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“Here was fresh music, well-presented in high quality, and I didn’t have to sit around in a rehearsal room for months deciding on the sandwich order”: The joy and pain of Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe’s only album

United under Jon Anderson’s vision, four ex Yes members regrouped to make the 1989 record that looked both forward and backward

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Steve Hackett guests on upcoming Nick Magnus album

Nick Magnus will release new album A Strange Inheritance in September

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“Superbly-executed powerful songs with enjoyable instrumental showboating… it’s a shame they never toured”: Squackett’s A Life Within A Day reissue

The 2012 prog titans’ collab re-emerges with 5.1 Blu-ray surround mix included

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“With one eye on MTV and another on film soundtracks, big choruses with star-turn assists are go”: Steve Hackett’s Feedback ’86 and Till We Have Faces vinyl remasters

Steve Hackett’s Feedback ’86 and Till We Have Faces vinyl remasters share some DNA

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“People say, ‘You could afford Buckingham Palace by now if you’d stayed with Genesis.’ But music is its own currency”: Steve Hackett on creative liberation, recording with practice amps and why he used a Brian May Red Special

The British guitar icon discusses the tones and techniques behind new album The Circus And The Nightwhale –and reflects on the ’what-ifs’ of his time with prog greats Genesis

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“Concept albums are considered old hat these days, but I made a career out of it and I don’t see why I should stop now.” Alan Parsons and The Secret

Legendary producer, engineer and musician Alan Parosn tells the story of his fifth solo album The Secret

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"Somebody has to be the kind of songwriter who doesn’t give a shit if he gets called pretentious." Ian Anderson on the inspiration behind Jethro Tull's RökFlöte

After a gap of more than 20 years, Jethro Tull returned with their second album of new material this decade. RökFlöte finds the band exploring Norse mythology with a harder edge than last year’s The Zealot Gene

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“As a guitarist you can come in after the one without the house falling apart. But as a bass player, you always have to be there”: How Jonas Reingold switched from classical guitar and became Steve Hackett’s go-to bassist

From Wire and Karmakanic to the Flower Kings and Steve Hackett, the Swedish musician loves to learn, and always strives to be a better team player

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The smallest, the simplest, the best? Why the MXR Phase 90 remains a pedalboard classic, beloved by EVH and Gilmour enthusiasts the world over

Famously used by Eddie Van Halen, David Gilmour and Steve Hackett, this single-knobbed phaser pedal has never been out of style, with a chewy psychedelic sound that can't be beat

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“I’d never attempted to write a whole record on my own. I wasn’t feeling confident. I was concerned I might end up with a load of outtakes and waste the money”: How Steve Hackett made Voyage Of The Acolyte

Missing his pal Peter Gabriel and sensing more change in the air with Genesis, the guitarist overcame his confidence issues to become the first member to release a solo album

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"Did we mention that there’s also a pool?" Prog sets sail on Cruise To The Edge

Marillion, Steve Hackett, Flying Colors, Haken, Big Big Train and more make a big prog noise on the high seas

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“I’m doing that thing that many may find tasteless but hopefully at least some may find thrilling… it’s not about control – it’s pure animal!” Why Steve Hackett ramped up the guitar attack on The Circus And The Nightwhale

On his 30th solo album, he decided to address a wide range of personal issues he’d wanted to tackle for years – taking in influence from The Hero With A Thousand Faces, The Odyssey and Pinocchio

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“Jimi Hendrix scared me. Learning about the Hendrix E chord was amazing… I figured out where to put my fingers and kinda eked it out on my own”: Steve Lukather names the 12 guitarists who shaped his sound

From George Harrison and Jeff Beck to David Gilmour and Eddie Van Halen, the Toto veteran has befriended many of his heroes – and it's thanks to them that he still loves to sit at home playing

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Andy Tillison goes it alone on brand new The Tangent album

The Tangent will release their brand new album To Follow Polaris in May

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"When we do progressive rock, there’s no rules – we just keep writing, keep putting together whatever parts we like." How The Flower Kings made By Royal Decree

Now the dust has settled on Transatlantic’s long-awaited comeback, Roine Stolt is back with his main band, The Flower Kings and their new double album By Royal Decree

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"It’s almost like Benny Hill put to music": Steve Hackett reveals which song on Genesis' classic 1974 album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway he considers "a joke"

The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway may be regarded as a prog masterpiece, but for Steve Hackett, it's not flawless

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“Musically and emotionally overwhelming … he gives us some of the most flamboyant and dazzling guitar-playing of his career”: Steve Hackett’s The Circus And The Nightwhale

It’s taken him nearly 50 years to return to the concept album format, but his semi-fictional musical memoir proves it was a wise move to wait – it’s his best solo record so far

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"His thirtieth studio album outside of Genesis, it's as wide-ranging as the catalogue that precedes it": Steve Hackett voyages to multiple ports on The Circus And The Nightwhale

Prog maestro and former Genesis man Steve Hackett extends his catalogue on wide-ranging solo album The Circus And The Nightwhale

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"Keith had so much criticism after that 3 album. He was susceptible to that kind of thing." Robert Berry on his work and relationship with Keith Emerson

Three years after the release of The Rules Have Changed, Robert Berry revisited the music he made with Keith Emerson for a brand new recording, Third Impression

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“To put up with stupidity and not call it out is a crime… When I think about some of the things I’ve said over the years, I’d really like to give myself a punch in the face”: On-call bassist Nick Beggs was always pretty angry

An album built around the impending demise of mankind is the last thing you’d expect from that bloke who used to be in Kajagoogoo

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"Swirling Phrygian runs, insistent sax, full on vocals and blistering guitar!" It's Steve Hackett's new single Circo Inferno

Steve Hackett will release his new concept album The Circus And The Nightwhale in February

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Steve Hackett's on the front cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now

Plus Family, Opeth, Trevor Horn, No-Man, The Orb & David Gilmour, Pallas, Caligula's Horse, Brian Auger and loads more...

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“Even though I go off on a tangent sometimes, I think he appreciates the melodic aspect I bring to the John Hackett Band”: Guitarist Nick Fletcher indulges himself on solo instrumental Quadrivium

Jazz rocker explores modes, plaintive tones and mysticism on his album, featuring old bandmate Dave Bainbridge

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“You look back and wonder what really happened there. I was asked to lie about my age and I just thought, ‘I can’t be doing this anymore.’ It wasn’t fun”: One single show rekindled Magenta singer Christina Booth’s passion for music

If she hadn’t pushed past the negativity of a record deal near-miss, there’d have been less Cyan, no Magenta – and no Bar Stool Prophet, her new solo album

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