Andy Graziano, guitarist for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks, joins us for a Yesshift interview! After having Matt Beck sub for him on recent tour dates, Andy is back in the guitarist slot for the next leg of the tour! You can see the June-July dates and venues here: https://richiecastellano.com/jonyesepic/

John Lodge of The Moody Blues joins us for an interview! Tune in to another great conversation about music! He has tour dates coming up on the US East Coast July-August, which you can check out at https://www.johnlodge.com/pages/tour-dates He also recently released n EP titled Love Conquers All, which you can get here: https://slinky.to/LoveConquersAll

Miguel Falcão (miguelbass) joins us once again to talk about Play for Chris 11. Can you believe it's been ten years since this annual tradition began? Do you have tributes to Chris you want to submit? Check out the guidelines at miguelbass.com

Steven hosts another Yesshift News Desk Edition, giving May birthday shout-outs, sharing the Cruise to the Edge 2026 lineup updates, talking about publication news (including a new issue of Prog Magazine focused on Chris Squire), and more!

Billy Sherwood, bassist of Yes, joins us to talk about his solo tour happening this month! Check out the tour dates at billysherwoodmusic.com Billy gives us a good idea of what to expect from the setlist, given the breadth of his career, and gives us the rundown of each of the musicians accompanying him on this tour (Scott Connor on drums, Scott Walton on keys, and John Thomas on guitar). He also touches a little bit on the next Yes album, a new Circa record, and Cruise to the Edge along the way.

We interview Chris Clark, one of the keyboardists for Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks! (You might also know him from Brand X!) We talk about how he got into playing music, his Yes discovery origin story, playing with Brand X, a past Cruise to the Edge, working with Virgil Donati, and working on True!

Steven recaps a concert he saw at the Lodge Room in Los Angeles April 26, 2025 featuring Conflict at Serenity Pools, Ruth Radelet, Adam Miller, and Ruby Haunt! He'll also review two vinyl records he acquired there: Gateways by Adam Miller, and Blinking in the Wind by Ruby Haunt.

Dan and Steven review their copies of Jon Anderson & The Band Geeks - Live - Perpetual Change! Dan got the CD/DVD set, and Steven got the Blu-ray!

For Benoît David's birthday, Dan and Steven touch on a couple Hamadryad tracks on which Benoît David's vocals are credited: "Omnipresent Umbra" from the 2005 album Safe in Conformity, and "In My Country" from their 2010 album Intrusion. And we'll of course touch on his role in Yes!

Steven does another Yesshift News Desk Edition! Topics include Billy Sherwood's solo tour, an update on the new Yes album, Cruise to the Edge (a little bit about this past one and what's now expected for the next), and more!