I was offered, and accepted, a new job this week. My rolling post-retirement contract with the private organisation that was drafted in...

Chris Squire died on 27th June 2015. He was being treated for Acute Erythroid Leukaemia in Phoenix, Arizona. A true giant of the bass,...

The presentation of an album used to be one of the factors I took into account when I was attempting to discover new music at a time when...

It’s indisputable that progressive rock was a genre of grand concepts from the straightforward interpretation of classic novels (Camel’s...

Early in the new millennium, when progressive rock was emerging from underneath rocks and dragging itself out of slimy ponds, I...

Back in 2015, the lack of availability of albums by progressivo Italiano band Jumbo forced me to buy a download of DNA, the first of...

Edgar Froese, the founder member of Tangerine Dream died unexpectedly last week from a pulmonary embolism at the age of 70. Edgar Froese...

The headline for a review of a Procol Harum gig in The Independent from early December 2014 suggested that Procol Harum should be...

I don’t watch very much television. Broadcasting corporations don’t really cater for my tastes and commercial stations are nauseating...

Edinburgh (photo: Wix media) September’s referendum for independence for Scotland energised political debate north of the border and late...

I’ve been lucky enough to play around on a Mellotron but I didn’t have the foresight to buy the Beast. The instrument was in a music shop...

Bill Bruford The idea of the Progblog is to challenge readers with my opinions so I don’t really have to warn you when I’m about to stray...

Lewes is a really pleasant place, nestled in the Sussex Downs and only 50 minutes from Croydon. The name Lewes has two possible...

When did prog emerge? That's one of the great prog questions...

I was a bit shocked, though not at all surprised, to hear Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has hired former M&S chief executive Stuart Rose...

Towards the end of the golden era of progressive rock, the denigration of the genre took a number of different forms. One of these was...

The annual dash for number one at Christmas refers to singles and thus excludes the vast majority of prog. In recent years it’s been the...

Lean years for prog? When I moved on from the Transfusion Centre in 1986 to work at Charing Cross Hospital, part of my leaving present...

Prog was born in an era of possibilities, at a time of cultural and social freedom brought about by some amazing technological...

Neo-prog The rise of neo-prog coincided with my time at the Transfusion Centre, which largely passed me by. The absence of column inches...