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Keith Emerson remembered by PP Arnold, who named his band The Nice – and had them stolen from her
The soul singer who named The Nice – and had them stolen from her – still recalls the keyboard wizard with great affection
They played alongside Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Blind Faith and Keith Chegwin. Then they were gone
Rumours of alchemy, magick, war heroism and Van Gogh’s ear surrounded the “bonkers, eclectic and free-thinking” group earlier known as The Giant Sun Trolley, National-Balkan Ensemble and Hydrogen Jukebox
"I always go back to the early 1970s because those sounds are timeless, even though they’re from before I was born." Why Lars Fredrik Frøislie plays it defiantly old school on second solo album Gamle Mester
Wobbler and White willow musician Lars Fredrik Frøislie tells the story of his second solo album, 2025's Gamle Mester
“I saw Frank Zappa sit in with Pink Floyd. He was terrible”: Swans’ Michael Gira
The lifelong experimental rocker believes only the first three Mothers Of Invention albums are worth listening to, because after that Zappa succumbed to “unfortunate prog tendencies”
How Voivod embraced East German culture, Killing Joke and Bauhaus to help soundtrack their prescient album Killing Technology
Canadian prog-thrashers Voivod predicted a grim future on their 1987 album
Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Muse, If These Trees Could Talk, Raphael Weinroth-Browne and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
Ace new prog from Hanry, Iron Jinn, Aisles and more in all new Tracks Of The Week
Anika Nilles interview: stepping into the glare of the Rush spotlight and growing up with music
New Rush drummer Anika Nilles will make her tour debut next month in Los Angeles
When Talking Heads asked Adrian Belew to replace David Byrne, he knew the answer
Tension drowned the post-punk art quartet’s creative powers. But they point out that no one died in the making of their records
In the 80s, many artists used newfangled samplers to make jolly tunes. Art Of Noise went solid prog rock
Armed with a synth that cost £18,000 when that was a lot of money, this group – with strong Yes connections – made a real statement with their debut album
Six decades on from the hit that made him a legend, Arthur Brown's world continues to be crazy
On tour throughout 2026, The God Of Hellfire will be unveiling his upcoming album in full later in the year
Mikael Åkerfleldt still doesn’t know what Storm Corrosion is about, and won’t ask Steven Wilson
When the Porcupine Tree and Opeth leaders got together in 2012, they were prepared to defy fans. And Åkerfleldt only wanted one thing out of the collaboration: a copy of their record
“They each rented castles within sight and waged magic war on one another”: A real-life prog version of The Two Towers
Did band leader Christian Vander really manifest serious chest wounds upon his bandmate? Does he really believe we must leave Earth to survive? Does he mind other bands joining the genre he created?
“He cannot do that – it’s criminal!”: Orchestral players were horrified by Keith Emerson
Terje Mikkelsen was once told to avoid the ELP icon’s material. He ignored that advice, and went on to collaborate with Emerson himself
“I used Steven Wilson’s Mellotron in exchange for me guesting at his show!” Soft Machine’s efforts to make Thirteen
Theo Travis on tempting fate, revisiting a tradition, being the best-tempered line-up since the beginning in 1966, and adding a posthumous appearance by co-founder Daevid Allen
Rick Wakeman’s sales award for Journey To The Centre Of The Earth came with a warning
The keyboard wizard recalls accepting a presentation disc from the suit who’d made his 1974 project difficult – and the advice from David Bowie that had kept him fighting for it
Radiohead’s Philip Selway put his solo ambitions on hold for 20 years to focus on the band. Does he regret it?
The drummer decided to focus on his “day job” band in 1991, and finally released his first solo album in 2010 – after finding influence in King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Can and other prog giants
Pop icon’s label wanted a pop solo album. He gave them a prog record. They suppressed it for three years
Maybe the fact that King Crimson’s Robert Fripp had been hired to produce and play on the 1977 project was enough to scare the suits
