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Recent Media Hits For Jon Anderson (The Voice Of YES)

Glass Onyon PR is proud to be working on this legend’s touring promotion, which coincides nicely with the release of his latest album Survival & Other Stories.

Examiner Interview Jon Anderson On His New Album, Yes & Avatar

Dr Music Review Of The Week

Portalesquizofrenia Review [Spain]

Van Music Preview

Keys & Chords Review [Belgium]


Testimonials Part One

Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash Testimonial:

“Billy James has been working for the last few years in the capacity of PR person for Wishbone Ash, a band of 40 years standing with a solid international reputation. In particular he has been garnering us a multitude of placements on rock music news internet sites. This has undoubtedly improved our profile internationally and the spin offs from this kind of exposure have been tangible. Billy is pro – active, extremely personable, and a pleasure to work with.”

Andy Powell (Owner Wishbone Ash LLC reg. trademark).

Kevin Godley Testimonial:

“Billy James (Glass Onyon PR) is a fan. In professional terms that means he’s a publicist who cares, and if he cares about you and your music he will move mountains to let people know what you’re doing and why they should check you out. Billy loves good music and will always go the extra mile to find ways to both inform the faithful and convert those with a passing interest into fans. Perhaps more significantly he understands how the internet can effectively spread the word alongside more traditional media and is adept at manoeuvring talent into the cultural consciousness. His dedicated involvement over the past few years has helped nurture a sizeable following for our own modest GG/06 project so I speak from experience. Bottom line… if your publicist is a fan you’re ahead of the game. If it’s Billy James and Glass Onyon PR, you’re way ahead.”

Kevin Godley

Bill Evans Testimonial:

“Billy is the hardest working promotions guy I’ve ever seen. He never sleeps!”

Bill Evans, Bill Evans Media (Neal Morse, Kerry Livgren, Steve Morse, Angelfire, Transatlantic, Flying Colors)


Release: Jon Anderson Releases Survival & Other Stories

For Immediate Release

Music legend Jon Anderson (YES) releases new record 10 June 2011
‘Survival & Other Stories’

Music legend and original YES vocalist Jon Anderson will be releasing a new CD ‘Survival & Other Stories’ on June 14th. The CD features eleven new luminous songs with themes about love, life, understanding, healing and survival. Jon recently survived a serious health problem in 2008 and is now fully recovered and performing better than ever – he recently completed a successful tour of northeast US!

One of the most recognizable voices in music, the legendary Jon Anderson, best known for his work with Yes, Vangelis, Kitaro and other notable music artists, as well as his innovative solo efforts, is preparing to release one of the most highly anticipated albums of the year, ‘Survival & Other Stories’. Featuring eleven new luminous songs with themes about love, life, understanding, healing and survival, Jon’s new CD has an inspirational message for all who will listen!

“About four years ago I just put in an ad on my website: ‘Musicians Wanted’… This is the result. Writing the songs for ‘Survival & Other Stories’ was uplifting for me on many levels, I was working with musicians from around the world Via the Internet, it’s a new world, music is a healing energy, I had a tough 2008, through illness, and the Music I’ve been writing since is a celebration of life on many levels…I hope you get the chance to hear the album..Big Love..Jon.” ‘Survival & Other Stories’ is the first of three albums to be released by Jon Anderson in the next two years.

Jon recently completed a successful east coast tour of the US, “An Acoustic Evening With Jon Anderson”, which featured and exciting mixture of material from Jon Anderson’s prolific solo career, collaborations with Vangelis and classic YES songs, along with new compositions from his new CD ‘Survival & Other Stories’. Jon will be performing select shows throughout this summer in the US and Canada.

For tour dates visit http://www.jonanderson.com/tour.html

Media Contact:  Billy James GLASSONYON PR
E-mail: glassonyonpr@cs.com Phone: 828-350-8158 Fax: 828-350-0569
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