By popular demand, Barry and I have put together a 2027 Calendar, like the 2026 one.
It features even more wonderful photos of Yes and related activities from the 1970s and 80s.
I’m printing fewer calendars than last year, so place your order quickly!
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius
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.
Available now!
Producers:
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 |
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius
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.
Available now!
Producers:
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 |
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius
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.
Available now!
Producers:
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 |
Hello again, Yes Music Podcast listener. I am away on holiday in Wales this week so the next new episode will be next week.
10 points to you if you can guess exactly where we are and who this chap is:
Mark and I look forward to lots more Yes chat, onward towards the New Year.