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Legendary Singer/Songwriter Jon Anderson To Play The 9th Festival Des Guitares Du Monde In Quebec, Canada – May 25, 2013


Legendary vocalist Jon Anderson, YES’s singer/songwriter for 35 years along with his successful work with Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento, will be performing at the 9th Festival Des Guitares Du Monde in Quebec, Canada on May 25, 2013. The show promises to deliver an exciting mixture of material from Jon Anderson’s prolific solo career, collaborations with Vangelis and classic YES songs, along with new compositions, highlighted by humorous and enlightening stories told by Jon.

Says Jon, “I’m very excited to bring my show to Quebec. I enjoy the show that I do, and people really seem to have a great time.”

Where: the 9th Festival Des Guitares Du Monde – 41, 6e rue, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada –
PH: 819 797-8288
When: May 25, 2013
Ticket information: https://www.fgmat.com/en/program/venues/5/25/scene-agnico-eagle-du-centre-de-congres-de-rouyn-noranda-2

In other news, Jon has made some recent guest appearances on several new CD releases: Acoustic guitarist Jeff Pevar’s debut album ‘From The Core’; French keyboardist/composer Jean Philippe Rykiel’s new CD ‘Inner Spaces’; and guitarist Dennis Haklar’s debut CD release ‘Lizard Tale’. Says Jon, “With the internet my musical world has evolved to an amazing degree, one day I’m singing with a Brazilian dude, the next day with peeps in Liverpool, the next creating a Symphonic work with a mate in India…then singing with Steve Layton ‘down under’ – it’s an endless musical world!” Jon is currently recording new material, including the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 21-minute opus “OPEN” from 2011 titled “EVER”.

Sources:
www.jonanderson.com,
www.facebook.com/thejonanderson
https://www.facebook.com/JonAndersonLiveOfficial