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Anderson Ponty Band - Better Late Than Never The 'Happening' I keep referring to was postponed again this week which only left me enough time to do a very short episode containing a review of ABWH by Mark Anthony K and the details of how to enter the Anderson Ponty Band competition to win one of two copies of the new album, 'Better Late Than Never'! Send your competition entry to show@yesmusicpodcast.com What does Mark Anthony K think of ABWH? Was it really all peace and harmony in the band at the time? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show notes and links Jon Anderson - The Sky and His Shadow Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird

Supplied by Ken Fuller, a VHS Cassette!Ken Fuller very kindly sent me this VHS video of In The Big Dream two years ago! I've finally got round to watching it... This is described as a compilation - what's on it? What was the technology capable of in 1989? Does this collection stand the test of time or is it simply a museum piece? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show notes and links Preston Frazier's Anderson Ponty Band stream Be The One covered by Miguel Falcao Vancouver Sun interview with Steve Howe Billy Sherwood's latest... Steve Howe on Cruise to the Edge Geoff Downes and Chris Braide new album Jon Davison and The Foo Fighters Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use i

Yes Magazine Volume 2 Number 2 In the absence of the 'happening' I was expecting this week, I have looked at another of Carl Coppage's brilliant Yes Magazine scans - this one from January 1990 when Trevor Rabin was leading 'Yes West' and ABWH were ebarking on a tour of the US. What can we learn about Yes West vs. ABWH? Did it look like ABWH would continue into a second album? What about Rabin's Yes West? Were there long-term plans? Did they have a singer? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show notes and links   Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music

Jon Anderson I approach the tomb of the forbidden subject and share my thoughts about whether Jon Anderson should be in Yes at the moment. Is Yes actually Yes without Anderson? Should we forget about the current members? Will we ever see Anderson back in the band? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show notes and links Future of Yes article spotted by Brian Sullivan Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

Anderson Ponty Band - Better Late Than Never I was delighted to receive a review copy of the new album by the Anderson Ponty Band' 'Better Late Than Never' which includes several re-workings of Yes songs. How do the new versions of Yes songs come over? Is the Anderson Ponty combination a productive one? How effective is the album as a package? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show notes and links Anderson Ponty Band on Facebook Billy Sherwood Q & A on Yesworld.com New Yes merchandise available! Roger Dean exhibition The new Chris Squire Virtuoso Award Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduct

T-shirts from @yesofficial concerts & YMPA brief message about episode 200 of the YMP as well as a review by Mark Anthony K of The Living Tree by Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson. How shall we celebrate episode 200? What does Mark think of the latest Wakeman/Anderson collaboration? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

Prog Magazine, purchased August 2015In a short episode, I take a look at the Prog Magazine issue featuring tributes to Chris Squire. How has Prog magazine decided to honour the memory of Chris Squire? What reminiscences are included? Is Squire's legacy mentioned? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the following two creative commons sources: thanvannispen and archive.org

Steve Howe plays 'Clap', August 2015. Photo by Preston Frazier, used by permission. Yes have just begun their US tour 2015. This week I look at some YouTube videos made by fans at those first concerts on the tour. How do the band pay tribute to Chris Squire? Is this still Yes, or is it becoming a tribute band? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think!   Show links and notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Vq1LmRa8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHSy0u3aGvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV1usG3oCD8 Next Steven Wilson remix - Fragile! The Map - Patrick Moraz Dave from Knoxville on The Half Hour of Power Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's F

The Ladder, Ladder Tour programme and House of Blues DVD After the review of The Ladder last week from Mark Anthony K, I thought I would find out a bit more about this time when Billy Sherwood was writing, recording and performing with the band. So I have looked at Jon Kirkham's 'Time and a Word - The Yes Interviews' book and a YouTube video of a concert fro the US Ladder Tour. What did Billy Sherwood think of The Ladder? What can we learn about Sherwood's live performances from this YouTube video? How will Billy step into Chris' shoes? Also this week, I received the press release about the AndersonPonty Band's new album and DVD. Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty I read the whole press release in the episode but here's an extract: One of the most eagerly awaited releases of 2015 by the AndersonPonty Band, featuring music icons Jon Anderson and Jean Luc Ponty, is scheduled to hit the streets early Fall 2015! “Better Late Than Never” is the new album taken from a live performance, and enhanced with innov

Yes Magazine from 1998 With Billy Sherwood officially back as a Yes band member, I look at the first time he joined as a permanent member, through a Yes Magazine issue from 1998, kindly supplied by the Gottlieb Brothers. What did Sherwood think of Open Your Eyes? What did Steve Howe think of Open Your Eyes? What was the 1997 concert tour like? Take a listen to the episode and let me know what you think! Show links and notes   Something Else Reviews: Chris Squire article Olias https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_B1ul5We-A Roman's World Podcast featuring...me! Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes c

Me, obviously After fantastic encouragement from listeners, this is the re-boot of the YMP. I am hoping to press onto episode 200 and beyond! Thank you to everyone who voted in the poll. Thank you to everyone who got in touch. Here's to the future!   Show links and notes http://youtu.be/GTlysbK5eZ0 @NotRightAway - tweeted a link to this dissection of Roundabout Mark Anthony K's latest purchases! Mark is also creating a new prog band! Ken Fuller and Mark Anthony K Ultimate Classic Rock article link Uncle Preston Frazier's review of Sweet Dreams Brian Sullivan spotted this touching tribute to Chris Squire Uncle Preston spotted the Billy Sherwood announcement Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is

What is the future for the YMP now that Chris Squire has left us? Please listen to the short episode and then let me have your thoughts in the poll below. Many thanks, Kevin   [socialpoll id="2282974"]

Fish Out Of Water, Chris Squire Many people have made tributes to the legacy of the legend, Chris Squire. Here are some of the most important and most affecting.  

The great Chris Squire The incomparable Chris Squire. 1948 - 2015. "Dream on, on to the heart of the sunrise." We will miss you terribly, Chris. Rest In Peace.

Fish Out Of Water, Chris Squire I finally listen properly to Chris Squire's first solo album, Fish Out Of Water from 1975. Is this the lost Yes album? Does it sound like Yes? What do Patrick Moraz and Bill Bruford add? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show links and notes Light a candle for Chris Squire Miguel's project video in support of Chris Squire #playforChris: https://youtu.be/nMhI0fQEdrI   2015 Prog Awards Preston's mid-2015 review Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird Suite. This has been used as introduction music at many Yes concerts. My theme music is not take from a live concert - I put it together from the followin

Drama to be played live in 2016 in its entirety! In this tracks through time edition, I listen to the previous outings of some Drama tracks. What can we expect from these Drama tracks live in 2016? Is Jon Davison going to be the best Yes singer for Drama? Who else has played these tracks? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show links and notes Light a candle for Chris Squire Visit http://miguelbass.com/ for the #playforChris video! Miguel's project video in support of Chris Squire #playforChris: https://youtu.be/nMhI0fQEdrI NPR on Heart of the Sunrise Eddie Jobson's post about Yes Sydney 2012 - Tempus Fugit Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last movement of Stravi

Drama to be played live in 2016 in its entirety! In the midst of concern about Chris Squire's health, Yes have announced that Drama and Fragile will be played in their entirety in 2016 in Europe. What can we expect from Drama live in 2016? Have all the tracks been played live before? What about Trevor Horn's contributions? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show links and notes Light a candle for Chris Squire Keep an eye on http://miguelbass.com/ for the #playforChris video! Video about Miguel's project in support of Chris Squire #playforChris: https://youtu.be/J1LwXbGJu4Q   Prog Magazine on Yes European Tour 2016 Preston Frazier No Opportunity Necessary review Jeff Hodges' article on the future of Yes Ranking of Yes albums by quality noticed by @notrightaway on Twitter Mark Anthony K's Ramshackled vinyl discovery   Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscr

Who are these people? Why are they all standing together? Every issue of the Yes Magazine captures a moment in Yes history in a fascinating way. Thanks to Carl Coppage, I am able to immerse myself in one of these moments this week. Why are fans all talking about a forthcoming box set? What do Jon Anderson and Bill Bruford think of the forthcoming album and tour? What is 'Dialogue' and where did it go? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show links and notes Light a candle for Chris Squire Video about Miguel's project in support of Chris Squire #playforChris: https://youtu.be/J1LwXbGJu4Q miguel@miguelbass.com BBC Prog programme Progeny in a day Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I

Chris Squire - photo by Jeremy North There has never been a more appropriate time to consider the contribution of Chris Squire to the greatest progressive rock band in the world. What makes Chris Squire's bass playing unique? What does he add to every Yes track he has been involved with? What will Yes concerts be like this Summer without Chris on bass for the first time since 1968? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show links and notes Light a candle for Chris Squire Video about Miguel's project in support of Chris Squire #playforChris: https://youtu.be/J1LwXbGJu4Q miguel@miguelbass.com Scott O'Reilly blog post about Chris Squire Kevin Brodie's favourite Squire moment - Ritual Preston Frazier's review of Survival YesFocus Squire support video Mark Anthony K's Progeny photos Circa's amazing Yes Medley with Kaye, White and Sherwood Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything.

The great Chris Squire CD/DVD purchased 2014 This week I watch the second part of the DVD from  Like It Is - Yes at The Bristol Hippodrome. This is the whole of The Yes Album. Does Downes' playing look as good as it sounds? How is A Venture approached? What else can we learn about the musicians from seeing them rather than hearing them? Listen to the episode and then let me know what you think! Show links and notes Photographs by Bob Mantin from Westbury 2014 Chris Squire announcement Like It Is part 2 Progeny review from Sid Smith BBC Radio 2 programme on Prog Ben Craven Interview Preston Frazier on Sweetness   Please subscribe! If you are still listening to the podcast on the website, please consider subscribing so you don’t risk missing anything. You can subscribe with an RSS reader, with iTunes, with the iOS Podcasts app, on your Blackberry, via email updates, via www.stitcher.com on Spreaker.com or via Tunein.com. Theme music The music I use is the last mov