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THE MUSICAL BOX
Exploring Birdsong finally release their debut album. Has the seven-year wait been worth it? Plus reviews of new releases from Pink Floyd, Chris Squire, Supertramp, Hawkwind, Kristoffer GildenlÖw, MONO, Prince Of Failure, Liminal Sky, Anekdoten, Tom Penaguin, Lifesigns, Nektar and loads more

A.A. Williams
Atmospheric post-rocker on balancing crippling shyness with playing arenas, and her new album, Solstice.

Burning Shed
Celebrating 25 years of everyone’s favourite online prog store.

STEVE HACKETT AND ROTHERY TAKE THE PLUNGE ON NEW LP

Hackett forewarns that this isn’t a “shredders’ convention” and says you’ve not heard them like this before.

2 mins

SMITH AND WILEMAN TEAM UP FOR FOLK-HORROR LP

Samhain Tree marks new partnership for Karda Estra man.

1 mins

FLOYD ASSOCIATE GETS SANITY CHECK

Staring Sane is Ron Geesin's newest release - and it only took 12 years to arrive!

1 mins

MASTODON HONOUR HINDS ON MOURNFUL NEW SINGLE

A new album is expected later in the year.

1 mins

THE OCEAN LOOK UP TO THE STARS

They return with a brand-new line-up and examine the human condition.

1 mins

PHIL MANZANERA REFORMS QUIET SUN

Cult favourite Mainstream is reissued and new music could be incoming.

1 mins

HOGIA EXPLORE IDENTITY ON THEIR NINTH ALBUM

Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate are entering a period of increased activity.

1 mins

EMMA RUTH RUNDLE GOES HEAD ON

The singer-songwriter returns with a full band to tackle contemporary concerns.

1 mins

EDISON'S CHILDREN COME FULL CIRCLE

Sci-fi-inspired trio return with more close encounters of the prog kind.

2 mins

ANDY TURNER

Despite a well-established punk pedigree, the Instigators' frontman had his head turned by the proto-prog of The Pretty Things.

1 mins

LAST SCENE ALIVE

US alt-jazz trio summon up an eclectic mix of next-gen bangers.

2 mins

ANTARIKSH

Mixing influences from opposite sides of the compass, the result is exciting new prog from India.

1 mins

TOMITA- SNOWFLAKES ARE DANCING

History can be terribly unkind. While 70s synth-prog pioneers Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson and Vangelis are regularly showered with praise, it seems odd that the innovative Japanese composer, musician and producer Isao Tomita appears to have fallen between the cracks of popular memory.

2 mins

FORAGER

A delicious blend of pop, progressive jazz and R&B with an added spoonful of sugar.

2 mins

GOLDEN SAMPHIRE BAND

Junkboy side-project return to nature for psych-folk pocket symphonies.

2 mins

PREY

Indian hotshot guitarist adds vibrancy to the instrumental scene.

2 mins

SHANE EMBURY

Napalm Death's bassist on his passion for prog, flirting with Cardiacs and his very progressive new solo album.

4 mins

"I'm the luckiest guy I know..."

Jethro Tull's venerable bandleader Ian Anderson is no stranger to interviews, but he's never done one quite like this before. We've lined up an all-star cast of friends, collaborators and admirers to give him a grilling he won't forget! We get his thoughts on all manner of topics, from the serious to the candid, in one of the most revealing Q&As he's ever given.

10+ mins

A Step Into The Unknown: The Journey To Under Wraps

The 1980s brought new elements to Jethro Tull’s music. Following on from Ian Anderson’s would-be solo album, A, and The Broadsword And The Beast’s folk-synth hybrid, came a more solid electronic sound. The recently reissued Under Wraps and Anderson’s true solo debut, Walk Into Light, harnessed the latest technology and the talents of their new keyboardist Peter-John Vettese. Anderson takes Prog on a journey through their creation.

10+ mins

THE NEVER-ENDING TRILOGY

Aurora is the third Yes studio album to be released in five years, an astonishing work rate for a veteran band who seem to be riding a genuine wave of creativity. Prog spoke to Steve Howe and vocalist Jon Davison about this burst of activity and how, even after nearly 60 years, the band are still honing their craft.

7 mins

Bashful Blues

A.A. Williams thought she was too shy to be a solo artist. But, after growing tired of life as a classical musician and stumbling upon a guitar outside her flat, the post-rock singer/multi-instrumentalist found herself supporting Sleep Token and sharing a label with Opeth. She tells Prog about her unlikely journey - and why she wants to play Wembley Stadium one day.

5 mins

Shed Happens

This year marks the 25th anniversary of celebrated progressive music label and online store Burning Shed. Business co-founder (and No-Man lead vocalist/solo artist) Tim Bowness recounts the story of the Shed's humble origins.

6 mins

A Very, Very, Very Fine House

It’s been seven years in the making, but Exploring Birdsong are finally ready to release their debut, Every House We Built. On it, the young British trio use property as a metaphor and turn painful personal experiences into something beautiful via playful alt-prog sounds. Prog makes an appointment with vocalist and pianist Lynsey Ward to find out more.

7 mins

Hearts Of Darkness

When Messenger announced they were going on indefinite hiatus in 2016, Jaime Gomez Arellano and Daniel Knight knew this wasn't the end of their music-making days. The pair have reunited as Liminal Sky and teamed up with some of the Nordic dark prog world’s most experimental artists for their debut album, All Tomorrow's Darkness. Gomez Arellano tells Prog about the project and the melancholic themes that inspired it.

5 mins

Dark Beauty

Flamenco, tango, disappearing people, and a Red Hot Chili Pepper? Those unlikely ingredients combine on the heaviest album yet from Tarja Turunen. Finland's symphonic prog metal queen tells Prog about swimming away from the shore, finally getting to know her former bandmate Marko Hietala, and writing without fear on Frisson Noir.

5 mins

Symphonies In Bloom

Japanese post-rockers MONO have tapped into themes of grief and mourning on their 13th studio album, Snowdrop. Inspired by the floral tributes left on graves, the band have coined a musical language to communicate the emotions of grief that words can't always convey. Guitarist Takaakira ‘Taka’ Goto and producer Brad Wood reflect on their late collaborator Steve Albini and moving forward with new ideas.

5 mins

Everybody Loves A Happy Ending

The Paradox Twin frontman and sole songwriter, Danny Sorrell, began work on his band's third LP, A Romance Of Many Dimensions, during a turbulent period in his personal life. Now on the other side, he reflects on both a solitary and collaborative creative process, and how his own experiences with grief, isolation and digital dependency are mirrored in the album's concept.

5 mins

Flock And Roll

Most famous for his spectacular live shows latterly with the Fantastic Squad, French prog rocker Franck Carducci has channelled that same driven energy into his current solo studio album, Sheeple, made with a little help from his friends. He tells Prog about some of the powerful stories and influences behind its songs.

5 mins

STEVE HOGARTH

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it's Steve Hogarth. Although best known as Marillion's vocalist, he had numerous false starts in the early years of his musical career and nearly gave it all up just before an old friend encouraged him to send a demo to Marillion after Fish's departure. Since then, he's released 16 albums with the band, toured as a solo artist and collaborated with countless others, including Richard Barbieri and Dream Theater. He speaks candidly about his past, his soon-to-be-reissued solo album, Ice Cream Genius, and his proudest moments so far.

10+ mins

EXPLORING BIRDSONG

Prog? Rock? Pop? Electronica? The Liverpool trio prove they're all of those and much more as they finally take flight with their much-anticipated debut album.

3 mins

KRISTOFFER GILDENLÖW

Ex-Pain Of Salvation multi-instrumentalist ventures into heavier waters.

2 mins

HAWKWIND

Dave Brock and co mix up the medicine.

2 mins

LIMINAL SKY

Former Messenger collaborators return in elegantly gloomy fettle.

2 mins

MONO

Japanese post-rock veterans' emotive memorial to absent friends.

2 mins

PRINCE OF FAILURE

Modern prog metal stars unite in a brand-new project.

2 mins

TOM PENAGUIN

Second solo album from youthful Canterbury-inspired multi-instrumentalist.

2 mins

EMERSON, LAKE & POWELL

Vinyl reproduction of patchy but worthy one-off album from 1986.

2 mins

PINK FLOYD

Legendary tracks brought together from group's 70s heyday.

2 mins

CHRIS SQUIRE

Dive in again with Atmos, 5.1 surround sound and stereo mixes.

2 mins

SUPERTRAMP

One sold-out night in London brings palpable magic.

2 mins

JON ANDERSON & THE BAND GEEKS

Ex-Yes frontman Jon Anderson hit the jackpot when he teamed up with The Band Geeks several years ago.

3 mins

ANGINE DE POITRINE

Angine De Poitrine became a YouTube viral sensation earlier this year and their fame has spread like small pox ever since.

2 mins

JETHRO TULL

In their seventh decade, Jethro Tull are as busy as ever.

3 mins

OZRIC TENTACLES

\"That was one from back in the day.\" Flautist Saskia Maxwell addresses the crowd following the airing of another Ozric Tentacles classic, adding with an elfin, \"in fact it's older than I am!\"

2 mins

CLAIRE HAMILL BAND

A likable acoustic duo from down the A coast in Newhaven, Dandelion Charm seduce a room full of early birds with just Clare Fowler's lead voice, 12-string guitar from her husband John and some divine interlocking harmony parts.

2 mins

MAGENTA

Magenta is an unusual colour that isn’t found in the visible spectrum of light.

2 mins

STICK MEN

The formula isn't that complicated: put three virtuoso musicians with direct and indirect King Crimson connections into a band and turn them loose.

2 mins

A PROG DAY IN MAY

The delightful Key Theatre is home for this relatively new addition to the prog calendar, courtesy of our friends at Progzilla Radio and their drive to promote up-and-coming bands.

2 mins

THE GATHERING

Three decades and change since its release, Mandylion still exerts a singular gravitational pull.

3 mins

EARTHSIDE

If there's a unifying theme for tonight's concert marking Earthside's long-awaited return to London, it's the multifarious mechanisms through which technology and human creativity interact. Cestra, aka Kat Marsh, the founder of Choir Noir who've worked with Bring Me The Horizon and TesseracT, starts the proceedings.

1 mins

THE UTOPIA STRONG

Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi are already at the venue amiably chatting to fans when Prog arrives at The Piper on a sweltering Sunday evening, offering a smile, a shrug and a genial, \"We don't know, we think they might be running a bit late...\" when we ask what time they're due onstage. So far, so informal. And, as we'll find out, it's entirely in keeping with what pans out as an esoteric and enjoyable night's entertainment.

2 mins

KARNIVOOL

Somehow 11 years have passed since Karnivool last played at the Roundhouse and tonight guitarist Drew Goddard thunders through Simple Boy to a rapt audience.

3 mins

DESERTFEST

If you want capes, Desertfest has got them. As unlikely as that may seem let's not forget that, back in 2015, Prog (magazine and music) had our own stage at the event, and since then this increasingly musically inquisitive festival has assimilated more and more bands of a progressive hue into its line-up, much in the same way Bloodstock Festival does as well. It makes for a great weekend's entertainment.

2 mins

JONAS LINDBERG

The great and good of progressive music give us a glimpse into their prog worlds. As told to Grant Moon.

2 mins

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Utgivare: Future

Kategori: Music

Språk: English

Frekvens: Monthly

Prog is an international magazine devoted to progressive music in all its guises. From the classic pioneers of the 70s through the 80s Marillion-helmed revival, to the impact of the likes of Radiohead and Muse in the 90s and today’s vibrant and ever-developing scene spearheaded by the likes of Steven Wilson, Opeth and Anathema. With our strong network of contacts the magazine gets behind the big stories of yesteryear and brings you the best coverage of what’s happening today with exclusive and informative interviews. The website brings you all the latest news from the world of prog. Astounding sounds from amazing, intelligent and thought-provoking music.