Prog Issue 127

Located in Hamburg, Germany, earMUSIC is Edel Music & Entertainment’s international record company dedicated to the genres of rock, pop, metal and alternative rock. This exclusive Prog sampler gives a deep insight into the breadth and quality of earMUSIC’s multifaceted roster and releases. It includes brand new songs, classics, deep cuts as well as releases from its jazz label MPS, Germany’s oldest jazz label with the most perfect sound. How to download your free digital sampler from earMUSIC 1. Visit www.ear-music.net/progsampler – type it straight into your browser. 2. Enter your email address and subscribe to the earMUSIC newsletter. 3. You will receive a newsletter #1 asking you to confirm the subscription. 4. You will receive a newsletter #2 including the download link for your free digital sampler. 5. Enjoy your new music! Discover earMUSIC’s entire catalogue and…

Stream the Prog 127 playlist at www.spoti.fi/3rDjcGS Hello, and welcome to the new issue of Prog. A new Marillion album is always cause for celebration, especially when it’s as good as An Hour Before It’s Dark. The general consensus from the Prog team is that once again the band have surpassed themselves. Dave Everley goes deep into the making of the album for our cover feature on page 28. We also bring you an exclusive extract from Mark Kelly’s new autobiography (page 36) that looks at how he and the band devised their crowdfunding approach to releasing music, the system that also helped the band hit the road at the end of last year amid continued Covid confusion. I hope you enjoy the 20-track earMUSIC digital sampler (see page 7), which also…

Located in Hamburg, Germany, earMUSIC is Edel Music & Entertainment’s international record company dedicated to the genres of rock, pop, metal and alternative rock. This exclusive Prog sampler gives a deep insight into the breadth and quality of earMUSIC’s multifaceted roster and releases. It includes brand new songs, classics, deep cuts as well as releases from its jazz label MPS, Germany’s oldest jazz label with the most perfect sound. How to download your free digital sampler from earMUSIC 1. Visit www.ear-music.net/progsampler – type it straight into your browser. 2. Enter your email address and subscribe to the earMUSIC newsletter. 3. You will receive a newsletter #1 asking you to confirm the subscription. 4. You will receive a newsletter #2 including the download link for your free digital sampler. 5. Enjoy…

BURNING BRIGHT I’ve been reading [Prog Editor Jerry Ewing’s work] for decades, just as I did with the late Malcolm Dome. I am old enough to have grown up reading (I would say, devouring) Kerrang! since its first, historic issue (June 6, 1981 – those were the days…). And those unforgettable pages formed and increased our passion for rock music. I therefore remember this extraordinary journalist and writer, one of the most influential and charismatic experts, connoisseurs and lovers of music that the UK has ever given birth to, with the memory of his lightning reviews that – in the minds of many young people of the time – unleashed the craving for hunting and discovering new records, [and] new or unknown bands worth listening to. His articles, his reviews, his appearances on…

Stream the Prog 127 playlist at www.spoti.fi/3rDjcGS Hello, and welcome to the new issue of Prog. A new Marillion album is always cause for celebration, especially when it’s as good as An Hour Before It’s Dark. The general consensus from the Prog team is that once again the band have surpassed themselves. Dave Everley goes deep into the making of the album for our cover feature on page 28. We also bring you an exclusive extract from Mark Kelly’s new autobiography (page 36) that looks at how he and the band devised their crowdfunding approach to releasing music, the system that also helped the band hit the road at the end of last year amid continued Covid confusion. I hope you enjoy the 20-track earMUSIC digital sampler (see page 7),…

Follow us on twitter.com/progmagazineUK SEÁN ONO LENNON @seanonolennon I propose we officially discount the last two years. We should all be allowed to legally change our age to what it was when Covid began, (and not begin counting again til it’s over). STEVE HACKETT @HackettOfficial It was great to connect with pals Nick Beggs, Steve Rothery and Jakko Jakszyk, watching the Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall last night JOHN MITCHELL @LordConnaught Frosty on the drive today ALAN REED @3hobbits New song from Alex Lifeson’s post-Rush band. Love it. Lyrics seem oddly appropriate too FIELD MUSIC @fieldmusicmusic Most writers will spend years working on things for which they never receive ANY remuneration. If people are still buying or listening to my songs in twenty years, I bloody well hope I’ll get paid for it.…