For four decades Jon Anderson has been most closely associated with Yes, one of Prog rock's most enduring acts. Besides his prolific work as a vocalist, Anderson has scored a ballet and performed on albums by a various array of artists including Kitaro, Mike Oldfield and Vangelis. In the spring of 2008 Anderson endured a [...]
Bear In Heaven - Beast Rest Forth Mouth Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven was one of the bands that I saw earlier this month at Next Big Nashville and made a mental note that I needed to check them out. Turns out if I had done a better job of checking my inbox, I could have checked them out before NBN... I'd already been sent a link to their sophomore album. Beast Rest Forth Mouth is full of moody, sequencer...
sycophant \SIK-uh-fuhnt\ , noun: A person who attempts to win favor by flattering people of wealth or influence; a parasite; a toady. Origin: Sycophant derives from Greek sukophantes, "an accuser (especially a false accuser) or rogue," fromsukon, "fig" + phantes, "one who shows," from phainein, "to show." bullshine Work-safe and broadcast-safe synonym of bullshit...
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...
Working through my daily dose of analyst reports and journal articles, I came to UBS’s recent release The Four Big China Themes from Jon Anderson where he lays out the bank’s position on four of the key trends that they are following in China.. and closely. Always stocked with impressive graphs, and supporting analysis, this recent [...]
Today is the 40th anniversary of Yes’ first album, Yes. The band had a seemingly disparate array of influences from classical, jazz, church choral vocals, The Who, The Everly Brothers to the Beatles. “The Beatles were the reason for everything in those far days YES..1969..everyone wanted to be a Beatle.” reflected vocalist Jon Anderson on [...]
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...
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) | 09/18/2009
The new CD "Into The Ether" from Steve Thorne, his first for the Festival Music label, is of the highest quality, and features many of todays top Prog artists including... Pete Trewavas (Marillion / Transatlantic / Kino) Nick D'Virgilio (Spocks Beard / Genesis) Gavin Harrison (Renaissance / Porcupine Tree / King Crimson) Tony Levin (King Crimson / Peter Gabriel / Liquid Tension Experiment)...
This song features prominently Jon Anderson of the band Yes doing a little something spiritual with himself. From the 2002 Dove Awards Album . MP3 File
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...