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UNCOVERED: Steeleye span - The Untold Story

“In three years we went from folk clubs to the LA Forum. I mean, we fought and got drunk and all that, but it was still a great time”: Approaching six decades in music, these prog heroes never operated as a democracy

Their first album in six years tackles conflicts across the planet and with the planet, and sees them pushing themselves in a direction they probably won’t again

New issue of Prog is on sale now! The essential end-of-year issue!

New issue of Prog is on sale now! The essential end-of-year issue!

Featuring Steven Wilson, Genesis, Marillion, Yes, David Gilmour, Rush, EBB, Martin Barre, Steeleye Span and more...

Steeleye Span announce Winter tour dates in support of new album Conflict

Steeleye Span announce Winter tour dates in support of new album Conflict

Steeleye Span have released their first new studio album for six years and will tour the UK in November and December

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Keith Dewhurst obituary

Writer for stage and screen whose work included the TV police series Z-Cars and several plays at the National Theatre and Royal Court

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“We were limited by venues, by the number of people in the band. We wanted to play louder. Everyone had been talking about going electric as Dylan had. None of us had the budget…” Maddy Prior’s history of Steeleye Span

From breaking out of local clubs to touring with Jethro Tull and attracting guest spots from David Bowie and Peter Sellers, the leading light of British folk looks back – and forward

Steeleye Span announce 55th anniversary May tour dates

Steeleye Span released their The Green Man Collection in December

“The director told me he wanted a song about death… Not only that, but it was a rabbit”: Mike Batt on Watership Down, his concept albums and the connection between the Wombles, Steeleye Span and (maybe) Hawkwind

Performer, composer and director on his early introduction to prog, the shelved 1973 rock opera that cost him £11,000 and keeping Dave Brock under control

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The centuries-old songs we hear in today’s folk tunes

The centuries-old songs we hear in today’s folk tunes

Letters: Songs and ballads of the 16th and 17th centuries are hardly making a ‘comeback’, writes Austen Lynch – they never left

The Guardian - UK

The 20 greatest Christmas carols – ranked!

The 20 greatest Christmas carols – ranked!

From the infectious optimism of the Ed Sheeran of carols to gloom-laden classics, gear up for the holidays with our picks of the best traditional songs of the season

The Guardian - UK

“People like bits of what we do, then they don’t like bits… and the reality is that half of the band don’t like half of what we do”: Steeleye Span never stop taking risks

“People like bits of what we do, then they don’t like bits… and the reality is that half of the band don’t like half of what we do”: Steeleye Span never stop taking risks

Maddy Prior on building on the bedrock of traditional music - and knowing how far to take it

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