Billy Sherwood / Tony Kaye / Alan White - More Than A Feeling

William Wyman Sherwood (born March 14, 1965) known professionally as  Billy Sherwood  is an American multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, record producer and mixing engineer. He is best known for his tenures in the English progressive rock band Yes as guitarist and keyboardist in 1994 and from 1997 to 2000 and as bassist since 2015, following the death of original bassist Chris Squire. He is known for working with former and current Yes members on other projects as well.

In addition to his involvement with Yes, Sherwood is the frontman of progressive rock groups World Trade, Circa and formerly Lodgic. In 2017, he joined Asia after the death of original singer and bassist John Wetton. Outside of these bands, Sherwood has worked as a producer since the 1990s, most notably on tribute albums dedicated to Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Queen and many others. He is also a solo artist, having released ten studio albums to date.

Anthony John Selvidge (born 11 January 1945), known professionally as Tony Kaye, is an English keyboardist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. Born into a musical family, Kaye was classically trained and intended to become a concert pianist before he developed an interest in jazz and contemporary rock and pop music. He joined several groups through the 1960s, including the Federals, Johnny Taylor's Star Combo, Jimmy Winston & His Reflections, and Bittersweet.

From 1968 to 1971, Kaye was a member of Yes and played on their first three albums. He then formed Badger and relocated to Los Angeles in 1974, after which he toured with David Bowie and joined Detective. Kaye then played in Badfinger and is featured on their final studio album in 1981. He returned to Yes in 1983 for their most commercially successful period before he left in 1994.

Kaye has since been involved with several projects with Billy Sherwood and is a current member of CIRCA:. From 2009 to 2011, the two were also members of the supergroup Yoso with members of Toto. In 2017, Kaye was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes.

Alan White (14 June 1949 – 26 May 2022) was an English drummer, best known for his tenure in the progressive rock band Yes. He joined Yes in 1972 as a replacement for original drummer Bill Bruford. He was the longest-remaining member of the band and the only member besides original bassist Chris Squire to never leave. He appeared on 43 albums with Yes, 17 of which were original studio albums.

In 1969, White joined John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Plastic Ono Band, after Lennon invited him to play at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival festival, followed by a show at the Lyceum Ballroom. He notably played drums on the singles "Instant Karma!" and "Imagine", as well as most of Lennon's 1971 Imagine album.

In addition to his work with Yes and John Lennon, White performed on over 50 albums by other musicians, notably George Harrison, Ginger Baker's Air Force, Terry Reid, Joe Cocker and The Ventures.

White was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Yes in 2017.

The Jabberwocks - Me and Mrs. Jones

 The Jabberwocks, The group began in 1949 as an offshoot of the traditional Men's Glee Club when four members decided to start their own independent singing group. In 1956, Brown Music Department chair Arlan Coolidge, frustrated that the group was getting bookings that would otherwise have gone to the Glee Club, referred to the Jabberwocks as "a misguided small group of students whose product is a type of vaudeville." The original Jabberwocks, a double quartet, "wore grey flannel suits, white button-down oxford shirts, striped ties and white buck shoes, and travelled to out-of-town concerts in a 1928 Rolls-Royce." The Jabberwocks temporarily disappeared in 1975, was resurrected in 1980, and survived a brief period in the mid-1980s when some singers tried to take the group professional. Over the decades the group's repertoire has ranged from 1950s doo-wop, to Motown to contemporary pop. For most of their history, the Jabberwocks were an all-male ensemble, with a brief co-ed period after Pembroke was merged into Brown in 1971. As of the fall of 2019, the group began accepting all genders and voices.

Tom Browne - Give Me the Night

Tom Browne (born October 30, 1954) is an American jazz trumpeter. He rose to prominence with Sonny Fortune and had major hits in 1980 and 1981: the No. 1 Billboard magazine R&B single "Funkin' for Jamaica (N.Y.)" and the No. 4 R&B single "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips and Move)".

Steve Overland - If You Love Someone Set Them Free

 Steve Overland is a British singer/musician who was the lead vocalist and songwriter for the bands Wildlife, FM, The Ladder, Shadowman, and his own group, Overland.

Overland's nearly 30-year career began in his home region of East Anglia, where he and his brother Chris formed the band Wildlife in 1980. The group were scouted by Adam Faith and soon signed to Chrysalis Records, who released the band's debut album, Burning, in 1980. The band moved labels to the Led Zeppelin owned Swan Song Records for their 1983 self-titled follow up album, which featured Simon Kirke on drums. The band were also managed for a short period by Peter Grant. The demise of Swan Song in 1983 meant that the Wildlife album was under-promoted, with an American release for the album being cancelled. Around this time, the band also recorded a song called "Shot in the Dark" that was never featured on an album. However, this tune later served as the prototype for Ozzy Osbourne's song of the same name. Wildlife's version was never officially released, and the band split up soon after.

Overland next formed the AOR band FM, with former Wildlife members Pete Jupp and Chris Overland. FM's first album, issued in 1986 on Portrait Records, was named Indiscreet. The band's next album, Tough It Out, was released in 1989 with serious financial backing from Epic Records, which was Portrait's parent company. For this album, the band brought in songwriter Desmond Child, known for his work on Bon Jovi's album, Slippery When Wet. This 1986 to 1989 period saw the band at their commercial peak, scoring minor UK Chart hits with "Frozen Heart", "Bad Luck", and the non-album release, "Let Love Be The Leader". The band toured as headline artists, as well as undertaking support slots with Bon Jovi, Tina Turner and Meat Loaf.

The band was then dropped by Epic Records and signed to Music for Nations for their third album, Takin' It to the Streets. The album displayed a shift towards a more straightforward rock approach and also included a cover of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", which was released as a single. This was the first album to feature ex-Visage and ASAP guitarist Andy Barnett, Chris Overland having left the band after the Tough It Out tour. FM's fourth album, Aphrodisiac, followed in 1992 and is often considered to be the band's best. The band then signed to the Raw Power label to record Dead Man's Shoes, which featured new keyboard player, Jem Davis. In March 1996, Steve Overland and Pete Jupp decided to disband FM, forming the band So! with Wishbone Ash bass player, Bob Skeat, soon after.^[6] So!'s debut album, Brass Monkey, had two very limited releases, with copies of either release being difficult to come by.

Overland has recorded prolifically throughout the 2000s (decade), with the bands The Ladder, Shadowman, and latterly, with his solo albums, Break Away and Diamond Dealer.^[10]

In 2007, FM reformed for a one-off gig at Nottingham's Rock City, headlining Firefest IV. This 'one-off' reunion led to a more permanent incarnation with Jim Kirkpatrick replacing Andy Barnett on lead guitar. Overland and Kirkpatrick had been a songwriting team independently of the band prior to Jim joining FM. FM have since toured extensively in the UK and throughout Europe, both as headliners and also touring with Thin Lizzy, Journey, Foreigner and Europe. Five more albums have been released Metropolis (2010), Rockville (2013), Rockville II (2013), Heroes and Villains (2015) and Atomic Generation (2018).

Overland has also appeared in the Broadway show Dreamtime, which had a successful run at the Ed Sullivan Theater.

Sinergy - Rock You Like a Hurricane

Sinergy fue un supergrupo finlandés de Power metal, formado con la idea de crear una banda de metal liderada por una voz femenina.

Dicha idea surge cuando la entonces teclista de Dimmu Borgir Kimberly Goss conoce a Jesper Strömblad, guitarrista de In Flames durante una gira conjunta alrededor del mundo. Pero debido a falta de tiempo, por compromisos con sus respectivos grupos, no pudieron concretar la idea.

Cuando Kimberly dejó Dimmu Borgir y se mudó a Suecia, decidió con Strömblad que era hora de llevar a cabo el proyecto. Dicho proyecto recibiría el nombre de Sinergy. Para esto recurrieron a los servicios del guitarrista Alexi Laiho (de Children of Bodom), del bajista Sharlee D'Angelo (de Arch Enemy) y del baterista Ronny Milianowicz (de Dionysus).

El álbum debut Beware the Heavens fue grabado en 1999 y tenía un concepto básico: regresar a la esencia de las bandas metal con voz líder femenina, dejando a un lado los elementos de ópera introducidos en los 90 y retomando el estilo de cantantes como Doro Pesch (de Warlock). El disco vendió bastante bien y fue recibido con entusiasmo por los fanes del metal en Europa, pero Sinergy enfrentaba serios problemas a la hora de manejar el tiempo que sus miembros dedicaban a sus bandas principales.

Para complicar más las cosas, Kimberly se mudó a Finlandia a finales de ese mismo año, haciendo casi imposible para ellos reunirse con regularidad, estando tres miembros de la banda viviendo en Suecia. Roope Latvala (miembro fundador de Stone, uno de las bandas que inició el movimiento heavy metal en Finlandia) asumió la posición de guitarrista rítmico, Marco Hietala de Tarot hoy también en Nightwish, como bajista y Tonmi Lillman fue elegido como batería. Esta formación grabó To Hell and Back en el 2000, e inmediatamente salió de gira con Nightwish. Para ese momento, Sinergy estaba empezando a recibir reconocimiento internacional. Esta gira fue notable tal vez por haberse incluido en el DVD de Nightwish From Wishes to Eternity.

Así entonces, la banda pudo asumir su verdadera identidad con la grabación del álbum Suicide By My Side. Kimberly abandonó el uso de vocales suaves cambiando a un estilo más fuerte y con más impacto. Alexi y Roope compusieron solos memorables para este álbum, como el de I Spit On Your Grave. Poco después del lanzamiento de este álbum, el baterista Tommi Lillman abandonó la banda y fue remplazado por el baterista Janne Parviainen (de Barathrum). También Marco Hietala, presumiblemente por sus compromisos con Nightwish, y fue reemplazado por la bajista estadounidense Melanie Sisneros (de Eden y The Iron Maidens). Sin embargo, Melanie sólo permaneció un concierto, y posteriormente dejó la banda. Lauri Porra (de Stratovarius) se volvió el bajista de la banda desde ese tiempo hasta el día de hoy.

Sinergy ha estado grabando su cuarto álbum, que será titulado Sins of the Past, desde el 2005, y estaba planeado para salir ese mismo año, pero debido a una serie de compromisos, se atrasó hasta el 2009.

De acuerdo con Alexi, Sinergy ha disuelto, y ya no es un proyecto de música activo.

 

A-Mei - Addicted to Love

 A-Mei  también conocida por su nombre de nacimiento Chang Hui-mei  es una cantante de pop y compositora taiwanesa nacida el 9 de agosto de 1972 en Taitung,  en las escarpadas montañas del este de Taiwán y es la tercera más joven de nueve hermanos. Sus álbumes han vendido más de 55 millones de copias en todo el mundo y ella posee el récord de ventas de cantantes femeninas chinas.​ Su debut en el mundo de la música fue en 1996, alcanzando rápidamente un gran éxito comercial. Ella con frecuencia es llamada "la diva de la escena musical pop en mandarín", así como el "orgullo de Taiwán". Ha ganado numerosos premios y es muy popular dentro del mundo de habla mandarín.

Mitch Easter . Shiny Happy People

 Mitch Easter es un compositor, músico y productor (Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos 15 de noviembre de 1954). Su pasión por la música le llevó a convertirse en productor y músico. Uno de su trabajos más relevantes y que le dio fama mundial fueron las producciones de los dos primeros discos de la banda R.E.M., destacando el sencillo debut "Radio Free Europe". Es un icono de la escena del indie-rock estadounidense o college rock, destacándose en su papel como líder de la banda amerciana Let’s Active. Su estudio de grabación: The Fidelitorium, cerca de Winston-Salem en Estados Unidos ha albergado a las bandas y artistas más representativos del panomana alternativo musical internacional. A comienzos de 2007 Mitch Easter edita por primera vez tras 18 años “Dynamico”, su disco en solitario.