jon anderson Archive
28 May 2025
Album Review: Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks — Live: Perpetual Change
In progressive music fandom circles, a popular pastime is debating the merits of various Yes lineups. A lively argument is sure to ensue among progheads when the question is raised: […]
29 Jan 2025
Five Great Performances from Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson is one of rock’s most distinctive vocalists. An alto tenor, he was the primary voice of Yes for most of the period between that group’s inception in 1968 […]
24 Dec 2024
Musoscribe’s Best of 2024: New Releases
Everybody has their favorite new releases of each year; here are mine. This year I reviewed nearly 120 new releases. As per usual, the list reflects my particular interests, so […]
27 Nov 2024
Album Review: Jon Anderson and the Band Geeks – True
Let’s start with the bad, getting it out of the way since there’s very little of it. The cover art for Jon Anderson’s latest album is at best uninspired. And […]
29 Dec 2016
Best Music of 2016: Concerts
There’s a bit of overlap where my best albums and best concerts of 2016 are concerned. And there are some old favorites, too. John Mayall Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte NC March […]
21 Dec 2016
Jon Anderson and ARW: Yes Indeed
A few months ago, I conducted separate interviews with Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson. Both conversations centered around the then-upcoming (and now current) ARW tour, featuring three ex-Yes musicians: Jon […]
04 Nov 2016
Jon Anderson: Invention of a New Musical Collaboration
Former Yes vocalist Jon Anderson kicked off a tour with two of his old band mates, Trevor Rabin and Rick Wakeman on October 4; Anderson Rabin Wakeman already has dates […]
14 Sep 2016
Album Mini-review: Anderson-Stolt — Invention of Knowledge
File next to: Yes, Flower Kings, Spock’s Beard Swedish multi-instrumentalist Reine Stolt made a name for himself with Flower Kings, a successful attempt at bringing the 1970s classic progressive rock […]
19 Nov 2015
Jean-Luc Ponty: “I Can Still Play in Tune!” (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… When Jon Anderson and Jean-Luc Ponty first got together in 2014 in Aspen, Colorado, they didn’t know what wold come out of their collaboration. “We brought […]
18 Nov 2015
Jean-Luc Ponty: “I Can Still Play in Tune!” (Part 1)
Jean-Luc Ponty and Jon Anderson have long and distinguished careers in music. Anderson is known first and foremost as founder and longtime member of Yes, one of progressive rock’s most […]