Prog Features

“The lawyer said, ‘Have we just paid $12,000 for a piano player?’” When Rick Wakeman delivered his first solo album

By Rick Wakeman published 23 January 26

In 1970 they gave him Scotch in the morning, a big cash advance and a three-ton limousine. Eventually the man who’d hated the resulting album gave him a platinum disc for its sales

Prog's Tracks Of The Week! Awesome new proggy sounds from Opeth, NMB, Myrkur and more...

By Jerry Ewing published 23 January 26

There's cool new proggy sounds from Esthesis, worriedaboutsatan, Holosoil, JeGong and more in this week's Tracks Of The week

Radiohead, Primal Scream influencers found new singer on the street, after the last one went mad on stage

By Rob Hughes published 22 January 26

The late Holger Czukay discusses the importance of Can's groundbreaking second album Tago Mago

That time Steven Wilson covered a Taylor Swift song, proving he’ll always do what he likes

By Martin Kielty published 21 January 26

Ahead of launching The Future Bites, he delivered his version of Swift’s The Last Great American Dynasty, hailing her storytelling abilities

“I pushed the fader up. He pulled it down. I haven’t forgotten”: Alex Lifeson’s struggle with Rush’s synth obsession

By Dave Everley published 21 January 26

The guitarist was never against the band going in new directions, but feels he had to fight to be heard on every album from Signals to Presto

Watch Geddy Lee give celebrity tobogganing advice

By Fraser Lewry published 20 January 26

Rush's Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson all appeared on Canadian satire show The Mercer Report over the years

How Clutching At Straws broke Marillion and Fish apart

By Dave Everley published 20 January 26

Their fourth studio album came at a point of high tension. Instead of taking the break they needed, they were sent back into the studio. It took decades to resolve the issues that blew up

How Mike Oldfield made Maggie Reilly sing in an odd style to make Moonlight Shadow

By Mike Barnes published 20 January 26

A bottle of wine, a thesaurus and a rhyming dictionary sent his career out of the doldrums, into the Top 5, and helped make 1983 album Crises a success

How Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess nearly played on Pink Floyd’s The Wall

By Dave Ling published 19 January 26

Keyboard maestro admits he gave a “very poor” performance during 1979 session, and Bob Ezrin was right to kick him out

“I was 100 per cent sure I was going to die”: Leprous’ Einar Solberg faced his teenage demons on solo debut 16

By Dom Lawson published 18 January 26

Abandoning attempts to dial down his own drama, he delivered a moving and multifaceted collection of collaborations in 2023. He immediately wanted to do it again

“Dream Theater have been completely unchallenged until now”: How Sons Of Apollo flew before they fell

By Rich Wilson published 18 January 26

Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian had big ambitions when they teamed up with Guns N’ Roses, Mr Big and Journey alumni

“I was shocked when it wasn’t received well”: This 80s band pioneered a new kind of rock – and paid the price

By Joe Banks published 16 January 26

Their bassist quit, then the band split after one more record. Nearly four decades on, their ambitious post rock album is regarded as a masterpiece

Prog's Tracks Of The Week is back with cool new proggy sounds from Big Big Train, Soen, Charlotte Wessels and more

By Jerry Ewing published 15 January 26

Awesome new prog from Fågelle, Jagged City, Sum Of Seven and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

Debate: Will the return of Rush be the biggest prog event of 2026?

By Martin Kielty published 15 January 26

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson own the limelight all year, or can King Crimson, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Crown Lands and The Pineapple Thief grab headlines?

“You probably wouldn’t think we sound like Pink Floyd”: Feeder’s Grant Nicholas lists his prog stars

By Natasha Scharf published 15 January 26

Indie rocker, who was once in a prog band, lists his heroes of the genre

“Somebody threw a toilet roll at Peter Gabriel. He threw it back and it landed just below me. I had that bog roll on my windowsill for years!” Marc Riley’s prog world

By Rob Hughes published 15 January 26

Turned on by Genesis, Beefheart, Zappa and Can, the former member of The Fall and The Creepers continues to smuggle prog into his radio shows

“I have to fit a guitar part over this?” How Rush made Grammy-nominated instrumental YYZ

By Philip Wilding published 14 January 26

When Alex Lifeson got back from a journey his bandmates presented him with a jam piece that finally gelled when they added Morse code to the intro

“His son said it made it easier for him to let go”: The last message of a prog giant who saw his band outlive him

By Martin Kielty published 13 January 26

The Canterbury scene veteran had known the end was near, and set about ensuring his vision would continue in his absence – which it has, despite initial reluctance

Amorphis steered surprisingly close to pop-rock on their latest album. But they’re not selling out

By Joel McIver published 13 January 26

Borderland is more eclectic than ever as they celebrate the uplifting vibes of loud, aggressive music. But how did a band from the heaviest country in the world get so deeply into prog?