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"We make musical journeys. We’re the Alan Whicker of prog!” The Tangent and how they made Songs From The Hard Shoulder
The story behind the Pink Floyd song the band kept in their vaults for almost 50 years
Anger and paranoia sent him into freefall as he worked towards solo album Infinity, leading him to believe he was a martyr
Warning: Contains spoilers
Gong and Knifeworld guitarist recalls his time in Tim Smith’s band via five of their songs chosen by Prog
Composer of prog’s greatest conceptual album – among many, many overshadowed works – recalls cutting the invaders’ language in half, casting Phil Lynott as a vicar and scraping his wife’s best pots for a tension-building sound effect
Wonderful new proggy sounds you really should check out from Louise Patricia Crane, ASIWYFA, Paralydium and more...
There are hints throughout the band’s catalogue, but cult album I Trawl The Megahertz, built from quotes found in broadcast media, is Exhibit A in the prog case
It wasn’t a misunderstanding. Instead, Edgar Froese merged a psychedelic lyric with a surrealist joke to name his band – or at least that’s what he told us
Five years after they’d felt forced to dump him, the band’s original leader shocked his former colleagues at Abbey Road in 1975
Fate played positive and negative roles during the years-long development of their electronica-enhanced 10th album
Frank Van Bogaert and Nick Beggs discuss the challenge of trying to break through when “everybody is making music” – and reveal their secret weapon as deployed on latest album 8mm
The folk-rock pioneers’ 80s resurgence was no less unlikely than their earlier years, as they meandered towards success and influence
When the band released a 27-disc box set focusing on their formative days, it offered the chance to reassess their film soundtracks of that era – including two ‘widow albums’
UK prog rockers Mostly Autumn tell the story of their eleventh studio album, the conceptual Dressed In Voices
Wonderful new proggy sounds you really should check out from Somewhere, Fate's Hollow and more...
Protecting our hearing at concerts or when playing live is vital, so here are five important factors to consider when investing in a new pair of earplugs
Steve Howe on the future of Yes, the band's next leader, and why an Avatar show isn't out of the question
Car, Scratch, Melt and Security log the incredible distance he covered between leaving Genesis and creating So