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Living On The Edge

Luke Machin is one of modern prog’s brightest sparks, but with his solo debut as Soulshine he wanted to do something completely different. The soul-heavy, genre-twisting album features a healthy number of guest spots from prog luminaries as it teeters off the edge of the genre's borders. That, says the guitarist, was intended and Prog catches up with him to find out more.

5 min |

Issue 164

Prog

Goodbye Stranger

When Supertramp co-founder Rick Davies' death was announced in September, the prog world mourned the loss of a great talent. We pay tribute to the British-born singer-songwriter by looking back over his remarkable career, which spanned nearly six decades, and place some of his best-loved songs under the microscope.

8 min |

Issue 164

Prog

No Reservations

After 10 wildly eclectic albums, Between The Buried And Me are changing tact. In The Blue Nowhere, the fictional hotel in which their latest concept album lives, the best and worst of humanity can be found. A gradient of genres conveys its chaos and calm, making for their brightest and boldest record to date. Prog checks in to find out more.

5 min |

Issue 164

Prog

VIPER SOUP COMPLEX

Maltese avant-proggers eyeball the path to success via performance art.

2 min |

Issue 164

Prog

DREAM THEATER LIVE LP INCOMING

The LP celebrates Mike Portnoy's return to the band he formed 40 years ago.

1 min |

Issue 164

Prog

KARNIVOOL ARE BACK WITH FIRST NEW LP IN 13 YEARS

In Verses sees the light of day next February.

1 min |

Issue 164

Prog

Elegy In Sound

Prog's favourite dog whisperer Rick Wakeman has taken an unexpected path on his latest release, Melancholia. The virtuoso musician explains the inspiration behind his new piano album of originals and reveals his exciting plans for the English Rock Ensemble, which include a \"full-on\" prog record with a tribute to his old friend David Bowie.

6 min |

Issue 164

Prog

I Wanted To End Humanity!

It's the end of the world as we know it, but Arjen Lucassen feels fine. So fine, in fact, that he's written what's described as \"the soundtrack to humanity's final days\". Thirteen years after his last proper solo album, the Dutch polymath has gone apocalyptic on Songs No One Will Hear with a little inspiration from some of his favourite sci-fi-themed records. He tells Prog what he'll be doing when the asteroid hits and his future plans for Ayreon.

7 min |

Issue 164

Prog

SUEDE

Some of the more disparaging reviews of Suede's second album accused it of being pretentious, overblown and pompous.

2 min |

Issue 164

Prog

Sacred Sounds

Since her 2010 debut album, acclaimed composer and virtuoso cellist Jo Quail has demonstrated that the melancholic-sounding stringed instrument has a place beyond the realm of classical music and spooky movie scores. On her latest album, Notan, she strips her breathtaking and otherworldly sound back to its purest parts, and its orchestral companion is due next year. She tells Prog why less is sometimes more.

5 min |

Issue 164

Prog

THE WOOD DEMONS

If you go down to the woods today, be sure of a twig surprise...

2 min |

Issue 164

Prog

JESSICA MOSS

Fuelled by a burning social and political conscience, the Canadian violinist turns protest into music.

1 min |

Issue 164

Prog

"It's an honest, autobiographical album."

In a state of flux and floundering after the commercial flop of their first two albums, Supertramp were close to throwing in the towel in early 1973. Enter producer du jour Ken Scott, hired in a desperate attempt to harness the creative yin and yang of songwriters Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson. The result was Crime Of The Century, an album that changed everything, and set the group on the pathway to artistic longevity and blockbuster future success.

8 min |

Issue 164

Prog

CONNOR KAMINSKI

YouTube shredder teams up with Jordan Rudess and more on his debut.

2 min |

Issue 164

Prog

YES TO TOUR FRAGILE IN THE UK NEXT YEAR

They also revisit Fly From Here - Return Trip and hint at the release of new material.

2 min |

Issue 164

Prog

The Power of Three

Despite a musical pedigree that includes prog luminaries like Mostly Autumn, Riversea and Lee Abraham, Moon Halo remain relatively undiscovered. Following the release of Trichotomy, their third studio album, Prog caught up with Marc Atkinson, David Clements and lain Jennings to find out how their three-way creative collaboration works.

4 min |