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Gig review: THEA GILMORE – The Met, Bury, 8 December 2018
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Gig review: THE NEW ROSES – Camden Underworld, London, 29 November 2018
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Gig review: BLACK STAR RIDERS – The Tivoli, Buckley, 28 November 2018
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Tag Archives: Geoff Downes
Album review: DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION – Skyscraper Souls
David Randall chatted to Chris Braide in October 2015 and this hour special provides background to the singer-songwriter’s career and on hooking up with Geoff Downes. First broadcast on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio. Magical Think Tank Records [Release date … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Andy Partridge, Asia, Big Big Train, Buggles, Chris Braide, DBA, Downes Braide Association, Geoff Downes, Marc Almond, melodic, pop, progressive, review, Skyscraper Souls, Tim Bowness, XTC, Yes
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Album review: ROBBY KRIEGER – In Session
Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 24.02.17] Like the Cleopatra release before it by Joe Lynn Turner “In Session” collects together some of Robby Krieger’s session work over the years. The Doors guitarist was always a master of restraint in terms of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Billy Sherwood, Geoff Downes, guitar, guitaris, In Session, Jackson Browne, John Wetton, Nik Turner, review, Robby Krieger, rock, Rod Argent, THE DOORS, Tommy Shaw, Tony Kaye
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Album review: ASIA – Symfonia
Frontiers [Release date 24.02.17] Normally you’d think “not another live Asia album” as there have been a fair few to date, however this one is tinged with sadness with the sad passing of John Wetton shortly before the release of … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Asia, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, melodic rock, review, rock, Sam Coulson, Symfonia
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Album review: BILLY SHERWOOD – Citizen
Frontiers Records [Release date 06.11.15] Billy Sherwood, man of many talents and currently bassist for Yes, has assembled an impressive cast of guest musicians for his “Citizen” album…but the question has to be can it deliver when so many of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Parsons, album, Billy Sherwood, Chris Squire, Citizen, Colin Moulding, Frontiers, Geoff Downes, Jerry Goodman, John Wesley, Jon Davison, Jordan Rudess, Patrick Moraz, Progressive Rock, review, Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Steve Morse, Tony Kaye
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News: DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION, Edgar Winter interview features – Sunday 25 October 2015
Pop rock duo Geoff Downes and Chris Braide release their second album as Downes Braide Association (DBA) on 6 November. Downes is best known as the keyboard maestro with bands like Asia and Yes whilst Chris Braide has written for … Continue reading
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Tagged 25 October 2015, Asia, blues, blues rock, Chris Braide, DBA, Downes Braide Association, Edgar Winter, Geoff Downes, interview, pop, pop rock, progressive, radio, Yes
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Album review: DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION – (DBA) – Suburban Ghosts (Geoff Downes, Chris Braide)
David Randall chats to Chris Braide about his music, songwriting, and collaboration with Geoff Downes (59:25) In this hour special, Geoff Downes chats about DBA and his career which has included high profile stints in Yes and Asia. He also … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Asia, Chris Braide, DBA, Downes Braide Association, Geoff Downes, interview, pop, review, rock, Suburban Ghosts, The Producers, Trevor Horn, Yes
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Album review: JOHN WETTON – Anthology The Studio Recordings Vol.1
In this interview extract from April 2009 John Wetton tells David Randall about his early influences, and the immediate aftermath of his departure from Asia in 1991 which led to the release of his second, and favourite, solo album ‘Battle … Continue reading
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Tagged album, anthology, Asia, Billy Sherwood, Dick Wagner, Family, Geoff Downes, Greg Bisonette, interview, John Wetton, King Crimson, Martin Barre, Michael Landau, review, rock, Roxy Music, Steve Hackett, Steve Lukather, The Studio Recordings Vol.1, Wishbone Ash
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Gig review: ASIA, Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 2 November 2014
For a so-called supergroup Asia have shown remarkable longevity, but their profile is now much lower than it was in the heady days when their 1982 debut went multi-platinum, judging by a disappointing turnout at their first headline London show … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 November 2014, AOR, Asia, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, gig, John Wetton, London, melodic rock, review, Sam Coulson, Shepherd's Bush Empire
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Album review: CHRIS BRAIDE – Fifty Dollar Planets And Twenty Cent Stars
Cherry Red Records [Release date 05.05.14] Towards the end of 2012 Chris Braide and Geoff Downes released an album that may forever be termed “one that got away”. DBA’s ‘Pictures Of You’ was arguably one of the best albums of … Continue reading
Gig review: YES – Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, 2 May 2014
I am not the biggest Yes fan in the world. This may seem a strange statement to open a Yes gig review, but as they said on the X Files ‘the truth is out there’. That is not to say … Continue reading
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Tagged 2 May 2014, Alan White, Chris Squire, Close To The Edge, Clyde Auditorium, Geoff Downes, gig, Glasgow, Going For The One, Jon Davison, live, prog, progressive, rock, Steve Howe, The Yes Album, Yes
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Album review: ASIA – Gravitas
Frontiers [Release date 24.03.14] Crop rotation is something those of us of a certain age will recall from O level geography – leaving land fallow and rotating crops leading to bigger and better harvests. Certainly over the years there’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged album, AOR, Asia, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, Gravitas, John Wetton, melodic, review, rock
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Album review: NEW DANCE ORCHESTRA – Electronica (feat. Geoff Downes/Anne-Marie Helder)
NDO Records [Release date 04.11.13] This is an intriguing release from the highly-talented Geoffrey Downes, or Geoff Downes as you know him, erstwhile keyboard tinkler from Asia and Yes. New Dance Orchestra is an ongoing project but to my knowledge … Continue reading
Album review: FLY LIKE AN EAGLE – An All-Star Tribute To Steve Miller Band
Cleopatra Records [Release date 30.07.13] Producer, engineer and multi instrumentalist and sometime Yes member Billy Sherwood has carved out his a niche for himself with a number of wide ranging all star tribute albums, and now it’s the turn of … Continue reading
News: ASIA announce new studio album and August festival appearance
ASIA Begins recording album tomorrow, new line-up live shows ‘amazing’ John Wetton, Geoff Downes and Carl Palmer and new recruit guitarist Sam Coulson have certainly hit the ground running. Following Sam’s debut at a fully sold-out warm up show at … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Carl Palmer, Frontiers, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Sam Coulson, Valkyrie
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DBA (Geoff Downes/Chris Braide) – Pictures Of You
X2X Records DBA is a collaboration of Geoff Downes (Asia, Yes) and Chris Braide (producer for Lana Del Rey and David Guetta amongst others). If it owes something to the duo’s overt pop sensibilites as evidenced by Downes with The … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Asia, Buggles, Chris Braide, DBA, Downes Braide Association, Geoff Downes, Pictures Of You, pop, rock, Yes
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PERMISSION TO ROCK book helping Movember
Permission To Rock is a collection of more than thirty interviews with selected classic rock, heavy metal and prog rock bands and artists. These extensive transcriptions and features are taken from the author’s own interviews spanning the period from 2007 … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Dean Pedley, ebook, Fish, Geoff Downes, Glenn Hughes, Marillion, Movember, Nils Lofgren, Permission To Rock
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GEOFF DOWNES on the Thursday GTFM Rock Show
Coming up on this weeks Thursday Rockshow 9-11pm on GTFM 107.9 FM or on the web at www.gtfm.co.uk and on BCFM 93.2 www.bcfm.org.uk This week, we welcome ‘live’ in the studio, Geoff Downes, the keyboard player from Asia and Yes, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Fox, Asia, BCFM, Geoff Downes, GTFM Rock Show, Yes
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ASIA – XXX
Frontiers 2012 www.frontiers.it The original Asia releases their third album since they reconvened back in 2006. Unlike the last two albums ‘Phoenix’ and ‘Omega’, both of which were enjoyable but had a couple of mid paced fillers, this album is … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Frontiers, Geoff Downes, Steve Howe, XXX
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ASIA RELEASE NEW STUDIO ALBUM “XXX”
BRITISH SUPERGROUP CELEBRATES 30th ANNIVERSARY WITH UK TOUR AND 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF DEBUT ALBUM Thirty years after its eponymous debut album, ASIA ascended to the top of the Billboard Top 100 chart (where it remained No.1 for nine consecutive … Continue reading
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Tagged Asia, Carl Palmer, Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Steve Howe
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