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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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