Kansas
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“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
By Malcolm Dome published
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
By Jerry Ewing published
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
By Rich Wilson published
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
By Dave Ling published
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
By Classic Rock Magazine published
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

Kansas announce new violin player Joe Deninzon
By Jerry Ewing published
Stratospheerius singer and violin player Joe Deninzon replaces departing member Dave Ragsdale

From triumph to nowhere and back: the story of Kansas, in their own words
By Dave Ling published
After a career peppered with notable successes, Kansas came close to being dead and buried. But, taking the advice of their most famous song, they picked themselves up and carried on

Kansas announce lengthy US tour to celebrate 50th anniversary
By Jerry Ewing published
Kansas recently released triple CD career celebration Another Fork In The Road – 50 Years Of Kansas
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