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KING CRIMSON’S JAKKO JAKSZYK RETURNS WITH NEW SOLO ALBUM AFTER FIVE-YEAR GAP

Inspired by his family’s history, the LP features contributions from drummers Gavin Harrison and Ian Mosley, as well as singer-songwriter Louise Patricia Crane and son Django on bass.

POPOL VUH REISSUES INCOMING

A soundtrack box set is among the vinyl remasters set for release later this year.

GOLDEN JUBILEE FOR MIKE OLDFIELD’S HERGEST RIDGE

Fifty years of the album are celebrated with new mixes.

IHSAHN AND MORE FOR PELAGIC FEST ’25

The experimental label’s annual event shines a light on its diverse roster.

MAGIC PIE AND THE MISSING CHORD

Norway’s heavy proggers celebrate the creative struggle on new album Maestro.

HIROE EXERT POWER ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM

Wield finds the band expanding on the sound of their EP.

CHIMPAN A BACK WITH SINGLES RUN

The releases herald the duo’s third album, which makes a bold defence for music.

JUDGE SMITH MUSES ON MIGRATION

VdGG’s David Jackson and his daughter Dorie also take part in the project.

GWENNO RETURNS WITH FIRST ENGLISH-LANGUAGE LP

She draws on her early career as the LP’s creative spur.

FAD GADGETS

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

DAN HAWKINS

Inspiring the wider music world…

PROG IN BRIEF

Galahad guitarist Lee Abraham (right) will release a

ASH TWIN PROJECT

French quintet weave poetry, videogames and post-rock with cosmic modern prog rock.

A-HA

HUNTING HIGH AND LOW

DUSK

Occupying a musical hinterland that’s reflected by his name, the multi-talented Saudi Arabian is on the up.

PROG IN BRIEF

Henihil iumqui dolent vendi Genesis alis eate founder

GOODBYE MOUNTAIN

I Am The Manic Whale keyboardist explores his ambient, instrumental side.

BLIND CONVERGENCE

Ambitious ambient solo project from Thieves Kitchen guitarist Phil Mercy.

DIVIDE AND DISSOLVE

Sax, drone and rock’n’roll with an anti-colonial message.

STEWART COPELAND

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Stewart Copeland . The Police’s long-limbed drummer has had a colourful life so far taking in time with Curved Air and Gizmodrome, as well as scoring movies by big-name directors Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone. He discusses working with the British naturalist dubbed ‘The David Attenborough of sound’ on Wild Concerto ; his role as an accidental Police archivist; and why he’s loving life as a septuagenarian.

KATATONIA

Sweden’s melancholic masters successfully navigate recent choppy waters to deliver their lucky 13th album.

AVKRVST

Waving At The Sky INSIDEOUTMUSIC

ASH TWIN PROJECT

Tales Of A Dying Sun KLONOSPHERE

LORENZO BEDINI

Who Never Was LORENZOBEDINI.BANDCAMP.COM

ANDERS BUAAS

Trollringen APOLLON

STEWART COPELAND

Wild Concerto PLATOON

DATADYR

This We Know IS IT JAZZ? RECORDS

DEREV

Troubled Mind DEREV MUSIC

PETER BAUMANN

Nightfall BUREAU B

COSMOGRAF

The Orphan Epoch GRAVITY DREAM MUSIC

THE FAR CRY

Once There Was THEFARCRY1.BANDCAMP.COM

HEATHER FINDLAY

Wildflower BLACK SAND RECORDS

GÖSTA BERLINGS SAGA

Forever Now PELAGIC

JOHN HACKETT BAND

Red Institution HACKTRAX.CO.UK

THE HARE AND HOOFE

Compasse KENT MUSIC CORPORATION

JENNY HVAL

Iris Silver Mist 4AD

LARS FREDRIK FRØISLIE

Gamle Mester KARISMA RECORDS

KRYPTOGRAF

Kryptonomicon APOLLON

LUNAR

Tempora Mutantur SAIBOT REIGNS

PROGRESSIVE METAL

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

IMAGINAERIUM

Siege PROGROCK.COM ESSENTIALS

STEVE JANSEN

The Space Between STEVEJANSEN.BANDCAMP.COM

LUX TERMINUS

Cinder METALMEDIA GROUP

MAGIC PIE

Maestro KARISMA

MISSION JUPITER

Aftermath LABEL 51 RECORDINGS

SALLY POTTER

Anatomy BELLA UNION

PYMLICO

Core APOLLON

PSYCHEDELIC PROG

Take a trip with Rob Hughes as he seeks out the latest mind-expanding music.

NOSPŪN

Ozai EP GIANT SPOON RECORDS

HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO

Bees In The Bonnet RUNE GRAMMOFON

RED BAZAR

Blood Moon REDBAZAR.BANDCAMP.COM

SONS OF RA

Standard Deviation THE LASER’S EDGE

ROBERT REED

Sanctuary IV TIGERMOTH

TERAMAZE

The Harmony Machine WELLS MUSIC

TÖRZS

Menedék PELAGIC

TUSMØRKE

En Pakt Med Naturen KARISMA

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

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

GENTLE GIANT

Playing The Fool – The Complete Live Experience CHRYSALIS

AGUSA

Högtid KARISMA

CATHERINE ANNE DAVIES

Communion LAST NIGHT FROM GLASGOW

KEVIN AYERS AND THE WHOLE WORLD

Shooting At The Moon ESOTERIC

GREENSLADE

Large Afternoon – Expanded Edition ESOTERIC

GONG

I See You KSCOPE

ANTHONY PHILLIPS

Sail The World ESOTERIC

JULIAN JAY SAVARIN

Beyond The Outer Mirr RISE ABOVE RELICS

RENAISSANCE

Running Hard – The Albums 1974-1976 ESOTERIC

RICOTTI AND ALBUQUERQUE

First Wind THINK LIKE A KEY MUSIC

BRUCE SOORD

Bruce Soord KSCOPE

SENDELICA

The Complete Mankind FRUITS DE MER

HATS OFF GENTLEMEN IT’S ADEQUATE/ GHOST OF THE MACHINE

VENUE CAMDEN CLUB, LONDON DATE 06/04/2025

BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD

VENUE THE PLAZA, STOCKPORT DATE 07/04/2025

AMPLIFIER

VENUE AATMA, MANCHESTER DATE 12/04/2025

JADIS

VENUE THE 1865, SOUTHAMPTON DATE 27/03/2025

GEORDIE GREEP

VENUE KOKO, LONDON DATE 15/04/2025

SAVATAGE

VENUE ESPAÇO UNIMED, SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL DATE 21/04/2025 SUPPORT OPETH

SPIRITUALIZED

VENUE BARBICAN CENTRE, LONDON DATE 26/03/2025

PENELOPE TRAPPES

VENUE THE OLD CHURCH, LONDON DATE 17/04/2025

JOHN LODGE

VENUE UNION CHAPEL, LONDON DATE 11/04/2025

NEKTAR

VENUE SELLERSVILLE THEATER, SELLERSVILLE, PA, USA DATE 11/04/2025 SUPPORT PAUL BIELATOWICZ BAND

HEILUNG

VENUE O2 APOLLO, MANCHESTER DATE 21/04/2025 SUPPORT EIVØR

SOLSTICE

VENUE DOWNSTAIRS AT THE DOME, LONDON DATE 20/04/2025

MARTIN BARRE

VENUE SELLERSVILLE THEATER, SELLERSVILLE, PA, USA DATE 08/04/2025

STEVE TILLING (CIRCU5)

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

SALLY POTTER

Q&A

The Best Of The Best

Ten years after he passed away, Chris Squire’s influence, both as a person and as a musician, remains as powerful as it has ever been. Those who knew him and played with him discuss the man, his talent and his legacy.

Chris Squire: “The greatest bass player in prog rock history.” – his 30 greatest performances

Squire lost in his music during the Tormato

Cosmic Collaboration

Deep Water is the impressive new studio collaboration between progressive rock stalwart Neal Morse and former Genesis drummer Chester Thompson, alongside guitarist Phil Keaggy and bassist Byron House. Morse and Thompson discuss the creation of Cosmic Cathedral and the album that unites them.

The Not-So Odd Couple

When Andy Summers teamed up with King Crimson’s Robert Fripp at the dawn of the 80s, it afforded The Police guitarist the chance to rediscover a musical mojo left wanting as a result of phenomenal mainstream success. With these collaborative efforts now newly compiled, along with a mini album of lost recordings, Summers and Fripp look back on the sessions that would embrace avant-garde improvisation, state-of-the-art guitar technology and a bold attempt to fuse both the “out-there” and the “accessible”.

Strength In Depth

Robin Armstrong has been creating thinking-person’s music as Cosmograf since 2008, and his latest album, The Orphan Epoch , continues to explore themes of disillusionment and a refusal to conform. The multi-instrumentalist tells Prog about its creation, ruffling feathers and the double-edged sword of a solo project.

Evolution Calling!

It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the prog metal genre is currently undergoing a radical shift with more extreme metal bands embracing their inner prog, and bands with an undeniable prog element playing bigger shows than ever. Members of Jinjer, Blood Incantation and Rivers Of Nihil explain what’s going on.

New Beginnings

After riding out a career-jeopardising storm of false starts, line-up changes and cancelled tours, Cambridge six-piece Black Country, New Road return with a renewed sense of drive and purpose – and a fantastic new album, for good measure. Prog catches up with the band to discuss third studio effort Forever Howlong, and how leaving your comfort zone and facing down adversity ultimately bring great reward.

Against The GRAIN

US veterans Glass Hammer have ripped up their own rulebook – yet again – on Rogue , an hour-long concept album that takes the listener on a journey of self-discovery via life’s highs and lows. Bassist and co-founder Steve Babb takes Prog on a deep dive into its themes, its innovative recording process and the global mix of musicians involved in the project, and explains why, after more than 30 years in the saddle, his fire for creative reinvention still burns as brightly as ever.

Ascension Day

What started as a celebration of Talk Talk has since developed into an inspired art-rock collective. As Held By Trees release their second studio album, Hinterland , bandleader David Joseph discusses taking inspiration from the British coastland, guiding the project in a new direction and assembling this record’s musical cast, which includes the late Mark Hollis’s son, Charlie.

True Or False

A band featuring members of Porcupine Tree and King Crimson were always going to be considered a prog supergroup, but O.R.k are continuing to prove there is much more beyond the label. With fifth album Firehose Of Falsehoods another impressive addition to the quartet’s catalogue, Prog catches up with bassist Colin Edwin to find out more.