Prog Features

Louder photographer Kevin Nixon on 10 things to remember to get the best black and white shots. Number 1? Don't shoot in black and white...

Black and white photography can lend drama and timelessness to your music photography. In the fifth round of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020, we want to see your B&W shots…

Keeping track of livestreams, empty hall gigs, good deeds and innovation as musicians come to terms with a new landscape

After the “soul crushing” slog of making Hemispheres album, the planets aligned for Rush. Permanent Waves found them at the top of their game and put them in a different league

Dutch art rockers Lesoir release their new album. Mosaic on May 1

British post-rock trio Coldbones released new album The Cataclysm last week

Ms Amy Birks performs tracks from her debut solo album All That I Am And All That I Was

The Moody Blues' astonishing journey from high living in the 60s, pioneering musical alchemy in the 70s to prog's elder statesmen of today

Fish mulls over what could be his final album of a long and distinguished career

Steve Howe was the guitarist with proto-psychedelic Brit-rockers Tomorrow. Then he joined Yes and embarked on a hugely successful career as a member of prog royalty

Iamthemorning singer Mariana Semkina goes solo with new album Sleepwalking

From underground clubs to sold-out stadiums, Pink Floyd's path through rock has been revolutionary and stunningly successful. Here are their 50 best songs

The best cheap record players from Rega, Pro-Ject, Audio-Technica, Sony, Lenco and more – including USB and Bluetooth turntables

Nightwish singer Floor Jansen celebrates the music that lit her path into symphonic metal

With three of rock's greatest musicians in their ranks, Rush in concert were a spectacular tour-de-force. Here are 15 of their best live recordings

Want to catch up on some reading? Here are 12 of the best books about progressive music

What happened when Kate Bush finally decided to go on the road in 1979

From The Stooges to Boston hardcore: these are the best music documentaries you can watch on Amazon Prime UK

Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson might have become an average blues guitarist. Instead he became the best one-legged flute player in the world, and for more than 50 years led his band to critical acclaim and huge commercial success