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“I don’t feel like we were trying to do a new Cream”: Legendary guitarist Robin Trower on the ’80s supergroup he created with Jack Bruce

In 1981, Robin Trower got together with former Sly And The Family Stone drummer Bill Lowden and former Cream frontman Jack Bruce and made one delicious blues-rock sandwich

MusicRadar · Sep 2

“To keep a standard up so long is an achievement. This album crowns that. Now people can play something other than A Whiter Shade Of Pale!” Procol Harum didn’t expect 50th anniversary album Novum to be their last

When Procol Harum released 50th anniversary album Novum in 2017, vocalist Gary Brooker and lyricist Pete Brown made it clear they weren’t expecting it to be their last

Louder · Apr 21, 2025

“A Rolls Royce appeared to pick me up for Top Of The Pops. I asked who booked it; the driver said, ‘Your manager.’ We sacked him and I took the bus”: The convoluted story of Procol Harum’s A Whiter Shade Of Pale

In May 1967, the band’s debut single changed the musical world. Nearly six decades later it’s developed a long and protracted legacy

Louder · Dec 20, 2024

“As boldly baroque as anything The Moody Blues or The Nice had at that point constructed… but perhaps it hasn’t aged gracefully”: Procul Harum’s vinyl reissue of Shine On Brightly is still fascinating

Robin Trower’s dazzling contributions feel like they’re coming from another room on their second album, as they try to work out who they are

Louder · Feb 23, 2024

Covid memorial unveiled at Swansea's Morriston Hospital to 'honour and remember those who lost their lives'

The outdoor seating areas are lined with hand-made tiles with messages on them

Wales Online · Jun 27, 2023

Procol Harum: The epic story of A Whiter Shade Of Pale

More than half a century ago Procol Harum recorded the unlikeliest, best-selling, most bitterly-contested drug anthem of all time

Louder · Jun 8, 2023

Procul Harum lyricist Keith Reid dies after battling cancer for two years

The 76-year-old wrote the words for the classic chart-topper A Whiter Shade Of Pale

Wales Online · Mar 31, 2023

Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid dead at 76

The death of Keith Reid, who co-wrote Procol Harum's classic A Whiter Shade Of Pale, has been confirmed by the band

Louder · Mar 30, 2023

Procol Harum pay tribute to A Whiter Shade of Pale lyricist Keith Reid, who has died aged 76

Reid also wrote the words to John Farnham’s 1986 hit You’re The Voice

MusicRadar · Mar 30, 2023

‘Imaginative’ Procol Harum lyricist Keith Reid dies aged 76

Reid wrote the words to A Whiter Shade Of Pale, which won a Brit award and reached number one in the UK charts.

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023