Latest Prog News
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
Supertramp's Crime Of The Century and Crisis? What Crisis? to get 50th anniversary reissues
Supertramp's classic 1974 album Crime Of The Century and 1975 release Crisis? What Crisis? to be reissued on vinyl
BEAT share live clip of Neal And Jack And Me as they announce new live release
King Crimson-related quartet BEAT will release BEAT LIVE in September
Brann Dailor's synth proggers Arcadea return with zany new video for Fuzzy Planet
Synth prog trio Arcadea, featuring Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor, will release secind album, The Exodus Of Gravity, in August
Roger Waters shares new live clip of Is This The Life We Really Want?
Roger Waters concert film This Is Not A Drill - Live From Prague The Movie opens in cinemas worldwide in July. The soundtrack will be released in August
Peter Hammill announces live dates for England and Scotland in September and October, his first UK solo shows for seven years
Van der Graaf Generator frontman Peter Hammill will play shows in Edinburgh, Manchester and London
Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp return to action with maniacal Ramones cover
The frolicsome pair's cover of I Wanna Be Sedated is exactly as lively as you'd expect
Latest Prog Features
Cool new prog you must hear from Auri, L.O.E., Gaupa and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Excellent new proggy sounds from Da Captain Trips, Rafiq Bhatia, Edenya and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Jinjer, Blood Incantation and Rivers Of Nihil on the rapid evolution of progressive metal
Members of Jinjer, Blood Incantation and Rivers Of Nihil explain the current rapid evolution of a genre that broke out 40 years ago
How Ghost Of Perdition became the defining Opeth anthem
Opeth might've ditched the concept record idea for Ghost Reveries, but Ghost Of Perdition still tells a story
Barclay James Harvest probably wouldn’t have made North if Woolly Wolstenholme hadn’t died
John Lees didn’t want to write or sing any more songs. But he rediscovered an enjoyable process with the 21st-century line-up of his band, ending a 14-year wait for new music in 2013
How Andy Summers and Robert Fripp collaborated with remarkable ease in the 80s
When the Police and King Crimson men got together, the result was two well-received albums and a stack of forgotten material – finally released – that they can’t believe wasn’t used in the 80s
“As I grew, hopefully my writing was growing too”: Five great Al Di Meola albums
From fruitful fusion forays to gentle world acoustica, the revered guitarist has covered a lot of ground since joining Return To Forever at the age of 20
Latest Prog Reviews
“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
Mike Oldfield’s personal bravery shines throughout Hergest Ridge: 50th Anniversary
Long overshadowed by illustrious predecessor Tubular Bells, his 1974 hymn to the British landscape has never sounded so brooding or beautiful
