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ROSALIE CUNNINGHAM: AMOVIE FOR THE EARS

IF IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S IN HERE

STEPPING INTO THE LIGHT WITH SOLSTICE

Andy Glass and co leave the prog wilderness in a brand-new documentary.

APHRODITE’S CHILD’S 666 GETS BOX SET TREATMENT

Five-disc set includes remasters of 1972 double album.

MATT BERRY’S HAPPY ACCIDENTS

Vintage gear, experimentation and his mum’s choir help the process on new album.

AMAROK FOR PROG FOR PEART 2025

The Polish proggers to headline the charity event with German favourites Sylvan.

WARDRUNA RETURN WITH STUDIO LP AND LIVE DVD

Afeast of audio-visual shamanistic folk-prog kicks off 2025.

WINTER’S END 2025 CONFIRM LINE-UP

Part of the UK’s family of prog festivals, the intimate affair returns next April.

EVERY BONZO DOG HAS THEIR DAY

An absurdly extensive collection celebrates the pioneering musical madcaps.

FRESH INSIGHTS IN UPDATED HAWKWIND ORAL HISTORY

The space rockers will also be celebrated at aspecial event.

FAD GADGETS

Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.

DAVID RUFFY

Inspiring the wider music world…

PROG IN BRIEF

Krautrock heroes Can continue their series of live

EBONY BUCKLE

Solstice vocalist dives into fairy tales for her concept-driven solo career.

THE CLASH

COMBAT ROCK

MARK BARRON

Our far-out trip to far-flung prog

PROG IN BRIEF

Henihil iumqui dolent vendi Peter alis eate Hammill’s

CIVIL SERVICE

British post-rockers illuminate the path to success with 65daysofstatic producer.

WIN! GILMOUR DELUXE SET

What got us all grooving this month…

Now our turn…

The Editor Jerry Ewing KLONE The Unseen

GIANT WALKER

Bouncy Newcastle proggers out to make the genre as accessible as possible.

PIJN

Cinematic post-rock pulled from the throes of mourning.

JAKKO M JAKSZYK

Q & A

Wind And Wuthering: The Story Of Kate Bush’s The Kick Inside

In March 1978, a young singer-songwriter called Kate Bush shot to the top of the UK singles charts with Wuthering Heights. Based on Emily Brontë’s gothic novel of the same name, it was the centrepiece of Bush’s debut album, The Kick Inside, and introduced her elegant songwriting and explosive baroque pop to the unsuspecting masses. With a little help from some early collaborators and a few famous fans, Prog charts her journey from teenage wonder to one of the most unique and influential artists of the modern age.

Behind The Veil

In 1980, to coincide with the release of Never For Ever, future Prog writer Kris Needs approached a young Kate Bush for an interview. She took some convincing, but eventually agreed to not just one, but three, all of which took place at various intervals during the height of her commercial success. In this personal account, Needs recalls some of the most in-depth discussions that took place during the artist’s formative decade

OPETH

Family drama, a pair of prog legends and the bloke who sang The Final Countdown? The Swedish prog metal kings have made a concept album like no other.

BEARDFISH

Songs For Beating Hearts INSIDEOUTMUSIC Swedes surprise with

MARK BARRON

Redefinition MARKBARRON.BANDCAMP.COM Talented Canadian straddles prog,

CIVIL SERVICE

/// Light RIPCORD RECORDS Storytelling soundscapes come

JOE DENINZON & STRATOSPHEERIUS

Impostor! 7D MEDIA High-flying, self-therapeutic concept set

DILEMMA

The Purpose Paradox BUTLER RECORDS/V2 RECORDS Another

ELEPHANT9 WITH TERJE RYPDAL

Catching A Fire RUNE GRAMMOFON Norwegian trio

JOHN PATRICK ELLIOTT

My Role In The Show CARBON MOON RECORDS

FROST*

Life In The Wires INSIDEOUTMUSIC British prog

KLONE

The Unseen PELAGIC Grown-up prog metal from

FIELD MUSIC

Limits Of Language MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES Latest from

THE FIERCE & THE DEAD

Live At Ramsgate Music Hall ‘24 SPENCER PARK

GOAT

Goat ROCKET RECORDINGS Mysterious Swedes’ third album

GEORDIE GREEP

The New Sound ROUGH TRADE Rambunctious, revelatory

GRICE

Mordant Lake HUNGERSLEEP Autumnal art-rock with gentle

GRYPHON

Gryphon Live –ASonic Tonic TALKING ELEPHANT Medieval

SWALLOW THE SUN

Shining CENTURY MEDIA Finnish dark proggers explore their

HAWKLORDS

Relativity HAWKLORDS Eleventh album from renegade Hawkwind off-shoot.

HERIN

Hiding In Plain Sight THE LASER’S EDGE

HUIS

In The Face of the Unknown UNICORN DIGITAL

JAZZ PROG

Wayne Shorter’s first posthumous release, Celebration Volume

KOYO

Onism KOYOBAND.COM Leeds art-rockers’ revitalised, crowdfunded

TONY LEVIN

Bringing It Down To The Bass FLATIRON RECORDINGS

NESTED SHAPES

Dusk Blossom NESTEDSHAPES.BANDCAMP.COM Haken keyboard player

THE RESIDENTS

Dookietown CHERRY RED

ROBEONE

Optimistica TRANSGLOBAL RECORDS

SÓLSTAFIR

Hin Helga Kvöl CENTURY MEDIA

PROGRESSIVE METAL

Dom Lawson buckles up for a delve into the darker, heavier side.

VON HERTZEN BROTHERS

In Murmuration DOINGBEINGMUSIC

THE TIRITH

Live Earth Songs THETIRITH.BANDCAMP.COM

STICK IN THE WHEEL

AThousand Pokes FROM HERE MUSIC

DEVIN TOWNSEND

PowerNerd INSIDEOUTMUSIC

TRILOGY

Hidden Mysteries TRILOGYUK.BANDCAMP.COM

THE VERGE

The Verge IS IT JAZZ? RECORDS

RICK WAKEMAN

Yessonata CHERRY RED

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

Grant Moon has a rummage down the back of the Prog sofa for the ones that nearly got away…

EGG

Egg ESOTERIC

KEVIN AYERS

All This Crazy Gift Of Time: The Recordings 1969-1973 ESOTERIC

BILL BRUFORD

The Best Of Bill Bruford – The Winterfold &Summerfold Years WINTERFOLD/SUMMERFOLD

KING CRIMSON

Red (50th Anniversary Edition) PANEGYRIC

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF

Little Man KSCOPE

PHIL MANZANERA

50 Years Of Music UMR

DAVID SYLVIAN

Everything And Nothing UMR

XTC

Skylarking PANEGYRIC

STORM CORROSION

Storm Corrosion KSCOPE

THE CLOSEST THING TO CRAZY: MY LIFE OF MUSICAL ADVENTURES

Mike Batt BONNIER BOOKS

WENDY CARLOS: EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Mark Marrington SONICBOND

ROXY MUSIC: EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Michael Kulikowski SONICBOND

UNDER THE SURFACE

Mark Wilkinson TRIOUNDERTHESURFACE.COM

DAVID GILMOUR

VENUE CIRCO MASSIMO, ROME, ITALY DATE 27/09/2024

JON ANDERSON & THE BAND GEEKS

VENUE THE KESWICK THEATRE, GLENSIDE, PA, USA DATE 13/09/2024

HAKEN

VENUE O2 FORUM KENTISH TOWN, LONDON DATE 21/09/2024

KALANDRA

VENUE LAFAYETTE, LONDON DATE 21/09/2024  SUPPORT LILI REFRAIN

SYMPHONY X

VENUE ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL, LONDON .DATE 17/09/2024

BE PROG! MY FRIEND

VENUE POBLE ESPANYOL, BARCELONA, SPAIN DATE

PELAGIC FESTIVAL

VENUE MUZIEKGIETERIJ, MAASTRICHT, NETHERLANDS DATE 24/08/2024-25/08/2024 It’s

TIM BOWNESS & THE BUTTERFLY MIND BAND

VENUE THE CAMDEN CLUB, LONDON DATE 13/09/2024

A SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER

VENUE THE BEDFORD, LONDON .DATE 15/09/2024 The

WOKINGHAM FESTIVAL

VENUE CANTLEY PARK, WOKINGHAM DATE 26/08/2024 Over

ARCTANGENT

VENUE FERNHILL FARM, SOMERSET DATE 14/08/2024-17/08/2024

PRESS/DAVID ALBONE

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

There Can Be Only One!

Never meet your heroes, or so the saying goes, but Opeth have had a blast working with Ian Anderson on their latest, The Last Will And Testament. Bandleader Mikael Åkerfeldt and guitarist Fredrik Åkesson discuss the band’s proggiest album to date, the return of the growl and why blood isn’t always thicker than water

I mean, what is classical nowadays?

Tony Banks reflects on his role as a 21st-century classical composer.

FAR HORIZONS AND PANORAMIC AMBITIONS

Dutch five-piece Lesoir have been steadily gathering momentum over the last 15 years, and they hope to build on that with their latest release, Push Back The Horizon. Vocalist/ instrumentalist Maartje Meessen and guitarist Ingo Dassen discuss the creation of their sixth album, working with Muse’s production team, and their dream of bringing their intricate music to new audiences.

We’ve Not Been Expecting You

The unpredictable Frost* are back with Life In The Wires, a bold double concept album that revisits the mood of Milliontown. Bandleader Jem Godfrey tells Prog why he rolled out the solos on a record he describes as the most fun since their dazzling debut.

Symphly The Best

In the 70s, Barclay James Harvest almost bankrupted themselves by performing with an orchestra, but, several decades on, they’re celebrating last year’s performance with the Slaithwaite Philharmonic, captured on their latest live record, Philharmonic! The Orchestral Concert. John Lees reminisces over the band’s ambitious early years and bassist Craig Fletcher fills Prog in on JLBJH’s upcoming “progtastic” double album.

Fourth Dimension

The stock of melodic Northumberland-based proggers Stuckfish has been rising since they formed six years ago. Their fourth studio album, Stuckfish IV, represents an important watershed in the band’s musical evolution. Co-founders Adrian Fisher and Phil Stuckey tell Prog about the diverse influences that have helped to shape it.

On The Wing

Birds, break-ups, big choruses and the Charlie Chaplin effect can all be found on In Murmuration, the ninth album from Finland’s Von Hertzen Brothers. But as they embrace their power pop influences, have the Finns cast off their prog wizard cloaks once and for all? Mikko von Hertzen talks about the Seattle influence, songwriting secrets and sax solos.

CONTROLLED AIRSPACE

He’s about to embark on Dream Theater’s 40th Anniversary Tour, but keyboard maestro Jordan Rudess has taken time out to discuss his soaring new solo album, Permission To Fly. He tells Prog about defying expectations, teaming up with his linguist daughter and working with That Joe Payne on the project

A Part & Yet Apart

Sheffield-based 80s proggers Haze have returned with a new studio album, The Water’s Edge – their third since their 2013 comeback record, The Last Battle. Prog catches up with threequarters of the band to discuss Haze’s DIY ethos, the curse of prog and playing to Cumbrian sheep farmers.

PHIL MANZANERA

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Phil Manzanera. Best known for his work in Roxy Music, the British-born guitarist’s fascinating life is captured in his recent memoir, Revolución To Roxy. Outside of Roxy, he’s released countless solo albums, created the ‘special occasion’ supergroup 801 and collaborated with his bandmates Andy Mackay and Brian Eno, as well as David Gilmour, John Wetton and Godley & Creme, to name but a few. He discusses his remarkable career so far and the upcoming box set 50 Years Of Music.