There are a number of different reasons to make the pilgrimage to Canterbury; 3 independent record stores and an HMV to cater for all tastes

By 1974 I’d had over a full year of immersion into progressive rock, a term which wasn’t yet being applied to the genre, though what I...

I'm very much in favour of buying recordings of gigs I've attended, should they become available at some date after the concert in...

Sometime in 1978 or 1979 in a Zoology class at Goldsmiths’, fellow students Jo Wallace and Karen Fraser were discussing the use of the...

While a live album can’t compare with being physically present at a gig, the best of them are able to convey a sense of outstanding music...

If you choose to go to a pub, which is more likely than not to be showing some desperately important sporting event and could...

I’ve just ripped a rather large pile of my wife’s CDs to mp3 for her which according to the categories ascribed by Windows Media Player...

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...

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...

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...