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Mar 5, 201818 min

Nine album challenge

The Instagram and Twitter trend ‘9 albums that changed my life/mean most to me’ (#9albums) which appeared in January 2018 didn’t pass me...

garethsprogblog

Mar 12, 20166 min

Keith Emerson

Already 2016 seems to have been blighted by more high-profile musician deaths than previous years. I was still reading articles about Sir...

garethsprogblog

Nov 28, 20155 min

Come on the Amazing Journey, and Learn All You Should Know

(A guest blog by Mike Chavez) The scene: a dimly lit village hall around 7pm in a small town in rural Wiltshire. A group of middle-aged...

garethsprogblog

Sep 12, 20155 min

Building utopia with prog

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

garethsprogblog

Mar 28, 20157 min

Broad church

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

garethsprogblog

Dec 6, 20145 min

Burmese Blue

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

garethsprogblog

Apr 13, 20145 min

When did prog emerge?

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

garethsprogblog

May 10, 20137 min

Motivation radio

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...