Interview with Billy Sherwood of Yoso from 2010

Interview with Billy Sherwood from 2011

Interview with Billy Sherwood from 2013

Interview with Billy Sherwood from 2015

Interview with Billy Sherwood from 2017

Interview with Billy Sherwood from 2019

First, I want to talk about the packaging here.

I remember when the original version of this came out wondering why a full live album wasn’t done.

The whole “do an album of covers” concept is a popular approach these days.

A contender for best of the year, this is arguably Sherwood’s best solo album ever.

Yes seldom do anything in a small way when it can be done in an epic manner. 

This new compilation album seems a great way to sample Billy Sherwood’s solo output.

I’m a huge fan of all things Yes and Yes related, so I anticipated liking this, and I was right.

I like pretty much everything Billy Sherwood does.

Our old rule at Music Street Journal was, if it’s out of print, we don’t review it.

Yoso is an interesting group. It is two former members of Yes (Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood) and Bobby Kimball of Toto.

This is quite a cool set. The main man behind this is Billy Sherwood, and I always like the stuff he does.

Only the second album in the history of Yes to be recorded without Jon Anderson, this one, particularly since it’s the only other Yes disc with Geoff Downes on keyboards, is obviously compared to Drama.

Cleopatra Records loves doing these tribute albums, typically with Billy Sherwood in charge.

Days Between Stations doesn't seem capable of producing an album that is anything short of spectacular.

This is an intriguing disc. It’s a space oriented (but really it goes a lot more cosmic than just space) concept album.

Here’s the second disc in the Headsets series.

Where do I begin on this review? I guess I should start by saying that I’m a Yes fanatic and I have been since I was twelve years old – and for those keeping track, that’s a long time ago.

This box set is a class act. The whole thing comes in something that resembles a book. 

While any Yes album is better than the music of a lot of other bands, this is probably the group’s weakest live album.

Lately we’ve been moving away from our long-held rule that in order to reviewed an item had to be in print.

I would say that this set is pretty effective.

Although this is out of print, I’ve decided to review it at Music Street Journal.

There is certainly something to be said for truth in advertising. Looking at the group name and the album title, really sets the stage for the music within.

I’ve always been a big fan of the Doors.

This new live album from Yes is quite good.

Yes recently did a couple of tours where they performed some of their studio albums in their entirety. This live recording comes from one of those shows.

I drove to The Symphony Hall and bought a ticket for the night's Yes show at the last minute (literally!). It was a long shot, but it really paid off, as I got a good seat in the stalls.

There was something ominous about the date of this concert -11.11.11 so it was very much a case of going for the one on the night.

There seem to be some Yes fans deriding the recent incarnations of Yes.

This is my first time seeing Yes with the Benoit David and Oliver Wakeman line-up.

This live album literally features just Billy Sherwood and Tony Kaye. Kaye handles the keyboards.

 I knew it would be hard to see Yes without Chris Squire! As "Onward" played, with a white Rickenbacker on stage with a spotlight, I felt myself tearing up.

I always liked Missing Persons.

Cherry Red Records is reissuing this album with a nice booklet and multi-layer digi-pack. 

Arguably Billy Sherwood’s biggest claim to fame is his stint in Yes.

This is a reissue of the Yes album Open Your Eyes on 180 gram vinyl.

It used to be that at Music Street Journal we didn’t cover things that were out of print.

Going back and catching up on some vinyl releases, this one should be pretty easy to find online.

The last couple albums from William Shatner have landed in my “best of” lists for those two years.

I've been looking to do a retro review of this box set for a while. I finally had the opportunity this time around.

This is a new, massive box set from Yes. It includes seven complete concerts from 1972.

The latest solo release from John Wetton finds him with a lot of great guest appearances. 

The old rule at Music Street Journal was that we didn’t cover items that weren’t in print.

The new disc from Kurt Michaels combines progressive rock with pop rock ala The Beatles.

This is just getting released on BluRay and with an extra concert.

This DVD is one of the best from Yes.

I am a big fan of pretty much anything Billy Sherwood is involved with and I love Supertramp, so when I heard Sherwood was in charge of assembling an all star tribute to Supertramp, I was excited.

I am a big fan of pretty much anything Billy Sherwood is involved with and I love Supertramp, so when I heard Sherwood was in charge of assembling an all star tribute to Supertramp, I was excited.

Since we’ve already reviewed the DVD version of this set, this review will focus on the difference between this new BluRay release and that original one.

You really can’t go wrong with Billy Sherwood.

Here is another compilation of Yes music. It is the first two CDs from The Ultimate Yes, repackaged.

What an amazing set this is.

This newest set from Leon Alvarado is quite a tasty one. It has a number of nearly vocal only spoken bits that tell the story of the album.

For hardcore Yes fans, this is a real treasure.

This 35th Anniversary collection of Yes shares a lot of material with other compilations of theirs.

There have been a few books written about the band, Yes but this one really includes the involvement of many of the members of the group through extensive interviews. 

There were three new albums this time that disappointed me a bit.

This brand new live album from Yes is cool stuff. For one thing, it's great to get live recordings of all the Drama songs. There are also two epics from Tales from Topographic Oceans and the "Leaves of Green" part from "The Ancient" on that album. They round the section out with a few other Yes classics. The live sound is great.

I've seen Yes close to twenty times (more times than I've seen any other band), and I can tell you that despite the technicality of their music and instrumental prowess, no two Yes shows are the same. That's true even when you see them on multiple nights in a row. Each performance is a little different because the music tends to take on a life of its own in live gigs. So, don't expect to hear the studio versions exactly covered here. For one thing, the line-up is different. For another thing, I don't think I've ever heard a live Yes song sound exactly like the studio version. I mean, why would you want that? You can listen to the studio version any time. I think these renditions are very faithful, and bring a new life to the songs at times. I highly recommend this, especially for those (like myself) who really love Drama.

Like last year, there is a new Yes picture disc released for Record Store Day. Last year it was 90125. This year they turned their attention to Tormato.

There is a concept called "the sophomore jinx," which says that no matter how strong a debut album is, there is a good chance the follow up won't be as good. To some degree I think that's true here.

I remember seeing Yes on the Union tour. It was an amazing show.

Well, if there’s a question about this set, it’s "why wasn’t it done by Circa:?"

I’m sure some would make the argument that we don’t need another Yes compilation album.

A lot of times we put things featuring progressive rock artists under prog, even when they don’t fit that banner based on the music.

This is a new reissue of the original Yes concert film. While the main film remains unchanged from older editions, there is quite a bit of added material here.

This new various artists collection, as you would imagine, pays tribute to the music of Yes. It's an intriguing set.