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Articles by: Sid Smith

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King Crimson: How we made In The Court Of The Crimson King

By Sid Smith

Recorded in just 10 days in 1969, King Crimson’s iconic In The Court Of The Crimson King has been called “the true point at which progressive rock was born”. We look at the making of a landmark album

Jon Hiseman

Jon Hiseman Remembered

By Sid Smith

Sid Smith pays tribute to the late Colosseum drummer who died earlier today...

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You by my side: Nick Beggs pays tribute to Chris Squire

By Sid Smith

Nick Beggs, bassist with Steven Wilson, talks about the impact Chris Squire had on his playing and reflects on the work of the man he called his friend

Tanochrome - A Map In Fragments album artwork

Tanochrome - A Map In Fragments album review

By Sid Smith

Colourful pop prog debut, featuring the prolific Charlie Cawood

Billy Cobham - Crosswinds album artwork

Billy Cobham - Crosswinds album review

By Sid Smith

Superior grooves on storming second solo album

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses album artwork

Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses album review

By Sid Smith

40 years of ploughing their own furrow

Gong Expresso - Decadence album artwork

Gong Expresso - Decadence album review

By Sid Smith

Bass is the place on Gong men’s reunion

Spirit - It Shall Be - The Ode & Epic Recordings album artwork

Spirit - Time Circle / It Shall Be - The Ode & Epic Recordings album reviews

By Sid Smith

Unpigeonholeable West Coast pioneers revisited

Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth album artwork

Elephant9 - Greatest Show On Earth album review

By Sid Smith

Scorching set evokes prog’s keyboard legends

Kino - Radio Voltaire album artwork

Kino - Radio Voltaire album review

By Sid Smith

Lonely Robot’s John Mitchell, Marillion’s Pete Trewavas and It Bites’ John Beck: a sleeping supergroup emerges from a 13-year hibernation. Where’s the dial headed?

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Roxy Music – Roxy Music - Super Deluxe Edition review

By Sid Smith

Roxy debut re-made and re-modelled.

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Roy Harper – Come Out Fighting Ghenghis Smith/HQ/Bullinamingvase reissue review

By Sid Smith

Vinyl reissues from the archives of brilliance.

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Susanna – Go Dig My Grave album review

By Sid Smith

Folk, skiffle... and Joy Division, reworked by the Norwegian jazz doyenne.

Chet Doxas

Chet Doxas – Rich In Symbols album review

By Sid Smith

New York jazzer’s rock odyssey.

Strawbs, shot exclusively for Prog, October 2017

Dave Cousins talks us through the first Strawbs album in eight years

By Sid Smith

New album The Ferryman’s Curse is Strawbs‘ first new music in eight years. Dave Cousins talks health hold-ups, geographical inspiration and the importance of looking both backward and forward

Soft Machine - Seven album artwork

Soft Machine - Seven album review

By Sid Smith

Seventh heaven vinyl for Soft Machine fans

Wingfield Reuter Sirkis - Lighthouse album artwork

Wingfield Reuter Sirkis - Lighthouse album review

By Sid Smith

Surfing the improv-rock wave

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky box set artwork

The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky 35th Anniversary Box Set review

By Sid Smith

Older, wiser and expanded

Colin Harper - Echoes From Then: Glimpses Of John McLaughlin 1959-75 book artwork

Colin Harper - Echoes From Then: Glimpses Of John McLaughlin 1959-75 book review

By Sid Smith

Words of fire

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor at The Boiler Shop, Newcastle - live review

By Sid Smith

Canadians Godspeed You! Black Emperor bring their immersive show to Newcastle

Isildurs Bane - Off The Radar album artwork

Isildurs Bane - Off The Radar album review

By Sid Smith

Sweden’s best-kept prog secret fly high

A portrait of Eddie Jobson

Eddie Jobson: Great musicians have the fearlessness to risk ridicule

By Sid Smith

From joining Curved Air as a teenager to picking up the Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Prog Awards, Eddie Jobson has had a long and illustrious career – we catch up with him below

A portrait of Brian Eno

Brian Eno: His best albums revisited

By Sid Smith

With four of Brian Eno’s seminal 1970s solo albums reissued on vinyl earlier this year, Prog speaks to Phil Manzanera, Robert Wyatt, Percy Jones and Rhett Davies to discuss his legacy

Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere’s Theta Three album artwork

Jazz prog album reviews column

By Sid Smith

Sid Smith rounds up the best releases from prog’s jazzier reaches with releases from Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere, Samuel Hällkvist, Erik Honoré, Alice Coltrane and Carlos Santana

The Kneels - Knells II album artwork

The Knells - Knells II album review

By Sid Smith

Compelling encore from the Brooklyn art-rock ensemble