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"It feels like a Camel band effort." Andrew Latimer releases new suite of music, From The Vault
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Aimee Mann reacts to performing with Rush in Los Angeles
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Syd Barrett 80th birthday celebrations include tribute concert in Cambridge and tribute album featuring Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and more...
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New charity launches in honour of former Big Big Train frontman David Longdon on what would have been his 61st birthday
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Latest Prog News

"It feels like a Camel band effort." Andrew Latimer releases new suite of music, From The Vault
By Jerry Ewing published
From The Vault a suite comprising eight songs, also features Camel members past and present

Aimee Mann reacts to performing with Rush in Los Angeles
By Fraser Lewry published
Initially reluctant to perform, Aimee Mann didn't respond to Geddy Lee's invitation to Rush's reunion shows for a month

Syd Barrett 80th birthday celebrations include tribute concert in Cambridge and tribute album featuring Pink Floyd, David Gilmour and more...
By Jerry Ewing published
A special tribute concert at the Cambridge Corn Exchange, where Syd Barrett played his last ever live show, will take place in October

New charity launches in honour of former Big Big Train frontman David Longdon on what would have been his 61st birthday
By Jerry Ewing published
The David Longdon Foundation will support young musicians, as well as fund music therapy for those in need

Steve Rothery and Steve Hackett announce their long-awaited collaborative album, The Roaring Waves
By Jerry Ewing published
Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery's collaborative instrumental guitar album, The Roaring Waves, will be released in August

Marillion bassist Pete Trewavas unveils new Edison's Children album
By Jerry Ewing published
Trewavas and bandmates Rick Armstrong and Eric Blackwood will release A Light In Ethereal Night in September

Dave Greenslade, founder of UK prog rockers Greenslade, has died, aged 83
By Jerry Ewing published
Dave Greenslade was a founding member of jazz proggers Colosseum and formed his own band, Greenslade, in 1976
Latest Prog Features

The story of Sirius, the dramatic prog anthem played at every World Cup game
By Fraser Lewry published
The Alan Parsons Project's instrumental Sirius is one of the most famous pieces of music in sport – but its writers don't get the recognition they deserve

“Band dynamics are good when times are hard”: Why Japan split and their reunion flopped
By Jo Kendall published
The Porcupine Tree keyboardist explains the ambition behind his earlier band’s acclaimed fifth album Tin Drum, and what he really thinks of their later reconnection as Rain Tree Crow

Nine 10cc albums you should listen to and one to avoid
By Paul Lester published
Pop-rock geniuses don’t come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music

“I was jolted back to life to watch America go to hell!”: Norwegian prog singer recalls onstage heart attack
By Chris Cope published
Four years after he woke from a coma (to be told he’d soon be a dad), they’ve launched a concept album that explores the rise and fall of the USA – via Elvis. “When you deal with the apocalypse you should make it fun,” they say

“We haven’t spoken for years. There’s nothing new to say”: How Styx achieved closure with their past
By Dave Ling published
They’d been utilising prog rock for decades. But with 17th studio album Crash Of The Crown, they fully embraced the genre and their post-Dennis DeYoung era, and gained a new lease of life

“It might seem odd for a death metal band to love him”: The prog rock icon who gave Gojira their identity
By Malcolm Dome published
The French band were struggling for a direction before they deliberately introduced the eclectic British musician’s influence – then they started going places
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Latest Prog Reviews

Lowen bring Middle Eastern mysticism and big, crushing riffs to Download 2026
By Merlin Alderslade published
One of the most exciting bands in British metal put on a special showing for their Download debut

Slift score an immediate, dizzying masterpiece with new album Fantasia
By Matt Mills published
The cosmonauts have shortened their songs for their fourth full-length, but they’re every bit as immersive and disorienting as before

Tool's Sonic Temple headline set was peak Tool, and we wouldn't have it any other way
By Rich Hobson published
Tool's first show of 2026 wasn't a classic crowd-pleaser, but those who lasted the distance were treated to something special

Green Lung’s first festival headline show cements them as the future of metal
By Matt Mills published
At London’s Desertfest, the occult five-piece perform all of their darkly fun anthems while backed up by gorgeous videos, returning members and a malfunctioning, Eddie-like mascot

Viral sensations Angine de Poitrine dazzle, confuse and delight at debut London show
By Polly Glass published
Avant-garde Canadian twosome Angine de Poitrine justify all the hype at their sold-out London debut

Soen continue to become more metal and less prog with Reliance
By Paul Travers published
Sticking to compositions of around four minutes, the musicianship and production remain exemplary. But it’s too often funnelled into predictable patterns






