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Steven Wilson's return to the prog fold features on the front cover of the new issue of Prog Magazine, which is on sale now!

By Jerry Ewing

One of rock's most romantic songs is getting a 50th anniversary Valentine's Day re-release

By Paul Brannigan published 14 February 25

“People come up to you and you know what they’re going to say, that it reminds them of their first relationship or the love of their life.”

Thom Yorke unveils new collaboration with electronic artist Mark Pritchard

By Jerry Ewing published 13 February 25

Watch the trippy new video for Thom Yorke and electronic artist Mark Pritchard's Back In The Game here...

Former King Crimson bassist Peter Giles now a gold medal-winning athlete at the age of 80

By Jerry Ewing published 13 February 25

How former Giles, Giles & Fripp and King Crimson bass player Peter Giles became a gold medal-winning athlete

Asia to perform first three albums over three nights at Trading Boundaries in April

By Jerry Ewing published 12 February 25

Geoff Downes' new-look Asia line-up will perform Asia, Alpha and Astra on consecutive nights at Trading Boundaries in April

New book sheds further light on the rise of Marillion, Pallas, Twelfth Night, and the 80s prog revival

By Jerry Ewing published 6 February 25

A Playground Of Broken Hearts charts the prog revival from 1983 to 1989 and is published in July

Jethro Tull consider "all God's children" on new Curious Ruminant track The Tipu House

By Jerry Ewing published 6 February 25

Jethro Tull will release their 24th studio album Curious Ruminant on March 7

"He was the backbone of Soft Machine." Founding member and keyboard player Mike Ratledge dead at 81

By Jerry Ewing published 5 February 25

Soft Machine's longest-serving member Mike Ratledge, who also worked with Syd Barrett and Kevin Ayers, has died after a short illness

Order your limited edition Steven Wilson x Prog bundle – featuring a coloured vinyl version of The Overview and a signed art print!

By Jerry Ewing published 4 February 25

There are only 250 Steven Wilson x Prog bundles available, so get yours now!

Hawkwind announce new studio album There Is No Space For Us

By Jerry Ewing published 4 February 25

UK space rock legends Hawkwind will release their 37th studio album There Is No Space For Us and tour in support of the new album in April

Solstice storm the Prog Magazine Readers' Poll and announce new studio album Clann

By Jerry Ewing published 4 February 25

UK prog rockers Solstice will release their eighth studio album Clann in April

Arctangent 2025 announces headliners Wardruna and Tesseract, adds over 50 bands to the lineup

By Liz Scarlett published 4 February 25

Arctangent Festival 2025 is stacking up their bill with over 50 names, including Clown Core, Leprous, Mew, Slift, Green Lung and many more

Rick Wakeman announces The Return Of The Caped Crusader Pt 2 tour dates for October

By Jerry Ewing published 3 February 25

Wakeman solo albums Six Wives Of Henry VIII and King Arthur to get airing on upcoming October tour

"Jean-Michel Jarre said he loved my music, but that I was too acoustic for him. That got me thinking": Urged on by fans, Mike Oldfield’s final album was a look back to his early years

By Malcolm Dome

Ace new prog you must hear from Solstice, Vennart, John Lodge, Dim Gray and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

By Jerry Ewing published 14 February 25

Cool new proggy sounds you from Lights Of Skadi, Sally Potter, Pearl Handled Revolver and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Carl Palmer’s lifelong desire for a life beyond classic prog

By Dave Ling published 13 February 25

After Emerson Lake & Palmer’s High Voltage concert, the drummer shared his thoughts on his former bandmates and pondered an unfulfilled ambition

“Things come more difficult to him than anyone”: Peter Gabriel, as seen by his collaborators

By Sid Smith published 13 February 25

Robert Fripp, Ian Anderson, Steven Wilson, Martin Scorsese, Mike Portnoy, Tom Morello, Trevor Rabin and many others share their thoughts on the Progfather

"In Chicago I barely held on to my underpants": From Genesis to revelations with Peter Gabriel

By Hugh Fielder published 13 February 25

From Genesis frontman to solo star and beyond: The rise, fall and rise again of Peter Gabriel, the great innovator

“Amid the turmoil over synths, there’s a perfect balance”: 12 great Rush songs of the 80s

By Prog published 12 February 25

They ditched the kimonos for keyboards and pursued a new, modern sound that had fans bewitched and bewildered in equal measure. Here are some prime examples

Inspired by Keith Moon and Star Trek, Come Sail Away took Styx to places they never expected

By Dave Everley published 11 February 25

A song about being picked up and taken away by aliens, Come Sail Away gave Styx a career boost and eventually took on a life of its own

Mercury Rev are a new animal after a humbling experience

By Jeremy Allen published 11 February 25

Latest line-up’s new album Born Horses is many things, but Jonathan Donahue says it’s not pop-friendly, radio-friendly, pristine, clear, easier to mix… and it’s not de-seagulled either

Marillion were facing oblivion. Then they made This Strange Engine and found a way forward

By Philip Wilding published 11 February 25

They still don’t agree over the contents of their make-or-break 1997 album – except on one thing they did wrong

“It’s their first time listening to prog, and they like it!” Ross Valory on his solo album

By Dave Ling published 10 February 25

Bassist recalls the AOR giants’ progressive early years and explains why he thinks the genre is getting stronger all the time

Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her

By Julian Marszalek published 10 February 25

Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce

"I said, “We’re a band, we want to make a record.” He said, “Oi dunno much about records… If you wanted a cowshed, I could probably ’elp yer!” Pendragon's Nick Barrett looks back on their 40-plus year career...

By Johnny Sharp published 8 February 25

In 2020, when Pendragon released their eleventh studio album Love Over Fear, we grilled mainman Nick Barrett in The Prog Interview

Tori Amos’ From The Choirgirl Hotel is prog in its truest sense

By Jordan Blum published 8 February 25

1996 album opens with arguably her proggiest song then delivers figurative lyrics, rhythmic shifts and style change-ups

“Lovely, ambitious stuff… the sound of a band completely rejuvenated”: Beardfish stage a surprise return with Songs For Beating Hearts, giving the impression they’d never been away

By Philip Wilding

“Blistering with blazing technicality”: Jinjer’s Duél is not for the faint-hearted

By Paul Travers published 14 February 25

Prog metal touches and djent influences shine through the barely-checked aggression on Ukrainians’ fifth album

John Lodge’s Love Conquers All EP will pleasantly trigger Moody Blues fans

By Chris Roberts published 14 February 25

Yes’ Jon Davison is among the guests as bassist/singer limbers up for a return to the road after suffering a stroke

"A towering two-hour concept work on a Norse saga scale." Motorpsycho and Ståle Storlokken's The Death Defying Unicorn is a "battered, barnacled beauty."

By Jo Kendall published 10 February 25

Norwegian prog trio hook up with Elephant9 keyboard player for epic saga

Marko Hietala blends love and instinct on Roses From The Deep, featuring Tarja reunion

By Paul Travers published 7 February 25

Reunion with Tarja Turunen is a high point on his second solo album, which mixes prog with vintage metal to impressive effect

Dream Theater’s Parasomnia largely lives up to the hype

By Paul Travers published 7 February 25

It’s back to the future as Mike Portnoy returns to the prog metal giants – bringing a little of their old magic with him

“They let go of a degree of preciousness”: Riverside are charged up on Live ID

By Chris Roberts published 5 February 25

The Polish prog metallers’ fourth live album contains maximum simpatico between band and audience

“Sometimes his lyrics are so indistinct they may as well be wordless. Sometimes they are actually wordless”: Jonathan Hultén’s Eyes Of The Living Night is brilliant and beautiful

By Dave Everley published 31 January 25

After channeling Nick Drake and Bert Jansch on his first record, the Swedish guitarist’s pivot from extreme metal brings him to a Kate Bush-like world

“These pieces aren’t so much produced as dramatised”: Soft Machine’s Softs vinyl remaster

By Sid Smith published 31 January 25

John Etheridge’s arrival adds a harder, defined edge to the band’s 1976 album

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s An Evening Of Yes Music Plus returns in 4-disc set

By Paul Ging published 31 January 25

Sound and vision elements of 1989 pay-per-ew show brought together in clamshell

“An airier touch on a record of extraordinary scope”: Wardruna’s Birna

By Paul Travers published 24 January 25

Dark Nordic folk collective’s sixth album takes the listener into hibernation and on to the new spring

Matt Berry’s Heard Noises adheres to his oblique vision

By Daryl Easlea published 24 January 25

His 13th album, self-performed except for drums, is another example of his fathomless imagination and instrumental prowess

Mogwai’s The Bad Fire is reassuringly blurry

By Chris Roberts published 24 January 25

11th album, which follows No.1 hit As The Love Continues, is a confident and competent helping of their curiously uplifting dourness