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"Wolfhound" is apparently a term for a British fighter jet. Not sure why they'd be purple, though.

Love these playlists!

One of the things I love about prog is that it seems like there's always more cool stuff to hear!

I'd never heard the Wetton/Downes demo before, but I've long thought that the current Yes should pull out "Brother of Mine" because of the Downes writing credit.

My first impression was that it reminded me of the new Peter Gabriel stuff. I kind of like it, but would hope we'd get a lot more traditional sounding HtM tunes on an album.

Still, it's 2024 and...

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In answer to a question about keyboards (this is Stanley's wife):

"If you mean did Stanley ask Kit or David to step up here, the answer is no. Ron Riddle has serious orchestration skills (also a...

Per their brand-new Facebook page:

"Stanley wanted to reform the band. He called original members Michael Beck, Rick Kennell and Ron Riddle. They were all enthusiastic about creating some new...

Tonight's show cancelled due to injury to Steve Howe.

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I do think as a purely practical matter, things might go a bit smoother if they had someone else come out and introduce RD, and say something like "Yes will be on at such-and-such time, but first...

I saw them in Greensboro last night. I think most of my reaction echoes other things that have been said.

Overall it felt like a solid show, but nothing really spectacular.

Quite a few empty...

I saw a post on FB recently where someone was asking why Wakeman isn't on this tour, and someone responded the Waleman hadn't been in the band for twenty years. Then the OP replied that wasn't right...

I enjoyed the Reimagines the 80s album for what it was, but can't say I'm feeling the need for a follow-up. I'll probably give it a listen though.

I'm loving the sudden burst in Chester Thompson activity lately. And Wakeman is in fine form as well.

Yeah, this sounds like classic Rabin.

I was hoping for, but not really expecting, something a bit more interesting after Jacaranda, but I'll at least give this album a listen when it comes out.

Two more bands I'm not familiar with at all and yet sound super-cool!

With Hyatt it seems to be simply a matter of "life getting in the way". There was some talk of the difficulty of getting everyone together early on in the process.

I got the impression (and I have...

Regardless of one's opinions of the new Yes album, the fact that the folks who publish Classic Rock and Prog Magazines hire people who actually like classic rock and prog doesn't strike me as a sign...

When I was in high school in the early 90s they used play Echoes and Hearts of Space late at night on the local public radio station, and I'd sometimes record it. So for years I had this not-so-great...

The Punch Brothers more than occasionally venture into something that could be called "acoustic prog". One of the best examples:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sya6Jh2pwzA

Yeah, but Davison and Sherwood's conceptions of Yes still seem very rooted in what Yes has been in the past, rather than pushing them forward to what they could be in the future, if that makes sense....

Wow! All three bands announced so far sound like they'll be awesome!

Yeah, it used to be that when Yes would hire new members, they'd push the band in new directions. I'd definitely welcome, say, a hot young keyboardist in their 20s who, while being respectful of the...

What a bizarre way of asking this question. Clearly there's no chance of any "classic" lineups of Yes getting back together, as literally every lineup prior to the current one contains at least one...

Wow! Both of these groups sound ultra-cool. Looking forward to this already.

First song from the new album. Lots of 80s nostalgia in the video. Fun as always.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ktREd3mJH0

Of the Davison solo compositions, I think I'd rank "Circles of Time" lower than "Future Memories" but higher than "Light of the Ages".

If this were the setlist for a Yes concert, I wouldn't complain.

I'm liking it so far. The "comparable to the better 90s albums" is holding true for me. The title track is definitely the standout. "Living Out the Dream" is okay, though I'm puzzled why it's on the...

"Tempus Fugit" and "Does it Really Happen?" became instant favorites for me when I first heard them on the YesYears box set. Drama has always been a Top Five (and probably Top Three" Yes album for...

I thought Sister Sleeping Soul was one of the top tracks on The Quest. Damaged World wasn't bad either, if you can tolerate Howe singing.

SHAL is okay, but I'd put pretty much middle of the pack on BG, well after I'm Running and Final Eyes, which are the two highlights, imo.

Yeah, I'd rather hear a solid performance of TMWLLG than hear them struggle through Sound Chaser. Ideally I'd love a Yes that could/would do both, though.

But, yeah, Sherwood has done a lot of...

They should name their next album "Karmachromatic Khatru".

Also the lead singer/bassist/main writer for I Am the Manic Whale.

Okay, on first listen I actually enjoyed it, and I was actually kind of surprised when it ended, as it didn't feel like 9 minutes had passed. I really do wish they'd get Trevor Horn or someone...

I remember seeing one of the members (Ryo?) asked about this not too long ago, and the answer was that SB was still together.

I've actually enjoyed both the PSA albums and Ryo's solo album more...

Without putting a lot of thought into precise rankings, I'd say that F.E.A.R. and AHBID hold up in quality against pretty much anything Marillion has ever done. Which is pretty impressive considering...

I listened to Genesis one a lot back in the day, but didn't realize until recently that NDV sang on the Peter Bardens Many Too Many cover. I would have had no idea who he was back then.

Toothaches happen to all of us eventually.

There's also the Mellow Records Yes tribute from about a decade ago. Here's 3rDegree's version of Going for the One:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYDljctPDXQ

The last couple of albums have had at least a few songs that I kept thinking, "There's a lot of potential here, if only the production was a bit crisper, the arrangement a bit tighter, a little bit...

Yeah, really nice cover. And the comments from Howe sound promising as well.

I've liked the two previous tracks, but this is the first one I've really loved on first listen.

It's a Squire song. Co-written by Gerard Johnson. I believe it was originally intended for a Squire solo album which never materialized, with much of the material winding up on Squackett. We probably...

Well, that's an example of how *not* to do it. But treat the Drama reunion as a side project rather than under the Yes banner, make it clear that "From a Page" or whatever is the official Yes lineup....

I think in my ideal world we'd have had two distinct albums released around the same time, one a Drama reunion album and one by the "regular" Yes line-up feature David/O. Wakeman. It wouldn't be that...

Also notable in BBT news is the fact that Oskar Holldorff has officially replaced Carly Bryant as the band's main keyboardist. This means that more than half of the current band members (not counting...

Yeah, so the basic idea seems to be an analogy between our modern communications networks and the Panopticon. We're all always (at least potentially) being watched, which can have both positive and...

I'm in the "liking but not immediately loving it" category, though it's growing on me with subsequent listens.

It does crack me up that the title is a bit of wordplay that probably 99% of the...

Yeah, he made some brief guest appearances on their albums, and was also was part of the live band for a bit after Andy Poole left. He's on the Merchants of Light album.

They played a set together with Francis Dunnery at Progstock 2017.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6xPTHYJ3nI

I believe he mentions in one of their videos being a "civil servant".

Considering he is arguably the most important composer on ITCotCK, I've always thought it was kind of strange how sparse his composition credits have been since it and M&G.

Anyway, R.I.P. to...

Sarah's been doing their artwork since Folklore, and I love most of her stuff, but I have to agree that the CG/WTTP covers are my least favorites.

They've released five singles from the album, but for some reason, each release has had the option of buying them bundled with all the previous singles. So what you are seeing is basically the option...

I re-listened to it recently and it was at least a bit better than I remembered it being. About two really annoying tracks, a bunch of so-so but perfectly acceptable tracks, and at least one or two...

My reaction is pretty close to Jacob's.

The initial two tracks had grown on me after repeated listenings, but my enthusiasm had been dampened by reviews suggesting that the album went downhill...

Yeah, I had tickets for one of the cancelled shows, and was really struggling on whether I should go before it was cancelled. It may be two years late, but I'm really hoping to finally see my...

That material is definitely of more interest to prog fans. I mean... Raymond Scott was covered by Rush, so that gives him prog cred, right?

Love Ghost Train Orchestra (and pretty much everything Brian Carpenter is involved in), but the Book of Rhapsodies releases which feature 30s "chamber jazz" are more my speed than these 1920s...