Yes Music Podcast

The Syn Deep Dive Part 1 - 740

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I begin a mini-series in which we will explore The Syn, the band that is

Chris Braide from DBA talks about the new album, Trauma - 739

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I spoke to Chris Braide from the Downes Braide Association about the

Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks Live in Birmingham - 738

This week I report back on my trip to see Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks at Symphony Hall, Birmingham. As you'll hear, I had a wonderful time and met some old and new fr

Yes Guess Who For You - 737

Mark and I were preparing to enjoy another round of our Yes Guess Who game this week. Unfortunately, Mark was ill and couldn't join me to record. Happily he is home now a

The YMP Time Machine - 736

This week Mark and I embark on a little navel-gazing. It's the first part of our celebrations of 15 years of the Yes Music Podcast and we look back to what YMP was up to

Record Collector Presents Yes - 735

This week Mark and I discuss the latest special edition of Record Collector magazine which is dedicated to the world's greatest progressive rock band. I was surprised and

A conversation with Chris Clark from Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks - 734

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Jeffrey Crecelius, and Doug Curran This week, Mark and I spoke to Chris Clark, thanks to YMP Patron, Mark Lang who put us in to

Roosevelt 1976 Live - 733

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Jeffrey Crecelius, and Doug Curran This week, Mark and I have been taking a somewhat forensic look at the newly-released Roosev

Prog at the Proms or Yes Symphonic? - 732

This week, Mark and I were unable to get together so we both recorded separately, like we used to do years ago. Here we have 'retro' or 'classic' YMP I suppose. Anyway, w

Who did a better Yes Medley? - 731

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I listened to 2 medleys - the Big Medley from the The Word Is Live box set

Olias of Sunhillow 50th Anniversary with Dave Watkinson - 730

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius It's the 50th Anniversary of Jon Anderson's masterpiece, Olias of Sunhillow this month, so it

YesKit Part 5 - Tony Kaye's Vox Continental - 729

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, we return to our occasional series on YesKit, this time featuring the instrumen

The Roundhouse(s) story - 728

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Doug Curran and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, I have been researching one of the sets of photos that will be in the Barry Plu

Our Aurora review - 727

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius It's time to post our full review of the latest Yes album, Aurora. Mark and I spoke - quite a

R.I.P. Roy Flynn and Aurora physical copies - 726

It's been a week of huge contrasts. Aurora was released and Mark and I chat about the physical copies later in the episode but I also had the news from CLive Ayer that Ye

Yesterdays - 725

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I are looking forward to talking about the new Yes album, Aurora, next week but th

Master of Images – Barry Plummer's Yes Legacy – Part 2 – Squire's new bass with Miguel Falcão - 724

This week we welcomed bass maestro Miguel Falcão back onto the YMP, this time to talk about the bass that appears in Barry Plummer's photo set from Redan Recorders in Feb

Why collect Yes music? 723

This week, Mark and I had a very interesting chat about collecting Yes music - different pressings, different versions, different formats. I had come up with several cate

Yes Rapture – 722

I have been away on holiday this week but Mark and I managed to pre-record this episode all about Yes Rapture - although we may stray into a 'rupture' moment as well...

Yes Positivity - 721

Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius What songs spring to mind when you think about Yes Positivity? Possibly the most positive b