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  • Live Review – YES At Manchester Bridgewater Hall – by John Wenlock-Smith

    This was a particularly good show, if not just a little strange at times. The evening started with a few words from legendary album cover artist Roger Dean, who has worked with Yes for over 50 years, a true gentleman and very enthusiastic about the works he has created for the band over the years.…

  • Review – Stewart Clark – Journeys – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Stewart Clark – Journeys – by John Wenlock-Smith

    ‘Journeys’ is the new album from UK based musician Stewart Clark and it’s certainly an interesting concept and listening experience. Stewart was recently commenting about his inability to get people interested in writing a review of his work. When I read this I contacted Stewart and offered to write a review for him. It must…

  • YES launch video for Future Memories; The Quest hits charts worldwide

    YES launch video for Future Memories; The Quest hits charts worldwide

    YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, recently released their new studio album The Quest on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music The album was produced by Steve Howe.?”Much of the music was written in late 2019 with the rest in 2020. We commissioned several orchestrations to augment and enhance the overall…

  • Review – Yes – The Quest – by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Yes – The Quest – by John Wenlock-Smith

    ‘The Quest’ is the first new Yes music in seven years. During that time much has happened with the death of founder member and bassist extraordinaire Chris Squire. Chris wanted the band to continue without him and had readied a replacement in Billy Sherwood. Sherwood was already known to Yes fans as he had been…

  • Interview With Geoff Downes by John Wenlock-Smith

    The release of the first new material from Yes since ‘Heaven and Earth’ has been a long time in coming. During that time there have been many changes to the world of Yes, most notably the sad death of Chris Squire in 2016. There has also been the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic that…

  • Yes Release New Studio Album – ‘The Quest’- on 1st October & Launch Video For ‘The Ice Bridge’, First Track taken From the Album

    Yes Release New Studio Album – ‘The Quest’- on 1st October & Launch Video For ‘The Ice Bridge’, First Track taken From the Album

    YES, who are Steve Howe, Alan White, Geoff Downes, Jon Davison and Billy Sherwood, release their new studio album The Quest on InsideOutMusic/Sony Music on 1st October 2021. “It is simply an honour for me to have the opportunity to bring together the band members in the development of a well-refined set of songs that capture the band’s true potential,  said…

  • Q&A With Jon Davison of Arc of Life – by John Wenlock-Smith

    John Wenlock-Smith partakes in a Q&A with Jon Davison about the new Arc of Life project for which Jon is the vocalist. 1/ Arc of Life is a new project, how did to come into existence While on the road with YES a few years back, Billy and I found a mutual inspiration to start…

  • Review – Arc of Life – S/T by John Wenlock-Smith

    Review – Arc of Life – S/T by John Wenlock-Smith

    Lockdown in the UK, and indeed across the world, has brought significant change to all of us. It has also decimated musicians from being able to perform live and has cost them in funds they would have expected to earn from touring and the merchandise sold at shows around the globe. This has meant that…

  • ARC OF LIFE release second single JUST IN SIGHT

    ARC OF LIFE release second single JUST IN SIGHT

    Arc of Life is Jon Davison, Billy Sherwood and Jay Schellen (additional drummer) from YES together with Dave Kerzner on keyboards and Jimmy Haun on guitar. The new band release their debut, eponymous, album on February 12th and have just released a video for the second single from the album, ‘Just In Sight’.

  • Frontiers Announces Signing of Arc Of Life

    Frontiers Announces Signing of Arc Of Life

    NEW PROG ROCK GROUP FEATURING MEMBERS OF YES & SOUND OF CONTACT – DEBUT SINGLE & VIDEO ‘YOU MAKE IT REAL’ OUT NOW Frontiers Music Srl is excited to announce the release of ARC OF LIFE’s self-titled debut album on February 12, 2021. Arc Of Life is a new progressive rock supergroup featuring three members…