Wakeman, Squire, Hackett join Sherwood project

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Former Yes man Billy lines up host of names for his Citizen album

Former Yes man Billy Sherwood has signed a deal with Frontiers Records for his upcoming album, Citizens.

And he’s lined up a who’s-who of names from the world of prog to contribute to the record, which is due for release in early 2016.

Rick Wakeman, Steve Hackett, Chris Squire, John Wetton, Jordan Rudess, Tony Kaye, Geoff Downes, Steve Morse, Steve Hillage, Patrick Moraz, John Wesley and Jerry Goodman have so far been confirmed, with more names promised in the coming weeks.

Sherwood says: “Citizen is the story of a lost soul wandering through time and living through many lives during historic periods of time.”

Meanwhile, Sherwood has reformed World Trade with original members Bruce Gowdy, Guy Allison and Mark T. Williams. They plan to release the follow-up to 1995’s Euphoria next year and say the sound will be in a “musical direction close to Toto’s most recent releases and 90125/Big Generator-era Yes.”

Sherwood has also masterminded tribute album Keep Calm And Salute The Beatles which will be issued on April 28 via Cleopatra Records.

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.