Yes Music Podcast
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Established in 2011 - Two fans' exploration of the world's greatest progressive rock band
Episodes
- Yes Positivity – 721
Mark and Joseph each select three songs from different eras of the band Yes to represent the band's positivity. The episode invites listeners to share their own song choices and explain why they evoke positivity.
- In Conversation with Jon Davison about the new Yes album, Aurora – 720
Jon Davison, lead singer of Yes, discusses the new album Aurora in detail with the podcast host. The conversation covers the album's creation process and potential live performances.
- Master of Images – Barry Plummer’s Yes Legacy – Part 1 – 1984 – 719
This episode begins a series focused on the upcoming book "Master of Images – Barry Plummer’s Yes Legacy." Hosts discuss photos of Rick Wakeman from a 1981 event, including an investigation into the context of the images.
- In conversation with Paul K Joyce about his contributions to the new Yes album, Aurora – 718
In this episode of the Yes Music Podcast, Paul K Joyce details his involvement with the new Yes album, Aurora, focusing on his orchestrations and the recording process with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. The discussion covers decis…
- New Yes single ‘Aurora’ plus Oliver Wakeman live in Worcester and the new version of From A Page – 717
This episode of the Yes Music Podcast covers the new Yes single ‘Aurora,’ the remastered From A Page album, and a live concert by Oliver Wakeman. The hosts discuss the concert experience, including the setlist and Oliver Wakeman's performa…
- Aurora News and my Top 5 Yes Live Albums – 716
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark shares news about the forthcoming Yes album, Aurora, and runs down his own top 5 Yes live albums. Tune in and compare your own favourites! https://youtu.be/LYVd…
- Must own Yes vinyl pressings, Yes news, and more!! – 715
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Another stellar (how topical) episode from Mark in Kevin's absence! This week, he covers a wide variety of topics including the weather(!), his own latest Projekt Ge…
- Top 5 Yes albums between 1980 and present day – 714
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Continuing his sterling work in Kevin's absense, Mark considers his picks for the Top 5 Yes albums since 1980. I wonder how his list will compare with yours. Let us…
- Yes Symphonic Live Comparison – The original vs the new reissue – 713
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark considers the new version of Yes Symphonic Live, from the amazing combination of Anderson, White, Squire, Howe, Brislin and orchestra. Is the new version signif…
- Yes albums and the memories they bring us – 712
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark continues his solo episodes in Kevin's absence. This week, he thinks about his memories associated with three Yes albums. There's also time to reflect on the re…
- My Top 5 70’s albums by Rick Wakeman – 711
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Do let us know your thoughts in the comments below. Barry Plummer 2026 Calendar is still available! ORDER HERE YMP Listener discount code - KVKBKC8Z Enrich your Prog…
- A Vinyl Collector compares and analyzes Time and a Word – 110
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Do let us know your thoughts in the comments below. YES - FRAGILE UK TOUR 2026 YES Receive Stunning Reviews from USA leg of their FRAGILE tour, which they bring to t…
- In conversation with Jay Schellen – 709
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week we were delighted to welcome Yes drummer Jay Schellen back on the YMP. Just like last time, we had a lovely conversation and Jay shared his thoughts about…
- Yes Guess Who III – 708
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I had a lot of fun on one of our Yes Guess Who quizzes. Also, as you’ll hear, we veered a little off-topic in both the answer section of the quiz…
- Yes – Big in Japan with Glenn Williams – 707
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, we had a great conversation with Glenn Williams, a rock writer based in Japan who I found via YMP Patron Paul Hailes. We picked Genn’s brains about the mu…
- Solo songs that could have been Yes songs – Part 2 – Jon Anderson – 706
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I continue our mini series about solo songs that could have been Yes songs and this time it’s Jon Anderson’s turn. As we did last week with Steve…
- Solo songs that could have been Yes songs – Part 1 – Steve Howe – 705
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I began a mini series on songs that appear on Yes members' solo albums but could have been re-worked as effective Yes songs. It was interesting to…
- Yes Indeed – Yes without Jon Anderson – with author, Preston Frazier – 704
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Preston Frazier This week Mark and I welcomed our longstanding friend, Preston Frazier, onto the show to talk about his (relatively) new book, ‘Yes Indeed - Yes with…
- 50+ years of Fish Out Of Water – 703
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I return for the first time in the 15th year of the YMP this week to discuss some of what we believe are the most important aspects of the classic Chris Squ…
- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year – 702
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Here is a short selection of Yuletide messages and other pieces of audio to finish off 2025. Many thanks to Michael Handerhan for his review of the (fairly) recent Y…
- A Yes Connections Quiz – or actually a Christmas Quiz – 701
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I recorded what turned into a Christmas quiz. As you will hear, we even diverted into other aspects of the holiday season at the end, so look out…
- Episode 700 – a celebration! – 700
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Well, here we are - 14 years and 700 episodes of the Yes Music Podcast. Thank you to Miguel Falcão who has created the new jingles for 700 episodes and thank you to…
- Rotten Tormatoes? The Wembley Recording, 1978 – 699
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius The Yes-a-verse went into meltdown this week over a new release of the Wembley BBC concert recording. As you will hear, it’s a bit of a twisted tale so I was gratefu…
- Yes Guess Who II – 698
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I had a lovely time trying to outwit each other with another round of the Yes Guess Who game. I simplified the rules, as you’ll hear, and it went…
- YesKit Part 4 – Jon Anderson Edition – 697
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius The Dark Days Of Yesterday - Projekt Gemineye - the new album by our own Mark Anthony K! Mark says: "This is the 10th studio album! Wow…if you would have told me tha…
- Yes (sort-of) Unplugged – 696
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius As you will hear, I was looking at one of the amazing photos in the Barry Plummer Calendar (available now from YesMusicBooks.com) recently, when I noticed something…
- Trevor Rabin’s Star Licks video – 695
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius In last week’s episode about Chris Squire’s Star Licks video, I was intrigued to notice that Trevor Rabin had also produced one and I had never watched it. Now that…
- A Chris Squire Master Class – 694
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I took a careful look at the iconic Chris Squire Star Licks video from 1990. Chris is at his relaxed and chatty best and shows off his skills, his…
- The Drama is Live – 693
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius After the emergence online of another Drama Tour video - with sound - by James Ferrani on YouTube, Mark and I took a careful look at his 2 videos from consecutive da…
- Yessport (or Yessports) – 692
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Following a suggestion from the latest member of the Patreon YMP group, Thomas DeVries, Mark and I delved into Yes sporting links this week. It was great fun to lear…
- Billy Sherwood talks about Fragile 2025, his gear and new Yes music PLUS our first reactions to the Yes setlist – 691
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week it was a pleasure to welcome Billy Sherwood to the YMP once again. We spoke to him just before a rehearsal at Mickey’s Black Box rehearsal facility as the…
- Dave Watkinson’s financial forensic detective work in the Yes archives – 690
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I spoke to the redoubtable David Watkinson who has published another fabulous Yessay (see what he did there?) on Forgotten-Yesterdays.com. This t…
- The earliest online Yes conversations with Henry Potts – 689
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius In a different kind of time travel this week, Mark and I welcomed Henry Potts back onto the show to talk about his recollections of the first Yes online discussions…
- 6 reasons Talk is a great Yes album
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I considered what makes Talk from 1994 a great Yes album. The final Yes record featuring Trevor Rabin was a tour-de-force of progressive rock in…
- Deep Cuts outside Yes – 687
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius Mark and I spent some time this week searching through both our memory banks and our shelves of Yes related records. We wanted to uncover and promote some lesser-kno…
- Steve Howe talks about his solo re-releases PLUS ‘Yes Guess Who’! – 686
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius In a truly epic episode this week, I had a lovely conversation with Steve Howe about the re-release of two of his solo albums, Portraits of Bob Dylan and Natural Tim…
- Yes Authenticity – 685
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius It was great to think a little about what might make up Yes’ authenticity this week. Is it possible to define what makes the output of a band - or any kind of artist…
- Yes Time Machine – Support Bands Edition – 684
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I set off once again in our YMP Yes Time Machines, this time to visit Yes concerts that also featured fascinating support bands, or bands on the s…
- Fragile Solo Songs Revisited – 683
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week, Mark and I discussed the 'solo' songs on Fragile. Each band member contributed an individual project, some with more success than others. The style and ap…
- Are there any short Yes epics? – 682
Produced by Joseph Cottrell, Wayne Hall, Ken Fuller and Jeffrey Crecelius This week Mark and I had all sorts of fun thinking about whether there are any short Yes epics - or if this idea is even possible. We set ourselves the restriction o…