The Tangent has managed to reinvent itself so many times that it’s hard to count all the people who have been in it. But every lineup has succeeded in delivering top-class progressive rock music, usually far more on target than many of the re-formed “big-name” bands from the ’70s. The Tangent’s six studio albums for InsideOut Music are a strong testament to that claim, and anyone whose heart was won over by “Foxtrot” but was deeply disappointed by “We Can’t Dance” should look at this remarkable band from England who have persisted in making the difficult musical choices and keeping true to Prog Rock’s original spirit while keeping it fresh and relevant to now.

“COMM” is an album with a theme about modern communications. There are mentions of the sinking of the Titanic (almost 100 years ago) which Tillison feels is a very important moment in the history of communications.

The album took two years to write and record. The cover artwork marks a return to the popular partnership between The Tangent and Belarussian artist Ed Unitsky. “COMM” will be released in three editions, including a special edition with two bonus tracks (one of which is an unusual cover version), which will be released in a limited first pressing digipak edition, and a limited 180-gram vinyl edition with a gatefold sleeve.

THE TANGENT Current Line Up:
• Andy Tillison – keyboards and vocals
• Jonathan Barrett – bass guitar and vocals
• Luke Machin – guitar and vocals
•Tony Latham* – drums

The band are joined as usual by Soft Machine/Gong wind player Theo Travis (sax and flute) on the new album.
*Nick Rickwood played the drums with The Tangent in Spring 2011 while Tony Latham was away. This includes the album “COMM”.

Click below to stream Tangent’s new album, “COMM.”

The Tangent – ‘Comm’ Stream by
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For more information please visit www.thetangent.org

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A recent documentary can be viewed below:

Participants will get the chance to ask questions to ex-Yes vocalist Jon Anderson. Anderson has ventured on his own again, releasing a solo album this year called “Survival & Other Stories,” by Voiceprint Records.

The live interview with Jon Anderson is FREE on Monday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m. eastern.

To ask your questions, simply type in your questions in the specified text box. While Jon Anderson is interviewed by Goldmine editor Pat Prince, you can comment on anything you like: ask Jon to elaborate on an answer, or come up with your own questions.

The live interview will last approx. 60 minutes.

When you sign up:

• Each attendee will be entered into a sweepstakes.* One lucky winner will be picked at random to win Jon Anderson’s new solo CD “Survival & Other Stories” and a YES lithograph signed by Jon Anderson!

Jon Anderson’s new album “Survival & Other Stories” can be found at Amazon.com (click here)

The unique Yes “Relayer” lithograph is hand signed by Jon Anderson. The lithograph is in near mint condition and measures 21 1/2 x 34 inches. Lithograph Provided by Backstage Auctions.

Steve Hackett is best known for his guitar work in Genesis during the band’s progressive rock heyday, but he’s a solo star and composer in his own right, too. (And don’t forget about his time in the 1980s when he teamed up with fellow prog super-star Steve Howe to create GTR).

If the brevity of Hackett’s answers is any indicator, he’s a fellow who prefers to let the music do the talking. So what artists and works have spoken to his artistic soul?

Here are the 10 Albums That Changed Steve Hackett’s life.

The Beatles
Revolver
Music was changing and coming from the four corners of the globe.

Bob Dylan
Highway 61 Revisited
Mike Bloomfield and Al Kooper were heading up Dylan’s most fantastic band; that was both zany and inspiring.

Art Garfunkel
Watermark
Jimmy Webb and Art Garfunkel personified the best American music has to offer.

King Crimson
In the Court of the Crimson King
The first truly eclectic album.

John Mayall & The Blues Breakers
Blues Breakers With Eric Clapton
Blues meets rock as guitar comes of age.

The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
East-West
Butterfield was the greatest blues harp player of all time.

Miles Davis
Live Evil
Miles managed to make the trumpet sound like a guitar — explosive primal energy.

Joni Mitchell
Ladies of the Canyon
Beautiful acoustic songs, personal yet universal.

Anne-Sophie Mutter and Salvatore Accardo
Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor
Anne is the greatest violinist of our time, and Bach is timelessness itself.

Andrés Segovia
The Legendary Andrés Segovia in an All-Bach Program
Bach plus Segovia is pure dedication and magic for music.

A little more than a month after original drummer Mike Portnoy’s sudden departure from Dream Theater, the band held three days of auditions in New York City. Over a productive three-day period, the band played, jammed and spoke candidly with seven drummers, learning about them musically, personally and professionally, and assessing the fit of each drummer’s chops with the band’s trademark prog-rock sound.

Dream Theater have been extremely sensitive to the fact that this is not only a monumental decision in their own lives, but also a critical moment in the lives of DT fans around the world.

“The departure of our lifelong bandmate and friend was an unexpected and truly heartbreaking blow,” says guitarist John Petrucci. “The fact that as a result of that event we’d be introduced to seven infinitely capable and uniquely talented drummers was heartening.”

Dream Theater would like to share with its fans some of the intense process, along with the musical joy, that went into choosing a new drummer. Who is the best fit behind the kit?

Go to Dream Theater’s Facebook page on Thursday, 4/21 at 11 AM to sign up for the mailing list and to receive more details about an exclusive and intimate look at the auditions, and to find out exactly when and how the momentous announcement about the band’s new lineup will be made. Also on Facebook, fans will be able to find out information about the band’s upcoming 2011 World Tour.