Billy Sherwood Brought Back Into the Yes Fold

Billy Sherwood has returned to the fold as a second engineer on Yes' new studio project.

On his Facebook page Sherwood announced: “Got a phone call from the Yes camp tonight, asking me to engineer the backing vocal sessions for their new record. Got a phone call from the Yes camp tonight, asking me to engineer the backing vocal sessions for their new record. Tomorrow I start with Jon Davison, Squire comes in later in the day to sing, Steve Howe after that and so on for the next week or so... As Pacino said in Godfather 3 "They keep pulling me back in !!" lol. Looking forward to seeing the lads tomorrow, viva la YES”

Sherwood's Yes credentials cannot be denied. He started as a song-writing partner of Squire's before the Union album. He later appeared on the Talk tour, mixed both Keys to Ascension albums, then worked on Talk and The Ladder. He also formed Conspiracy with Squire and toured briefly as the Chris Squire Experiment (with Alan White and Steve Porcaro). He also formed Circa with Tony Kaye.

Sherwood has also been prolific on his own, working on different projects as producer, musician, or engineer.

Mystery Announces New Lead Vocalist

Picture: Andy Wright

Benoit David leaves Canadian prog band Mystery. A new vocalist, Jean Pageau, was announced today! Read the whole press release.

Dear Mystery Fans,

I would like to announce that Canadian singer Jean Pageau will be replacing Benoit David as Mystery’s lead singer. The singer from Gatineau, Quebec became anofficial Mysteron on March 9th 2014 and is now preparing with the band for upcoming live performances and a new studio album. Jean is a great singer and we are very excited to be making new music together.

 

Jean Pageau

Benoit David leaving Mystery:  It has not been as easy for us to say goodbye. Benoit joined Mystery in 1999 and we released our first album (Beneath the Veil of Winter’s Face) with Benoit on vocals in 2007 followed by One Among the Living in 2010 and The World is a Game in 2012. In the spring of 2012, as we were preparing for our first European shows, Benoit discussed with me his desire to take a break from music and Mystery for a while. He fulfilled his commitment to do all of the shows that were booked for Mystery up until the Toronto show in June. We took the summer off, and in the Fall, Benoit announced that he was officially leaving the band. We kept the search for a new singer a Mystery.

 

Benoit’s contribution to the music of Mystery is and will always be considered remarkable, full of passion and emotion for us.He remains one of the best singer I have had the chance to hear, and luckily for me, to work with. I wish him all the best and will always be grateful for the works we created together.

As things seemed to speed up for Mystery, we had to slow down, take a pause and see where we were going. It has not been an easy quest for us in finding someone to fill Benoit’s shoes and has in fact proved to be a difficult task. But we are excited to be back now and are looking forward to seeing all of you soon with new singer Jean Pageau on stage with us.

Michel St-Pere

With the coming release of Mystery's first ever live album and DVD, fans will have a chance to see and hear Benoit with the band one last time. I look forward to the next studio release and hearing Jean for the first time.

All the best to Benoit in his future endeavors, welcome to Jean, and long live Mystery.

 

More info about Mystery:

www.therealmystery.com

Rocket Scientists to Release New Album

Well that was an unexpected surprise! Erik Norlander, whose Galactic Collective can be seen live in concert on May 9th, has just announced the return of The Rocket Scientists.

March 19th will see the return of vocalist / guitarist Mark McCrite, bassist Don Schiff, and keyboardist Norlander with the release of an as yet untitled album after a 5 year absence (They released Revolution Road in 2006 but toured from 2007 to 2009).

Meanwhile, tickets are on sale for the Galactive Collective live at the Cherokee Arts Center in Canton, Georgia.

Camel Live DVD

For those of you lucky enough to have seen the return of Camel last year, and the magnificent Snow Goose played in its entirety, this new release will bring back souvenirs. For those of us outside of Europe who wish we'd been there, this is welcome news.

Camel have released a live DVD title In from the Cold, chronicling their last night at The Barbican, in London. Recorded on 28 October, 2013, the DVD showcases the Snow Goose and the welcome return on the stage by Andy Latimer.

The 130 minutes DVD is available only on tour in Europe for the moment, sold at the merch desk, but once the tour is over, the DVD will be made available either through Camel Productions or through the usual outlets.

In From The Cold tracklisting:
Set One: (The Snow Goose)

1. The Great Marsh
2. Rhayader
3. Rhayader Goes to Town
4. Sanctuary (Revised)
5. Fritha
6. The Snow Goose
7. Friendship
8. Migration (Revised)
9. Rhayader Alone (Revised)
10. Flight of the Snow Goose
11. Preparation
12. Dunkirk
13. Epitaph (Revised)
14. Fritha Alone
15. La Princesse Perdue
16. The Great Marsh (Reprise)

Set Two:

1. Never Let Go
2. Song Within a Song
3. Echoes
4. The Hour Candle
5. Tell Me
6. Watching the Bobbins
7. Fox Hill
8. For Today
9. Lady Fantasy

Shadow Circus Bow Out of Terra Incognita

The Terra Incognita Festival in Quebec City was proud to present American prog band Shadow Circus for the 10th edition of the festival. Unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago Shadow Circus announced on their Facebook page that they have had to bow out and cancel their scheduled appearance.

With two months to spare, Terra Incognita have the pleasure to announce that American prog band 3rDegree will fill the Saturday night slot. For the full schedule and a link to the festival site for tickets follow this link.