Poll: What was the best Yes-related release of the second half of 2022? Final

Voting in the final round for best Yes-related release of the second half of 2022 was way down, with just 29 votes (ignoring a test vote). I don't know why voting was so low. Was it fatigue over a four part vote, the decline of Twitter meaning people didn't see the vote, the new polling widget? Anyway, the final results were:

1. Rick Wakeman: A Gallery of the Imagination - 31% (9 votes)

2. Virgil & Steve Howe: Lunar Mist - 28% (8 votes)

3. Bill Bruford's Earthworks: Live at the Schauburg Bremen 1987 - 24% (7 votes)

4. Carly Rae Jepsen: The Loneliest Time (w/ Rabin) - 10% (3 votes)

5. Prog Collective: Seeking Peace (w/ Sherwood, Downes, Davison, Moraz) - 7% (2 votes)

6. Seal: Seal Dolby Atmos mix (w/ Horn) - 0% (0 votes)

So, a very close result between the top three, but congratulations to Rick Wakeman for winning.

Poll: What was the best Yes-related release of the second half of 2022? Round two

There were 20 Yes-related albums released in the second half of 2022, so instead of a single poll, we're going through them in three rounds, with the top 2 from each round going through to the final. Round 2 covered releases by or with Steve Howe, Billy Sherwood or Jon Davison. We had 59 votes, as follows:

1. Prog Collective: Seeking Peace (w/ Sherwood, Downes, Davison, Moraz) - 23 votes (39%)

2. Virgil & Steve Howe: Lunar Mist - 12 votes (20%)

3. Arc of Life: Don't Look Down (w/ Sherwood, Davison) - 8 votes (14%)

4. Glass Hammer: At the Gate (w/ Davison) - 6 votes (10%)

5= David Paich: Forgotten Toys (w/ Sherwood) - 4 votes (7%)

5= Dave Kerzner: The Traveler (w/ Sherwood, Davison) - 4 votes (7%)

7. Life on Mars: Shadows in a Jar (w/ Sherwood) - 2 votes (3%)

A clear win, then, for Seeking Peace, which out-polled the more high profile Arc of Life sophomore release. It's joined by Lunar Mist, Steve's collaboration with his late son. I voted for Forgotten Toys, a wonderful debut EP from Toto's David Paich, but I nearly voted for Dave "Squids" Kerzner's The Traveler. However, I can see most of you don't agree with me!

On to Round 3, which are all the remaining releases (including an alternative version of The Traveler as it seemed sensible to put it in a different roud). You can vote on the news website front page.

Virgil & models

So Virgil Howe, Steve's son, the one who did Yes Remixes, he's married to Jen Dawson, a model who's worked for lingerie company Agent Provocateur. And last year, he made an album with Mareva Galenter, former Miss Tahiti and Miss France. How does he do it? (You may want SafeSearch "on" before doing a Google image search on either of those names. Or you may not!)

By the way, I'm away on holiday in a few days so there won't be any updates to the Where Are They Now? site then for about a week. But keep sending me news for when I get back, and you can also leave comments here on the blog!