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Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue: Roy Harper . Since the mid-60s, the progressive folk singer-songwriter has enjoyed a successful solo career that’s also found him collaborating with everyone from Pink Floyd and Peter Gabriel to Kate Bush and Ian Anderson. But he’s never quite reached the commercial heights of his peers. As his Final Tour: Part Two fast approaches, he looks back over highlights from his career so far and teases a brand-new album.

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Begging The Night To Take Hold

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Britpop is having a moment – and it’s not just Oasis and Pulp who are reaping the rewards as many of their 90s peers seem to be enjoying an upswing in fortunes, too, including, notably, Shed Seven. Pa