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RUSH’S MOVING PICTURES REISSUED

IF IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S IN HERE

SEL BALAMIR FINDS HOME FOR ORPHANS

The “genre-fluid” prog star on his second solo album, and the return of Amplifier

PROCOL HARUM FRONTMAN GARY BROOKER DEAD AT 76

The star passed away peacefully at home on February 19

JON ANDERSON ON PATREON AND MORE

The Yes legend offers up fan exclusives, autobiography, shows and a sequel to Olias.

INTRO extras

PROG STARS JOIN RADAR FESTIVAL There’s a strong

TIGER MOTH TALES BRING THE SPRING

Camel’s Andy Latimer is among the guest players on new album, A Song Of Spring.

WORRIEDABOUTSATAN TO INDULGE IN BLOODSPORT

Gavin Miller on the ‘gnarled, aggressive’ energy of album nine

MS AMY BIRKS BACK WITH ALBUM TWO

In Our Souls features the Brontës’ poetry set to music, with John Hackett among guests

INTRO extras

BROCK IN A BOX! Hawkwind leader Dave Brock

NEW PURE REASON REVOLUTION MUSIC

The British art rockers return with “optimistic” album, Above Cirrus, in May

PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS ARE PASSING THROUGH AGAIN

The US group promise “stylistic detours” on album three

FAD GADGETS

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

THE LAZY EYES

Our far-out trip to far-flung prog

PROG IN BRIEF

TANYA GHOSH One of our recent Limelight bands,

HELD BY TREES

Talk Talk veterans team up on inspired post-rock project

SECRET AFFAIR

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS  (I-SPY, 1980)

ECLIPSE MUSIC

Saluting the scene’s supporting crew

PROG IN BRIEF

Yes/King Crimson Henihil drum iumqui legend legend Bill

SILENT SKIES

Accomplished Swedish-American duo tap into pop and prog for second album

WIN! PULSE & PIPER PACKAGE

On October 20, 1994, Pink Floyd took over

JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE

Rising Swedish star finds his path on collaborative second album

JOMO TUUN

Inventive instrumental trio with a devious take on progressive metal

JULIAN LITTMAN

Q&A

THE PROG INTERVIEW

Wolfgang Flür

VON HERTZEN BROTHERS

Finland’s prodigal sibling trio serve up an early contender for Album Of The Year with their eighth LP

CLIVE MITTEN

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

IN MEMORY OF IAN McDONALD

King Crimson co-founder Ian McDonald died in February, leaving behind an unequalled legacy. Although the multi-instrumentalist’s official tenure with the band was brief, he made countless contributions to their later material and also made guest appearances with Steve Hackett and Darryl Way. Crimson biographer Sid Smith remembers the musician without whom The Court Of The Crimson King would have sounded very different

Solid Mental Grace

In 1972, Yes released the most ambitious album of their then career. Close To The Edge found them reaching peak creativity with a long-form record that was influenced, in part, by Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha, but it also saw Bill Bruford wave goodbye (at least for a couple of decades) to the band that had launched his career. Fifty years on, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Jon Anderson and Bill Bruford look back on the band’s inspired fifth album and the spiritual journey it took them on

Three Isn’t A Crowd

When Spock’s Beard founder members Neal Morse and Nick D’Virgilio revealed they were reuniting for a new project, no one could have imagined that Haken’s Ross Jennings would join them. D’Virgilio, Morse & Jennings discuss combining three-part harmonies with a hefty dose of blues, country and prog on Troika

Keeping The Dream Alive

Five years on from Quantum Gate, Tangerine Dream have reassembled for their second, post-Froese album, Raum. The current line-up tell Prog about Edgar’s clear vision for the band’s sound and how they’re shouldering the responsibility of continuing the Tangs’ 55-year legacy into the next decade and beyond

Travelling In Time

King Crimson alumnus David Cross and contemporary classical musician Andrew Keeling have reunited on October Is Marigold. The pair tell Prog about their unexpected partnership and why the right chemistry is so important when it comes to making music

Starting Over

Dreams of escapism, lyrics about squabbling spouses, an upcycled poem and the dying cries of a piano are all woven into the patterns of Two Piece Puzzle. Rosalie Cunningham tells Prog about the challenges of creating her kaleidoscopic new album twice over

WILDERNESS YEARS

Von Hertzen Brothers used the enforced solitude of the last two years to work on their grand and poignant eighth album, which might just be their masterpiece. Mikko Von Hertzen reveals how the Finns raised their Red Alert In The Blue Forest

All Change!

For the last 12-plus months, Black Country, New Road have enjoyed the sort of acclaim many young bands could only dream of. But, in the days before they released their second album, their lead vocalist, Isaac Wood, announced he was quitting. Sax player Lewis Evans and drummer Charlie Wayne talk to Prog about creating Ants From Up There and why they’ve decided to carry on as a sextet

Mystical Purpose

Once darlings of the 80s pop scene, Tears For Fears have made a bold return with their first new album since 2004’s Everybody Loves A Happy Ending. The Tipping Point finds the duo embarking on a united quest to strike musical gold via a more experimental path. Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith discuss how their reunion led to them rediscovering themselves

Out Of The Blue

Prog readers voted Brightonbased Azure 2021’s Best Unsigned Band in our annual readers’ poll. Originally created as a university project, Azure have now taken the plunge into the great unknown. Founders Christopher Sampson and Galen Stapley tell us how fantasy and art help them imagine their epic musical stories

Toying With Time

On album number five, progressive fusion metal pioneers Animals As Leaders have gone heavier, but they’ve also become smarter. Guitarists Tosin Abasi and Javier Reyes talk us through the importance of time and patience on Parrhesia, their most focused and fulfilling record yet

Journey Into The Unknown

First teased two years ago, Jettison is And So I Watch You From Afar’s grandest work to date. Originally conceived as a soundtrack to a movie yet to be made, it’s taken the Belfast instrumental rockers five years to perfect. Guitarist Rory Friers takes Prog on a journey through a multimedia soundscape that finds them working with the Arco String Quartet, Emma Ruth Rundle and Clutch’s Neil Fallon

FLYING HIGH AGAIN

Hot on the heels of their recent reissues campaign, Spiritualized return with a new studio album, Everything Was Beautiful. Mainman Jason Pierce emerges from hibernation to discuss the band’s ninth record and his mission to make the music on it sound as natural as possible in an unnatural environment