Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
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...
Cloudland Blue - A Diary (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Playlist Various - Rock & Pop Jukebox on Shuffleplay Polar Bear - Polar Bear Yes - Edinburgh Setlist To FOPP today for the first time this week... Picked up the latest album from British jazz combo Polar Bear, and very fine it is too... Listened as I made my way back into town for tonight's Yes concert at the Usher Hall... No Jon Anderson vocalising, instead, a French Canadian (Benoit David) whom...
Messages from the Ether (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I've been enjoying using Pandora as my car radio for the past few months. I've only got two primary stations that I listen to. The Baroque station, seeded with "Johann Sebastian Bach", I'll use for driving-to-work music. The game is to name the composer in the first 20 seconds or so. I've gotten better at nationality (although Handel always sounds English to me) and I've realized that Vivaldi...
The Quietus | All Articles (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
This week, Dr Rock meets bass god extraordinaire Chris Squire from prog visionaries Yes and has a natter about all things Zeppelin, drugs, punks and Spinal Tap
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
I'm declaring Band Amnesty Week. I for one would love to hear Chris Squire playing and singing on the ABWH material. I'd love to hear Jon Anderson on the 'Drama' stuff. Waters adding to later Floyd, anyone? How about Hackett on later Genesis material, or Genesis on Hackett material? Or Gabriel on both? Massive, Let's get out the olive branch and Rock!
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....
The Northern England Art Rock Society (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Steve Hackett will release his latest solo album, "Out Of The Tunnel’s Mouth", on October 5th via his own label, Wolfworks. Joining him on the album are Nick Beggs (bass & Chapman stick), Dick Driver (double bass), John Hackett (flute), Roger King (keyboards/programming), Lauren King (backing vocals), Ferenc Kovacs (violin), Amanda Lehmann (vocals), Jo Lehmann (backing vocals),...
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...
Notes From The UndergroundBastard (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Rock Aid Armenia/1988 On Drums: Roger Taylor (from Queen) On keyboards: Keith Emerson (from Emerson, Lake & Palmer) and Geoffrey Downes (from Asia) On Bass Guitar: Chris Squire (from Yes) On Vocals: Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Bruce Dickinson (from Iron Maiden) and Bryan Adams On Guitar: Alex Lifeson (from Rush), Tommy Iommi (from Sabbath), Brian May (from Queen), Ritchie Blackmore (Rainbow)...
Diplomatic Blogoir (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
Here's a funny thing. The European Union has all sorts of firm things to say - and enforce - about how we should live nicely to save the planet. Think of all those permits off-shore oil companies need to do anything which might damage the oceanic environment. And the various Bathing Water Directives needed to keep our beaches clean. And the way Science is thrown in our faces on climate change, to...
McIlWeb (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
1 - Paul McCartney 2 - John Entwistle 3 - Bill Black 4 - Carol Kaye 5 - James Jamerson 6 - Jack Bruce 7 - John McVie 8 - Chris Squire 9 - Noel Redding 10 - John Paul Jones
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...
SteveAudio (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
Ok, so music 2 days in a row. Music is always right. Oh, and only a moose like Chris Squire can make a Rickenbacker 4001 bass look like a ukulele. Rock on.
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