One of the most quoted facts in 90s music is that, at the height of Britpop in 1994, the winner of the Mercury Prize was M People, whose Elegant Slumming beat Blur, Pulp and The Prodigy. Less referenc

‘We’re going to have a tonal centre and tap our feet, and that’s the way it is.’ Steve Reich is in full flow, talking to me from his home in New York. ‘The big break, the knife down the line, was betw

Praise be! Prog’s most devout figure, Neal Morse, gets the gang back together, dials back the sermonising and reaches for the stars on his band’s sparkling first album in five years.

The Accidental EARMUSIC

NEAL MORSE

Music saved my life,” says Mark Moore. “When I was young, I was always looking for somewhere to belong, somewhere my existence made sense – and that’s what music gave me.” For those who only know Mark