There’s an almost unspoken agreement that jazz-rock fusion comes under the prog umbrella. This relationship, forged in the late 60s and...

University challenges I arrived at university with the best hi-fi system in my hall of residence. I’d worked at the steel mill in Barrow...

Citizen Smith At the start of the third year Jim and I went to see Barbara Thompson at the Tramshed and, to Jim’s surprise, he knew the...

There is an increasing amount of printed information about Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI.) From the odd line or two in the original...

Barrow Civic Hall (subsequently Forum 28, now the Forum) was a concert hall with decent acoustics and the venue for my earliest gig...

School inadvertently fuelled my love for all things prog. Our old fashioned wooden desks had lids so that you could leave your belongings...

In mid-May I was in Dublin to see Steve Hackett and while I was there I indulged in some retail therapy. Tower Records in Wicklow Street...

In the early 70s, radio was a vital medium which began to play an increasingly important role in my interest in prog. Though BBC Radio 3...

Though most readers will have a good understanding of the term ‘progressive rock’ it is inherent in the nature of many prog fans to query...

Close to the Edge by Yes One Saturday morning in September 1972 shortly after my thirteenth birthday, I accompanied my brother Tony on...