Post Tagged with: "Trevor Horn"

by / on April 22, 2013 at 9:43 am / in Concerts, Progressive rock, Rock Music

‘It’s a pretty daunting task’: Yes’ Geoff Downes on following Rick Wakeman, and avoiding the capes

When Geoff Downes was invited, along with fellow Buggles co-founder Trevor Horn, to join Yes just before 1980′s Drama, the keyboardist was taking over a seat once warmed by the legendarily talented, and memorably caped Rick Wakeman.

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by / on August 9, 2012 at 8:30 am / in One Track Mind, Progressive rock, Rock Music

One Track Mind: Geoff Downes on Asia, Yes and "Video Killed the Radio Star"

Geoff Downes, who’ll finish the year touring with both Asia and Yes, joins us for a special edition of One Track Mind to talk about key moments with both bands

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by / on May 31, 2012 at 7:45 am / in One Track Mind, Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

One Track Mind: Chris Squire on "Fly From Here," "Life Within a Day," "Tempus Fugit," others

Yes co-founder Chris Squire, featured in a new duo recording with former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, takes over our One Track Mind feature this week.

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by / on September 10, 2011 at 7:51 am / in Rhythm and Blues, Rock Music

Guilty pleasures: Seal – Best: 1991-2004 (2004)

by Mark Saleski MTV Unplugged. It was an interesting show (heck, it was an interesting network, back when the ‘M’ actually stood for “music”). Can an artist/band deal with going ‘naked,’ the protective cover of studio sheen stripped away?

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by / on June 29, 2011 at 9:36 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Yes – Fly From Here (2011)

This album is, in many ways, better than it has any right to be. Yes had already tried a project with Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes — and without Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman — in 1980

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by / on April 14, 2011 at 7:44 am / in One Track Mind, Progressive rock

One Track Mind: Jon Anderson on "Roundabout," "Gates of Delirium," others

On this special edition of Something Else! Reviews’ One Track Mind, we hand the reins over to Jon Anderson

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by / on April 13, 2011 at 7:49 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Something Else! Interviews, Uncategorized

Something Else! Interview: Former Yes frontman Jon Anderson

After a difficult bout with respiratory problems, Jon Anderson has returned with a furious creativity, beginning with last year’s successful collaboration with fellow Yes alum Rick Wakeman. A forthcoming solo release, set for late spring, is to be part

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by / on January 13, 2011 at 7:09 am / in Progressive rock, Rock Music, Uncategorized

Something Else! Featured Artist: Yes

News that Yes — the newest iteration, anyway — was in studio completing its first new recording in 10 years got us thinking about this shape-shifting progressive rock act.

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