
Natasha Scharf
Contributing to Prog since the very first issue, writer and broadcaster Natasha Scharf was the magazine’s News Editor before she took up her current role of Deputy Editor, and has interviewed some of the best-known acts in the progressive music world from ELP, Yes and Marillion to Nightwish, Dream Theater and TesseracT. Starting young, she set up her first music fanzine in the late 80s and became a regular contributor to local newspapers and magazines over the next decade. The 00s would see her running the dark music magazine, Meltdown, as well as contributing to Metal Hammer, Classic Rock, Terrorizer and Artrocker. Author of music subculture books The Art Of Gothic and Worldwide Gothic, she’s since written album sleeve notes for Cherry Red, and also co-wrote Tarja Turunen’s memoirs, Singing In My Blood. Beyond the written word, Natasha has spent several decades as a club DJ, spinning tunes at aftershow parties for Metallica, Motörhead and Nine Inch Nails. She’s currently the only member of the Prog team to have appeared on the magazine’s cover.
Latest articles by Natasha Scharf

TesseracT release prog metal charity single to raise funds for Ukraine
By Natasha Scharf published
TesseracT's Regrowth supports the work carried by DEC (Disasters Emergency Committee) in Ukraine and other war zones

Watch the powerful video for Ms Amy Birks' art-rock single Brothers
By Natasha Scharf last updated
John Hackett and Frank Van Essen guest on Ms Amy Birks' second solo album, In Our Souls - available now on digital platforms

Mein Gott! That Joe Payne lives the dream in saucy dark cabaret video – watch it here!
By Natasha Scharf published
That Joe Payne channels his inner Liza Minnelli and confronts prejudice on clip for solo single, Live The Dream

Listen to the first new music from Klaus Schulze's Deus Arrakis
By Natasha Scharf published
Dune composer and former Tangerine Dream drummer Klaus Schulze shares Osiris - Pt#1

The Hirsch Effekt to release socially distanced concept EP Solitaer this summer
By Natasha Scharf published
The Hirsch Effekt will showcase new material at UK Tech-Fest and ArcTanGent - check out the video for Nares

Horslips celebrate their 50th anniversary with 35-disc box set
By Natasha Scharf published
Horslips' More Than You Can Chew is due out through Madfish in July - watch the visualiser for the live version of Sure The Boy Was Green

Danny Elfman revisits Native Intelligence on latest collaboration with Trent Reznor
By Natasha Scharf published
Maverick movie composer Danny Elfman teams up with Nine Inch Nails mastermind for crazy new single - stream it here!

Camel's Andrew Latimer teams up with Tiger Moth Tales on Light - listen to the results!
By Natasha Scharf published
Peter Jones' Tiger Moth Tales share Light from the recently released, album A Song Of Spring

Watch Mysteries Of The Revolution's cosmic sci-fi video for Starbird Chasing The Infinite
By Natasha Scharf published
Daniel Biro and BB Davis to release Longing For The Dawn, the first new Mysteries Of The Revolution album in 14 years

Genre-fluid alt-proggers Flummox premiere epic The Unibirth Suite - check it out now!
By Natasha Scharf last updated
Flummox showcase 14-minute prog metal epic The Unibirth Suite ahead of the release of Rephlummoxed

Asia to release deluxe live in Asia box set - watch video for Here Comes The Feeling
By Natasha Scharf last updated
Bumper Asia In Asia: Live At The Budokan, Tokyo, 1983 box is out in June

Mastodon go acoustic on new version of Teardrinker
By Natasha Scharf last updated
Grammy Award winners Mastodon share reworked Hushed And Grim track ahead of their tour with Opeth

Nanna Barslev shares hypnotic visualiser for Nordic folk single, Sten
By Natasha Scharf published
Nanna Barslev's debut album Lysbaerer is out now

Watch Jo Beth Young's spellbinding video for Adversity
By Natasha Scharf published
Jo Beth Young showcases a more electronic sound on the latest single from her upcoming album Broken Spells

Watch James LaBrie's graphic novel-inspired video for Devil In Drag
By Natasha Scharf published
Track comes from Dream Theater frontman James LaBrie's new solo album Beautiful Shade Of Grey - his first for 9 years

Stuckfish detail their upcoming Days Of Innocence album
By Natasha Scharf published
Stuckfish embrace elements of Rush, Muse and Rob Halford on their third album and announce 2022 live shows

Velcrocranes announce new deal with InsideOut for debut album What If I Die
By Prog published
Russia's Velcrocranes' first album due in April and includes contributions from Steven Wilson collaborator Adam Holzman

Watch Psychedelic Porn Crumpets trippy new video for Bubblegum Infinity
By Prog published
Aussies Psychedelic Porn Crumpets announce new album Night Gnomes and UK tour for 2022

Auri's II – Those We Don’t Speak Of is "The perfect antidote to these troubled times."
By Natasha Scharf published
Not yet ratedFolky Nightwish side-project offers a soothing solution to 2021.

An Evening With Nightwish In A Virtual World review
By Natasha Scharf published
Wintersun’s Jukka Koskinen joins symphonic proggers Nightwish for the first of two ambitious livestreams in a virtual setting

Genesis' early years detailed in a new book
By Natasha Scharf last updated
Mario Giammetti's new book on Genesis covers the Peter Gabriel years

12 of the best books about prog for you to read
By Grant Moon, Sid Smith, David West, Mike Barnes, Natasha Scharf, Rachel Mann, Joe Banks, Chris Roberts last updated
Want to catch up on some reading? Here are 12 of the best books about progressive music

How HIM’s Razorblade Romance set Ville Valo on the path to goth-metal immortality
By Natasha Scharf last updated
Looking back on the first great goth-metal album of the 21st century
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