Latest articles by Mike Barnes
Now Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch has moved from the kitchen to the stage, he enjoys ”giving a heavy kicking to received opinion”
Selection was made to fit on an LP, but as the band have released 41 singles so far, it’s only part of the story
Unnecessary? Maybe. But this stark reimagining of the biggest prog album ever possibly works better than it should
Veteran band leader on having “reams and reams of material and some of it may be good”
From getting a Mellotron at a knock-down price to spending years on the road to recoup recording costs, John Lees looks back before his band stops touring
After starting out in his dad’s dance band, the Welshman encountered Henry Cow at university, knew he had to be part of it - and he’s never looked back
Robert Fripp's a 21st-century dancing man in new footage shared ahead of his autumn live dates with Toyah
The inside story of Renaissance's 1975 classic album Scheherazade And Other Stories
Jon Anderson discusses the genesis of his 2019 solo album, 1000 Hands: Chapter One, which was nearly 30 years in the making
The Fairports recall the making of 1970's Full House, the band's first album without founding member Ashley Hutchings and with new boy Dave Pegg
In 2021 a refreshed and reinvigorated Caravan released their finest album for years. This is the story...
Two of a unique kind from one of prog’s most brilliant oddities.
Eight-CD set covering the golden age of krautrock’s most inventive group.
The folk progger reflects on a career that started with guitar lessons from Robert Fripp and has seen him work with the likes of Rick Wakeman, Alan Parsons and more...
Roger Chapman is reunited with old Family chum Poli Palmer on his new solo album
Want to catch up on some reading? Here are 12 of the best books about progressive music
How prog supergroup Emerson Lake & Palmer's created their epic 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery
Big Big Train man serves up an unusual kind of “drummer record”.
Prog picks 20 of the most obscure prog albums that you might have nestled at the back of your collection. Some that could even unearth you a small fortune
The musical collective praised randomness, caught the attention of Brian Eno and were self-described as “modern semi-acoustic chamber music”, amongst other things. But just how prog were they?
The group’s final album from 1994, released for the first time on vinyl
Two evocative pieces of improvised inner space exploration
