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“Jon Anderson taught me some things about songwriting – I’d love to work with him again”: Glass Hammer mainman Steve Babb’s prog world orbits Yes, Rush, Genesis… and the Human League

Inspired by Tolkien at an early age, the Tennessean encountered prog when a punk friend handed over his suddenly unwanted record collection

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Surge in Scottish independence support predicted after Alex Salmond's death

A LEADING Alba figure has called upon the nation to “deliver independence for Scotland” in honour of Alex Salmond’s legacy as he predicted a…

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Alex Salmond's coffin to be draped in Saltire ahead of return to Scotland

ALEX Salmond’s coffin will be draped in a Saltire before it is flown home to Scotland later on Friday ...

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“Every time my parents went out, Supper’s Ready went on the turntable so I could listen uninterrupted”: Long before Gary Kemp joined Nick Mason’s band, he ensured prog infiltrated Spandau Ballet

Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd were the guitarist’s early purchases – making more sense of his presence in Saucerful Of Secrets than it may have seemed

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"A perfect blend of epic songwriting and virtuoso musicianship”: Can you hear the influence of Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd in Toto’s proggiest moments?

Operating on the cusp of the genre, they’ve provided plenty of evidence over the years that their roots lay in prog

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Expert delves into 'missing voices' of Scottish independence referendum

AN expert has delved into the “missing voices” of the 2014 independence referendum, arguing the Yes campaign potentially “missed…

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“He tore the whole thing to shreds and was very unkind, harsh and cruel … It was very upsetting to have someone you admire being so nasty about your work”: Ian Anderson, Jethro Tull’s War Child, and 1974

Their seventh studio album was the result of a failed attempt to make a movie – but the band leader believes many more significant things happened in the world of music that year

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“An eight-minute opening track… pomp, circumstance, Wagnerian bombast and epic grandeur”: Propaganda’s A Secret Wish was more prog than people knew

Known as “ABBA from Hell,” the German synth-poppers’ 1985 debut had links to Yes, Mike Oldfield and Die Krupps

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Alex Salmond pictured throughout his political career

THE former first minister and leader of the SNP, Alex Salmond, has died - leaving behind a legacy in Scottish politics ...

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“This was more than just music… It’s part of your DNA if you were that age at the time. It defines the times”: Yes, Genesis and Pink Floyd alumni on what The Beatles’ Sgt Pepper did for prog

Rick Wakeman, Roger Waters and Robert Fripp were among those listening when the BBC played the record in full in 1967 – and weren’t the only ones who experienced artistic epiphanies that night

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“Had we started a little earlier we might have survived. Yes and Genesis got through punk, but we hadn’t gotten to that point”: Gryphon, the unique band who forgot about themselves – until the world reminded them

Five decades after an incredible year of two remarkable albums and large-scale touring, the reactivated band look back on crêpe paper mushrooms, stolen costumes and writing classic tracks in half an hour

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"A joyous piece of vinyl": Rick Wakeman looks back over his career with the glittering, limited edition Yessonata

This Rick Wakeman medley reworks and reimagines some of his greatest moments

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“You’ve only go to look at the dynamic potential of 10 fingers on a keyboard compared to 10 fingers on a guitar ”: Steve Howe on six-string explorations and how a Novatron Summit opened a window into fresh chord voicings on his new solo album

Guitarscape, is the sound of the prog icon deploying his guitar collection in search of new sonic frontiers. The results are typically inventive, and here the Yes guitarist tells us how it came together

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“It was extremely hard to deal with. But if you impose incredibly hard obstacles to making something, and people stay in the room, you might just get there”: The radical neutrality that gave birth to King Crimson’s Red

Robert Fripp, Bill Bruford, John Wetton and guests struggled to deliver the 1974 album that, for many years, remained severely underrated

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Brian Cox pokes fun at Keir Starmer's Labour conference blunder

SCOTTISH actor and Yes campaigner Brian Cox poked fun at Keir Starmer during an interview with Good Morning Britain...

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“I would call our approach organized chaos, but it drove Allan Holdsworth up the wall”: John Wetton has been the bass force behind a peak-period King Crimson lineup and two prog rock supergroups

A veteran of one of King Crimson’s classic lineups, John Wetton’s amazing career took him through a host of British prog bands

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Give UK Government new indyref powers to break stalemate, major report says

SCOTTISH Secretary Ian Murray should be handed new powers to call a second independence referendum, according to a new report by a former Scottish…

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“I contacted Steve Howe and got very little back. Eventually you say, ‘OK, I’ve got to move on’”: Jon Anderson is finally over the idea of rejoining Yes

Jon Anderson says he’s found the Yes he “always wanted” on his new solo album

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Robin McAlpine: 'People didn't vote Yes because indy movement lacks confidence'

THE founder of a pro-independence think tank has said the Yes movement didn’t win in 2014 because “we lack confidence in ourselves” ...

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On the anniversary of the indyref, it's the perfect time to subscribe for £10

IT'S the anniversary of the independence referendum, and we've spent all week bringing readers special content reflecting on 2014 and what came…

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The celebrities who went from No to Yes on Scottish independence

IN the 10 years since the Scottish independence referendum, political events have made many people change their view on the country's future,…

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Scottish currency conference 'the plan the Yes movement has waited 10 years for'

A CONFERENCE dedicated to exploring currency in an independent Scotland is set to take place this weekend ...

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How a Cold War fire truck became an iconic symbol of the independence campaign

THE Spirit of Independence truck, which clocked up some 2500 miles crisscrossing Scotland during the independence referendum campaign, is often…

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'This is not over': Hundreds rally for Yes at Holyrood on 10th anniversary of indyref

HUNDREDS of Yes supporters turned out in Edinburgh on the 10th anniversary of the independence referendum to show Westminster that “this is…

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New independence film shows grassroots movement still alive 10 years on

A NEW film documenting the diversity of the grassroots independence movement has been created to mark 10 years since the referendum ...

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