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We are joined once again by musician/producer Michael Franklin of Solar Music! He has worked with multiple Yes members and is currently at work on Jon Anderson's 1000 Hands: Chapter Two album. The list of people he's worked with goes on: Bruce Hornsby, Todd Rundgren, Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, Alan White, Tony Kaye, Steve Howe, Chris Squire, Joe Walsh, Brian Johnson, Billy Cobham, Robby S...

On this episode, Steven reviews his CD+Blu-ray copy of Trevor Rabin's new solo album Rio, which includes three bonus tracks. Then he reads the recent announcement of Steve Howe's upcoming Motif 2. Followed by mentions of different collections featuring John Wetton, Greg Lake, and Keith Emerson. And at the end, he gives a rundown of what the next couple Yesshift broadcasts will be! -Trevor...

Steven goes live with his review of the Peter Gabriel concert he attended last night. Chime in if you're a Peter Gabriel fan and if you've seen him perform live before!

Talking about various news items, including: -Alan White documentary announced -Yessingles released and The Yes Album Super Deluxe Edition announced -Updates from the Wakemans -Cruise to the Edge and RoSFest updates -Patrick Moraz's ProgStock performance

Join us as we share our thoughts on the newly released Trevor Rabin album, Rio! This is his first vocal solo album in 34 years. What do you think of it? Feel free to chime in! And you can order the album here: https://trevorrabin.lnk.to/RioID

On this episode, Steven talks about Ponder the Mystery, a William Shatner album featuring Yesmen that came out 10 years ago today and recently got remixed and re-released as Ponder the Mystery Revisited.

Today is Tom Brislin's 50th birthday, but we also want to acknowledge his father, Bill, who passed away this week. If you ever met Bill, feel free to share any memories, and tell us your favorite Tom Brislin performances as well.

Steven goes live with another Yesshift News Desk Edition. First off, we need to acknowledge a huge loss in the prog rock world, as Nektar drummer Ron Howden has passed away. Other topics of this broadcast include reviews of a couple recent Yesterdays and Fusion Syndicate releases, a newly announced Trevor Horn album, Trevor Rabin's latest single "Oklahoma," a little recap of a Disney...

Kevin Mulryne of Yes Music Podcast joins us for a discussion of his book Yes: The Tormato Story, which you can check out at tormatobook.com As we discuss the book, we will also be celebrating the Tormato album itself, which recently turned 45 years old! Tell us your favorites from this album and if you saw the tour! (Tor, maybe?) And check out Dan playing along to "Future Times" / "...

What are your favorite albums from 1973? Join Yesshift hosts Dan and Steven, who will talk about some of the albums that came out in 1973. Neither knows which ones the other will focus on highlighting. The goal is also to not retread on albums they’ve devoted entire episodes to before, or spend too much time on what they intend to cover later. So, you will get to hear about some albums that are pe...

Trevor Rabin joins us to talk about his new solo album, Rio! It comes out October 6th, and you can pre-order it here: https://trevorrabin.lnk.to/RioID This is his first vocal-led solo album since 1989’s Can’t Look Away (with 2012’s Jacaranda being instrumental). He has had an amazing career, from playing in South African band Rabbitt in the 1970s, to becoming the Yes guitarist starting with 1983’s...

Welcome to another Yesshift News Desk Edition! There was a LOT to talk about, listed as chapters below: 00:00 - Intro and Classic Tales of Yes Tour 03:00 - John Lodge's Days of Future Passed - My Sojourn 14:07 - Steve Hackett's Foxtrot at 50 + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton 25:02 - Kansas Concert at Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles 37:00 - The Flower Kings' Look at You Now 39:05 -...

We are joined by musician and record producer Michael Franklin, who has worked with various Yes members! More recently, he produced Jon Anderson's 1000 Hands: Chapter One and is currently producing Chapter Two! We even talked a bit about Robby Steinhardt's Not in Kansas Anymore. Check out Michael's label via www.solarmusic.com 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Getting into music 08:55 - Views of m...

What is your favorite work by Roger Dean and/or Freyja Dean? Hi it’s Dan Shinder and Steven Shinder of Yesshift! In October of 2022 we hit the road for downtown San Francisco’s Haight Street Art Center to see the magnificent art exhibit by Roger Dean and Freyja Dean. A week later, Steven also saw Roger's art exhibited prior to a Yes show at the Magnolia in El Cajon. Join us for this Yesshift d...

Here's our trailer for the video we shot last year of our trip seeing The Secret Path exhibit. This is just a taste of how amazing Freyja Dean and Roger Dean's works look! The full video will be posted this weekend, and it will also include a bit of Steven looking at Roger's art at the pre-Yes show exhibit last year!

Talking about a recent update that came about regarding the Claiming Peter Banks documentary and how YOU can help. Details here: https://supposableproductions.com/claiming-peter-banks/ Donate page here: https://supposableproductions.wedid.it/campaigns/11620-finishing-funds-for-claiming-peter-banks/ Sizzle reel here: https://youtu.be/5QmuXVSrj_k

On this broadcast, Steven reviews Downes Braide Association's new album Celestial Songs and talks about a few other news items! 00:00 - DBA's Celestial Songs 20:25 - Cold Blooded Hearts: The Cold Light of Day 22:40 - Abbey Road Reimagined 25:35 - The Fusion Syndicate: A Speedway on Saturn's Rings 28:22 - Rick Wakeman posts 31:08 - Oliver Wakeman post about Summer's End Festival 32:...

Roine Stolt of The Flower Kings joined us to talk about the band’s new upcoming album Look at You Now, releasing September 8th! You can pre-order it here: https://theflowerkings.lnk.to/LookAtYouNow-Album Jon Anderson fans may also be aware that the two of them worked on the Anderson/Stolt album Invention of Knowledge (2016). Midway through the interview, we talked about that collaboration, and Roi...

Here is our interview with legendary musician Kevin Godley! Some of you may know him for his work in 10cc and Godley & Creme. The duo worked on music videos for a LOT of well known musicians. In the Yes sphere, they worked on the music videos for "Leave It!" Godley's video directing resume also includes the likes of The Police, U2, Bryan Adams, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Phil Coll...

Here's Steven with a 100-minute long Yesshift News Desk Edition! Tune in and chime in as we celebrate 55 years of Yes, talk about a magazine that has hit the stands recently, celebrate Dylan Howe's birthday by highlighting a couple albums, give impressions of new singles "Big Mistake" and "Keep on Moving" by Trevor Rabin and DBA respectively, recap the John Wetton tribu...

Strawbs founding member David Cousins joins us for an interview! The history of Strawbs goes back to the 1960s, and there's a new album out titled The Magic Of It All, which can be purchased here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/strawbs-the-magic-of-it-all-the-new-album-is-out-now/ There is also a documentary of the same name coming out sometime later. We talk to Dave about all this, as well as hi...

For Trevor Horn's birthday, we're finally reviewing his autobiography, Adventures in Modern Recording: From ABC to ZTT! This covers his amazing music career up until the year 2004. His book delves into the crafting of certain songs and what it's like to be a musician and a producer. Tune in for our take on it and chime in if you've read it! https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/product/tre...

Celebrating the release of Total Mass Retain's CHRIS SQUIRE BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE CONCERT, TMR joins forces with co-hosts Dan Shinder and Steven Shinder of Drum Talk TV and Yesshift to discuss this Epic Event. After watching, check out the playlist of the concert here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nb8j3oRNyY&list=PL-AWmdheOLfPsb7qS8UXy_e5yinqC03Vn&ab_channel=TotalMassRetainYESTributeBan...

Celebrate two years of Yesshift with us! There are also a couple birthdays this week. With Igor Khoroshev's coming up, we're talking a bit about Piano Works, continuing our "first solo album since joining Yes" series. And for Peter Banks' upcoming birthday, we're highlighting Something's Coming / Beyond and Before: The BBC Recordings, which even came with liner notes...

Hi everyone! It's Dan and Steven, and we were originally having Kevin Godley on the show, but he got tied up and we're trying to reschedule. If we're able to set a new date, we'll add it to this description. In the meantime, here's a tease of what we wanna touch on when we do interview Kevin Godley. Some of you may know him for his work in 10cc and Godley & Creme. The duo w...