Rick Wakeman is pretty much the last of the “keyboard wizards” left standing. In the late 1960s and early 70s, as rock music became more complicated, expanding to include classical, jazz and avant ...

In the 1970s, an enterprising ad campaign labeled a then-cadaverous Lou Reed as “the phantom of rock.” That was then, and now, a descriptor that would have been applied more aptly to cape-bedecked and ...

Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman has announced a new run of live UK dates for October under the banner The Return Of The Caped Crusader Pt 2. The new run of dates, which kick off at Aylesbury Waterside on ...

Of course, that’s also Wakeman’s piano you can hear on Hunky Dory, Lou Reed’s eponymous debut solo album, and even Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – a session for which he was apparently paid in beer. So, what ...

Rick Wakeman, a renowned keyboardist, will be performing his last one-man show at the Brown County Music Center on April 12. Wakeman has collaborated with numerous music icons, including David Bowie, ...

Rick Wakeman is now recovering at home following brain surgery last week to tackle recent health issues that made it necessary for him to postpone his U.S. tour plans this past summer. The Yes ...

Former Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman has had quite the career. Dropping out of London’s Royal College of Music in 1969 to pursue a full-time career as a session musician, he played with the likes of ...