Dan and Steven are back with the first Yesshift episode of the year! And what a great way to begin 2026, as it is the 80th birthday of original Yes keyboardist Tony Kaye! Hear us talk about his career, favorites (including comments from fans), and a game of Take It or Leave It!

Dan and Steven talk about this past year, 2025, in terms of activities related to Yes and current and former members! What were the highlights? What are we looking forward to next year? There's even some news to talk about regarding a forthcoming Asia live album, an Icon release titled Lexicon, and reissues of Jon Anderson's EarthMotherEarth and Survival & Other Stories! Steven also shares his thoughts on the Cousins & Willoughby album The Bridge!

Steven provides the final Vinyl Adventures episode of 2025, talking this time about Steve Howe's new EP Signals Crossed. You can order it here: https://lnk.to/joLdy9 This is essentially an addendum to his Portraits of Bob Dylan album. Hear all about it!

Guitarist/vocalist Ted Leonard joins us for a Yesshift interview! You may know him for his work with Enchant, Spock's Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals, and more! And of course, Yes is one of his influences! Spock's Beard have released a new album titled The Archaeoptimist, and you can check out the purchase options here: https://www.spocksbeard.com/discography/archaeoptimist/

We are joined by longtime Yes photographers, tourbook makers, interviewers, and essay writers Doug and Glenn Gottlieb! We will talk with them about their history with Yes, their ongoing book series Yesstuff, and how Yes fans can contribute to an upcoming book! Check out their website https://gottliebbros.com/

Trey Gunn joins us for an interview! He is a Chapman Stick and War Guitar player known for his work in King Crimson and its ProjeKct offshoots. He recently put out an album with David Forlano titled Select Habits of Invertebrates, which you can find here: https://treygunn.bandcamp.com/album/select-habits-of-invertebrates

It's that time again to recap some of the Yes-related news that's come out lately! News opics include the following:-The Gottlieb Bros. announcement of a book where Yes fans can contribute-The late Johnny Bruhns will be on a Leon Alvarado album that also features Billy Sherwood and Jon Davison-Rick Wakeman positive health update-Oliver Wakeman music updates-Reminders of the reissues of Fly from Here: Return Trip, Symphonic Live, and Tales from Topographic Oceans-Tormato Tour recordings (Richfield and Wembley)-Upcoming Trevor Horn UK showsSteven also shares his thoughts on Billy Sherwood's The Art of Survival and Steve Howe's Homebrew 7. All this and more!

Dan and Steven share their experience seeing Robert Plant's band Saving Grace, as well as opening act Rosie Flores! They show clips and pics from the concert, as well as segments where Steven's friend Cris Molina (who attended the concert with them and Nja Onê) chimes in with thoughts on the concert.

Steven is joined by Simon Barrow and Miguelbass to chat about what online Yes fandom was like in early internet days over at Alt.Music.Yes! We also touch on the news of Symphonic Live being rereleased, and Simon talks about future plans for an expanded version of his book Solid Mental Grace and the in-development Yes in the 1990s!

Dan and Steven each attended different Steve Hackett concerts recently. Dan went to the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix on November 11th, and Steven went to the second of the Orpheum Theatre shows in Los Angeles November 14th. Hear them share their experiences of this tour in which Steve Hackett plays solo and Genesis cuts alongside musicians Nad Sylvan (vocals), Nick D'Virgilio (drums), Roger King (keys), Jonas Reingold (bass), and Rob Townsend (sax).