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Interview with CHAS CRONK

March 12, 2025

September 2024 Calling him a stalwart of British rock wouldn’t be a stretch – if anything, such term would seem to be a compression of Chas Cronk’s almost six-decade-long career as a professional musician. A member of STRAWBS during their … Continue reading →

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Rick Wakeman Turns YES Classics Into Sonata

July 26, 2024

You can take out of YES, yet you can’t take YES out of Rick Wakeman. The legendary ivories driver has been finding new ways to interpret his former ensemble’s classics for decades now, from reimagining familiar pieces for the deceptively … Continue reading →

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YES Expand “Fragile” To A Box Set

May 15, 2024

It was the album on which YES emerged as the ensemble the masses know and love, a team of virtuosi, and attained genuine greatness. Once joined , , Steve Howe and Bill Bruford, the sky was the limit for the … Continue reading →

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Rick Wakeman’s Palladium Run Forms A Box Set

December 3, 2023

Once upon a time – or, to be precise, almost a decade ago – suggested this scribe should go and see a doctor about having more than a hundred of his records. Only the ivories wizard doesn’t make it easier … Continue reading →

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Rick Wakeman Issues The “She” Cache

September 11, 2023

“She” wasn’t the worst fantasy film of all time but it edged close to this title, prompting Neil Gaiman to note, back in 1994, that the movie was “just bad enough to be very funny for those willing to ignore … Continue reading →

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