Rush
How Rush took on the 80s with Signals, and won!

Exploring Birdsong
Up-and-coming prog trio return with a brand-new EP and tales of working with Paul McCartney. 

Alan Parsons
The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord grills his hero Alan Parsons about his career..

Marillion - The inside story of 1997’s dark This Strange Engine album.

Klone - The atmospheric French proggers unlock the secrets of 10th album The Unseen.

Rosalie Cunningham - Spies and prog and psychedelia: it’s all there on Rosalie’s third album, To Shoot Another Day. We find out more!

Tull and Christmas go together like brandy and butter, mistletoe and wine, and Morecambe and Wise. We get the lowdown on the rebooted festive album.

Kate Bush - The story of The Kick Inside – the album that started it all…

Tony Banks - The Genesis mainstay discusses his own classical repertoire...

The Norwegians discuss defining their sound on Melodies Of Atonement, but is it really the drastic change they think?

The inside story of the Project’s 1978 concept album, Pyramid.

Themes of loss and mortality drive the new-look PRR’s latest album Coming Up To Consciousness. We find out more...

David Gilmour
Spotlight on the brand-new album and his greatest-ever performances.

Tim Bowness
A brand-new label and a contemporary sound for new release Powder Dry. 

Gryphon
The band reminisce over 1974, the year of the Gryphon, when they released two records and embarked on a tour with Yes..

THE MUSICAL BOX
This month Pendragon’s reissue of The Masquerade Overture takes top billing and we review new releases from Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa, Focus, Big Big Train, Jade Warrior, Devin Townsend, Kaipa, Louise Patricia Crane, Lindisfarne, MONO, Pat Metheny, Bill Nelson, Jadis, Ron Geesin, Pallas, Can, Alcest and loads more.

Richard Tandy
Remembering Jeff Lynne’s “right-hand man”, who passed away in May.

Bass Communion
Steven Wilson tells us all about his “confrontational” new Bass Communion release, The Itself Of Itself.

King Crimson
The inside story of 1974’s Red, King Crimson’s last hurrah of the 70s…

Oliver Wakeman
Wakeman Jr takes a voyage through the seas of celtic prog on Anam Cara.

“There were riots going on!”
JETHRO TULL
How they broke America

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Tangerine Dream
The story of how 1974’s Phaedra helped them rule the planet!

Steve Hackett
From Acolyte to Nightwhale – we explore the guitarist’s concept albums…

Readers’ Poll
The very best in prog from 2023 according to Prog magazine readers..

80s Prog Revival
How it happened. Why it happened. From the people who were there…

Moon Safari
The Swedish sextet explain why it took more than 10 years for them to release the highly anticipated Himlabacken Vol. 2.

Christina Booth
The Magenta singer’s third solo album, Bar Stool Prophet, comes with a warning!

Tiger Moth Tales
Mainman Peter Jones picks up the acoustic guitar for The Turning Of The World.

Keith Emerson
The master of the Moog: his 30 greatest works…

Steven Wilson
Steven Wilson discusses the sonic architecture of his new solo album, The Harmony Codex. 

Ozric Tentacles
Ed Wynne lifts the lid on Lotus Unfolding the latest from Ozric Tentacles.

Jethro Tull
How The Broadsword And The Beast helped Tull traverse the 80s.

THE MUSICAL BOX
Roger Waters’ DSOTM Redux takes top billing this month and we also review current releases by Trevor Rabin, Jethro Tull, Keith Emerson, Steve Hackett, Fish, Hawkwind, The Flower Kings, Public Service Broadcasting, Galahad, John Lodge, Neal Morse, TesseracT, Barclay James Harvest, Nightwish, DBA, Beatrix Players and loads more!

Pink Floyd
1973-1981: the eight years that changed the band forever…

Barclay James Harvest
John Lees looks back on the making of 1971’s classic, Once Again.

Francis Monkman - Former bandmates pay tribute to the Curved Air, 801 and Sky man who sadly died in May.

Lars Fredrik Frøislie - It’s a real case of DIY as the Wobbler mainman takes his solo debut.

Mike Oldfield
An all-star cast celebrate the 50th anniversary of a bona fide prog classic.

Amplifier
Now pared back to a duo, the space proggers discuss their new mini-album, Hologram, their first for six years.

King Crimson
The story of the band’s groundbreaking Larks’ Tongues In Aspic…

THE MUSICAL BOX
The new Genesis BBC box set takes top billing and we review releases by Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Asia, Porcupine Tree, Yes, Lazuli, Exploring Birdsong, Solstice, Ne Obliviscaris, The Zombies, Jade Warrior, Frank Zappa, Zio, Hugh Hopper and more…

Rick Wakeman
How The Six Wives… kickstarted one of the most amazing solo careers in prog.

Hawkwind
The inside story of Hawkwind’s defining moment, 1973’s Space Ritual.

Alan Parsons Project
Alan Parsons and Sally Woolfson recall the glory days of the Project following the release of a new vinyl box set. 

David Longdon
We explore the creation of Door One, the second solo album from the late Big Big Train frontman.

The Moody Blues
The inside story of one of the albums that got the prog ball rolling…

Jean-Michel Jarre
The French synth wizard revisits the work of his mentors on his new album. 

Bill Nelson
A look at how the former Be-Bop Deluxe man turned art-rock on its head with his Red Noise project.

Genesis
The inside story of the reunion everyone wants. But it only happened once!

THE MUSICAL BOX
Jean-Michel Jarre’s Oxymore takes top billing and we review new releases from Devin Townsend, The Mars Volta, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Bill Bruford, Twelfth Night, Threshold, O.R.k., Frank Zappa, Steve & Virgil Howe, Glass Hammer, Brian Eno, John Holden, Major Parkinson, Exist Immortal, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Bjørn Riis and loads more… 

King’s X
The US prog trio are back after a 14-year break and discuss why they’re not ready to give up.

Kate Bush
Her 40 greatest songs, as chosen by Marillion, Opeth, King Crimson and more…

Jade Warrior
The 70s prog rockers tell us the story of their third album, Last Autumn’s Dream..

Robert Fripp
Discussing the past, present and future of King Crimson…

Tim Bowness
Singer-songwriter celebrates 40 years of his solo career with Butterfly Mind.

Porcupine Tree
The full story of the reunion almost no one thought would happen!

Ms Amy Birks
The singer-songwriter on the Brontë sisters inspiring her new album and why she’s resurrecting the Beatrix Players.

Bill Bruford
Tales from Yes, Crimson, Genesis, UK, ABWH and more…

THE MUSICAL BOX
Porcupine Tree’s return with Closure/Continuation leads the way this issue with reviews from Robert Fripp, Tangerine Dream, Bill Bruford, Tim Bowness, Big Big Train, Asia, OU, James LaBrie, Jo Quail, The Utopia Strong, Arthur Brown, Ms Amy Birks, John Carpenter, Mariusz Duda, Zola Jesus, Klaus Schulze, Kaipa, The Lickerish Quartet and more…

Rush
How Rush redefined themselves in the 80s with Moving Pictures.

THE MUSICAL BOX
Rush’s monumental new Moving Pictures box set takes top billing this month, and there are also reviews of releases from Porcupine Tree, Fish, Pure Reason Revolution, Opeth, Radiohead, Jade Warrior, Mike Rutherford, Coheed And Cambria, Meshuggah, Kaprekar’s Constant, The Pineapple Thief and more…

“It was magical… It just happened”
How Yes made their classic album Close To The Edge.

THE PROG INTERVIEW
Wolfgang Flür discusses his time in electronic pioneers Kraftwerk, his subsequent solo career and brand-new star-studded solo album, Magazine 1.

Marillion
How Marillion found new hope with An Hour Before It’s Dark…

BLOODY WELL WRITE
Missives, musings and tweets from Planet Prog.

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