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JOHN LEES’ BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST RETURN WITH LONG-AWAITED NEW ALBUM

IF IT’S OUT THERE, IT’S IN HERE

CROWN LANDS SIGN NEW LABEL DEAL

The Canadians will release a trio of albums starting with a psychedelic meditation.

GLOBAL DEAL FOR ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE

Single Don’t Go Too Early offers a taste of what’s to follow.

JO QUAIL ANNOUNCES SEVENTH SOLO LP

Released on her own record label, the new album’s a precursor of a much bigger project.

THIGHPAULSANSDRA ON ACID & ECSTASY

Hawkwind keyboardist is set to blow minds wide open with his ninth solo LP.

SUPERGROUP BEAT ANNOUNCE NEW LIVE ALBUM

King Crimson offshoot release BEAT LIVE in September.

THREE LPS DUE FROM GREEN CARNATION

Scandi-prog collective will release the first in their new trilogy this September.

JUST WHO WERE LUTON’S GENESIS?

Unearthed 60s recordings from Luton band Genesis reveal unreleased concept LP.

DUTCH PROG METALLERS TEXTURES SIGN TO KSCOPE

New single Closer To The Unknown heralds their return.

FAD GADGETS

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

CHANTEL MCGREGOR

Inspiring the wider music world…

PROG IN BRIEF

Electronics pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre (right) is set release

VMBRA

Manchester quartet hit heavy and soft with radiant prog sound

THE SENSATIONAL ALEX HARVEY BAND

(Vertigo, 1975)

HUIS

Our far-out trip to far-flung prog

PROG IN BRIEF

Roger Tayle, Hike Ruttertur and Pal Carmack are

WHISPERS OF GRANITE

White Willow and Frequency Drift members team up for cinematic sounds.

WIN!

SET OF CAMEL REISSUES!

GRACE HAYHURST

Classically trained multi-instrumentalist lets rip on her complex debut.

HIROE

US post-rockers bring out the bangers for their larger-than-life debut.

GIANCARLO ERRA

Q&A

THE PROG INTERVIEW

PETER GILES

BIOSCOPE

Popcorn at the ready as Marillion’s Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning deliver cinematic soundscapes and musical moving pictures on widescreen debut album.

AURI

III – Candles & Beginnings NUCLEAR BLAST

ADAM HOLZMAN

Zombie Apocalypse BIG FUN PRODUCTIONS Well-travelled keyboard wizard

AGROPELTER

The Book Of Hours THE LASER’S EDGE Classical

AMBIENT DEN

Ambient Den DESERT COMB MUSIC Australian trio look

ATOMIC TIME

Subsounds ATOMICTIME.BANDCAMP.COM Brazilian experimentalists’ mightily impressive

BAREFOOT MOLLY

Barefoot Molly BAREFOOTMOLLY.BANDCAMP.COM Folk-inspired Oxford

EDEN CIRCUS

Irrlicht LIFEFORCE Diverse return from German post-prog

CHIMPAN A

M.I.A. Vol.1 TIGERMOTH Magenta man blends pop

DISCIPLINE

Breadcrumbs PROGROCK.COM ESSENTIALS US prog veterans’ first

GAUPA

Fyr MAGNETIC EYE Sweden’s psychotropic rockers return

HEMELBESTORMER

The Radiant Veil PELAGIC Space is dark

KINDRED SPIRIT BAND

The Journey Within KINDREDSPIRITBAND1.BANDCAMP.COM Ambitious folk-prog

KILL THE ROBOT

Kill The Robot DARK LAB RECORDINGS The

KOMARA

Komara II 7D Inventive second album from

LA NOUVELLE MUSIQUE

La Nouvelle Musique FRUITS DE LA MER

HARRISON/JOHNSTON

Early Mercy REMARKABLY HUMAN Modern drum great

IHLO

Legacy KSCOPE Modern prog-metal gems shine bright.

JOHN McLAUGHLIN & THE 4TH DIMENSION

Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2022 EARMUSIC

MOON LETTERS

This Dark Earth MOONLETTERS.BANDCAMP.COM Difficult

OBIYMY DOSCHU

Vidrada OBIYMYDOSCHU.BANDCAMP.COM A light in the

PANZERBALLET

Übercode Œuvre HOSTILE CITY Jazzy German

PNEUMATIC TUBES

Runner’s High BELLBURY MUSIC Prog jogging, anyone?

PRIDE OF PASSION

Brink Of The Horizon FRACTURED RECORDS

ART-ROCK

Chris Roberts samples the new releases on the prog/rock boundary.

STYX

Circling From Above ALPHA DOG 2T/UME Chicago’s

PHIL SELVINI & THE MIND WARP

T.E.T.R.U.S. LUMINOL Italian quintet’s debut offering.

SENDELICA

Nirmata FRUITS DE MER Trip-hungry Welshmen take

JUDGE SMITH

The Overstayer JUDGESMITH1.BANDCAMP.COM New song cycle

SONECHKO

Split EP SONECHKO.BANDCAMP.COM Square Wild singer

VLMV

A Study Of The English Countryside STATE

ZIO CROCIFISSO

Campana Di Legno + Trappola Per Topi

PROGRESSIVE FOLK

Paul Sexton scours the new releases to find there’s nowt so prog as folk.

JETHRO TULL

Still Living In The Past RHINO Reissue

BE-BOP DELUXE

The Albums: 1974-1976 ESOTERIC Bill Nelson’s finest

CARDIACS

On Land And In The Sea ALPHABET

CLUSTER

Cluster II BUREAU B Pioneering electronic work

COLOSSEUM

Live 05 REPERTOIRE REC0RDS Remembering Jon

GILES GILES & FRIPP

The Cheerful Insanity Of Giles Giles & Fripp (The

GILGAMESH

Another Fine Tune You’ve Got Me Into CHARLY

GEOFF MANN

In One Era TWELFTHNIGHT.INFO Welcome reissue

HAWKWIND

Hall Of The Mountain Grill ATOMHENGE

MONTGOLFIER BROTHERS

Think Once More – A Journey With

POPOL VUH

In Den Gärten Pharaos/Hosianna Mantra ESOTERIC Stunning

NATIONAL HEALTH

National Health CHARLY RECORDS Vinyl reissue for

ANTHONY PHILLIPS 1977-1990: EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Alan Draper SONICBOND PUBLISHING Genesis co-founder’s

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR: PAWN HEARTS

Paolo Carnelli SONICBOND PUBLISHING Small but

ROGER WATERS

This Is Not A Drill: Live From

A PLAYGROUND OF BROKEN HEARTS – THE PROGRESSIVE ROCK REVIVAL 1984 TO 1989

Andrew Wild KINGMAKER PUBLISHING After the rise, the fall.

GALAHAD

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EBB

VENUE CAMDEN CLUB, LONDON DATE 08/06/2025 SUPPORT DORIS

THE FLOWER KINGS /NEAL MORSE & THE RESONANCE

VENUE ISLINGTON ASSEMBLY HALL, LONDON DATE 06/06/2025 There’s

THAT JOE PAYNE

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KRAFTWERK

VENUE THE NATIONAL BOWL, MILTON KEYNES DATE 22/06/2025

JERRY HARRISON & ADRIAN BELEW

VENUE INDIGO @ THE O2, LONDON DATE 07/05/2025

GHOST OF THE MACHINE/ SPRIGGAN MIST

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GRYPHON

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DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL

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AVAWAVES

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HEATHER FINDLAY

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

IN MEMORY OF DAVE COUSINS

Strawbs co-founder Dave Cousins died in July following a long illness. The singer, songwriter and guitarist enjoyed an active musical career spanning more than six decades and has been name-checked by many musicians as a key influence and inspiration. We reflect on his rich legacy and reveal plans for a number of posthumous releases, including the long-awaited new Strawbs album.

Now What?

In 1974, Mike Oldfield defied the critics and hit the top of the UK charts with Hergest Ridge, the ambitious follow-up to his unexpectedly successful debut Tubular Bells . To coincide with the release of the 50th-anniversary edition, the musician, his siblings and collaborators recount the story of an album created by an overwhelmed 21-year-old taking refuge near the Welsh borders.

Father Figure

Singer-songwriter and the voice of the Genesis Revisited shows, Nad Sylvan has moved further away from his onstage persona with his latest solo album, Monumentata . He reveals the story behind the intimate record that pays homage to his late father and finds him mixing up influences – from Pink Floyd and Keith Emerson to The Addams Family !

Soundtracks For Imaginary Movies

What began as a vague idea for two musicians from very different parts of the prog world to jam together has turned into an exciting electro-instrumental project. Bioscope combines the talents of Marillion’s Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning. The pair talk to Prog about the mutual respect they have for each other, and how they turned that into their long-gestating debut album Gentō .

Look Around You

Truth can be stranger than fiction, and that’s something Hats Off Gentlemen It’s Adequate embrace on their latest album, The Uncertainty Principle . Moving away from sci-fi and exploring themes of science and human interaction, Malcolm Galloway and Mark Gatland explain why they took a deep dive into the history books to uncover tales of scientists, spies and nuclear bombs.

Where Are We?

Stockholm instrumentalists Gösta Berlings Saga are back and celebrating 25 years of heady musical adventures with their seventh album, Forever Now . Driven by a thrill-seeking wanderlust to explore new sounds and the desire to remain recognisable, the band tell Prog they’re always searching for something new, even if they’re not actually sure what that is.

Innovative And Uncategorisable

Born in the titular Kent city in the late 60s, the Canterbury scene spawned some of prog’s most creative and quirky acts. From The Wilde Flowers and Soft Machine to Caravan and Gong, each had a distinctive sound and, in many cases, image that captured the hearts and minds of their followers. But the scene’s impact didn’t end in the 70s. Phil Howitt, Facelift editor and Hugh Hopper’s biographer, explores the new breed of progressive acts inspired by it, both consciously and unwittingly, and unearths the secrets of the ‘Canterbury chord’.

III Is The Magic Number

With the release of III – Candles & Beginnings , Auri are finally taking their show on the road. The unconventional Finnish/Yorkshire power trio of Tuomas Holopainen, Johanna Kurkela and Troy Donockley tell Prog about the lure of intimate shows, mysterious song lyrics, and the magic of music. Just don’t expect any Holopainen headbanging.

MAESTROWORKS

Bringing a hard-rock swagger and the majesty of metal to their own brand of prog rock, Magic Pie break a six-year studio silence with Maestro . Frontman Eiríkur Hauksson tells Prog about being a metalhead in a prog world, writing songs at bus stops, and feeling the heat on Cruise To The Edge.

Dogged Determination

Forty years ago this September, Kate Bush released Hounds Of Love . Her fifth studio record reinstated her position as one of the most innovative and creative artists of all time and yielded the (future) chart-topper Running Up That Hill . But its creation wasn’t always smooth. Here’s the story behind one of Bush’s best-loved albums.

Sounds Of Love

Kate Bush ’s fifth album combines hit singles with a seven-song conceptual suite, all expressing the unmistakable style of one of progressive music’s most uncompromising visionaries. To mark 40 years of inspiration, The Anchoress, Within Temptation’s Sharon den Adel, Auri’s Johanna Kurkela, The Blackheart Orchestra’s Chrissy Mostyn and Exploring Birdsong’s Lynsey Ward celebrate the enduring magic and influence of Hounds Of Love .

Kate: Behind The Camera

Renowned Italian photographer Guido Harari snapped Kate Bush during the commercial peak of her career from 1982 to 1993. In an extract from his book The Kate Inside , he offers a fascinating glimpse into what it was like to work with the singer-songwriter and how the Hounds Of Love press images came about.