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Woman & Home · Apr 2

“We were asked to do Glastonbury. I had no intention, but I was outvoted… If I’d been told first instead of the band, I might ‘not have remembered’ to say!”: John Lees’ on playing live again and the new Barclay James Harvest album, Relativity...

New album Relativity gave him flashbacks to the 70s – and though the factors that led to his split with Les Holroyd are all in the past, he can’t see how a reunion might happen

Louder · Dec 16, 2025

“There’s zero attempt to update their sound. This album won’t stun, but will stir”: John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest end 12-year silence with Relativity

Follow-up to 2013’s North is an easygoing epic with ambitious themes that’s well worth the wait

Louder · Oct 17, 2025

“The band played the Reichstag in Berlin to a crowd of 250,000. He went home and told everyone… They were more excited that somebody had won a tenner at the bingo!” The grounding experiences of Barclay James Harvest

Unrelentingly Northern in attitude, both parts the slow-burning band that split in two seemed happy with their lot – but is their story one of unfulfilled achievements?

Louder · Nov 6, 2024

Kate Bush graces the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus Tony Banks, John Lees Barclay James Harvest, Opeth, Phil Manzanera, Frost*, Von Hertzen Brothers, Stuckfish, Haze and more

Louder · Oct 18, 2024

Whole Foods CEO’s least favorite type of worker is the know-it-all

Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel said: "I learned the hard way that you have to be flexible, especially in today's world.”

Fortune · Jun 14, 2024

“Marrying a rock band to an orchestra was seat-of-the-pants stuff." The story of Barclay James Harvest's Once Again

1971's Once Again album. only the band's second album, saw Oldham's prog quartet Barclay James Harvest working with an orchestra to striking effect

Louder · Jan 13, 2024

Pink Floyd grace the cover of the new issue of Prog, which is on sale now!

Plus BJH, Soft Machine, Voyager, The Fierce & The Dead, Arjen Lucassen, Enslaved, Mystery, Godsticks and more...

Louder · Aug 4, 2023

How Nottinghamshire Police are using new patrols to make the city centre safe at night

'It is a huge job, but it is also a privilege'

Nottingham Post · Oct 22, 2022

Famous chippy's price rise drew complaints from customers - it's still not enough in a trade facing 'extinction'

Levers is an Oldham institution

Manchester Evening News · Sep 11, 2022