Ed’s Letter

So it’s the last issue of 2018, and as you will see from the illustration above, artist John Langton has once again created the Prog Xmas card, this year based on a seasonal classic. This issue we cast our eyes back over the past 12 months as the writers vote for their albums of the year. It was a close run this year, and the results make for very interesting reading. We’ll be asking you to do the same for the 2018 Readers’ Poll for next issue. There’s a form on page 97 for you to fill in and post, you can vote by email or you can also vote via the website. We look forward to seeing your choices as always.

We’re already looking forward to 2019 with this issue’s cover star Steve Hackett, whose new studio album At The Edge Of Light sees the guitarist on top form and is released in January. Prog magazine has a few things to look forward to in 2019, too. In March we’ll be 10 years old. Yes indeed, it will be 10 whole years since Prog magazine first appeared on newsagent shelves. It’s certainly been an interesting decade. And if that wasn’t enough, next year we’ll also reach our 100th issue. So there are two major milestones to celebrate.

I hope you all had a great Christmas and we wish you peace, happiness and a very proggy 2019.