Rick Wakeman’s solo piano performance of Yes’s “Close to the Edge” helps us see what Yes was really doing with their music.
Rick Wakeman Performing “Close to the Edge”
Posted byJames RoviraPosted inAmerican History and Culture, MusicTags:Classic Rock, Close to the Edge, Music, Rick Wakeman, Yes
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Dr. James Rovira is higher education professional with twenty years experience in the field in teaching, administration, and advising roles. He is also an interdisciplinary scholar and writer whose works include fiction, poetry, and scholarship exploring the intersections of literature and philosophy, literature and psychology, literary theory, and music and literature.. His books include Women in Rock, Women in Romanticism (Routledge, 2023); David Bowie and Romanticism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022); Writing for College and Beyond (a first-year composition textbook (Lulu 2019)); Reading as Democracy in Crisis: Interpretation, Theory, History (Lexington Books 2019); Rock and Romanticism: Blake, Wordsworth, and Rock from Dylan to U2 (Lexington Books, 2018); Rock and Romanticism: Post-Punk, Goth, and Metal as Dark Romanticisms (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018); and Blake and Kierkegaard: Creation and Anxiety (Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2010). See his website at jamesrovira.com for details. View more posts
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Reblogged this on Kay's Blog Spot and commented:
So beautiful and healing ❤
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Thanks… and you’re right… this particular piece has that quality. Thank you for the reblog.
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