Caravan
The Canterbury Scene: How A Bunch of Bookish Bohemians Became The Monty Pythons of Prog
In the late 60s, the quaint, historic city of Canterbury birthed a scene defined by its breezy, jazz-influenced vibe, quirky lyrics, and refusal to take itself too seriously.
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Features1 month ago‘Rain Dances’: Camel Rise To The Punk Competition
The band's fifth album made the UK Top 20 at the height of the new wave movement.
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Features2 months ago
Best Psychedelic Albums: 30 Essential Records To Expand Your Mind
The best psychedelic albums, both sonically and spiritually, are guaranteed to take your head to places it never went before.
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Features3 months ago
10 Must-Own Prog Albums
Our prog rock buying guide features some undisputed prog landmarks and lesser-appreciated gems of the genre. Dig in!
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Features3 months ago
The Plumpton Festival – The Place To Be In 1969
Plumpton Racecourse in the Sussex countryside hosted some huge names at the 9th and 10th National Jazz and Blues Festivals.
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Features8 months ago
The Greatest Prog Guitarists: An Essential Top 25 Countdown
Whether they’re the mastermind of the band or keep the cosmic flights well-grounded, we pay tribute to the best prog guitarists of all time.
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In-Depth9 months ago
Grand Designs: What Makes Epic Music?
How (and why) did musicians make epic music? There's no one answer, as this race through the history of popular music shows.
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Features9 months ago
Small But Mighty: When the Flute Flew High in Rock
How 70s proggers, blues rockers, and psychedelic popsters put the humble flute out front.
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Features9 months ago
The Greatest Prog Rock Singers: A Top 30 Countdown
The prog rock world has no lack of virtuosity, with its guitar heroes, keyboard wizards, and bass and drum monsters but this list salutes the proggers whose instrument was their vocal cords.
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Features11 months ago
The Visual History Behind The Greatest Prog Rock Album Covers
Few kinds of music are more inherently visual than prog rock. The music lends itself to elaborate flights of fantasy, which is why prog-rock album covers are an art form on their...
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Features1 year ago
25 Greatest Prog Rock Albums Of All Time
Side-long concept pieces, walls of Mellotrons, keyboardists in capes...such were the glories of the greatest prog rock albums.
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Artists2 years ago
Caravan
For hundreds of years Canterbury has been a place of pilgrimage, but for one band it was the place from which they set out on a pilgrimage into Prog.
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News2 years ago
Four Prog Rock Milestones By Caravan Head To 180 Gram Vinyl
The releases further acknowledge Caravan's importance in developing the progressive and experimental style that became known as the Canterbury Sound.
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Playlists2 years ago
Orchestral Rock: 25 Classic Tracks To Hear Now
Artists have long embraced their inner symphonic self as you can hear on these 25 classic orchestral rock tracks, featuring Yes to Radiohead.
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News2 years ago
Progressive Rock Mainstays Caravan Celebrated With 9-CD Box Set
The set features expanded editions of all of the albums that Caravan recorded for Decca's Deram label in the first half of the 1970s.
