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Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Yes' Drama album and reads the rest of the fan comments on Drama that were not read on the show last week! And happy birthday to Geoff Downes!

Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) joins us once again as we look back at Play for Chris 11 and showcase excerpts from it (including our own)! If you haven't seen the video with all the submissions, check it out here: https://youtu.be/LN0YL1ezlIk?si=Jsb54F8DgYuxIGjM And find him at miguelbass.com

Ann Rinaldi and Tom Palmieri join us to talk about ProgStock, the annual prog rock festival featuring various artists! ProgStock is the American Northeast's only international progressive rock festival, and it'll take place October 9-12, 2025 in Rutherford, New Jersey. It will feature such artists as Annie Haslam, Rachel Flowers, Derek Shulman, Pattern-Seeking Animals, and more! Check out...

Dan and Steven celebrate 45 years of Drama by talking about the album's music, the lineup, its place in Yes history, and what fans have to say about it! And if you haven't watched it, check out this footage from a Philadelphia show on the Drama Tour that has surfaced recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbcQTITKOc&pp=ygUbeWVzIGRyYW1hIHRvdXIgaW4gdGhlIHJvdW5k

On this episode, we react to the stats collected for this recent Loudwire article titled The Most Collected Albums By 11 Big Prog Rock Bands (on Discogs): https://loudwire.com/most-collected-prog-rock-albums-discogs/ Do any of the results surprise you? Join the discussion!

John Perez, drummer of Close to the Yes, a Texas-based Yes tribute band, joins us on Yesshift again! This time, he's here to talk about an upcoming event called Progapalooza, which includes a few other tribute bands as well: Clockwork Angels (a tribute to Rush), Schizoid Men (a tribute to King Crimson), The Zeppelin Project! Check out the event here, happening August 30th in Dallas, Texas: htt...

On this Yesshift News Desk Edition, Steven talks about Steve Howe's Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Timbre getting reissues (And happy birthday to Dylan Howe who plays drums on them!), King Crimson reissuing In the Wake of Poseidon and Lizard, an Asia charity gig, a bit about Play for Chris 11, and more!

We celebrate 55 years of the second Yes album Time and a Word! What do you think of this album? Any favorite tracks? What's its legacy? Tune in to the discussion!

Craig Maher, guitarist of exo-X-xeno, joins Steven on Yesshift to talk about the new album Luminous Voyage, which also features Patrick Moraz, Jay Schellen, and Billy Sherwood! Get the album here: https://www.exo-x-xeno.com/store

Guitarist Gordon Giltrap joins us for an interview about his EP Starfield, which you can get here: https://www.giltrap.co.uk/cds/f/CDs/6230/ Yes fans may also know Giltrap collaborated with Rick Wakeman on their 2010 album From Brush & Stone, as well as with Oliver Wakeman on 2013's Ravens & Lullabies, even performing together on what was later released as From a Stage.

Steven talks about his vinyl copy of Yes' self-titled debut album he acquired recently!

Steven recaps his experience seeing Stick Men perform at The Baked Potato July 14, 2025. With Tony Levin having to sit out some shows for medical reasons, Janek Gwizdala filled in for him, playing alongside Pat Mastelotto and Markus Reuter. Steven also acquired the latest Stick Men CD Brutal, as well as a CD titled KOMARA II, which features Mastelotto along with David Kollar and Paolo Raineri.

Steven reviews the show he saw at Alvas Showroom in San Pedro, which included guitarist Travis Larson as the opening act, followed by the ProgJect, consisting of Alessandro Del Vecchio (vocals), Mike Keneally (guitar, vocals), Ryo Okumoto (keyboards), Pete Griffin bass, guitar, keys, vocals), and Jonathan Mover (drums, vocals) performing '70s (and a bit of '80s) classics from big prog rock...

We celebrate four years of Yesshift! You'll hear them zoom through multiple topics: reminiscing about the podcast, giving a nod to the late percussionist Luis Jardim (who worked with Trevor Horn), our copies of Prog Magazine 160 (the one honoring Chris Squire), Yes' 2000 Masterworks Tour, the CD and DVD contents of Yes - The Early Broadcasts, Rick Wakeman's comments on the Rock & R...

It has been ten years now since the passing of Yes bassist Chris Squire. Steven talks a little bit about a new article in which artists, bandmates, and collaborators share their favorite songs featuring Chris: https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/chris-squire-remembered-30-best-songs Also, as a reminder, you can submit tributes to Play for Chris 11 by June 30th over at miguelbass.com/playforc...

Steven does another Yesshift News Desk Edition. It's Patrick Moraz's birthday, and there was a recent announcement that he'll be returning to ProgStock later this year! And over on the Original Asia page, it was announced that Asia are now on Frontiers Music again and plan to release an album in 2026. All this and more!

Steve Hackett joins us for another interview to give us an update on what's new with him! You can pre-order the live album The Lamb Stands Up Live at the Royal Albert Hall here: https://stevehackett.lnk.to/TheLambStandsUpLive-Album And check out his tour dates here: https://hackettsongs.com/tour.html

Last night, news came out that Johnny Bruhns, who had been fighting cancer, passed away. He was a guitarist who worked with multiple Yes members and was in Yes tribute band Total Mass Retain for a bit not too long ago. And of course, he was a husband and a father. An album titled Welcome to the Kingdom, which he worked on and remastered over the years, has just been rereleased on Bandcamp, and all...

Steven does kind of another Yesshift News Desk Edition. First, an acknowledgement of Alan White's birthday, which then leads to tributes to Brian Wilson, who departed earlier this week. It is also the 40th anniversary of Bruford-Moraz album Flags. (And on Flag Day!) There's also a lyric video for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks' "Once Upon a Dream" from the Frontiers channel. And Steven also inc...

Steven talks about the announcement of Yes' Fragile 2025 Tour, shares his thoughts on exo-X-xeno's album Luminous Voyage which releases June 19th at exo-X-xeno.com and more!

Andy Graziano, guitarist for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, joins us for a Yesshift interview! After having Matt Beck sub for him on recent tour dates, Andy is back in the guitarist slot for the next leg of the tour! You can see the June-July dates and venues here: https://richiecastellano.com/jonyesepic/

John Lodge of The Moody Blues joins us for an interview! Tune in to another great conversation about music! He has tour dates coming up on the US East Coast July-August, which you can check out at https://www.johnlodge.com/pages/tour-dates He also recently released n EP titled Love Conquers All, which you can get here: https://slinky.to/LoveConquersAll

Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) joins us once again to talk about Play for Chris 11. Can you believe it's been ten years since this annual tradition began? Do you have tributes to Chris you want to submit? Check out the guidelines at miguelbass.com

Steven hosts another Yesshift News Desk Edition, giving May birthday shout-outs, sharing the Cruise to the Edge 2026 lineup updates, talking about publication news (including a new issue of Prog Magazine focused on Chris Squire), and more!

Billy Sherwood, bassist of Yes, joins us to talk about his solo tour happening this month! Check out the tour dates at billysherwoodmusic.com Billy gives us a good idea of what to expect from the setlist, given the breadth of his career, and gives us the rundown of each of the musicians accompanying him on this tour (Scott Connor on drums, Scott Walton on keys, and John Thomas on guitar). He also...