The phrase “late-career renaissance” is an overused one, but it’s hard to think of anything better to describe the recent upswing in the fortunes of Jon Anderson. Following a well-publicised brush with severe illness in 2008, which resulted in him parting ways with the band that had dominated his life for 40 years, and the subsequent rebuilding of both his life and his career, he then had to deal with the pandemic and the inevitable consequences that brought to a man in fragile health. However, at the age of 79, Anderson has very much found his mojo in the last few years, thanks to an unlikely source of inspiration.
“During Covid, I couldn’t go out much because, after my illness, I’d be first to go if I caught it,” he…
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