Latest articles by Nick Shilton
With Asia on the rocks and a scuppered solo deal, the singer found himself struggling with alcohol in the 90s - before he finally earned himself a reprieve
Prolific prog rocker Neal Morse sat down with Prog in 2019 to talk about the latest Neal Morse Band album The Great Adventure
UK prog rockers Landmarq released Entertaining Angels in 2012, their then first new album for 14-years against a backdrop of line-up shifts, outside commitments and ill health...
Self-confessed “raving leftie anarchist” gave the subtitle “A protest, a reflection, a couple of regrets and a rant” to The Tangent’s 10th album for good reason
Galahad's first new album for five years, The Last Great Adventurer, showed the prog veterans to be in particularly fine fettle..
If anything epitomised the ambition of progressive rock, then surely US proggers Glass Hammer's Skallagrim trilogy was it. Here's the story of 2021's second instalment
9/11 brought turmoil just as the benign dictator had decided to completely rewrite the record that would become Snow - but there was even more turmoil to follow
Long standing UK proggers The Tangent discuss the creation of their eleventh studio aobum, 2020's Auto Reconnaissance
Having endured the loss of founding keyboard player Martin Orford during the writing of the album, IQ returned with their powerful tenth album Frequency in 2009
US prog rockers Spock's Beard released their thirteenth studio album, Noise Floor, in 2018. It remains their most recent studio release...
In 2013 Sound Of Contact released their debut album Dimensionaut to much fanfare. This is the story...
Spock’s Beard's first album with Ted Leonard on vocals was always going to divide fans. Here, the band share the story behind 2013's Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep
Guitarist and singer behind some of prog's most popular modern day acts John Mitchell discusses new solo venture Lonely Robot
US prog rocker Robert Berry recalls his friendship with ELP legend Keith Emerson and working with him on 3 and the rebooted 3.2
Norwegian art rock sextet Gazpacho discuss their 2010 concept album Missa Atropos
With a stunning new album, English Electric, and an ever- growing line-up, Big Big Train are powering ahead.
Norwegian chamber prog octet Meer make a quantum leap with their second album, The Playing House
Welsh proggers Magenta have returned to their signature sound on Masters Of Illusion. Robert Reed discusses marrying his pop background with prog, horror actors and the perils of social media
Prog writer Nick Shilton knew John Wetton well for many years. Here he recalls his personal journey with the late musician's output...
Kansas drummer Phil Ehart explains the financial realities of COVID and socially distanced shows.
The Sentinel was supposed to make Pallas stars. Instead it's a tale of ill fortune and a fabled producer whose eye came off the ball
How the US proggers made sixth album Snow, under the shadow of 9/11 and with their lead singer on the verge of quitting for God!
The Red Planet sees keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman go prog with a capital 'P'
