Prog Features

“Mike got back with Dream Theater and I started praying”: Neal Morse Band return with L.I.F.T. (and Portnoy)

By James McNair published 27 February 26

Despite concerns their drummer wouldn’t find time to take part, fifth album has been compared to their 2016 virtuosic victory, and they’re planning to tour it with the complete studio line-up

Steve Howe on Yes’ new album, his solo career, and his honest take on those massive box sets

By Stephen Lambe published 26 February 26

Guitarist outlines what he and his colleagues want to achieve in the year ahead, and explains why musicians who refuse to listen to their own recordings are cheating themselves

“My songs might have been successful if somebody else had done them”: Peter Hammill has calmed down

By Mike Barnes published 25 February 26

Prog visionary and punk inspiration reflects on his overclocked solo shows and admits: “Two to three hours was maybe too much Hammill for anybody!”

“I wanted it to be different from what I’d done with Genesis”: How Peter Gabriel made his solo debut

By Daryl Easlea published 25 February 26

Determined to cover new ground, including barbershop and blues, the singer chose two members of the band who made 1977’s Car, with producer Bob Ezrin trusted to bring in the others

South African prog hitmaker tried to tackle apartheid, but admits he failed

By Malcolm Dome published 24 February 26

Creator of a concept album that arrived three years before Graceland insists it doesn’t deserve any respect

Rush’s journey from the last aftershow party of 2015 to the big comeback of 2026

By Philip Wilding published 24 February 26

Prog writer Philip Wilding – who once played Neil Peart’s drums – remained in contact with Lee as a dark decade exploded into new light

Why Steven Wilson’s new album is designed to be slightly shambolic

By Dave Ling published 23 February 26

Martin Barre was as surprised as Metallica when Jethro Tull won a Grammy

By Chris McGarel published 22 February 26

Prog giants weren’t there when controversial 1989 moment came, because they were certain they wouldn’t win. So the guitarist’s wife concocted a last-minute midnight party to celebrate

“We were like, ‘We can’t record this! Oh, wait a minute…’”: The Stranglers’ Golden Brown started as a prog suite

By Jerry Ewing published 21 February 26

As JJ Burnel dispelled myths about the alleged prog-punk wars of the 70s, he revealed a fascinating fact about his band’s highest-charting single

“I wish we’d had the skills to help him”: The tragedy of Spirit prodigy Randy California

By Chris Roberts published 20 February 26

Respected by Jimi Hendrix and signed at 17, the mercurial guitarist’s heart was broken by the relative failure of his best album, says bassist

Great new prog you need to hear from Neal Morse Band, I Built The Sky, worriedaboutsatan and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing published 20 February 26

Cool new proggy sounds you need to hear from Pothaums, Oli Duerden, Wildernesses and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

It’s one of the biggest-selling singles ever. So why did this band leave it off their debut album?

By Chris Roberts published 19 February 26

Their 1967 epic would go on to be hailed as a genre-changing song, although they just regarded it as modern blues

He may have been around for nearly 60 years, but David Gilmour’s return to form was inevitable. Here’s why

By James McNair published 18 February 26

While the ex Pink Floyd leader is a world-class guitarist and vocalist, his attitude to family, social issues and collaborations make him even bigger than that

“I died in her arms. You look back and say, ‘That was meant to happen’”: The song Jon Anderson wrote for his wife

By Stephen Lambe published 18 February 26

Former Yes singer can’t forget near-fatal moment with the woman he’d seen in his meditations ahead of seeing her in this world

“I was afflicted. I never conquered it, but I dealt with it”: Jethro Tull ex Martin Barre’s struggle with shyness

By David West published 17 February 26

His world changed when he realised that playing in bands meant he’d never have to dance

“The fact that its roots are in tragedy only adds to its poignancy”: Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush’s duet Don’t Give Up

By Daryl Easlea published 17 February 26

If a fatal accident hadn’t taken place on her one and only tour, the grief-ridden pair might never have been on stage together – robbing her of a career-changing revelation

“Pretentious, perhaps. But let’s call it pioneering”: Why we still love Genesis’ The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway

By Mike Barnes published 16 February 26

Surreal imagery, crediting classic poets and philosophers, trying to scare each other with freak-out jams, inspiration from mime artists… it’s without doubt the most adventurous music any member the band ever made

“It was career suicide, but it felt good”: Steve Morse took on a media mogul and got away with it

By Nick Shilton published 16 February 26

Guitarist worried about asking friends John Petrucci and Eric Johnson to guest on his new album – but decades ago he had no hesitation in confronting industry giant Clive Davis to get what he wanted

“We have an identity crisis”: Mike + The Mechanics’ history is a bit more rock’n’roll than Genesis’

By Mark Blake published 15 February 26

Spurred on by surprise early success, Mike Rutherford’s band endured a tough time with a demon-haunted singer, then a replacement who expected rehearsals to be all thought and no action