Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman Live Album Available NOW!

Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman The Living Tree In Concert Part 1
Those progressive Rock Legends Jon Anderson and Rick Wakeman release their first live album together in Novembe. However fans can buy the album ahead of the release to shops and online dealers by buying the album directrly from the Gonzo Multi Media website. The duo are curtrently in the middle of a successful American and Canadian tour.

The album was recorded during the duo's British tour in 2010 and comes housed in a sleeve designed by Mark Wilkinson who was also responsible for the design of the artwork for The Living Tree. The track listing is below and features songs from the duo's debut album The Living Tree alongside some Yes classics.

01. And You & I

02. Living Tree Part 1

03. Morning Star

04. Long Distance

05. The Garden

06. Living Tree Part 2

07. Time and a Word

08. Just One Man

09. 232411

10. Southside

11. House Of Freedom

12. The Meeting

The album can be purchased by following the link below to the Gonzo Multimedia website

http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15405/Anderson_-_Wakeman-Live.html

Jon Anderson Talking Survival With Classic Rock Radio's Jon Kirkman

Exclusive interview feature with Jon Anderson on CRR. Jon Kirkman talks to Jon Anderson about his latest album Survival and Other Stories and plays tracks from the album.

Thursday 14th July 11am/8pm
Friday 15th July 4am

and repeated

Saturday 16th July at 11am/8pm
Sunday 17th July 4am.

All times UK Time
http://www.classicrockradio.eu

Yes: Fly From Here

Yes: Fly From here
Frontiers

Well if ever there was going to be an album that divided an audience then this album would be a prime candidate. Why I hear you ask? Well to some people Yes without Jon Anderson is unthinkable but let’s be honest here in all of the bands career Yes have been all about pushing the frontiers of music and in order to do that there has been a big turnover in membership.

The current line up now includes the three long time members of Chris Squire, Steve Howe and Alan White and new vocalist Benoit David and former member Geoff Downes on keyboards. The album has also been produced by another former member Trevor Horn who sings on the extended suite of Songs We Can Fly From Here and I suspect a fair bit more of the album judging by what I can hear. So what you have is the Drama line up plus Benoit. Not a bad line up to my thinking.You might also recall that the Drama album was the first not to feature Jon Anderson so a precedent with regards an album featuring another vocalist has already been set.

Fly From here is the first yes album since Magnification in 2001 and as such the fan base has been almost chomping at the bit.

So what do we have here? Well first off in my opinion this is the album Yes had to make and I think they have pulled it off in spades. Fly From Here is a pretty good Yes album and as you will all now it features the Drama line up on a large portion of it. The big draw here is the opening track We Can Fly From here which is divided up into various parts or suites if you like six to be precise. This was the track that Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes originally presented to Yes in late 1979 when the Drama line up first came together although I think that this particular version has been fleshed out somewhat and extended rather then the shorter demo version that is readily available on thye bootleg circuit. Here it is lengthened to provide an epic track very much in the style of Yes and if some of the fan base can have an open mind there is much to enjoy with this extended suite of songs. My favourite part is the fourth piece Madman At The Screens but there really is a cohesive feel to the whole of the song and Trevor does sing well throughout aided and abetted by Benoit David and Chris Squire

Another highlight for me and possibly the highlight of the album is the final track Into The Storm which is a fantastic track and whilst breaking new ground in terms of sound it does retain that “Yes” sound and feel. For ong time fans and perhaps those who aren't sure the track Hour of Need definitely has that “Classic Yes” feel with Benoit sounding incredibly like Jon Anderson and if there were such things as singles these days then this track could be the ideal choice.

Of course any new album after such a long break from the studio is bound to arouse much interest and Fly From Here is no exception. What I would suggest to those who perhaps are wary is play this album a few times and let it sink in. I remember that Drama had a similar effect on the Yes Fan base all those years ago and now the album is quite rightly regarded as a classic the same went for 90125.

The reason Yes has managed to continue for so long is because they have never been afraid to embrace change. After all one of the bands early songs was called Perpetual Change. So let Yes move on and who knows maybe Fly From here can attract some new fans which really can’t be a bad thing. Fly From here may well divide the fan base but it is an excellent album nevertheless!

Fly From here in my opinion is far more likely to please than upset and over forty two years on into their career Yes can be confident that once again they have delivered the right album at the right time.

Jon Anderson To Play Select Summer Concerts In Support Of New CD Release

Music legend and original YES vocalist Jon Anderson
will be playing select concert dates this summer in support of his critically
acclaimed new CD release 'Survival & Other Stories'.

Jon Anderson, who has one of the most recognisable voices in music, and is best known for his work with YES, Vangelis and Kitaro, as well as his innovative solo efforts, recently completed a successful tour of the East Coast in the US.

The new leg of the tour will concentrate on the North West US and several dates in Canada (listed below), and promises to deliver an exciting mixture of material from Jon Anderson's prolific solo career, collaborations with Vangelis and classic YES songs, along with new compositions from his new CD 'Survival & Other Stories'.


Jon Anderson North American Summer Tour Dates:


July 9 - Courtenay, BC Vancouver, Canada - Island Musicfest at Exhibition Grounds
July 10 - Courtenay, BC Vancouver, Canada - Island MusicFest at Exhibition Grounds
July 12 - Seattle, WA - The Triple Door
July 14 - Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
July 31 – Vernon, BC, Canada – Komasket Music Festival Komasket Park
Aug 3 - Lincolnshire, IL - Viper Alley
Aug 5 - Saint Charles, IL -Arcada Theatre
Aug 7 - Jerseyville, ON - Festival Of Friends Ancaster Fairgrounds (with America)
Aug 11 - Shirley, MA - Bull Run Restaurant


Jon's recently released CD 'Survival & Other Stories' has been garnering rave
reviews worldwide Reviews and is available to buy directly from the Gonzo Multimedia Website Here:

http://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/product_details/15285/Jon_Anderson-Survival_And_Other_Stories.html

For tour dates please visit

www.jonanderson.com/tour.html

Publicity Inquiries: Billy James, Glass Onyon PR, glassonyonpr@cs.com