This page last updated: 2 Mar 2019
Sherwood is in Yes: news on the main
page. Following John Wetton's death, he also joined Asia:
see under Asia
for details.
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work Sherwood is working on one or more new solo albums. On 22 Sep, he said on Facebook that he had, "Started working on another solo CD… The 1st track is called "pushing into the wind".... its early going of course but I'm feeling that creative wave coming on and so it begins". In early Jan 2018, he mentioned on Facebook working on a new song called "Sky Writer". The next month, he described on Facebook recording drums himself for what was then called Citizen 2. (2015's Citizen was Sherwood's most recent solo album—details in the Yescography.) Asked about it in a mid-Mar 2018 interview, Sherwood replied, "I'm writing feverishly. The whole album is basically written and I'm now working on the production side. I've tracked all the drums myself, and got all the tracks cut. I'm sprinkling overdubs on things now. It's sounding really cool as a really interesting collection of songs and ideas about where the Citizen character is now." On 3 Apr 2018, he announced on Facebook that he had started mixing the album, including a song entitled "Sophia" about the robot of the same name, saying, "The song speaks to the uneasy nature of the Human to A.I. Relationship.... the more human they become the more mankind has to rethink its own position." The next day, he was mixing "Monet", about the painter. 6 May, he was mixing "Sailing the Seas" about Christopher Columbus. He announced he had "Just finished mixing" the album on 10 May, with the title In the Next Life and tracks:
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Project with Ciago & Goodsall
On 9 Jun 2015, Ronnie Ciago (ex-CIRCA:, worked with Brand
X, Patrick Moraz, Jaco Pastorius, Bill Ward, Mick Taylor)
announced
on Facebook that he was recording that week a project with
himself (drums, composing), Sherwood (bass, composing), John
Goodsall (ex-Brand X; guitar, composing) and Franz
Pusch (ex-Brand X; keys, engineer, producer).
Tribute
albums & related
Sherwood's next
project for Cleopatra Records is a Christmas prog album.
He started production at the beginning of Mar 2019,
recording acoustic 12-string for ELP's "Father Christmas".
Sherwood
has released a Chris Squire tribute album: see
details on main page.
In an Apr 2008 interview, Sherwood said he was working on a tribute to The Police, saying, "I was planning on kind of inviting just like great guitar players to come on and play some great solos and play over the top of the stuff and keep the music kind of pure." However, further news on this has yet to emerge.
The Human Experimente is a King Crimson-related project from Jeffrey Fayman (Globus, ex-Empire) with Robert Fripp (King Crimson). They released a digital single of "21st Century Schizoid Man" with Maynard James Keenan (Tool; lead vocals) in late 2009. An album appears to be forthcoming, with Sherwood joining the collaboration. In Jun 2011 on Facebook, Sherwood said he had just finished mixing "21st Century Schizoid Man" with Fripp, Keenan, Gregg Bissonette (ex-Steve Vai, ex-David Lee Roth, ex-Toto, ex-Ringo Starr; drums) and Matt Bissonette (ex-Brian Wilson, ex-David Lee Roth, ex-Ringo Starr; bass), presumably a new mix of the prior single. Then in Jul 2011 on Facebook, he talked of mixing a version of "Epitaph" with Fripp, himself on drums and 5-string bass, and Fayman (drums).
Other news
Tony Kaye,
Sherwood and Jay
Schellen finished off an incomplete Peter
Banks recording for the new compilation of his music, Be
Well, Be Safe, Be Lucky... The Anthology: see under
Banks for details.
Sherwood said in a Jan 2019 interview
that he is producing a solo album by guitarist Sepand
Samzadeh, with whom he worked in Days
Between Stations.
Sherwood is producing Elisa Furr's
debut album. Late Nov 2018, they wrote "Step Out of the
Shadows", the first song for it, as shown
on Facebook.
Scott Walton, who was in Sherwood's live band for 2016 shows,
uploaded a video to
YouTube of a song called "The Last Flame", written by
himself and Sherwood, performed by Walton (keys, vocals) and
Sherwood (drums, bass, guitar), mixed by Walton and produced by
Sherwood.
Sherwood is guesting on The Sound of
Dreams by David Minasian & Friends, out Oct
2018. The album is by D
Minasian (worked with Camel, Andy Latimer;
piano, Mellotron, harpsichord, keys, vocals) and Justin
Minasian (guitars) with guests Sherwood (bass, described by
Minasian as playing on "a lot of" the album), Justin Hayward (The Moody Blues), Steve Hackett (ex-Genesis, ex-GTR, ex-Squackett), Annie
Haslam (Renaissance) and Geof O'Keefe (Pentagram; drums). Songs include a 10 minute
opener written by D Minasian/Hayward (Haslam on vocals), a song
written by D Minasian/Haslam, and another by D Minasian/Hackett.
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Directions
is the debut EP from Middlesong,
Joe Schneider (vocals, guitar, keys) and Phil Tomczak
(keys, guitars). Sherwood produced, mixed and played
bass, drums, keys and guitar on the release; Maor
Appelbaum mastered. Tracks: "See This Through" (3:53),
"Rain to Sun" (4:45), "Directions in D Minor (Make Sure
that You Learn)" (5:53). Tracks can be heard on their
SoundCloud page. Middlesong are continuing to work
on a full album. Sherwood produced and mixed Alpha
Lighting System's second album, 836 (promo
video), which was recorded at Uncle Studios in
California. The album was released 11 Aug 2017 through
CDBaby and various digital sites. The Mexican band
consists of Alam Hernández (lead vocals, keys), Jaco
Jácome (bass, backing vocals), Joshua San Martín (guitar,
backing vocals) and Juan Gabriel Hernández (drums).
Tracks:
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Sherwood co-produced, co-wrote and played on
In Extremis, the second release from Los Angeles prog
band, Days
Between Stations. The band consists of guitarist Sepand
Samzadeh and keyboardist Oscar Fuentes, who have previously
worked with The Pineapple Thief. Peter Banks
also contributed to the album before his death in Mar 2013,
while Rick Wakeman and Tony Levin
also guested. Sherwood is again co-writing/producing their next
album: in a 16 Dec 2014 Facebook update, he described "tonight
we are recording the 2nd song for the record (as yet untitled)."
He talked of mastering the album in a Mar 2016 Facebook post,
and in Apr 2016 listed Days Between Stations as one of the bands
he is currently in. Erik Nielsen said on Facebook in Dec 2017
that he, with Paul Whitehead (worked with
Genesis, Van der Graaf Generator, Le Orme), were
finalising artwork for the third album (both worked on In
Extremis).
Sherwood is working with the Sonic Reality music
software development company, founded by Dave Kerzner
(working with Steven Wilson, worked with Jon Anderson),
including with Sonic
Elements, a.k.a.
the Sonic Reality Progressive Rock Project. The project entails
plans to release various pieces of music with various guests,
some covers (including of Yes, Genesis and Rush), some original,
but where some of the instrumental tracks are also available
through Sonic Reality's sample libraries. With other Yesmen
involved, see on the main page for
details. Sherwood was also on Kerzner's solo albums New
World and Static. In a Feb 2019
Instragram post, Kerzner said, "Making more plans to
work with Billy Sherwood this year including some live shows."
Any news, additions or corrections, please e-mail Henry Potts. Thanks.