Mike Barnes
Mike Barnes is the author of Captain Beefheart - The Biography (Omnibus Press, 2011) and A New Day Yesterday: UK Progressive Rock & the 1970s (2020). He was a regular contributor to Select magazine and his work regularly appears in Prog, Mojo and Wire. He also plays the drums.
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Not yet ratedThe third instalment of the electronic trilogy that dates back to 1977

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Not yet ratedWhen Kerouac and electronic art-funk-pop collide, remixed by King Crimson's Robert Fripp and Steven Wilson…

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Not yet ratedA surging fourth LP from Syd Arthur who step out from Canterbury to California.

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Not yet ratedThe recently-reformed Gryphon head back on the road

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Multimillion-selling albums, sold-out UK tours and legendary status in, er, Germany: John Lees reveals how Barclay James Harvest spearheaded the prog scene

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Not yet ratedFourth album by the chamber ensemble, well worth the five-year wait

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Not yet ratedLos Angeles-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Jherek Bischoff plumbs Eno-like depths

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Not yet ratedA four-track classical round-up from Crimson composer Andrew Keeling.

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Not yet ratedSecond chapter in multi-instrumentalist Robert Reed’s Oldfield Variations.

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Not yet ratedInaugural release by the duo of David Tibet and Youth.

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Not yet ratedThe ex-King Crimson violinist’s most powerful band album to date.

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Not yet ratedCrimson violinist David Cross and Dubh Chapter keysman Sean Quinn create a rarefied atmosphere.

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Not yet ratedThe hyperactive Geelong septet’s fourth LP in 18 months.

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Not yet ratedSongs from the Wood, remastered and expanded.

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Not yet ratedProg reviews This Is Not This Heat live in London.

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While he may be best known as a multi‑instrumentalist for Caravan, after many musical collaborations on a road paved by addiction, Geoffrey Richardson is finally stepping into a spotlight all

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Not yet ratedThe psych-folk quartet’s debut album.

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Not yet ratedDeluxe four-disc edition of the guitarist’s 1978 solo album.

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As a percussionist for everyone from classic rock’n’rollers to experimental proggers and jazzy mavericks, Simon Phillips marches to the beat of his own drum.

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Not yet ratedMasterful manipulation of an astonishing improvised set.

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Not yet ratedThe guitarist’s fusion-friendly sixth solo work.

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Not yet ratedThe troubadour’s finest tunes, finally whacked on wax.

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Not yet ratedFormer Cynic and Exivious members set sail once more.
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