http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wh_now.htm News about Yes and its members http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnja.htm#messertraum Jon Anderson and his daughter Deborah duet on "The Key", available on streaming audio at Deborah's MySpace page. The song features on the forthcoming Messertraum EP from Andreas Dietrich Allen and Sebastian Arocha-Morton, due 2008. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnsh.htm 2008 is a busy year for Steve Howe. He's on tour with Asia in the UK, North America and Japan until the middle of May, then it's a UK tour with the Steve Howe Trio (with son Dylan) in June, before the Yes tour in July/August, and then solo and Trio dates in Canada in September/October. He also has three new albums: Asia's Phoenix is out, while the Steve Howe Trio's The Haunted Melody and his solo guitar album, Motif - Vol. 1, are out in June. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/iv/crinterview.htm In a new interview, I talk to contemporary composer Colin Riley about his work and, in particular, his new collaboration with drummer Bill Bruford and collective pianocircus. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnyesm.htm#shertrib The Led Zeppelin tribute album on which Billy Sherwood has been working is now out. Entitled Led Box: The Ultimate Tribute to Led Zeppelin, it is a 2CD release with 24 tracks, although I am unclear whether Sherwood was behind all of them. For Yes fans, the highlights include "Dancing Days" recorded by Sherwood, Alan White, Geoff Downes and John Wetton; "Fool in the Rain" with Sherwood and Rick Wakeman; and "All My Love" with Sherwood, White and Tony Kaye. Other big names involved include Keith Emerson, Pat Travers and Doane Perry. Note that the US version had an additional 8 tracks culled from previous tribute releases. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnja.htm#macha Peter Machajdík's new album Namah is due in April. It includes a 10-minute collaboration with Jon Anderson entitled "Sadness of Flowing" along side various chamber music compositions by Machajdík. An extract can be heard at Machajdík's MySpacce page. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnoth.htm#groupe "The Orchard of Mines" on Asia's new Phoenix album is actually a cover of a song by Globus on their recent album Epicon. Epicon has its own Yes connections, featuring as it does an orchestra conducted by Larry Groupé, who worked on Yes's Magnification. Also appearing on Epicon are Jeffrey Fayman, who has worked with Fripp, Wetton and Peter Banks, and Anneke van Giersbergen, who guested on Wetton/Downes' second Icon album. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnyesm.htm#touring Yes are touring Canada and the US in July/August. The band will consist of Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Alan White and Oliver Wakeman (Rick's eldest son). The tour is rumoured to begin on 12 July in Quebec, with north-eastern US dates (including Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) in July and possibly into August, then dates in Florida and the western US. A formal announcement on YesWorld is expected very soon. http://www.bondegezou.demon.co.uk/wnyesm.htm#liver Mark the beginning of June in your diaries! On 1st June, Classic Media Group are releasing "Yes—The Director's Cut", showing the band live in 2003. The next day comes the UK release of "Slaves to the Rhythm", the DVD of the 2004 Produced by Trevor Horn charity show, including the unusual line-up of Squire, White, Howe, Rabin and Downes playing "Cinema" and "Owner of a Lonely Heart" + many other performances by Horn, Downes, White and Howe. Also released on the 2nd are The Haunted Melody, the debut release by the Steve Howe Trio, and Howe's latest solo album, Motif—Vol. 1.