Sid Smith

Jon Andersons second solo album Song Of Seven helped him navigate choppy waters having quit Yes at the turn of the new decade and move on into the 80s

Here's our pick of some of the finest VdGG music over the years, from their 1970 debut to 2016's Do Not Disturb

Tobie Amies' In the Court Of The Crimson King, King Crimson At 50 launches in cinemas and online this week

Sibelius, Herman Hesse, The Mahavishnu Orchestra and even The Kinks. These were the inspirations according to Yes, behind the genius of their fifth studio album

How classical music, Eastern mysticism and the River Thames came together to inspire Yes’s first great side-long epic

In 2012 Magma released Félicité Thösz, their first studio release in 27 years to contain new material written after the band's reformation in 1996

Emerson, Lake & Palmer's second studio album Tarkus served as a blueprint for their sound. But it almost never happened

Having shocked fans and band members alike by folding the band in 1974, Robert Fripp surprised everyone in 1981 by reactivating King Crimson with a new-look line-up

Robert Fripp, Martin Scorsese, Bob Ezrin, Tony Levin, Daniel Lanois and more discuss the Peter Gabriel albums they worked on

Robert Fripp conceived the idea of King Crimson in the 90s as the double trio with two drummers. This is some of their best music

A Formal Horse released their first EP in 2014, and in 2019 the avant-rockers returned with their long-awaited debut album. They’ve faced plenty of challenges but, as Prog discovers, their perseverance has paid off

Now in their sixth decade, Yes show no signs of slowing down. In 2022, they'll be revisiting Close To The Edge with a fresh batch of dates. Long-serving guitarist Steve Howe looks ahead to a busy future

How King Crimson fractured, regrouped and fractured again as they created 1971's Islands album

1969 heralded the end of the 60s and the birth of real rock. Here we look at some of the gilt-edged albums from a pivotal year in rock history

The amazing story of how Yes recorded two classic prog albums in just one year!

King Crimson were staring into the abyss in 1970, but somehow managed to regroup to record Islands with a one-off line-up

Sid Smith reflects on the marvellous musical career of fusion maestro Chick Corea

The former Yes, Badger and David Bowie keyboard player Tony Kaye reflects on his time with the prog legends

He’s the artist whose otherworldly visions have became synonymous with Yes, but Roger Dean’s career had humble beginnings. Prog finds out the stories behind his most iconic album covers