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Dave Greenslade, founder of UK prog rockers Greenslade, has died, aged 83

Dave Greenslade was a founding member of jazz proggers Colosseum and formed his own band, Greenslade, in 1976

Louder · Jun 15

"Making this record was joyful." Yes share first music from brand new studio album, Aurora

Prog legends Yes will release their twenty-fourth studio album, Aurora, in June

Louder · Apr 10

Yes to release expanded and remastered edition of From A Page in April

Oliver Wakeman's era as keyboard player in Yes is reassessed with a new in-depth edition of the band's 2019 release From A Page

Louder · Mar 11

“The idea was to put a ‘fragile’ label on the album cover. I didn’t want to do anything so literal. I wanted to take the idea of fragility and wrap it round the world. Yes liked it and it worked”: The attitude behind Roger Dean’s album art

Inspired by real-life landscapes and knowing what he didn’t like, the forthright creator of remarkable worlds explains his partnership with Yes

Louder · Aug 31, 2025

“Ozzy used to come into our room to get away from his minders. He’d sit on the bed while having a sly puff of the magic Woodbine”: The epic story of Budgie, the cult heroes who inspired Metallica, Iron Maiden and Soundgarden

Budgie are one of the greatest rock bands no one really talks about these days

Louder · Jul 28, 2025

“There were arguments. But they weren’t personal – they were musical. They helped make it what it is”: How Yes defined themselves with Fragile, before success went to their heads

The arrival of Rick Wakeman, the freedom to be adventurous and the discovery of Roger Dean led to the creation of a prog landmark in 1971

Louder · Jun 11, 2025

“We didn’t know we were creating a new style… we took sounds from anywhere and everywhere”: Tony Visconti, Roger Dean and the making of Osibisa’s debut album

Released in 1971, the African-tinged record pioneered what would become world music, and took prog into fresh new waters too.

Louder · Jan 17, 2025

“Jimmy Page allowed Eric to unleash the power he had”: How Eric Clapton helped reinvent the blues with The Bluesbreakers’ landmark Beano album

The epic story of John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers’ 1966 blues rock milestone Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton

Louder · Dec 8, 2024

Brand new Roger Dean exhibition Horizon Line opens

New Roger Dean exhibition Horizon Line is on at Trading Boundaries in East Sussex until December 31

Louder · Nov 29, 2024

“John Mayall’s ability to nurture blues guitar prodigies is comparable to Yoda’s knack for training hot Jedi prospects”: From Eric Clapton to Peter Green, Mick Taylor and more – a guide to blues legend John Mayall’s ’60s guitarists

The Bluesbreakers remained a unique force in British blues throughout the decade, thanks to its late leader’s unfailing ability to pick breathtaking bandmates

Guitar World · Oct 2, 2024