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Since its arrival at the tail end of the 60s progressive rock has offered the world some of the most fascinating music ever heard, in varying guises over the years. Prog magazine brings you the stories behind the people who create these astounding sounds and amazing music, be they the classic originators such as Genesis, Pink Floyd and Yes, to the 80s revivalists such as Marillion and IQ, all the way through to those musicians today who have done so much to help rejuvenate the genre such as Muse, Radiohead, Steven Wilson, Opeth and Anathema. In depth and behind the scenes stories of classic albums and tours sit side by side with widespread coverage of what‘s happening at today’s cutting edge of progressive music.

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WAKEMAN PLAYS TO THE GALLERY! • Prog rock, piano pieces, and some end-of-the-pier fun are all in the picture on Rick’s new album, A Gallery Of The Imagination.

NEW MUSIC FROM DAVE FOSTER BAND • The guitarist and singer Dinet Poortman will finally return in April with Glimmer.

FLOYD BIOGRAPHER TAKES ON HIPGNOSIS IN NEW BOOK • Gilmour and Waters feature in Mark Blake’s Us And Them.

TRANSATLANTIC’S VERY FINAL FLIGHT? • Mike Portnoy confirms the supergroup’s new live record marks “the end of an era”.

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WATERS REWORKS FLOYD FOR NEW EP • Roger Waters releases the surprise digital only The Lockdown Sessions.

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR LIVE BOX SET DUE IN MARCH • Their latest UK show features on The Bath Forum Concert.

HAKEN UNLEASH THE ANIMALS WITHIN • Original keyboardist Peter Jones is back for “very progressive” new album, Fauna.

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PLANK OUT TO SEA FOR ALBUM THREE! • The UK instrumentalists are going “full prog” on new release, Future Of The Sea.

NE OBLIVISCARIS ANNOUNCE FOURTH ALBUM AND TOUR • The Australians will present Exul in March, and play in May.

FAD GADGETS • Rhodri Marsden on three of the latest must-have gizmos currently putting the prog in progress.

MY PROG HERO • Inspiring the wider music world…

PROG IN BRIEF

GAUPA • Heavy Swedish art-rock quintet push at the edges of surrealism.

WILL HOUSE CONCERTS SAVE LIVE MUSIC?

ONSÉGEN ENSEMBLE • This psych/prog collective come from a remote city in Finland, and have their eyes on the festival scene.

PROG IN BRIEF

CIRCLES • Aussie veterans refine their sound in the most confident era of the band.

US, THEM & YOU • What got us all grooving this month…

GRACE AND FIRE • Big melodies and a big sound from rising English prog rockers.

ASTROSAUR • Meet the ex-Leprous and Ihsahn guitarist leading Norway’s cosmic jazz-metal explorers.

Q & A JACK HUES • Wang Chung’s vocalist-guitarist and leader of The Quartet discusses quarks, cover versions and why live shows should be different every time.

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IN MEMORY OF NIK TURNER • He was the Mighty Thunder Rider, Hawkwind’s sax and flute player plus frontman, a flamboyant performer whose maverick spirit helped to define Britain’s free festival underground. Nik Turner may have died in November at the age of 82, but his legacy as a cosmic visionary and countercultural catalyst will live on.

The Saga Of The Space Ritual • After blasting out of the underground via the acid-laced rocket fuel of Silver Machine, Hawkwind created a spectacular...