Tag Archives: Yes

VARIOUS ARTISTS – A Life In Yes: The Chris Squire Tribute

December 21, 2018

Purple Pyramid 2018 Friends and followers pay emotional homage to a fallen hero who created a prog framework that all good people try to fit in. “Forward motion, life promotion – to reverse is to repeat”: a single line from … Continue reading →

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YES – Yessongs

November 19, 2018

Yessongs 1972 / MVD 2018 Taste the fruit of band recorded winning all against the hour: quintessential prog ensemble captured on the edge of glory and presented on Blu-ray. For many years, YES were being both blessed and blamed for … Continue reading →

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Tributes To YES and Chris Squire Are Ready For Release

September 22, 2018

This year marks the 50th anniversary of YES but, sadly, the ensemble’s stalwart didn’t live to celebrate it, having passed away in 2015. Both the band and the man deserve paying homage to, and although the collective have seen a … Continue reading →

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MABEL GREER’S TOYSHOP – The Secret

May 7, 2018

Mabel Greer’s Toyshop 2017 Open tonight at the end of the universe: a story of a little store that refused to close is continuing. It’s not easy, looking for past glories when there was no glory in the beginning – … Continue reading →

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DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) – Skyscraper Souls

December 28, 2017

Magical Thinker 2017 Higher and higher, prog-pop purveyors turn routine into a journey of a lifetime. “Can we escape our own mind games?”: this question from the title track of and Chris Braide’s third joint venture is a key to … Continue reading →

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