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

I’ve just reposted, with only minor editing, the blog ‘ 100 not out ’, the story of Prog magazine reaching its 100th edition in ten...

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...

Producing a magazine dedicated to prog every 6 weeks traces a difficult path, catering for those stuck in the past and the more open-minded

One of my Record Store Day 2018 purchases, that is one of the limited editions specially produced for the occasion rather than one of the...

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...

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...

If we accept that the progressive rock genre started in 1969 and proto prog has been around since 1967 it’s hardly surprising that, given...

Getting into music in 1972 meant that I may have missed out on records released on some of the early, innovative imprints like Decca’s...

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

It’s indisputable that progressive rock was a genre of grand concepts from the straightforward interpretation of classic novels (Camel’s...

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...