Elsewhere, those who have worked with The Progfather comment on each of his solo albums and Finnish superstar Tarja Turunen, a massive Gabriel fan, passes judgment on her favourite Gabriel album covers.

There’s a rare, brand new and highly revealing interview with former Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin, Camel’s Andy Latimer talks about his favourite Camel album, and there are also brand new interviews with Coheed & Cambria, No-Man, Astra, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Heather Findlay, Panic Room, Solstice, Twelfth Night, Moon Safari, IO Earth, Crimson Sky and Diagonal, plus your usual round-up of prog news and reviews.

There’s a free CD featuring over an hour of great new prog music from the likes of Karnataka, Mandalaband, Syzygy, Solstice and many more. It’s your ultimate prog package.

Join Editor Jerry Ewing and writer Philip Wilding on Total Rock (www.totalrock.com) today as well between noon-3pm where they’ll be playing a load of great prog tunes and will be joined by special guests Anna Phoebe (Trans-Siberian Orchestra) and Heather Findlay.

And finally, for those interested in taking up the mflow promotional offer, the unique Prog code is PROGRK01. mflow is a unique digital music service that encourages fans to recommend and share music in return for a percentage of any resulting sales. The service launches on April 15 but 1,000 Prog readers can use this code to be the first to use the site as part of the invitation-only pre-launch. The easy-to-install mflow application allows you to follow other users and build a network of trusted sources, discover new music, recommend music to others, browse, search and purchase music online. mflow launches with over one million tracks.

Enjoy.

Williamson’s work has adorned album sleeves by Marillion, Fish, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Europe, to name but a few.

…And Marillion themselves feature on the front cover of the wallet of the new issue too.

There’s an overall arty feel to the latest issue, with Marillion, Muse, Jethro Tull and Curved Air among the bands discussing the ways in which ‘prog art’ has changed over the years.

Of course, such an issue couldn’t be discussed without input from Roger Dean and Storm Thorgerson.

And we unveil the winner of our art competition, the winner of which finds their work adorning the cover of this issue’s free CD.

We also unveil the winners of the 2009 Readers’ Poll, there’s the Critics’ Choice Albums Of the Year – and there are exclusive interviews with Todd Rundgren, Transatlantic, The Pineapple Thief, Big Big Train, Magenta, Karnivool, Ex Libras and Yak, as well as the final ever interview with the late Eric Woolfson of the Alan Parsons Project.

The new issue also carries all the details you’ll need to know about subscribing to Classic Rock Presents Prog.

Issue six of Classic Rock Presents Prog is on sale from Wednesday, January 25.

You can join Editor Jerry Ewing and writer Philip Wilding on TotalRock (www.totalrock.com) tomorrow between 12 noon and 3pm GMT, discussing the magazine and playing three hours of quality progressive rock.

Marillion feature on the front cover of the wallet of the new issue of Prog.

Inside the wallet: feast your eyes on Mark Wilkinson’s exclusive cover.

Woolfson was a key driving force behind The Alan Parsons Project, writing all the lyrics and contributing some lead vocals. Additionally, he wrote songs for the likes of Marianne Faithfull, Frank Ifield and The Tremeloes.

Woolfson was also involved with the musical theatre. He was hoping to bring his masterpiece Poe to European stages next year.

Eric Woolfson gave his last interview to Classic Rock Presents Prog. You will be able to read this in the next issue.

With its usual lavish wallet featuring Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson in classic pose, the issue looks at the relationship between prog rock and folk music, with brand new interviews with Ian Anderson, Renaissance, Roy Harper, Pentangle, Comus and Mostly Autumn. There’s a look at the life and times of John Martyn too.

Elsewhere there’s an exclusive round-table Progressive Nation interview with Dream Theater’s Mike Portnoy, Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt and Bigelf’s Damon Fox discussing the state of prog music today, and interviews with Oceansize, Within Temptation, Katatonia, 3, The Devil’s Blood and a seasonal look at Xmas prog tunes.

All this, plus a free 12-track CD featuring the likes of Transatlantic, Nosound, 3, Within Temptation, Big Big Train, Mostly Autumn and many more.

You’ll find all your progressive desires catered for in Classic Rock Presents Prog issue 5, on sale from tomorrow.

Ian Anderson (plus codpiece) on the wallet.

Prog Nation protagonists on the cover inside.

Artist Mark Wilkinson, the man responsible for much of Marillion and Fish’s enigmatic cover artwork is going to judge the entries and choose the winner. Mark’s new book, Shadowplay, will be released in mid-November. For further details see: www.the-masque.com.

The specifications for the competition are as follows:

For original artwork being sent to us (hand illustrations/painting, etc.), the actual artwork needs to be a minimum of h125mm x w123mm, but can be as big as A4 size.

Computer-based artwork (illustration/photography) needs to be supplied as a high resolution .jpg, minimum 300dpi at the above dimensions.

Please note that no words should be added to the artwork, as we will add any text on later.

E-mail your entries to prog@futurenet.co.uk or post to: Prog, 2 Balcombe Street, London, NW1 6NW. And don’t forget to include your contact details.

And it’s not too late to vote in the 2009 Readers’ Poll. Send your nominations for the following categories (for 2009 only please) to: voteprog@futurenet.co.uk.

CATEGORIES

Best Band

Best Album

Best Female Vocalist

Best Male Vocalist

Best Guitarist

Best Bassist

Best Keyboard Player

Best Drummer

Best Reissue

Best Gig/Event

Best New/Unsigned Band

Prog Icon 2009

Artist Mark Wilkinson, the man responsible for much of Marillion and Fish’s enigmatic cover artwork, is going to judge the entries and choose the winner.

Mark’s new book, Shadowplay, will be published in mid-November. For further details see: www.the-masque.com

The specifications for the competition are:

For original artwork being sent to us (hand illustrations/painting, etc.), the actual artwork needs to be a minimum of h125mm x w123mm but can be as big as A4 size.

Computer-based artwork (illustration/photography) needs to be supplied as a high resolution jpg, minimum 300dpi at the above dimensions.

Please note that no words should be added to the artwork, as we will add any text on later.

E-mail your entries to prog@futurenet.co.uk

Or post to: Classic Rock Presents Prog, 2 Balcombe Street, London NW1 6NW.

Don’t forget to include your contact details. Closing date for all entries is Wednesday, November 11.

You can still vote in the Classic Rock Presents Prog 2009 Readers’ Poll. Send your nominations for the following categories (for 2009 only please) to: voteprog@futurenet.co.uk

CATEGORIES

Best Band

Best Album

Best Female Vocalist

Best Male Vocalist

Best Guitarist

Best Bassist

Best Keyboard Player

Best Drummer

Best Reissue

Best Gig/Event

Best New/Unsigned Band

Prog Icon 2009

In this electronic age there’s no need to go tearing a page out of your treasured copy of Prog having filled in blank spaces on a poll form with your relevant votes (although for old times’ sake, and we do like that on Prog, we might just do it for the hell of it in the next issue).

All you need to do is have a look at the categories listed, put your votes down on an e-mail, stick Readers Poll in the subject field, and e-mail us your entries to: voteprog@futurenet.co.uk.

If snail mail really is your thing, then simply send us your entries to: Readers’ Poll, Classic Rock Presents Prog, 2 Balcombe Street, London, NW1 6NW.

We can’t wait to see who you vote for and it’ll be interesting to see if the newer bands get a chance to shine against the more established acts who haven’t exactly been that busy of late.

CATEGORIES

Best Band

Best Album

Best Female Vocalist

Best Male Vocalist

Best Guitarist

Best Bassist

Best Keyboard Player

Best Drummer

Best Reissue

Best Gig/Event

Best New/Unsigned Band

Prog Icon 2009

Robert Fripp, Michael Giles, Pete Sinfield, Bill Bruford, Mel Collins, David Cross and John Wetton were all in attendance, as was Porcupine Tree’s Steven Wilson, who, along with Fripp, had undertaken the task of re-working the material.

The assembled Crimson-ites are pictured above: Michael Giles, Pete Sinfield, Bill Bruford, David Cross, Robert Fripp, John Wetton and Mel Collins.

Fripp himself said a few words before introducing Wilson, who gave a short speech detailing how he’d gone about undertaking such a mammoth task, before the assembled throng was treated to a selection of tracks in quite stunning new sound.

In The Court Of The Crimson King, Lizard and Red are all available through the Panegryic label, with the remainder of the band’s back catalogue being re-issued throughout 2010.

The three current re-issues are reviewed in the latest issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog, on sale now (cover pictured below). The re-issues come with extensive sleeve notes from Prog’s own Sid Smith.

– Jerry Ewing

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Classic Rock Presents Prog features the cream of today’s young, avant-garde prog bands like Muse, The Mars Volta and Radiohead, along with the early acts who helped pioneer the genre such as Van der Graaf Generator, Mike Oldfield and King Crimson.

All this plus a free CD every issue, featuring an hour’s worth of the finest new progressive music being made today!

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And also European and American readers can order issue 3 of Prog from www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk as of the morning of Wednesday 5 August, the day it goes on sale. We hope you enjoy the magazine as much as we enjoyed creating it. Next issue will be on sale on September 30.