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CARAVAN ANNOUNCE DELUXE BOX SET

The 37-disc set is the ultimate celebration of the Canterbury band’s career, including all of their official albums, lavish packaging and extras aplenty

PSB’S PAY TRIBUTE TO BOWIE ON NEW LP

Krautrock-inspired Bright Magic celebrates Europe and the city of Berlin

VDGG ANNOUNCE BOX SET OF CHARISMA YEARS

The lavish 20-disc set will be released in September

NEAL MORSE BAND TO DROP DOUBLE LP

Renamed NMB, the quintet’s Innocence And Danger is the record they “set out to make”

INTRO extras

NEW ALBUM FROM FLUTATIOUS Folky proggers Flutatious are

VAN GIERSBERGEN AND FINDLAY PLAN ACOUSTIC TOUR

Their 2022 European tour starts in London

FAUST UNEARTH THEIR EARLY YEARS ON NEW SET

New box set includes complete works from 1971-1974

PROGNOSIS FESTIVAL RETURNS FOR 2022

The two-day fest adds more bands to the bill, with some very special sets planned

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BIG BIG TRAIN DOC COMING IN AUGUST

BTBAM ANNOUNCE COLORSSEQUEL

The genre-blending record will feature special guests including Mike Portnoy

CURVED AIR’S FLORIAN PILKINGTON-MIKSA DIES

The original drummer of Curved Air passed away in May

FAD GADGETS

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

LEE AGNEW

Nazareth drummer, the son of founding bassist Pete Agnew, shares his passion for Tony Levin.

PROG IN BRIEF

The John Young Band (right) have reissued their

DIM GRAY

Norwegian post-progressive trio ring the changes on their debut album

PROG OUT TO HELP OUT

A Prog reader suggests how we could all help the live scene return to action

A LILY GRAY

Utah prog metal outfit love their local scene, but concerns about the future mean they want to get out

PROG IN BRIEF

Nighwish (right) will reissue their acclaimed 2004 album

BRUIT<_

French indie-rockers dive into art rock on their emotive release

WIN! IAN ANDERSON PRINTED GOODIES!

I mages are just as important as words,

ALPHA LIGHTING SYSTEM

The Mexico City quartet find their sweet spot in short-form progressive rock

RITUAL

Kaipa collaborator’s Moomin-friendly other band return after a 13-year break

LYLE WORKMAN

Over almost 40 years, the US guitarist has followed a very eclectic musical path. He discusses a career ranging from pop-rock with Bourgeois Tagg, backing Todd Rundgren, touring with Beck and even playing Live 8 with Sting, to film and TV work and his own solo albums

Lateralus Thinking

As Tool’s chart-topping, genre-reviving third album turns 20, bassist Justin Chancellor takes Prog inside the band’s creative process to hear about why he loves uncomfortable rhythms, the pressure of writing the follow-up to Ænima, and the long struggle to bring Lateralus to life

THE PROG INTERVIEW

DARRYL WAY

BIG BIG TRAIN

Unlucky 13? No chance. Classic prog’s modern-day flag bearers have survived a career-threatening crisis to deliver one of their finest albums yet

JORJA CHALMERS

Midnight Train ITALIANS DO IT BETTER

BOSS KELOID

Family The Smiling Thrush RIPPLE MUSIC

RAVEN BUSH

Fall Into Noise PRAH RECORDINGS

JONATHAN CASEY

Elegies JONATHANWCASEY.BANDCAMP.COM

ROGER CHAPMAN

Life In The Pond RUF RECORDS

DELVING

Hirschbrunnen STICKMAN RECORDS

GIANCARLO ERRA

Departure Tapes KSCOPE

DANNY ELFMAN

Big Mess ANTI-/EPITAPH

THE GRID/FRIPP

Leviathan PANEGYRIC

ENSLAVED

Cinematic Tour 2020 NUCLEAR BLAST

CRAIG FORTNAM

Ark ONOMATOPEIA RECORDS

HANS HJELM

Factory Reset KUNGENS LJUD & BILD

K.D.A.P.

Influences ARTS & CRAFTS

GARY KEMP

Insolo SONY MUSIC

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD

Butterfly 3000 KGLW

LAURA MEADE

The Most Dangerous Woman In America DOONE RECORDS

KLONE

Alive KSCOPE

OLA KVERNBERG

Steamdome II: The Hypogean GRAPPA MUSIC

MAGENTA

Angels And Damned TIGERMOTH

JAZZ PROG

Sid Smith rounds up the best releases from prog’s jazzier reaches

PLENTY

Enough BURNING SHED

TOM NEWMAN

A Faerie Symphony II TIGERMOTH

JOHN PALUMBO

Hollywood Blvd CARRY ON MUSIC

THE RESONANCE ASSOCIATION

You Will Know When The Time Is Right TRAHQ.BANDCAMP.COM

SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM

Percipio Ergo Sum SINGLECELLEDORGANISM.BANDCAMP.COM

SOURCE

Ethereal Self LISTENTOSOURCE.COM

STONE GIANTS

West Coast Love Stories NOMARK

PROGRESSIVE FOLK

Paul Sexton takes in tablas, harps and a dulcitar amid the prog folk flavours

PORCUPINE TREE

House Of Blues TRANSMISSION

STYX

Crash Of The Crown ALPHA DOG 2T/UME

TERAMAZE

Sorella Minore WELLS MUSIC

DEVIN TOWNSEND

Devolution Series #2 – Galactic Quarantine INSIDEOUT

THEO TRAVIS

Songs From The Apricot Tree ETHERSOUNDS

MICHAEL WOODMAN

Psithurism BELIEVERS ROAST

FRANK ZAPPA

Zappa ’88: The Last US Show ZAPPA RECORDS

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

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

THE GRAHAM BOND ORGANIZATION

Wade In The Water: Classics, Origins & Oddities REPERTOIRE

ASIA

The Reunion Albums 2007-2012 BMG

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

If 60’s Were 90’s RILLY GROOVY MUSIC

CAMEL

Breathless ESOTERIC

CRACK THE SKY

Between The Cracks CARRY ON MUSIC

GENTLE GIANT

Free Hand ALUCARD

GREENSLADE

Temple Songs: The Albums – 1973 - 1975 ESOTERIC

OPEN ROAD

Windy Daze ESOTERIC

OPETH

Blackwater Park MUSIC FOR NATIONS

MEDICAL GRADE MUSIC

Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi WHITE WHITE RABBIT

DECADES: FOCUS IN THE 1970s

Stephen Lambe SONICBOND

THAT JOE PAYNE

By Name By Nature Tour THATJOEPAYNE.COM

THE ELECTRIC MUSE REVISITED: THE STORY OF FOLK INTO ROCK AND BEYOND

Karl Dallas, Robin Denselow, Dave Laing & Robert Shelton OMNIBUS

MY PROG

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

AWAY WITH THE FAIRIES

In 1977, Tubular Bells producer Tom Newman released an album that had Mike Oldfield fans scratching their heads. Faerie Symphony was an experimental dark tale that was buried by the rise of punk. Forty-four years later, he’s back with its sequel: A Faerie Symphony II. Prog catches up with him to chat about his childhood fears, how he learned to speak ‘faerie’ and his dreams of playing the two enchanted albums live

The Strangest Times

When the world began to fall apart, Big Big Train found comfort in writing about it. Their latest album, Common Ground, tries to make sense of chaos and find an emotional escape. Core members Greg Spawton and David Longdon bring Prog up-to-date with the collective’s current line-up and their even bolder musical direction

The Final Cut?

In the three years since Nosound’s last studio album, bandleader Giancarlo Erra has taken a solo diversion into the world of ambient music. Prog uncovers the emotional story behind his new release, Departure Tapes, and finds out what the future holds for his main group

REFLECTIONS

When Gentle Giant called it a day in 1980, its musicians had no idea that more than 40 years later, their glorious music would continue to inspire and influence new generations of progressive artists. Core members Kerry Minnear and the Shulman brothers, Derek and Ray, reflect on one of their finest moments and biggest commercial successes, 1975’s Free Hand, and discuss its recent reissue

Got It Taped

Forget progressive metal and folk, Riverside’s Mariusz Duda has gone back to his favourite childhood cassettes on his new solo album, Claustrophobic Universe. Released less than six months after Lunatic Soul’s rustic Through Shaded Woods, it’s packed with minimalist electronic instrumentals that are a world away from his other projects. He tells Prog the story behind it

Taking The Plunge

Sometimes the best ideas come from the bottom of a pint glass and Silver Lake By Esa Holopainen is a fine example. The new solo project and album has allowed Amorphis’ lead guitarist to flex musical muscles of a slightly different kind and has given way to some of the first lyrics he’s penned in three decades. Prog catches up with the musician to find out more about his star-studded release

Gary Kemp

He’s the longtime Pink Floyd fan who rose to fame in the 80s as Spandau Ballet’s guitarist and then retreated to acting. He’s since joined Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets and has just released his eclectic second solo album. So we have to ask: how prog is Gary Kemp?

The Lure Of Oblivion

As the unstoppable Motorpsycho trip out with Kingdom Of Oblivion, Bent Sæther talks to Prog about the vital importance of being free to follow wherever the muse leads them, even if it’s on a merry dance with Greta Thunberg, Victorian weirdos and a cosmic octopus

One For The Ages

Frost* have returned with their first album in five years, and the English prog rockers have put the blow of losing drummer Craig Blundell behind them to forge one of their best records yet. Prog catches up with Jem Godfrey and John Mitchell to find out more about Day And Age and the journey that brought them to it

Enter The Anomaly

After emerging from New York’s fusion scene in the late 90s, Jane Getter has been venturing further and further into the world of progressive rock. The guitarist and bandleader talks to Prog about the inspiration behind her new album, Anomalia, breaking out of jazz clubs, and why she’d rather write about the real world than unicorns

The Perfect Repeat Prescription

Back in 1992, Spiritualized released their groundbreaking debut, Lazer Guided Melodies, and cemented their place as one of the coolest modern psychedelic acts of the time. As the band begin work on their long-awaited ninth album, Prog catches up with singer and guitarist Jason Pierce to find out more about the Spaceman reissue campaign, which sees their first four albums released on vinyl

One Hump, Not Two

What a difference a decade makes! After an eight-year break from the studio, Vienna Circle return with their elegant third album, Secrets Of The Rising Sun. This time, the guitar-led release finds Paul Davis completing the circle alone. Prog catches up with the musician to discuss his passion for Camel, and find out why a change is just as good as a rest