Prog News

Steve Winwood pays tribute to fellow Traffic founder Dave Mason

By Fraser Lewry published 22 April 26

Dave Mason and Steve Winwood founded Traffic in 1967 alongside Jim Capaldi and Chris Wood

Pink Floyd collaborator Polly Samson, wife and creative partner of David Gilmour, has a London photo exhibition

By Paul Brannigan published 22 April 26

Polly Samson - Between This Breath and Then is at the Leica Gallery London

Porcupine Tree offshoot Voyage 35 unveil full band line-up

By Jerry Ewing published 22 April 26

Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley are joined by keyboardist Lef from O.R.k. and drummer Alessandro Vagnoni

Carl Palmer announces An Evening With Emerson, Lake & Palmer shows in England for February 2027

By Jerry Ewing published 22 April 26

Carl Palmer will perform live with late band members Keith Emerson and Greg Lake appearing in sync on screens on either side of the stage

Traffic founder Dave Mason dead at 79

By Fraser Lewry published 22 April 26

Dave Mason worked with Traffic, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison, Delaney and Bonnie, Derek and the Dominos, Mama Cass, Fleetwood Mac and many more in a sixty-year career

Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and more sign open letter asking for Israel ban from Eurovision 2026

By Paul Brannigan published 21 April 26

"We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit"

BBC's 2026 Proms season to feature a Prog Prom for the very first time!

By Jerry Ewing published 21 April 26

"Prog is simply great music," says this year's Prog Prom curator and 6 Music Freak Zone presenter Stuart Maconie

"Her voice was the signature sound of Clannad and will live on forever." Singer Moya Brennan has died, aged 73

By Jerry Ewing published 14 April 26

Former Irish president Michael D Higgins is among those paying tribute to the late Clannad singer Moya Brennan

"Making this record was joyful." Yes share first music from brand new studio album, Aurora

By Jerry Ewing published 10 April 26

Prog legends Yes will release their twenty-fourth studio album, Aurora, in June

Exclusive Magenta Tarot bundle with limited edition t-shirt on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing published 10 April 26

Get an exclusive Magenta Tarot t-shirt and a signed lyric sheet with our exclusive limited edition Magenta bundle. Details here...

Attention all planets of the Solar Federation! Rush have assumed control of the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing published 10 April 26

Plus Anthony Phillips, Richard Barbieri, Magenta, Spock's Beard, Steve Hillage, Einar Solberg, Green Carnation, Major Parkinson and more...

Kansas react to viral Carry On Wayward Son sketch on Saturday Night Live

By Fraser Lewry published 9 April 26

Led by Jack Black, a group of husbands find common purpose through a shared love of song

Pink Floyd announce new compilation album including extended version of classic track

By Fraser Lewry published 8 April 26

New Pink Floyd collection 8-Tracks features songs recorded between 1971 and 1979

New Rush drummer Anika Nilles reveals her thoughts on Neil Peart's playing

By Fraser Lewry published 8 April 26

Anika Nilles will make her touring debut with Rush in Los Angeles in July

New Hawkwind release unearths the late Huw Lloyd-Langton's final recording with the band

By Jerry Ewing published 7 April 26

Hawkwind's Psychedelic Selection is released through Cherry Red Records in June

Former King Crimson drummer Michael Giles returns with Shadows/Solo, his first album for 25 years

By Jerry Ewing published 6 April 26

Michael Giles' Shadows/Solo kickstarts a series of archival releases which incudes work with Jamie Muir and a five-disc box set

Voyage 35 share their first music with a cover of Porcupine Tree's The Nostalgia Factory

By Jerry Ewing published 3 April 26

Former Porcupine Tree alumni Colin Edwin and John Wesley will tour as Voyage 35, performing early Porcupine Tree material, in September

Alex Lifeson says he initially had doubts about new Rush drummer Anika Nilles

By Fraser Lewry published 3 April 26

Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee and Anika Nilles are interviewed in the new issue of Classic Rock

Yes postpone this month's Fragile UK tour as guitarist Steve Howe requires surgery

By Jerry Ewing published 2 April 26

Yes's planned Fragile tour would have been the band's first English and Scottish tour dates for two years.