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Starship Troopers

Fifty years ago, Yes unexpectedly discovered the path to stardom and embarked on a magical journey that led to them becoming one of the biggest progressive rock bands in the world. Prog invites Bill Bruford, Tony Kaye, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, Phil Franks and  Roger Dean to explore the journey up to and beyond the band’s annus mirabilis: 1971

COVER STORIES

Phil Franks discusses the making of The Yes Album cover

COVER STORIES

How Roger Dean entered the world of Yes

Bloody Well Write

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PETER HAMMILL FINDS HIMSELF IN TRANSLATION

When the Van der Graaf Generator icon felt lost in Covid confusion, unable to explore his own ideas, a search for cohesion resulted in an album of cover versions

TREY GUNN

From King Crimson to touring with Brian Eno, the Texan instrumentalist has enjoyed a rich career so far, and now he’s ready to show off a different side of his creativity. He talks about playing with Jerry Marotta and taking things to a new level on his latest recordings

Andy Bell

He co-founded 90s shoegazers Ride and Hurricane #1, was a member of Britpoppers Oasis, and even worked with Be-Bop Deluxe and XTC producer John Leckie. His debut solo album brings his love of psych and krautrock to the fore, so it’s time we asked: How prog is Andy Bell?

THE PROG INTERVIEW MICHAEL SADLER

Every month, we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Saga’s Michael Sadler. The Welsh-born singer and songwriter has played a key role in the Canadian band since their formation in 1977 and he’s appeared on all their studio albums bar one.  Although the band were due to retire after their 40th anniversary in 2017, they recently released a new acoustic album, Symmetry – their first studio recording in seven years.  Here the vocalist looks back over the years and tells Prog why he’s not ready to hang up his microphone yet

LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT

The Musical Box

RICHARD BARBIERI

Under A Spell KSCOPE

3.2

Third Impression FRONTIERS

ALTIN GÜN

Yol GLITTERBEAT

BIRDPEN

All Function One JAR

ROBERT CALVERT

The Last Starfighter CLEOPATRA

COSMOGRAF

Rattrapante GRAVITY  DREAM MUSIC

CRACK THE SKY

Tribes CARRY ON MUSIC

LIFESIGNS

Altitude LIFESIGNSMUSIC.CO.UK

HEDVIG MOLLESTAD TRIO

Ding Dong. You’re Dead. RUNE GRAMMOFON

ETERNAL RETURN

Once Only NEWDOG

EVERGREY

Escape Of The Phoenix AFM

FIELD MUSIC

Flat White Moon MEMPHIS INDUSTRIES

GHOSTS OF ATLANTIS

3.6.2.4 BLACK LION RECORDS

HOLY TOY

Close All Doors APOLLON

ILLUMINAE

Dark Horizons IMMRAMA RECORDS

MOGWAI

As The Love Continues ROCK ACTION

KYLVER

The Plague Tapes KYLVER.BANDCAMP.COM

TIM LANE

As Sure As The Sun Rises In The East TIMLANEMUSIC.BANDCAMP.COM

DEADBURGER FACTORY

La Chiamata SNOWDONIA DISCHI

JAZZ PROG

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

STRAWBS

Settlement ESOTERIC

LIZZARD

Eroded PELAGIC

LUN

Chamanes LUN-MUSIC.BANDCAMP.COM

THE MASTELOTTOS

A Romantic’s Guide To King Crimson 7D MEDIA

SIMON MCKECHNIE

Retro BAD ELEPHANT MUSIC

CLIVE MITTEN

Suite Cryptique: Recomposing Twelfth Night BUMNOTE

OSIBISA

New Dawn MARQUEE

PROGRESSIVE FOLK

Paul Sexton traverses the UK for acoustic inclinations

JANE WEAVER

Flock FIRE RECORDS

THE PROG COLLECTIVE

Worlds On Hold CLEOPATRA RECORDS

PSYCHEDELIC PORN CRUMPETS

SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound MARATHON ARTISTS

THE STRANGER

Kaleidoscope OCTANE RECORDS/WILD THING

NIK TURNER & YOUTH

Interstellar Energy YOUTH SOUNDS/CADIZ

TUSMØRKE

Nordisk Krim KARISMA

WHEEL

Resident Human ODYSSEY MUSIC

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST

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

JON ANDERSON

Olias Of Sunhillow ESOTERIC

FAIRPORT CONVENTION

Fame And Glory CHERRY RED

GLOBAL VILLAGE TRUCKING COMPANY

Smiling Revolution ESOTERIC

PROCESSION

Still/Fatherland EP/Living In Between EP PROCESSION1995.BANDCAMP.COM  

BJØRN RIIS

Lullabies In A Car Crash/Forever Comes To An End KARISMA 

BIG BIG TRAIN

The Underfall Yard ENGLISH ELECTRIC 

SPIRIT

Son Of America ESOTERIC 

T2

It’ll All Work Out In Boomland ESOTERIC 

JAPAN

Quiet Life BMG 

KATE BUSH: EVERY ALBUM, EVERY SONG

Bill Thomas SONICBOND PUBLISHING

IMAGES FROM LIFE ON THE ROAD

Tony Levin TONYLEVIN.COM  

ROMANTIC WARRIORS IV: KRAUTROCK, PART 2

Various ZEITGEIST MEDIA 

FANFARE FOR THE UNCOMMON MAN

Various CHERRY RED 

MY PROG

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

IAN ANDERSON RETITLES TULL’S A

He still regrets not calling 1980 release a solo work as deluxe reissue is detailed

CLIVE MITTEN’S 40-YEAR WAIT FOR SUITE CRYPTIQUE

Orchestral LP reinterprets Twelfth Night’s early work

BIG BIG TRAIN GO BACK TO THE YARD

Extended, remixed version means The Underfall Yard will be on vinyl for first time

MOTORPSYCHO‘S REGAL RELEASE

Trondheim trio get heavier than ever before with Kingdom Of Oblivion.

CLIVE NOLAN AND FRIENDS BRING BEOWULF TO LIFE

He says Song Of The Wildlands has something for everyone

LIFESIGNS AIM HIGH WITH ALTITUDE

Latest line-up weren’t able to meet before working on melodic proggers’ third album

VOLA GIVE HIP HOP A TRY ON THIRD ALBUM

Witness is a concerted effort to avoid repeating their past, says Asger Mygind

ROSFEST LIVES ON WITH FORMATION OF NEW BOARD

Annual US event had faced collapse as a result of pandemic

FAD GADGETS

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

STEVE LUKATHER

The Toto guitarist and session veteran explains that prog is in his DNA and reveals he’s still a Peter Gabriel and Genesis fanboy

THIS IS OUR CHANCE TO BUILD BACK BETTER

Prog’s News Editor says the pandemic presents a rare opportunity

ANURYZM

With a sound developed in Lebanon, Turkey, Canada and the UAE, this trio prove that travel broadens the ear

PAUL SADLER

Meet the Manchester musician trading metal riffs for soul-searching acoustic prog

ORCHESTRA OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE

Sheffield collective pull out all the stops with psych-tinged improvisations

JASMENO

Synthpop-inspired studio project hopes to sniff out success

GABRIEL AGUDO

In Continuum vocalist takes experimental prog to new heights with his solo project

500 Miles High

CHICK COREA REMEMBERED 1941-2021

Stay Off The Moors

On their official second album, Cobalt Chapel take listeners on a psychedelic journey through the history and folklore of Yorkshire. Cecilia Fage and Jarrod Gosling tell a curious Prog how they turned an ill-fated music festival, lark song and a disused railway tunnel into a dreamy concept record

BREAKING THE Tension

After two decades apart, the instrumental heavyweights are poised to unleash their long-awaited third album.  Jordan Rudess and John Petrucci talk to Prog about picking up where they left off in 1999, the importance of staying hungry as musicians, and the unique chemistry that powers Liquid Tension Experiment

The HURTING

It’s been a long time coming but Catherine Anne Davies has finally released her second album as The Anchoress. The Art Of Losing takes listeners through some of the toughest periods of the musician’s life as she explores grief, trauma and loss with raw emotion. Davies tells Prog how it’s helped her to heal and why she now feels more confident than ever

Quiet Hope

They were one of the most influential post-rock groups to emerge from the 1990s, and now Mogwai are rising above the confines of the genre with their UK No.1 album As The Love Continues. Guitarist Stuart Braithwaite tells Prog about the band’s different approach with this record and explains why he’s hopeful for the future

WEATHER  Systems

There’s a new supergroup in town and they’re hoping to make a big splash with their debut album, Singularity. Prog catches up with Rain’s Andy Edwards and John Jowitt who, between them, have played with IQ, Frost*, Arena, Jadis and Robert Plant – and we find out the story behind their melodic new project

The Dark Antagonists

A decade into their career, Soen have decided to take a different approach on their fifth album.  More honest and raw, its underlying message is clear and concise. Martín López and Joel Ekelöf tell Prog why they got angry on Imperial

TOUGH LOVE

Anneke van Giersbergen’s back catalogue is rich and varied. She’s recorded pop and metal albums, even sung with John Wetton, Devin Townsend and Arjen Lucassen, but until now, she’d never made an acoustic record. Her latest, The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest, is an intimate recording that explores love and heartbreak. She gives Prog the lowdown on it and tackles those rumours about a new VUUR album

Universal Harmony

Returning with his second full-length record, Australian guitar prodigy Plini has found himself in the centre of a metal-versus-pop drama. But instead of fuelling the fire, with Impulse Voices, he tells Prog he’s ceaselessly melding genres to help unify the music world once and for all

Once You Pop…

She’s the darling of the UK’s modern psychedelic movement, but Jane Weaver’s latest album sees her dive headfirst into pop. Produced on a diet of bygone Lebanese torch songs, 1980s Russian aerobics records and Australian punk, Flock retraces some of her earliest influences. She tells Prog why it was time to change pace

On A Roll

Anglo-Finnish group Wheel are back with their second album, which explores the divisions in our society. Vocalist and guitarist James Lascelles describes Resident Human as having a “humanistic vibe” and, he tells Prog, it really showcases the band’s hypnotic sound