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by Kevin Mulryne and Mark Anthony K
Two fans' exploration of the world's greatest progressive rock band.
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- 2 days ago57 min
A conversation with The Wizard of Prog, Rick Wakeman - 744
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This is a very important episode for the YMP. After 15 years we have managed to speak to the Wizard of Prog. Thanks to Doug Curran, Mark Lang and Oliver Wakeman who we spoke to last week, it was a privilege and a pleasure to welcome Rick onto the show. Mark and I took the opportunity to ask him all sorts of things and he was very generous with his time. The result is a wide-ranging and fascinating conversation with plenty of hilarity, of course. Why did Rick decide Yes was the band for him? What was the inspiration behind the 2 Red Planet albums? What's Rick doing at Brand's Hatch with a sticker on his jacket? Mark Lang's photos: The Japanese translation from Shoji Yamada YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Wayne Hall Jeffrey Crecelius Doug Curran Patrons: Robert Nasir Declan Logue John Thomson John Holden Jamie McQuinn Stephen Lambe Chip Palmer Brian Husvar Michael O'Connor Geoff Bailie Lobate Scarp Ronnie Neeley Hogne Bø Pettersen Chris Bandini Michael Handerhan Peter Hearnden Scott Colombo John Viola Mark Slater Robert Vandiver Paul Tomei Brian Sullivan Todd Dudley David Watkinson Simon Barrow Steve Scott Geoffrey Mason Steve Dill Tim Stannard David Pannell Thomas DeVries Bob Martilotta Brian Harris Brian Harris Paul Hailes Ray Riethmeier Henrik Antonsson P.T. Wilson Terence Sadler Steve Luzietti Barry Gorsky Steven Roehr Craig Estenes Martin Kjellberg Gary Betts Fergus Cubbage Bill Whittaker Aaron Steelman Lind Mark James Lang Steve Rode John Parry John Cowan Miguelbass Fred Barringer Rachel Hadaway Dem Steve Moss Douglas Caldwell Steve Perry David Phyrillas David Heyden Become a Patron!
- 1 weeks ago56 min
A conversation with keyboard legend, Oliver Wakeman - 743
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Jeffrey Crecelius, and Doug Curran Oliver returned to the YMP this week to help us celebrate 15 years of the show, by way of letting us pick his brain about the fabulous From A Page Expanded and Remastered album. We delve deeply into how the songs were (in some cases) salvaged and reconstructed as well as finding out about what his experiences were of writing with Squire, Howe, David and White. There's a lot more to those stories than we had imagined. The second leg of The Oliver Wakeman Band's From A Page Tour is about to begin so it was a great time to speak to Oliver. Mark and I hugely enjoyed speaking to the former Yes keyboardist and we both managed to insert a couple of questions about other aspects of his time with the band as well. What was it like writing music with the rest of the band? When was Trevor Horn part of the process and what was he like to work with? Is there anything else in the vault that could be resurrected in future? YMP Patrons: Producers: Joseph Cottrell Wayne Hall Jeffrey Crecelius Doug Curran Patrons: Robert Nasir Declan Logue John Thomson John Holden Jamie McQuinn Stephen Lambe Chip Palmer Brian Husvar Michael O'Connor Geoff Bailie Lobate Scarp Ronnie Neeley Hogne Bø Pettersen Chris Bandini Michael Handerhan Peter Hearnden Scott Colombo John Viola Mark Slater Robert Vandiver Paul Tomei Brian Sullivan Todd Dudley David Watkinson Simon Barrow Steve Scott Geoffrey Mason Steve Dill Tim Stannard David Pannell Thomas DeVries Bob Martilotta Brian Harris Brian Harris Paul Hailes Ray Riethmeier Henrik Antonsson P.T. Wilson Terence Sadler Steve Luzietti Barry Gorsky Steven Roehr Craig Estenes Martin Kjellberg Gary Betts Fergus Cubbage Bill Whittaker Aaron Steelman Lind Mark James Lang Steve Rode John Parry John Cowan Miguelbass Fred Barringer Rachel Hadaway Dem Steve Moss Douglas Caldwell Steve Perry David Phyrillas David Heyden Become a Patron!
- 2 weeks ago44 min
Group Chat by the Pete Roth Trio with Simon Barrow - 742
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Jeffrey Crecelius, and Doug Curran It was a great pleasure, as usual, to welcome Simon Barrow onto the YMP to help us talk about the new Pete Roth Trio album, Group Chat. Mark knows about jazz but I certainly don't, so I relied on the other guys' understanding of the genre but, as will become clear, it's a bit of a mistake to try to categorise Bill Bruford's new-ish collaboration with guitarist Pete Roth and bassist Mike Pratt. Roth says it's 'near-jazz, near-rock' but listen without prejudice, as they say, and we will all enjoy this highly creative and collaborative endeavour. Simon also shared some items in the chat and afterwards including: Jam-Bot: Virtual Virtuosity and Embodied Performance A Microtonal Poke in the Eye for AI? With Feeling: Performance, Humanity and Technology Our own Mark Anthony K's latest release is now available on Bandcamp - Racing From Time, a great 4-track EP. Check it out!
- Oct 8, 202652 min
The Syn Deep Dive Part 2 - Early Songs - 741
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Jeffrey Crecelius, and Doug Curran This week, Mark and I continue our deep dive into The Syn by listening to the oldest songs on the compilation album, Flowerman - Rare Blooms from The Syn 1965-69. We discovered some fascinating music along with information on how it came about via the very good sleeve notes in the album. As with Yes, there are plenty of surprising twists to the tale of The Syn, even in the comparatively short spell they were active in the 60s. After our overview from Streve Nardelli last week, we enjoyed listening to the surviving output from those days. I have included the YouTube videos of the whole album in the show notes for this week so you may want to listen to the music before putting up with Mark and me banging on about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_71CDGhJgg&list=PLNFe8UZQzH8sWSBpwoIKRWPTIKghOREXH How much music was officially released by The Syn in their initial period? Does it sound anything like early Yes? How successful were the band?
- Oct 2, 20261h 13m
The Syn Deep Dive Part 1 - 740
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I begin a mini-series in which we will explore The Syn, the band that is deeply-connected with the origins of Yes. The story will evolve as we go but, to set the scene, we had a conversation about our 2018 interview with The Syn's lead singer, Steve Nardelli. Once we have finished talking about the parts of the interview that were the most interesting for us, I play the whole interview so you can make your own mind up. In future weeks, we will be listening to all sorts of The Syn music, so if you'd like to follow along, just search YouTube - almost all the music we will be talking about is there. In what ways were The Syn important in the early development of Yes? What are the Yes connections across the decades? When were The Syn active?
- Sep 25, 202633 min
Chris Braide from DBA talks about the new album, Trauma - 739
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I spoke to Chris Braide from the Downes Braide Association about their new album, Trauma. Even if you don't know Chris, you will know his work because he has written and/or produced songs for many of the world's most successful artists. He's been nominated for a Grammy and has won an Ivor Novello songwriting award. This is the 6th DBA album and we usually manage to speak to Geoff Downes about the duo's output so it was great to have a chat with the other half of the outfit. Chris' Yes connections go further than Geoff, of course, as he was one of the original members of Producers, along with Trevor Horn. In fact, he has recently released new versions of the songs on the Producers' 2012 album, Made In Basing Street. You can listen to that collection on Bandcamp. Mark and I highly recommend Trauma, which is released today on Cherry Red Records, complete with another fabulous Roger Dean cover. Is this album different to the previous 5 from DBA? Who are the guests this time? Is the music relevant to progressive rock fans? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvQhwOUyDpY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blOUE9TerVE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZnRoIjS0k0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXGf0dbUmOo <!-- wp:paragraph {"className":"has-text-align-center","style":{"typograp
- Sep 18, 20261h 1m
Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks Live in Birmingham - 738
This week I report back on my trip to see Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. As you'll hear, I had a wonderful time and met some old and new friends. I also find time to torture Mark by making im answer the quiz questions from last week. See if you can do better than him. After he has a go, I reveal the winner of the competition to win a CD copy of the expanded From A Page album. How is Jon's voice? Was it a fun evening? How did the Band Geeks play? Do leave your comments on the show notes for this week over on Yesmusicpodcast.com
- Sep 11, 202612 min
Yes Guess Who For You - 737
Mark and I were preparing to enjoy another round of our Yes Guess Who game this week. Unfortunately, Mark was ill and couldn't join me to record. Happily he is home now and on the mend. So I decided to change this episode into a version of the quiz you can join in with yourself. I even have an actual prize to give away. I have a 'spare' copy of the expanded From A Page album on CD which could be yours if you can answer my somewhat obscure and devious Guess Who questions. To continue our celebration of the first 15 years of the YMP, I have come up with 15 dastardly questions, the answers to which are all Yes musicians. If you would like to have the chance to win the fabulous prize (and I may well add in some lovely YMP goodies as well), please send your 15 answers by email to YMP Towers - that's show@yesmusicpodcast.com in time for us to do the draw on next week's episode.
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