Rick Wakeman to release new piano album, 'Melancholia'

Rick Wakeman, English keyboardist and composer best known as a member of the progressive rock band Yes, performs live with Rick Wakeman and the English Rock Ensemble at Fairport's Cropredy Convention. (Photo by Dawn Fletcher-Park/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

September 4, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. UTC

By Jill Lances

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is set to release Melancholia on Oct. 17. It will be the third in a series of solo piano albums he launched in 2017 with Piano Portraits, followed by 2018's Piano Odyssey.

Melancholia will be released on CD, and on black and silver vinyl. It is available for preorder now.

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