Post Tagged with: "Rick Wakeman"

by / on April 18, 2013 at 8:54 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Days Between Stations + Peter Banks, Colin Moulding, Rick Wakeman, Billy Sherwood – In Extremis (2013)

In a strange and beautiful coincidence, Days Between Stations was working on an album about birth, life and death with Peter Banks in the time just before Yes’ co-founding guitarist passed.

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by / on March 28, 2013 at 9:12 am / in One Track Mind, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Jon Anderson on Yes’ “And You and I,” “Endless Dream,” “I’ve Seen All Good People”

Jon Anderson stopped by before embarking on a new solo tour of Australia and New Zealand to discuss a few key moments from his career — including key Yes tracks from Close to the Edge and The Yes Album.

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by / on November 25, 2012 at 7:14 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Nektar – A Spoonful of Time (2012)

When you saw that Nektar was working with Billy Sherwood — a guy whose Rolodex needs its own boarding pass — you might have guessed that an all-star album was on the way courtesy of Cleopatra Records. You would have been right.

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by / on November 14, 2012 at 11:32 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

Jon Anderson at work on new studio album with former Union-era Yes collaborator

As a much talked-about project featuring Yes alums Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman continues to percolate, Anderson is hard at work on his next solo album.

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by / on October 14, 2012 at 7:46 am / in Fusion Jazz, Jazz, Uncategorized

The Fusion Syndicate, with Billy Cobham, Larry Coryell, Billy Sherwood – The Fusion Syndicate (2012)

Amazon.com Widgets Billy Sherwood, both with Yes and on his recent helming of the Prog Collective, has already established himself as a staunch advocate for the 1970s’ signature rock style. So why shouldn’t he do the same with 1970s jazz?

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by / on September 26, 2012 at 7:27 am / in Metal, Pop Music, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Iggy Pop, John Wetton, Nektar, Sweet, Todd Rundgren – Who Are You: An All Star Tribute to the Who (2012)

The intrigue of compilations like this is when seemingly incongruent artists successfully combine, or when somebody turns a familiar tune inside out.

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by / on September 22, 2012 at 2:51 pm / in Concerts, Progressive rock, Rock Music

'I simply do what I know I can do': Prog god Rick Wakeman takes an organic approach to his art

For Rick Wakeman, who’s preparing a new tour of New Zealand and a reissue of Journey to the Centre of the Earth, the approach to music remains steadfastly organic: “It,” the prog god offers, “sort of happens.”

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by / on September 20, 2012 at 7:45 am / in Concerts, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Shows I'll Never Forget, Uncategorized

Shows I'll Never Forget: Rick Wakeman, June 21, 2006

At The Keswick Theater, Glenside, Pennsylvania: I admit I was quite skeptical when the opportunity arrived to see Rick Wakeman’s 2006 Grand Piano Tour. I was expecting dinosaur rock ‘n’ roll from a dinosaur musician

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by / on September 14, 2012 at 7:47 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe – Live at the NEC, October 24, 1989 (2012)

A new three-disc CD/DVD set celebrates that strange period in which a band not called Yes, including most of the individuals credited with the Yes sound, put together an album and tour that sounded just like … well, Yes.

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by / on September 8, 2012 at 1:55 pm / in Progressive rock, Rock Music

'Recording as we speak': New album in works from Yes alums Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin

Jon Anderson’s on-again, off-again recording project with fellow Yes alums Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin is apparently back on again. The three are passing around demos, and even contemplating a tour together.

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