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...

The Page family annual ski trips have resumed after quite understandable Covid restrictions kept the European pistes closed to UK...

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

When I first started going to Italy with the intention of seeing a live band, I felt I had to buy a ticket beforehand. Navigating...

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...

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

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...

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...

(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...

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...

There is an increasing amount of printed information about Rock Progressivo Italiano (RPI.) From the odd line or two in the original...

In mid-May I was in Dublin to see Steve Hackett and while I was there I indulged in some retail therapy. Tower Records in Wicklow Street...