All posts tagged "Steven Wilson"
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YES’s Yes: The Beginnings
Everybody starts somewhere. Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman were both a couple of years away from joiningYes, and progressive rock had barely started. Yes‘ self- titled...
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YES: Going For the One
Going for the One marked the end of an era for Yes, what I outline in this and other reviews as the band’s ‘golden era’. Spanning from The...
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Stream STEVEN WILSON’s Interpretation of “Radioactive Toy”
The performance of Porcupine Tree’s “Radioactive Toy” by its mainman Steven Wilson and his band is available now for streaming on Soundcloud. Hear it in...
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STEVEN WILSON: Yes’ “Close to the Edge” is Masterpiece
Mike Mettler of The Sound Bard has recently conducted an interview with Steven Wilson, covering mostly his work on Yes’ classic Close to the Edge....
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Classic YES
What is the problem with best-of compilations in progressive rock? It’s certainly not that progressive bands aren’t deserving of them, or even that there isn’t...
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YES: Topographic Oceans and Its Tales
Before the notion was rightly dismissed by the others, Jon Anderson was said to have expressed a wish to record Tales from Topographic Oceans in the middle...
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YES: Flashing Back to Relayer
Imagine you are somewhere, whereupon you meet two beautiful women. From the onset, it’s clear they are sisters; both of them are alike in their...
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YES’ Fragile: Everything But Not Fragile
A crescendo draws steadily out of my set of speakers. As I prepare for a rocking riff to open up the album, the crescendo deceptively...
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ALAN WHITE: Creative Adventures
Alan White is a musician who needs no introduction. A man who contributed drum work to some of the progressive rock’s most precious records and...
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STEVEN WILSON Announces New Solo Album
In an update on his official website, Steven Wilson mentioned that he is gearing up for recording the follow-up of the critically acclaimed The Raven...
