BIGGER ISN’T ALWAYS BETTER

It’s always great to look through the Prog Readers’ Poll results to see if your vote made it to the top 10!

It goes without saying that live music needs a forum, a space in which it can be appreciated properly. Sometimes these can be iconic spaces like the Royal Albert Hall or the Hammy Odeon (not Apollo!) but more often, especially in the world of prog, they are more prosaic and humble. Like one of my other loves, beer, the experience is always enhanced by the right environment, and pubs and music venues, of course, do often go hand in hand…

So it’s great to see, in amongst the big boys, recognition for venues that are at the grass roots of keeping music alive on a daily and weekly basis. Big love to The Musician (and Danny) and Thekla especially for keeping the flag flying.