Progressive Music Awards 2012-Sept, London, UK

Just placed my votes.Agree with Laz,the only truly new band in that category is Headspace.

^ "The awards, created by Prog Magazine, were hosted by BBC Newsnight presenter Gavin Esler"

 

... Esler lives with rock violinist Anne Phoebe, who has toured with Jethro Tull and Roxy Music (filling Jobson's role on keys and fiddle) and records with The Trans Siberian Orchestra.

I'm not

Yes, very gaunt.

 

from the article:

 

Finally, John Wetton was given the honour of introducing the first Prog God, Rick Wakeman. But before the great man, and Prog columnist, came up to receive the award, there was a video montage celebrating his diverse and fascinating career, from session muso through Yes to being a Grumpy Old Man. However, it was all dwarfed by Wakeman’s hilarious banter – to call it a speech is to do this an injustice. He had the entire room in stitches as he praised the food and said he’d congratulated the chefs Neil and Roger, “And those aren’t their names, just what they were doing!”. But, on a serious note, he also praised prog’s considerable and continuing contribution to music through the years. It was a fitting conclusion to what had been a triumphant night.