Yesshift

Happy birthday to Jon Anderson! Steven talks with Dan about his recently acquired box set, Jon Anderson's The Lost Tapes! This is something that Steven has wanted since he first found out about it in middle school, and for years was unable to order it while it was out of print, and then finally got it when he saw the listing on Bespoke Editions over on Music Glue!

Dan and Steven chat with keyboardist Adam Parrish! Hear about his gigs and check out his site https://adamparrishmusician.wordpress.com/ He has assisted on Rick Wakeman's crew before, has seen Rick's recent shows, and has performed with Gordon Giltrap! There's also some Yes music chat, and a fun bit of info regarding his sparkling outfit!

Dan and Steven review Cyberian Khatru, recently uploaded by Miguelbass here: ⁠https://youtu.be/3ky-74Fr1Xg?si=Ggps08Q8rpcRqjza⁠ Released in 2002, this project includes tracks by Yes fans to showcase "the sounds of alt.music.yes," an online newsgroup instrumental in bringing fans together in the early days of the internet. The cover artwork was also done by Magnification artist Bob Cesca, originally for the In a Word: Yes box set and then donated to this project once Roger Dean got involved in the box set. Along the way, Dan and Steven's discussion evolves into one about newer fans potentially influenced by Yes, as well as the future of Yes and Yes music beyond the current lineup we know.

We review Rick Wakeman's latest piano album, Melancholia! In Rick's own words, "Though often misunderstood as mere sadness, melancholia - as Wakeman himself notes - is more textured, more intricate. It is a temperament as much as a mood: sensitive, thoughtful, loyal, creatively driven, deeply analytical, and quietly steadfast. That richer definition lies at the heart of this album. These compositions are neither bleak nor morose. They are generous in spirit, filled with moments of light and resolve, reflecting a mind that has learned to make peace with melancholy - not to escape it, but to transmute it." Hear what we have to say about the album! And you can see the places to purchase it at https://www.rwcc.com/product.php?int_titleID=206

We interview Yes Music Podcast's Kevin Mulryne, who recently released a book: Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes Album Listening Guide! You can order it at https://yesmusicbooks.com/ and check out http://yesmusicpodcast.com

Steven does a Yesshift News Desk Edition, sharing reminders of Roger Dean shirt and stamp campaigns that are ending soon, the announcement of Steve Howe's upcoming EP Signals Crossed, thoughts on the streams from ProgStock he was able to watch, and more!

This morning, we awoke to the news of the passing of John Lodge. Music fans know of his long history with The Moody Blues. Yes fans may have seen him on the 2019 Royal Affair Tour and know that he was Jon Davison's father-in-law. Feel free to comment any memories you may have of John Lodge.

As planned, Steven talks about his vinyl copy of The Absence of Presence, the 2020 Kansas album featuring Tom Brislin on keys. He even contributed lyrics! Happy birthday to Tom Brislin! But also, surprising news about a Rush reformation came out today, so there will be a bit of talk about that, as well!

Ahead of the Todd Sucherman Fan Q&A on October 1st, 12pm PDT over at http://www.DrumTalkTVBrilliance.com Steven talks about his vinyl copy of the latest Styx album Circling from Above!

Steven goes through the pile of Yes and Yes-related news as of late! Yes have posted a couple clips of their rehearsals, there is at last an update about the Strawbs Documentary The Magic of It All, Alan White's Ramshackled has now been reissued, Miguelbass uploaded a piece of alt music yes history in the form of the 2CD Cyberian Khatru, and more!

Derek Shulman of Gentle Giant joins us again, this time to talk about his new book Giant Steps, which comes out November 14th in the UK and December 2nd in North America! The book is a great read, reflecting on his early life, work as a musician, and work as a record executive! You can pre-order here: https://gentlegiantband.com/blogs/news/giantsteps His record executive career includes SO many credits that we simply listed "Credits" under his name in the video!

Steven talks about his recently acquired vinyl copy of Nexus, an album by Steve Howe and his son the late great Virgil Howe. Give this music a spin on what would have been Virgil's 50th birthday.

Steven recounts his experience going to the Doll Hut in Anaheim and seeing/hearing bands perform there September 20, 2025. Bands booked for that night included Dead Never Sleep, Fake Band Practice, The Clowns, Weaponized, Cheeseball, Carpit, Tragic Radicals, and Reincarnates. Steven was not able to see all of them, but shares what he can about the night.

Steven goes over some news of the past couple weeks, including Yes' Fragile UK tour dates, Wakeman & Son's US tour dates, DBA's sixth album, a limited edition Jon Anderson item, a Yes song appearing in a Netflix documentary, and more!

It's a double feature on this episode of Steven's Vinyl Adventures on Yesshift, as Steven talks about the 50th anniversary re-release of Foghat's Fool for the City (which includes extra live tracks), and Gentle Giant's recent archival release Playing the Fool: The Complete Live Experience! Find these at the links below.Fool for the City: https://www.foghat.biz/Playing the Fool: https://gentlegiantband.com/blogs/news/playingthefool

We review the reissued Steve Howe solo albums Portraits of Bob Dylan (1999) and Natural Timbre (2001). Between the two of these albums, featured musicians include Dylan Howe, Jon Anderson, Geoff Downes, Annie Haslam, Andrew Pryce Jackman, and more! Get the albums here: https://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/collections/vendors

We read people's lists of their top 10 prog rock bands apart from Yes! Tell us yours! What a way to celebrate episode 200!

Steven talks about his vinyl copy of the 2024 Frost* album Life in the Wires. Hear what he has to say about it!

It's 90125 Day in the US! Steven begins the month with another Yesshift News Desk Edition. Topics on this episode include:-Fly from Here - Return Trip Super Deluxe Edition-Additions to the Cruise to the Edge lineup-Recent and upcoming Wakeman men activities-And MORE!

In honor of Roger Dean's birthday, Steven talks a little about his vinyl copy of Tales from Topographic Oceans, which has one of the most iconic Roger Dean covers!

Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Yes' Drama album and reads the rest of the fan comments on Drama that were not read on the show last week! And happy birthday to Geoff Downes!

Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) joins us once again as we look back at Play for Chris 11 and showcase excerpts from it (including our own)! If you haven't seen the video with all the submissions, check it out here: https://youtu.be/LN0YL1ezlIk?si=Jsb54F8DgYuxIGjM And find him at miguelbass.com

Ann Rinaldi and Tom Palmieri join us to talk about ProgStock, the annual prog rock festival featuring various artists! ProgStock is the American Northeast's only international progressive rock festival, and it'll take place October 9-12, 2025 in Rutherford, New Jersey. It will feature such artists as Annie Haslam, Rachel Flowers, Derek Shulman, Pattern-Seeking Animals, and more! Check out progstock.com and buy tickets at https://progstock.simpletix.com/

Dan and Steven celebrate 45 years of Drama by talking about the album's music, the lineup, its place in Yes history, and what fans have to say about it! And if you haven't watched it, check out this footage from a Philadelphia show on the Drama Tour that has surfaced recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbcQTITKOc&pp=ygUbeWVzIGRyYW1hIHRvdXIgaW4gdGhlIHJvdW5k

On this episode, we react to the stats collected for this recent Loudwire article titled The Most Collected Albums By 11 Big Prog Rock Bands (on Discogs): https://loudwire.com/most-collected-prog-rock-albums-discogs/ Do any of the results surprise you? Join the discussion!

John Perez, drummer of Close to the Yes, a Texas-based Yes tribute band, joins us on Yesshift again! This time, he's here to talk about an upcoming event called Progapalooza, which includes a few other tribute bands as well: Clockwork Angels (a tribute to Rush), Schizoid Men (a tribute to King Crimson), The Zeppelin Project! Check out the event here, happening August 30th in Dallas, Texas: https://www.facebook.com/events/1220652192748665/And you can get tickets here: https://www.prekindle.com/promo/id/-2853111880365062880

On this Yesshift News Desk Edition, Steven talks about Steve Howe's Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre getting reissues (And happy birthday to Dylan Howe who plays drums on them!), King Crimson reissuing In the Wake of Poseidon and Lizard, an Asia charity gig, a bit about Play for Chris 11, and more!

We celebrate 55 years of the second Yes album Time and a Word! What do you think of this album? Any favorite tracks? What's its legacy? Tune in to the discussion!

Craig Maher, guitarist of exo-X-xeno, joins Steven on Yesshift to talk about the new album Luminous Voyage, which also features Patrick Moraz, Jay Schellen, and Billy Sherwood! Get the album here: https://www.exo-x-xeno.com/store

Guitarist Gordon Giltrap joins us for an interview about his EP Starfield, which you can get here: https://www.giltrap.co.uk/cds/f/CDs/6230/ Yes fans may also know Giltrap collaborated with Rick Wakeman on their 2010 album From Brush & Stone, as well as with Oliver Wakeman on 2013's Ravens & Lullabies, even performing together on what was later released as From a Stage.

Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Yes' self-titled debut album he acquired recently!

Steven recaps his experience seeing Stick Men perform at The Baked Potato July 14, 2025. With Tony Levin having to sit out some shows for medical reasons, Janek Gwizdala filled in for him, playing alongside Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter. Steven also acquired the latest Stick Men CD Brutal, as well as a CD titled KOMARA II, which features Mastelotto along with David Kollar and Paolo Raineri.

Steven reviews the show he saw at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro, which included guitarist Travis Larson as the opening act, followed by the ProgJect, consisting of Alessandro Del Vecchio (vocals), Mike Keneally (guitar, vocals), Ryo Okumoto (keyboards), Pete Griffin bass, guitar, keys, vocals), and Jonathan Mover (drums, vocals) performing '70s (and a bit of '80s) classics from big prog rock bands we love. But first, an acknowledgment of the sad news that Dave Cousins of Strawbs has passed away.

We celebrate four years of Yesshift! You'll hear them zoom through multiple topics: reminiscing about the podcast, giving a nod to the late percussionist Luis Jardim (who worked with Trevor Horn), our copies of Prog Magazine 160 (the one honoring Chris Squire), Yes' 2000 Masterworks Tour, the CD and DVD contents of Yes - The Early Broadcasts, Rick Wakeman's comments on the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction back in 2017, a little bit about Ozzy Osbourne's farewell concert where Adam Wakeman performed, clarification on reports of new King Crimson material, and what reviews and interviews you can expect next from this podcast!

It has been ten years now since the passing of Yes bassist Chris Squire. Steven talks a little bit about a new article in which artists, bandmates, and collaborators share their favorite songs featuring Chris: https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/chris-squire-remembered-30-best-songs Also, as a reminder, you can submit tributes to Play for Chris 11 by June 30th over at miguelbass.com/playforchris11 Steven also covers today's breaking news that a remastered version of Alan White's Ramshackled is on the way. You can order it here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/alan-white-ramshackled-remastered-and-expanded-cd-edition

Steven does another Yesshift News Desk Edition. It's Patrick Moraz's birthday, and there was a recent announcement that he'll be returning to ProgStock later this year! And over on the Original Asia page, it was announced that Asia are now on Frontiers Music again and plan to release an album in 2026. All this and more!

Steve Hackett joins us for another interview to give us an update on what's new with him! You can pre-order the live album The Lamb Stands Up Live at the Royal Albert Hall here: https://stevehackett.lnk.to/TheLambStandsUpLive-Album And check out his tour dates here: https://hackettsongs.com/tour.html

Last night, news came out that Johnny Bruhns, who had been fighting cancer, passed away. He was a guitarist who worked with multiple Yes members and was in Yes tribute band Total Mass Retain for a bit not too long ago. And of course, he was a husband and a father. An album titled Welcome to the Kingdom, which he worked on and remastered over the years, has just been rereleased on Bandcamp, and all proceeds go to his widow Laurie. https://johnnybruhns.bandcamp.com/album/welcome-to-the-kingdom People can also purchase his instruments that were put up for sale: https://reverb.com/shop/gear-garage-731

Steven does kind of another Yesshift News Desk Edition. First, an acknowledgement of Alan White's birthday, which then leads to tributes to Brian Wilson, who departed earlier this week. It is also the 40th anniversary of Bruford-Moraz album Flags. (And on Flag Day!) There's also a lyric video for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks' "Once Upon a Dream" from the Frontiers channel. And Steven also includes a whole Venue Adventures segment talking about the bands he saw perform at Regal Inn in Lakewood: Monkeypaw Solution, Accepting The Aftermath, Fake Band Practice, and Thing of Twins.

Steven talks about the announcement of Yes' Fragile 2025 Tour, shares his thoughts on exo-X-xeno's album Luminous Voyage which releases June 19th at exo-X-xeno.com and more!

Andy Graziano, guitarist for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, joins us for a Yesshift interview! After having Matt Beck sub for him on recent tour dates, Andy is back in the guitarist slot for the next leg of the tour! You can see the June-July dates and venues here: https://richiecastellano.com/jonyesepic/

John Lodge of The Moody Blues joins us for an interview! Tune in to another great conversation about music! He has tour dates coming up on the US East Coast July-August, which you can check out at https://www.johnlodge.com/pages/tour-dates He also recently released n EP titled Love Conquers All, which you can get here: https://slinky.to/LoveConquersAll

Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) joins us once again to talk about Play for Chris 11. Can you believe it's been ten years since this annual tradition began? Do you have tributes to Chris you want to submit? Check out the guidelines at miguelbass.com

Steven hosts another Yesshift News Desk Edition, giving May birthday shout-outs, sharing the Cruise to the Edge 2026 lineup updates, talking about publication news (including a new issue of Prog Magazine focused on Chris Squire), and more!

Billy Sherwood, bassist of Yes, joins us to talk about his solo tour happening this month! Check out the tour dates at billysherwoodmusic.com Billy gives us a good idea of what to expect from the setlist, given the breadth of his career, and gives us the rundown of each of the musicians accompanying him on this tour (Scott Connor on drums, Scott Walton on keys, and John Thomas on guitar). He also touches a little bit on the next Yes album, a new Circa record, and Cruise to the Edge along the way.

We interview Chris Clark, one of the keyboardists for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks! (You might also know him from Brand X!) We talk about how he got into playing music, his Yes discovery origin story, playing with Brand X, a past Cruise to the Edge, working with Virgil Donati, and working on True!

Steven recaps a concert he saw at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles April 26, 2025 featuring Conflict at Serenity Pools, Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, and Ruby Haunt! He'll also review two vinyl records he acquired there: Gateways by Adam Miller, and Blinking in the Wind by Ruby Haunt.

Dan and Steven review their copies of Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks - Live - Perpetual Change! Dan got the CD/DVD set, and Steven got the Blu-ray!

For Benoît David's birthday, Dan and Steven touch on a couple Hamadryad tracks on which Benoît David's vocals are credited: "Omnipresent Umbra" from the 2005 album Safe in Conformity, and "In My Country" from their 2010 album Intrusion. And we'll of course touch on his role in Yes!

Steven does another Yesshift News Desk Edition! Topics include Billy Sherwood's solo tour, an update on the new Yes album, Cruise to the Edge (a little bit about this past one and what's now expected for the next), and more!

Matt Beck joins us for a Yesshift interview! He's been playing guitar with Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks on the current leg of touring. Other credits include Matchbox Twenty, Miley Cyrus, Gwen Stefani, Rosanne Cash, and even Broadway shows of Bono and The Edge (Spider Man), Sting (The Last Ship) and Carole King (Beautiful). Also, check out this live stream of The Band Geeks chat that took place right after this was broadcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov8dT-jxoGo&pp=ygURcmljaGllIGNhc3RlbGxhbm8%3D