Tag Archives: Rick Wakeman

Yes yesterdays and todays – the Alan White interview

Posted on April 14, 2016 by writewyattuk

This coming summer, drummer and songwriter Alan White will have been in the band Yes for a staggering 44 years – give or take one worked gap-year. That equates to two-thirds of his 66 years and counting, so I guess … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Alan Price, Alan White, All Things Must Pass, County Durham, Doris Troy, Drama, Fragile, Geoff Downes, George Harrison, George Martin, Imagine, John Lennon, Jon Anderson, Newcastle, Plastic Ono Band, Rick Wakeman, Steve Howe, The Beatles, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Washington, Yes | 6 Comments

The Human Love story – in conversation with Newton Faulkner

Posted on March 24, 2016 by writewyattuk

It seems that Newton Faulkner has something of an affinity with the inventive cover version. On his chart-topping double-platinum 2007 debut album, Hand Built By Robots, there was a fresh twist on Massive Attack’s Teardrop, with several more inspired covers … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Academy of Contemporary Music, Battenberg, Cam Blackwood, Cenzo Townshend, David Bowie, Dream Catch Me, Ed Drewett, Empire of the Sun, Eric Roche, Get Free, guildford, Hand Built By Robots, Human Love, John Butler, Newton Faulkner, Oxegen, Party Boy, Rick Wakeman, Sam Farrar, Surrey, Tessa Rose Jackson, Thomas Leeb, Toby Faulkner | 2 Comments

Remembering Bowie, through Sound and Vision

Posted on January 12, 2016 by writewyattuk

There’s not a lot I can write here that hasn’t been covered elsewhere, but I couldn’t let the week pass without my own tribute to David Bowie, who left us on Sunday, January 10th, 2016, two days after his 69th … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Absolute Beginners, Blackstar, Brian Eno, David Bowie, Heroes, Hunky Dory, Lazarus, Let's Dance, Life on Mars, Mark Radcliffe, Mick Ronson, Rick Wakeman, Robert Fripp, Space Oddity, Starman, The Next Day, Tony Visconti, Ziggy Stardust | 2 Comments

Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

Posted on January 4, 2016 by writewyattuk

As the hands reached midnight on New Year’s Eve, the minions behind the scenes at writewyattuk.com polished off the last of the Irish cream (explaining at least one of those empty bottles that next morning) and got to work on … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Buzzcocks, Cast, Dodgy, Dubious Brothers, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elkie Brooks, Graeme Garden, Gretchen Peters, Happy Mondays, Heaven 17, Ian McNabb, Julian Cope, Mark Radcliffe, Martha reeves, Midge Ure, Mike Harding, Noel Fielding, Public Service Broadcasting, Rick Wakeman, Slade, Smoke Fairies, Squeeze, Status Quo, The Chameleons, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Stranglers, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Wolf Alice | Leave a comment

Rise and Shine – the return of Hugh Cornwell

Posted on November 12, 2015 by writewyattuk

A quarter of a century after he left The Stranglers, Hugh Cornwell remains a regular on the live circuit – still in love with his back-catalogue, and still ticking off life ambitions. In the scheme of things, he’s been outside … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Baz Warne, Colne, Dave Greenfield, Duchess, guildford, Hugh Cornwell, Jean-Jacques Burnel, Jet Black, John Cooper Clarke, Kate Bush, Lemmy, Morecambe, Preston, Richard Williams, Rick Wakeman, Southport, Steve Albini, The Stranglers, Totem and Taboo | 2 Comments

Yes to priories, prog rock and further excess – the Rick Wakeman interview

Posted on September 6, 2015 by writewyattuk

It’s half eight in the morning when I make contact with Rick Wakeman. And despite his memorable past contributions to the BBC’s Grumpy Old Men series, he’s bright and breezy. So what time did this revered ivory-tinkler and prog rock … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged . Lancaster Music Festival, Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Brentford FC, Camberley Town FC, Cat Stevens, Chris Squire, David Bowie, Elton John, Grand Order of Water Rats, Grumpy Old Men, Hunky Dory, Jon Anderson, Lancaster Priory, Middlesex, Morning Has Broken, prog rock, Rick Wakeman, Space Oddity, Strawbs, WakemanFest | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Rick Wakeman

Yes yesterdays and todays – the Alan White interview

The Human Love story – in conversation with Newton Faulkner

Remembering Bowie, through Sound and Vision

Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

Rise and Shine – the return of Hugh Cornwell

Yes to priories, prog rock and further excess – the Rick Wakeman interview

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