Latest Prog News
Rejoice! King Crimson are currently recording their first album in more than two decades
King Crimson singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk confirms that the band are in the studio
Crown Lands announce new record deal with InsideOut Music
Canadian prog duo Crown Lands release two new instrumental albums for new label InsideOut Music
Roger Waters risks prosecution, and a potential 14 year jail term, by voicing his support for Palestine Action
"Stand up and be counted" writes Waters on social media in post supporting newly proscribed terrorist group
Green Carnation announce trilogy of albums with brand new video for In Your Paradise
Norwegian heavy proggers Green Carnation will release A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia in September
Rick Wakeman postpones upcoming US tour to have surgery
Rick Wakeman's Strictly Wakeman US tour has been postponed while he undergoes surgery to correct an unspecified but ongoing health issue
Former Pallas singers to unite on stage at Scottish prog festival
Alan Reed will join Euan Lowson's band Machinary at this year's Wha's Like Us Scottish prog festival
A Mass by Van der Graaf Generator co-founder Judge Smith to be premiered 50 years after it was written
Judge Smith's Requiem Mass to receive its world premiere in Holborn in July
Latest Prog Features
PFM on brushes with royalty, spaghetti with Aerosmith, and how to annoy America
Premiata Forneria Marconi, aka PFM, remain one of the great trailblazers of European prog rock
“Robert Fripp said he wanted to revolutionise rock’n’roll with us. I wasn’t sure, given what I’d just heard. But they were about to throw us out the squat”: The League Of Gentlemen led to Beat-era King Crimson
The band lasted only seven months, and felt like a bad movie for some of those involved – but the musical experiment inspired Fripp to reform King Crimson for their 80s brilliance
“He said Going For The One was about a horse race”: Steve Hogarth on his hero Jon Anderson
The Marillion man was so moved by the experience of hearing Yes for the first time that he wrote a song about it
The Pink Floyd classic that Roger Waters was worried David Gilmour had stolen from someone else
The story behind one of Pink Floyd’s most iconic songs
Penguin Cafe Orchestra’s music has lasted beyond Simon Jeffes’ lifetime. But was it prog?
Simon Jeffes described his musical pursuit of the precious irrational as “imaginary folklore.” His work intrigued Brian Eno and has lasted long beyond his lifetime. But was it prog?
How Chester Thompson and Neal Morse formed Cosmic Cathedral and made Deep Water
With an average age of 70 the musical experience shines through on debut album Deep Water, as Morse aims to strike a balance between arrangements, jams and lyrical themes
“We knew the album would stick out like a sore thumb and we’d have to show real tenacity. But if it wasn’t for Pull Me Under there’s a strong chance we wouldn’t be having this conversation”: When Dream Theater beat the odds with Images And Words
They were crossing Metallica with Yes and Rush while grunge ruled the world. But despite problems with their producer and label – and even rumors of a plot to replace James LaBrie – the prog metal pioneers survived and thrived
Latest Prog Reviews
“Hymnal and melancholy qualities are still to die for”: Greg Lake Live returns from 2005
His band doesn’t have the pedigree of many of his collaborators, but a future Jethro Tull guitarist and a TV show musical director prove highly capable foils in three-disc set
“A reminder of what an inspirational band they were”: Horslips At The BBC
Five discs of previously unreleased material from the Celtic rock pioneers
“The mixing of old and new is exemplary”: Tangerine Dream’s Coventry Cathedral 22
An impressive account of the electronic pioneers’ return to the Midlands half a century after their legendary show
“Intoxicating beauty remains; she enchants in any era”: Judy Dyble’s Darkness To Light
Clamshell collection assembles the original Fairport Convention singer’s trio of 21st-century career-reviving albums
Frank Zappa’s unaired TV special Cheaper Than Cheep is a recovered gem
A nearly forgotten 1974 afternoon show, with an audience of 100 and a short-lived Mothers line-up, rises from the avant-prog titan’s basement
NoSound’s To The Core could be a masochistic experience – but it’s worth it
In these difficult times, it could be a masochistic experience for some – but it’s thoughtful, sensitive and worth it
