A band's second album (American: sophomore) is frequently cited as 'difficult' but should it tread the same ground as its predecessor?

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...

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

(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...

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

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

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

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

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...