Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
I know that this tour has been covered already - complete with Venn Diagrams - but this was my first time to see Yes live, and since buying the tickets – Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Row 3 – my expectations had initially been raised by the general upswing in all things Prog, and then dampened by the thought that they had become effectively their own tribute band. ‘Siberian Khatru’...
Truth In Shredding (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Just back from the Yes gig... great time, great songs... players could learn a lot about dynamics from this band. Steve Howe is excellent, his skill is just amazing, lots of music ideas, he was alike a grey haired Albert Einstein, pulling musical jack rabbits out of his hat! Chris Squire, his counterfoil, likewise delivers real lead bass... thanks to my brothers for getting the tickets!!! you... This...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Words and Images by: L. Paul Mann Jon Anderson :: 11.15.09 :: SOhO :: Santa Barbara, CA Jon Anderson :: 11.15 :: Santa Barbara, CA A special last minute show was added to the calendar at Santa Barbara's premiere live music restaurant and bar venue, SOhO. Jon Anderson played an acoustic set of new and old material, at the intimate spot last Sunday night. As the quintessential lead singer of the classic...
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
THIS IS NOT A ALBUM FROM THE DEVIL!! Aphrodite's Child was a Greek rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards); Demis Roussos (bass guitar and vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris (guitar). This band and especialy this album made vangelis be know by his skills at the keyboard,and he had been invited by Jon Anderson from Yes to replace...
The Northern England Art Rock Society (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Jon Anderson has had a go at his former bandmates for touring as Yes without him. Classic Rock Magazine reports that in a interview with Anderson he complained that the band’s decision to tour without him was disrespectful. “I’d actually been ill for about five years and it got to the point where I couldn’t continue. I had to take a complete break – and ended up having...
991 Sleevenotes (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
YES 'Introducing Yes' [Release Date 12/10/2009] CD All over the world YES are considered along with the renowned Genesis, King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer as the pre-eminent big four of progressive rock. YES turned the existing rules of pop music upside down: extended song lengths, topmost abstract lyrics, extraordinary instrumentation and far-ranging influences of Classical, Jazz and Rock....
Classic Rock and More (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
Yes's revised European tour dates are as below. Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Alan White, Benoit David & Oliver Wakeman will be the band's line-up. Jon Anderson is not part of the line-up on this tour; click HERE for information on Jon's solo activities. OCTOBER 29 THU Olomouc, Czech Republic - Hala Universitetu Palackiego 30 FRI Katowice, Poland - Spodek 31 SAT Bratislava, Slovakia - Sport Hall Pasienky...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
DETROIT (Billboard) - Meat Loaf, Yes singer Jon Anderson and former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley will be the headline "counselors" at this year's Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp, which will take place November 17-22 in Hollywood. A shorter and less expensive session will also be held November 12-15.
The Plank (Free subscription) | 08/12/2009
I'm sorry, but any list of "Top Ten Least Impressive 'Supergroups'" that doesn't include The Firm (Bad Company's Paul Rodgers, Zeppelin's Jimmy Page et al.; biggest hit: "Radioactive") and, especially, Asia (King Crimson's John Wetton, Yes's Steve Howe, ELP's Carl Palmer, etc; biggest hit: "Heat of the Moment") really isn't trying very hard. Walk with me down memory lane,...
POPMONSTER: GREG POPE (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
My aunt Ginger gave me her copy of Fragile (LP, not CD!) when I was five and my life was changed. I'd already been listening to it on visits to her house. I'd sit with my ear pressed to the speaker, eyes closed, soaking in the ominous thunder sounds at the beginning of "South Side of the Sky" and waiting for that amazing drum intro by Bill Bruford. South Side Of The Sky - Yes Later, when...
Line Out (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Apple Jam — Rick Lovrovich (founder & bass player), Jon Bolton (drums), Mike Mattingly (guitar), Johnny Jones (keyboards), and Kurtis Dengler (guitar), with Yes drummer Alan White sometimes sitting in for live performances—have recorded Off the Beatle Track (out 9/9/09), an album consisting of 15 songs John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote for other artists, but Apple Jam execute them...
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
After the big YES reunion of the 1990s, I have tried to catch the band on every tour when they stop by New York. Last year they were planning something big for their 40th anniversary. Yup, did you realize that Yes has been around that long? But the unimaginable occurred - singer Jon Anderson suffered a collapsed lung and the tour was cancelled. Then word got out that Yes hired a dude named Benoit...
Outside Counsel (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
Yes' desecration of Paul Simon's "America" came on the radio, and LCA was appalled. I told her Jon Anderson had it in mind to fix the song by adding loads more cow bell, and then she understood.
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
1. Firebird Suite 2. Siberian Khatru 3. I’ve Seen All Good People 4. Tempus Fugit 5. Astral Traveller / Drum Solo 6. And You And I 7. Steve Howe Solo 8. Owner Of A Lonely Heart 9. Machine Messiah 10. Roundabout 11. Heart Of The Sunrise 12. Starship Trooper
Baxojayz - Centricity (Free subscription) | 07/31/2009
As this posts, I'll be on my to see YES perform out on Long Island. I think I've seen them every time they came to NY in the last decade, but something is different for this tour. The singer Jon Anderson is sitting this tour out because he suffered a lung malady last year. As a result they did the Journey thing and hired an "understudy" to sing. This guy can hit all the notes that Jon Anderson...
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