of sorts for 11 weeks in 1980
Peter Gabriel, Robert Fripp, Sandy Denny, Phil Collins and the novelty single no one talks about
In 1975 some of the biggest names in prog became the backing band for comedian Charlie Drake to record the Gabriel-penned song You’ll Never Know. It was an utter flop
When Quantum Jump took the longest word in the dictionary to Number 5
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Rick Wakeman To Tour US with Hayley Sanderson
Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman’s Strictly Wakeman US tour takes place in July, featuring the vocals of Strictly Come Dancing’s Hayley Sanderson
Watch a new video clip of Pink Floyd making The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd release a new clip from restored concert movie Pink Floyd at Pompeii -– MCMLXXII, filmed as the band worked on The Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd Release One Of These Days clip from restored Pompeii MCMLXXII movie
Watch Pink Floyd’s performance of One Of These Days from their restored Pompeii concert film which arrives in cinemas on April 24
Chimpan A premiere their cover of Peter Gabriel’s Here Comes The Flood
Robert Reed and Steve Balsamo of Chimpan A commence 4-EP series with a Peter Gabriel cover, leading up to new album Music Is Art Vol. 1
New-look Katatonia announce 13th album Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State
Katatonia reveal their new line-up and lead single Lilac from upcoming album Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State
Steven Wilson has remixed Chicago II in Dolby ATMOS
Steven Wilson has completed a Dolby ATMOS remix of Chicago’s groundbreaking 1970 album Chicago II, with Blu-ray and vinyl editions to be launched in April and May respectively
Bruce Soord details 10th anniversary edition of debut solo album
The Pineapple Thief leader Bruce Soord’s self-titled solo album will be reissued in vinyl to mark its 10th anniversary in May
After an epic-length search for lost tapes, Clannad passed into Legend alongside Robin Hood
The Irish band’s award-winning work on cult 80s TV show Robin Of Sherwood transformed how music was used in small-screen productions. Amid flashbacks to overwork and lightning-speed inspiration, they bowed out at the Albert Hall with the release of Legend Extended
Flag-burning prog innovators The Nice found trouble on stage and off it
Keith Emerson, Davy O’List and Lee Jackson created enough controversy to last for decades in their original three-year run
The Yes Album was very nearly Yes’ final release. But fate intervened three times
The then-unknown band lost their management, got hurt in a serious road crash and cut a dodgy deal – and that’s why they’re still around today
When Pink Floyd, Arthur Brown and Rush got in trouble with the law - with proggy results
Never mind the usual drink and drug offences… quirky, eccentric incidents seem to surround some of those who make music the same way
The underwhelming moment when Yes’ Jon Davison met predecessor Jon Anderson
The brief encounter wasn’t what anyone could have predicted – but it was enough to give the younger singer a tantalising idea.
Linda Thompson on struggling to sing and struggling to perform live
The folk icon – who never planned on being one – recalls hilarious haircuts, playing musical bedrooms, boxing clever with label execs and becoming a heavy metal fan
“I was always the lowest common denominator”: Jeffrey Hammond’s five years with Jethro Tull
Bassist contributed to some of the band’s most definitive works – but ultimately couldn’t resist the call of another art form
Ian Anderson still detests the mindless sax of Jethro Tull’s A Passion Play
Horrified by sessions in a French chateau, they went home, dumped the work they’d done on their Thick As A Brick follow-up and started again. The result was a Marmite production that inspired split rumours
How See Emily Play became Syd Barrett’s last stand as Pink Floyd took flight
Their second single remains their second-biggest hit, and will always be significant in their history
“He was definitely there, and it was weird”: Syd Barrett’s 1975 visit to Pink Floyd‘s studio
Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975
The happy accident of Run For Home, Lindisfarne’s biggest-selling hit
If Back And Fourth producer Gus Dudgeon had arrived early, Ray Laidlaw wouldn’t have been looking through Alan Hull’s lyric book beside a piano
"Leslie said to the audience 'There’s a technical hitch,' and he touched the microphone and the guitar. And that was it": The tragic story of Stone The Crows, Scotland's great lost band
With musical talent to spare and Led Zeppelin’s manager behind them, Stone The Crows should have been a success story. Instead it’s one of tragic death and unfulfilled potential
“The film is so shocking that as soon as you hear any of the music, you’re thinking about maniacs running around causing havoc”: Mogwai’s favourite progressive movie soundtracks
Stuart Braithwaite and Dominic Aitchison struggle to keep their list down to five
"If you haven’t been ripped off, you haven’t been in the music business”: How personal tragedy, the demands of touring and the pressure to make money destroyed Alex Harvey
In 1977, the Sensational Alex Harvey Band played the Reading Festival. Harvey was being acclaimed as a punk pioneer and the future looked bright. But it was to be their last ever gig…
