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Malcolm Dome

“People don’t realise the depth and diversity on the rest of the material. If you’re a Yes or Genesis devotee, this band should be on your radar”: Kansas’ image problem means even a future member struggled to discover them

Kansas.

Kansas’ 2020 release The Absence Of Presence was their second album in four years. It seemed as if the band were on a roll after 16 years of studio inactivity; and part of that seemed to be down to recent recruit Zak Rizvi, who’d taken on lead guitar, production and writing chores. Rizvi departed in 2021 and Kansas haven’t released any studio material since. But before he moved on in 2020, he told Prog about his involvement in their creative burst.


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