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Episode 77 – A Yes Story in xXx Objects
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on March 22, 2013
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What a mug!
The seventy-seventh episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an array of amazing memorabilia sent in by listeners.
Listen, view the slideshow and/or watch the YouTube video then let me know what you think by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- What an amazing collection – what’s your favourite?
- Do you have any other objects you’d like to contribute?
- Would you also like to see some Roger Dean wallpaper?
Episode 76 – An interview with Tom Brislin, Yes live keyboard player
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on March 15, 2013
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Symphonic Tour Yes keyboardist, Tom Brislin
The seventy-sixth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with Tom Brislin who played keyboards on the Symphonic Tour in 2001.
Listen and learn all about Tom, his time with Yes and his own new solo album. Please contact me and keep the dialogue going via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Follow Tom Brislin on Twitter – http://twitter.com/tombrislin
- Tom’s website – http://www.tombrislin.com
- How did Tom get the most important keyboard gig in the world?
- What was working with the band like?
- What’s the story behind why Tom plays Trevor Rabin’s guitar solo in Owner of a Lonely Heart on the keyboard? (Thanks, Ben Craven!)
Episode 75 – An interview with Yes book author, Scott O’Reilly
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on March 8, 2013
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Author and Yes fan, Scott O’Reilly
The mythical Ouroboros which eats its own tail
The seventy-fifth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with Scott O’Reilly, author of ‘Yes and Philosophy: The Spiritual and Philosophical Dimensions of Yes Music’.
Listen and find out what the book is all about, then let me know what you think by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- What have the sun and the mythical Uroborus got to do with Yes music?
- Are Jon Anderson’s lyrics just impossible to understand?
- Why should you read Scott’s book?
The Yes and Philosophy blog by Scott
Yes and Philosophy paperback on Amazon (UK)
Episode 70 – An interview with Adam Sears of Lobate Scarp
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on February 1, 2013
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Adam Sears, the creative force behind Lobate Scarp
The seventieth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with long-time Yes fan and progressive rock visionary, Adam Sears, from the band, Lobate Scarp.
Listen to the interview, then get involved with the conversation by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- Where did that amazing name come from?
- What kind of music do Lobate Scarp play?
- A choir singing in Latin on the new album? What’s that all about?
Episode 65 – An interview with bass maestro, Miguel Falcão
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on December 28, 2012
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Miguel in action!
The sixty-fifth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with bass guitar guru and Chris Squire fanatic, Miguel Falcão.
Listen to a real Yes fan and a fantastic musician, then let me know what you think by contacting me via any of the different routes on the right hand side or by leaving a comment below!
- What prompted Miguel to start recording Yes and Chris Squire bass covers on YouTube?
- What makes Chris Squire’s style so interesting?
- What other music does Miguel make and where can you find him?
Episode 29 – Ben Craven’s view of Yes in Concert, Sydney 2012
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on April 20, 2012
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Prog rock hero, Yes fan and Yes Music Podcast listener, Ben Craven
The twenty-ninth episode of the Yes Music Podcast featuring an interview with Australian prog rock maestro, Ben Craven, after the Sydney Yes concert.
Check out Ben’s excellent album, ‘Great and Terrible Potions’:
Interview special 8 – progressive rock band, The Danglers
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on January 27, 2012
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I was delighted to receive these through the post! (Click to enlarge)
The Danglers were extremely generous, intelligent and fun guests.
We talked about Yes, The Danglers, music technology, the state of the music industry and many other fascinating topics in an engrossing and entertaining interview.
It’s a little longer than the usual podcast episodes but I can promise you that it’s well worth listening right to the end!
The Danglers links:
Interview special 7 – Yes Fan and musician, Joost Maglev
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on January 22, 2012
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Joost Maglev
It was great to talk to Joost Maglev recently about a very wide range of Yes-related topics including:
- insights into Chris Squire’s bass technique and technical set up
- how Yes put their music together
- Benoit David
- The future for Yes – hopes and reality
Joost links:
Check out Joost playing a lot of the instruments on this as well as co-writing and producing (teaser video):
Interview special 6 – Martin Jones’ view of Yes in concert
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on November 29, 2011
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Interview special
Martin Jones went to the Bristol concert so it was great to talk to another Yes Music Podcast listener recently about his experiences.
During Starship Trooper this lady was thrown out…the first time I’ve ever seen that at a Yes concert!
Martin shares this and other reflections on the 2011 Yes tour.
If you have a Yes story you’d like to share, please get in touch – I’d be more than happy to speak to you via Skype!
Interview special 5 – Liam Barnes’ view of Yes in concert
Posted by Kevin in Episodes, Interview Specials on November 28, 2011
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Interview special
It was great to speak to another Yes Fan and Yes Music Podcast listener, Liam Barnes, about the Yes concert in Manchester.
“…someone’s got to be on-side from the press haven’t they?”
Liam is a journalist and has recently produced the following pieces for the Mancunian Matters website:
Yes please! Prog legends return to Manchester
Review: Yes @ Manchester Apollo 13/11/2011
If you have a Yes story you’d like to share, please get in touch – I’d be more than happy to speak to you via Skype!
(Apologies for the sound quality on this interview. Liam’s laptop microphone wasn’t brilliant but I thought it was important to let you hear what he had to say.)
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