Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…
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O2 Academy, Sheffield Saturday 2nd April 2022 After two years of waiting, as well as venue and line-up changes, HRH Prog XI finally took place over the weekend of April 2nd and 3rd at the O2 Academy, Sheffield. It was…
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Here’s to a hopefully happier New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles…
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The Red Planet is Rick Wakeman’s first proper instrumental prog offering of completely original material for quite a number of years. Consciously a return to the styles of his Seventies heyday, the album is also the first collaboration with the…
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The Forum Theatre, Billingham Wednesday, 15th November 2017 One man, a grand piano and some Wonderous Stories! Rick Wakeman concludes 2017 with a lengthy series of intimate, one man shows under the title of Piano Portraits and in support of…
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This is a 2017 Esoteric remastered reissue of three albums that made up the ‘Art in Music Trilogy’ from 1999, these were The Sculptor, The Artist and Sketches, and although each stands alone they are thematically linked in that each…
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Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 12th March 2017 We all need some Beauty in our lives right now. In a world in which it appears that what divides us is valued more than what unites us, and leaders have risen to power…
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Count Basie Theater, Red Bank, New Jersey, U.S.A. Wednesday 26th October, 2016 ARW is the newest configuration of musicians roaming America – and soon Europe – playing the music of YES. What sets them apart is their legitimate claim to…
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Rick Wakeman has had a somewhat prolific career. A quick trip to Progarchives shows that he was producing more music in the 1990s than in any other decade, a staggering 37 studio albums and 9 live albums. With such a…
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My brother (who has 2 years on me) is the obsessive Yes addict and the copy of Six Wives was his. He was at boarding school and I wasn’t, so much of his record collection stayed at home for me…
View More Rick Wakeman – The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Deluxe Edition