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BILL BRUFORD MAKES A SONG AND DANCE

IF IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S IN HERE

ROXY MUSIC’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

Bryan Ferry and band mark their halfcentury with 13 concerts, and reissues

IT’S OFFICIAL: TIM BOWNESS HAS A BUTTERFLY MIND

The No-Man artist marks 40 years in music with new LP

JAMES LABRIE BACK WITH SOLO ALBUM

The acoustic sound of A Beautiful Shade Of Grey was inspired by Led Zeppelin

THE TANGENT’S NEW ‘MEGA PROG’ RECORD

Andy Tillison breaks down Songs From The Hard Shoulder, out on InsideOut in June

OPETH’S IN CAUDA VENENUM EXTENDED AND REISSUED

Mikael Åkerfeldt and band are on tour with Mastodon

JO QUAIL’S FESTIVAL COMMISSION TO AIR

The cellist will unveil The Cartographer at Roadburn in April, with album to follow

SOLO DEBUT FOR HAKEN GUITARIST

Charlie Griffiths gets heavy and digs deep on “palaeontology-based” Tiktaalika.

KEITH EMERSON’S CAREER CELEBRATED IN NEW BOOK

Due this autumn, an in-depth look at the ELP star’s life

FAD GADGETS

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

NIGEL GLOCKLER

Inspiring the wider music world…

WHAT STRANGE BEASTS

Washington go-getters tap into classic harmonies on their psych-soaked debut

JEFF BUCKLEY GRACE

(Columbia, 1994)

JYOCHO

Our far-out trip to far-flung prog

LALU

French soundtrack composer embraces pop-prog with an all-star guestlist

OMEGA POINT

Ex-The Reasoning bassist teams up with Karnataka and Ghost Community players

TONY PATTERSON & DOUG MELBOURNE

Genesis-inspired British duo create an emotional tribute on their second album

ROGER ENO

Brian’s talented brother discusses inequality, Satie and using classical orchestration on his new solo album, The Turning Year

THE PROG INTERVIEW DAVE SINCLAIR

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Dave Sinclair. A former member of The Wilde Flowers and Caravan co-founder, his CV reads like a Who’s Who of the Canterbury scene with stints in Camel and Hatfield And The North. This keyboard player and songwriter is also a solo artist in his own right and, for the last couple of decades, has been living in Japan. His latest release, Hook Line & Sinclair, collates unreleased home and studio recordings from the last 40 years and includes guest appearances from his old bandmates Robert Wyatt, Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings and Richard Sinclair. He discusses his career so far

RUSH

A stellar unreleased live set, toy cars and reimagined artwork? The Canadian trio’s 1981 masterpiece gets the reissue treatment

COHEED AND CAMBRIA

Vaxis II: A Window On The Waking Mind ROADRUNNER

CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL

There Is No Time SEPTAPHONIC RECORDS

GREENSLADE AND THOMAS

G&T ANGEL AIR

DIVIDED BY DESIGN

Irretraceable Steps

EVERGREY

A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament) NAPALM

GABRIEL KELLER

Clair Obscur GABRIELKELLER.BANDCAMP.COM

GURU GURU

Made In Switzerland – Official Bootleg GURUGURU1.BANDCAMP.COM

FISH

The Last Straw – Live In Glasgow 2018 CHOCOLATE FROG

KAPREKAR’S CONSTANT

The Murder Wall TALKING ELEPHANT

HÄLLAS

Isle Of Wisdom

KIRK HAMMETT

Portals BLACKENED RECORDINGS

HIGH PULP

Pursuit Of Ends ANTI- RECORDS

KALANDRA

Kingdom Two Crowns: Norse Lands Soundtrack BY NORSE

KITE PARADE

The Way Home WHITE KNIGHT RECORDS

LAIBACH

Wir Sind Das Volk: Ein Musical Aus Deutschland MUTE

MESHUGGAH

Immutable ATOMIC FIRE

LORDS OF FORM

Flying Chromium LORDSOFFORM.BANDCAMP.COM

OH HIROSHIMA

Myriad NAPALM

OKSANA LINDE

Aquatic And Other Worlds BUH RECORDS

PROGRESSIVE METAL

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

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF

Give It Back KSCOPE

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS

The Magical Mystery Machine (Chapter Two) GLASSVILLE RECORDS

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

Night Gnomes MARATHON ARTISTS

SEL BALAMIR

()rphans SELBALAMIR.BANDCAMP.COM

SNOWMAN

In A Better Place SNOWMANPROGROCK.BANDCAMP.COM

THE CHEMISTRY SET

Pink Felt Trip FRUITS DE MER

TIGER MOTH TALES

A Song of Spring WHITE KNIGHT RECORDS

POST-ROCK

Alex Lynham guides us through the peaks and valleys of essential post-rock

PURE REASON REVOLUTION

Above Cirrus INSIDEOUT

DEVIN TOWNSEND

Dreampiece

VOLA

Live From The Pool MASCOT

WARDRUNA

Kvitravn – First Flight Of The White Raven MUSIC FOR NATIONS

WORRIEDABOUTSATAN

Bloodsport THIS IS IT FOREVER

XPROPAGANDA

The Heart Is Strange ZTT

ZACH TABORI

Soft Boiled FLESH FURY

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

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

JADE WARRIOR

Jade Warrior/Last Autumn’s Dream

BB BLUNDER

Workers’ Playtime ESOTERIC

ROGER CHAPMAN

Moth To A Flame – The Recordings 1979-1981 ESOTERIC

STEVE JOLIFFE

Magical/Dream/A Beautiful Mystery/333 RSK ENTERTAINMENT

NEKTAR

…Sounds Like This ESOTERIC

MIKE RUTHERFORD

Smallcreep’s Day MUSIC ON CD

PORCUPINE TREE

The Sky Moves Sideways TRANSMISSION

OLIVER WAKEMAN

Collaborations ELFLOCK RECORDS

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Dave Brock Presents… This Was Your Future: Space Rock (And Other Psychedelics) 1978-1998 CHERRY RED

1973: THE GOLDEN YEAR OF PROGRESSIVE ROCK

Geoffrey Feakes SONICBOND PUBLISHING

OPETH: EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Jordan Blum SONICBOND PUBLISHING

RADIOHEAD: LIFE IN A GLASSHOUSE

John Aizlewood PALAZZO EDITIONS

STRAT! THE CHARISMATIC LIFE & TIMES OF TONY STRATTON SMITH

Chris Groom WYMER PUBLISHING

WILL IRELAND VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR

VENUE THE LONDON PALLADIUM DATE 24/02/2022

NORDIC GIANTS

As society was forced in and out of lockdown,

TANGERINE DREAM

It seems bizarre that Tangerine Dream should have

THE PINEAPPLE THIEF

When the pandemic first struck, The Pineapple Thief were

ANDERS BUAAS

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

IN MEMORY OF GARY BROOKER

Procol Harum’s singer-songwriter Gary Brooker MBE took the band from the British R&B scene to the burgeoning prog movement, and he quickly became one of the genre’s pioneers. His distinctive voice added elegance to the band’s unique blend of baroque pop and progressive rock, and his classical piano training made him a sought-after guest musician appearing with a wide variety of artists from George Harrison to Kate Bush. He died from cancer in February, at the age of 76, and we pay tribute to the rich musical legacy he leaves behind

Take One: Action!

It was the album that was never supposed to be, and now Rush’s Moving Pictures has been given a 40th anniversary reissue. Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson recall angry mobs, out-of-control aeroplanes and Superman in the story behind the hugely successful record that gave us Tom Sawyer and defined the sound of rock music in the early 80s

Arabian Nights

When it was released in 1975, Scheherazade And Other Stories divided critics with its sprawling title track and concept. As Renaissance’s unusual sixth album heads towards its 50th anniversary, it’s been lovingly remastered, expanded and reissued via Esoteric. Longstanding vocalist Annie Haslam recalls the story of its inspired creation

It’s A Sign

In the early 80s, keyboard players William Gilmour and Martin Russell left The Enid to form Craft. Despite the promise of good things following the release of their self-titled album in ’84, the band disappeared almost as quickly as they appeared. Five decades on, the long out-of-print Craft has been expanded and reissued as First Signs [Definitive Edition], and Prog catches up with the pair to find out more

OLD DOGS & NEW TRICKS

One of this year’s biggest surprises has been the announcement of Alex Lifeson’s new synthrock project Envy Of None. With their self-titled debut album out now, the Rush guitarist, along with bassist Andy Curran and up-and-coming vocalist Maiah Wynne, tell Prog all about its inception and the very special tribute to Neil Peart that closes their first chapter

WALL OF SOUND

Folk prog collective Kaprekar’s Constant scale new heights on their third album The Murder Wall, telling the stories of success and failure conquering the north face of Europe’s most forbidding mountain, the Eiger. The collective’s founders Nick Jefferson, Al Nicholson and Mike Westergaard explain how they drew their inspiration for the album among the ropes and ice picks

A Spring In His Step

Peter Jones has been making elegant sounds as Tiger Moth Tales for almost a full decade, but on his sixth album, he’s decided to go back to basics with a more of a traditional prog rock approach. Here, he discusses the upbeat A Song Of Spring, the perils of setting tight deadlines, and what lies ahead for Camel

The World’s Your Oyster

It’s been seven years since prog metallers Symphony X last released an album, but guitarist Michael Romeo hasn’t been idly twiddling thumbs. Prog finds out more about his grand third solo album, War Of The Worlds, Pt. 2, and what may be ahead for his day job band

The Simple Life

When experimental Norwegian artist Jenny Hval found herself forcibly isolated during 2020’s lockdown, her musical ideas were stripped back to near-pop song structures. But what Hval calls ‘pop’ has become Classic Objects, her first release on 4AD and one of the most intriguing records you’ll hear this year

Animal Instinct

John Boegehold defied the gloom of the last two years by escaping into the new worlds he created on the new Pattern- Seeking Animals album. The songwriter and band founder talks to Prog about cranking up the energy, escaping the side-project label, and steering away from the darkness on Only Passing Through

Let There Be Light

When kosmiche pioneer Michael Rother embarked on a two-day drive from Germany to Italy to spend time with his partner, Vittoria Maccabruni, he had no idea that a sparkling new album would be the result. The couple tell Prog how As Long As The Light brought hope during dark times with a little help from David Lynch’s filmography

New Dawn Rising

After eight years, several line-up changes and a major relocation, Cornwall-based symphonic proggers The Emerald Dawn are finally starting to make some waves. Following the release of their fourth album, To Touch The Sky, the quartet’s vocalist and keyboard player Tree Stewart and guitarist Ally Carter take Prog on a musical journey from Scotland to England’s south-west coast