(No) Words & Music: Yes Guitarist Steve Howe Shares Solo Set ‘Love Is’

Steve Howe, YES

“All my music has hidden meanings to me that I don’t tell anybody – and I’m not about to start now (laughs)! But basically, in the songs – and in the messages in those songs – there are defining moments.”

Defining moments have certainly defined the long and extraordinarily illustrious career of guitarist Steve Howe. While his professional journey has included being in and out of the Yes lineup for decades, the perpetual change has only served to expand both his personal and professional wonderous story. Today, it could be said that Howe is going for the one with the release of his most recent ten track solo album simply titled Love Is, which includes five instrumentals.
I recently spoke with Howe via a cross-Atlantic telephone call from California to his home in the U.K. and we mutually agreed to discuss each of the ten songs on Love Is. Something I rarely – if ever – have done.