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Kansas singer Ronnie Platt in high spirits after successful surgery to treat thyroid cancer
Kansas vocalist Ronnie Platt thanks fans for support as he reveals he's recovering from successful thyroid cancer surgery
Kansas’ Joe Deninzon left the USSR and built a musical world out of a surprising coincidence
Violinist discovered MTV and never looked back thanks to the influence of Yes, Rush, Zappa – and the band he’d later join
When Kansas cracked the charts with a song they didn’t want to record
In 1976 the US prog rockers found themselves in the upper reaches of the US charts with drivetime classic Carry On Wayward Son – which nearly fell victim to lethargy
“People don’t realise the depth and diversity on the rest of the material. If you’re a Yes or Genesis devotee, this band should be on your radar”: Kansas’ image problem means even a future member struggled to discover them
Zak Rizvi – a driving force for the band’s two most recent albums – once thought they were a southern rock or country rock band, until he dug deeper than Carry On Wayward Son and Dust In The Wind and found their prog roots
Kansas drummer Phil Ehart steps down from live performance after heart attack
Kansas founding member Phil Ehart to be replaced by his drum tech Eric Holmquist
“It really wasn’t emotional… We walked to the front of the stage together and waved at the audience. He walked off, got into a car and drove off. That was it”: How Kansas survived Steve Walsh’s departure
Wayward sons regrouped after 2014 bombshell moment and returned with their first album in 16 years
“From that day on, wherever we were we turned on the radio and heard ourselves": the song that sought truth and meaning and turned Kansas into superstars
A last-minute songwriting golden moment that might have had help from ‘above’, Carry On Wayward Son took Kansas – a band on the brink of success – to major stardom
Kansas: Point of Know Return - Album Of The Week Club review
Kansas's follow-up to the massively successful Leftoverture was Point Of Know Return, a slice of intuitively melodic rock that spawned a huge hit single, the emotive Dust In The Wind
