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Excellent new proggy sounds from Ihlo, Our Oceans, Discipline, and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new prog you must hear from Amorphis, Raphael-Weinroth-Browne, Dave Pen and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
Eivør can’t escape the Faroe Islands’ influence, and doesn’t want to
An abandoned school, a studio that’s about to close, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre… she specialises in finding the magic in a space and channelling it into her music
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
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
Voivod didn’t try to invent prog metal. They just tried to be like Van der Graaf Generator
Drummer Away recalls the Canadian outfit’s rapid transition from thrash over the course of their first four albums
Great new prog you must hear from Karnivool, Nad Sylvan, Sonechko and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week
Cool new proggy sounds from Moundrag, Barrens, Royal Sorrow, Hemelbestormer and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week
