CD/DVD Releases: Asia Signs To Frontier With New Lineup; New Album Planned For 2026
So, this is not new news, but it is at least from this year! As I was posting the Yes item last month, I was also planning to post some news about Asia. Not the landmass, of course, but the supergroup who I last reviewed back in -- oh my, 2009! There've been 5 CDs released since then! (Though I could have sworn I reviewed XXX...*). Well, as with sooo many other artists here, I've a lot of catching up to do. And in part, that includes noting how the Asia lineup has shifted. Still with Asia is founding member Geoff Downes, of course, but he is now joined by John Mitchell on guitar (Lonely Robot, Frost*, It Bites, Arena... among others), Virgil Donati on drums (Planet X, Steve Vai, Erik Norlander,... the list goes on) and Harry Whitley on vocals and bass (from YouTube postings of his Asia covers, he was invited to cover vocals for a John Wetton charity tribute concert, and from there... he's here).