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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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RUSH’S MOVING PICTURES REISSUED • The Canadian stars’ classic 1981 album gets the lavish box set treatment, with previously unreleased live footage and high-quality vinyl among the treats for fans.

SEL BALAMIR FINDS HOME FOR ORPHANS • HOME FOR ORPHANS The “genre-fluid” prog star on his second solo album, and the return of Amplifier.

PROCOL HARUM FRONTMAN GARY BROOKER DEAD AT 76 • The star passed away peacefully at home on February 19.

JON ANDERSON ON PATREON AND MORE • The Yes legend offers up fan exclusives, autobiography, shows and a sequel to Olias.

TIGER MOTH TALES BRING THE SPRING • Camel’s Andy Latimer is among the guest players on new album, A Song Of Spring.

WORRIEDABOUTSATAN TO INDULGE IN BLOODSPORT • Gavin Miller on the ‘gnarled, aggressive’ energy of album nine.

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MS AMY BIRKS BACK WITH ALBUM TWO • In Our Souls features the Brontës’ poetry set to music, with John Hackett among guests.

NEW PURE REASON REVOLUTION MUSIC • The British art rockers return with “optimistic” album, Above Cirrus, in May.

PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS ARE PASSING THROUGH AGAIN • The US group promise “stylistic detours” on album three.

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

THE LAZY EYES • Meet the Australian psych-rockers who honed their colourful craft by busking around Sydney, and later started their own festival.

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HELD BY TREES • Talk Talk veterans team up on inspired post-rock project.

SECRET AFFAIR BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (I-SPY, 1980)

ECLIPSE MUSIC • Finland’s Tapio Ylinen on the label that’s been home to artists making “weird, marginal” music since 2007.

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SILENT SKIES • Accomplished Swedish-American duo tap into pop and prog for second album.

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

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JONAS LINDBERG & THE OTHER SIDE • Rising Swedish star finds his path on collaborative second album.

JOMO TUUN • Inventive instrumental trio with a devious take on progressive metal.

Q&A JULIAN LITTMAN • The singer, songwriter, actor and 12-year member of Steeleye Span has enough strings to his bow to start an archery team. The latest, as he tells Prog, is an entertaining album inspired by a famous Victorian poem, which has been released to complement a tarot deck and guide book.

IN MEMORY OF IAN McDONALD • King Crimson...