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“It became cool to slag off prog, but what do you think these punk musicians did when they got home? Listened to the bands they’d been having a go at”: JJ Burnel on how Caravan inspired a Stranglers track

After falling in love with In The Land Of Grey And Pink, the bassist created Down In The Sewer as a response – and if that makes his band prog, he’s fine with it

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“It’s like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. We can’t live with each other and we can’t live without each other”: the tangled history of Rick Wakeman and Yes

Keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman’s history with Yes goes back to the early 70s – but there have been plenty of bumps along the way

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Believe in Scotland teams up with local Yes groups for indy campaign day

A GRASSROOTS independence campaign day is set to take place next month in Inverness ...

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Why this filmmaker is producing a new independence documentary

A FILMMAKER is hoping to highlight the real voices of the grassroots movement in a new documentary about Scottish independence ...

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“When the mood took them, the prog legends of the 70s could write simple but catchy music with aplomb”: The 40 greatest Yes songs ever

When 50,000 Prog magazine readers voted on the band’s catalogue, the resulting chart contained a few surprises

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Fundraiser launched to create film about grassroots independence movement

A FUNDRAISER has been launched to create a film about the grassroots independence movement in Scotland ...

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“I loved Yes – but for me every eight-minute Yes song could have been four two-minute singles!” It might have taken a while to admit it, but XTC know they were prog

Emerging in the punk era, they were described as “too clever, “too quirky” and even as “prunk,” but Andy Partridge’s account of the band’s inspiration and motivation makes the truth crystal clear

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Steve Howe announces new solo album Guitarscape

Yes guitarist Steve Howe teams up with son Dylan on drums for new solo album to be released in September

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“We’d arranged to do an album of new material together. He called me… ‘I’ve got cancer; do you mind if we put things on hold?’ Sadly it never happened”: Rick Wakeman’s tribute to Jon Lord

Deep Purple icon, who inspired Yes counterpart to remake Journey To The Centre Of The Earth, had a wicked sense of humour and was a true progger at heart

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“A lot of the music I’ve made has had the goal of achieving something similar to Yes”: Steve Howe was the middle ground between Moby and his punk-hating guitar teacher

Electronica, ambient and rock artist still listens to Close To The Edge once a month

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“There was a crunching noise, as the plane hit the tarmac, and the propellers and engines flew off, along with the odd bit of wing”: the epic life and mad musical journey of Rick Wakeman, keyboard wizard and Knight Templar

The epic life and mad musical journey of Rick Wakeman, keyboard wizard and Knight Templar

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Yes group organises event connecting Robert Burns and independence

A YES group is holding an event to mark the anniversary of the death of Robert Burns and his views on Scottish independence ...

The National (Scotland)

SNP 'must be remade after damage done by Stalin-esque Nicola Sturgeon', grandee says

THE SNP must be restructured to undo changes which “shifted all power to a leadership cult, with the party then run by Stalin’s wee sister”,…

The National (Scotland)

“I used to wake the engineer up to try again; he went home because it was driving him crazy. And I was angry because I didn’t know how to stop trying”: Jon Anderson recalls the “state of madness” that gave us Olias Of Sunhillow

Yes singer pushed far beyond his comfort zone for 1976 debut solo record, and when it was finished the world – and his bandmates – seemed underwhelmed. Was it worth the effort?

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Anas Sarwar grilled on message for Yes supporters after General Election

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar was asked what his message to independence voters was following a successful night for his party in the General…

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“That song has a pretty epic solo. I remember scratching my head a bit trying to figure out the harmonizer effects he was using”: This is one of the hardest guitar songs you could attempt to cover, according to cover pro Lord Phobos

With a hefty repertoire of covers under his belt, TWRP guitarist Lord Phobos pinpoints the song that he admits was “quite a tough one” to learn

The National (Scotland)

WATCH IN FULL: Lesley Riddoch holds Stephen Flynn's feet to fire on independence

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has had his feet held to the fire by The National’s Lesley Riddoch in our final exclusive interview with…

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Yes festival review – a marvellous appreciation of Molly Bloom

A two-year celebration of the centenary of James Joyce’s Ulysses culminates in a female-led, cross-border, multidisciplinary festival dedicated to the protagonist’s wife

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The story of Marillion's Marbles is on the cover of the new issue of Prog, on sale now!

Plus Yes, Steven Wilson, Richard Thompson, ELO, AIrbag, Moody Blues, Nordic Giants, Marjana Semkina and loads more...

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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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“Many prog bands hire a singer who’ll just rely on their chops… we’re one of those bands who can actually sing”: Echolyn didn’t kill the joy with their second self-titled album

2012 release from the mainly part-time band is a prime example of five friends surviving industry pressure to do things their way

The National (Scotland)

Lesley Riddoch takes on Alan Cumming in big day for The National's Euros sweepstake

BROADCASTER and Yes campaigner Lesley Riddoch is set to take on Scottish actor Alan Cumming in a big day in The National’s Euros charity…

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“David Bowie was an absolute genius. I learned more from him than from anybody I’ve ever worked with.” Rick Wakeman’s epic tales of sessions with Bowie, Bolan, Lou Reed and more

Former Yes keyboard maestro Rick Wakeman has played with rock’s great and good over the years – and he’s got the memories to prove it

Louder

"Whether it’s a simple song with three chords or a really elaborate epic piece, it’s all miraculous to me." How Neal Morse created his rock opera Jesus Christ: The Exorcist

In 2019 the prolific Neal Morse went straight to the top as far as divine inspiration went for his rock opera about, you guessed it, Jesus!

The National (Scotland)

Former Yes strategist and Kate Forbes to appear on Question Time in Scotland

BBC’S Question Time is set to come to Edinburgh on Thursday night with a panel including opposition party leaders and a former Yes strategist ...

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