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Post by maddogfagin on May 15, 2019 6:26:16 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/steeleye-span-announce-new-album-and-tourSteeleye Span announce new album and tourBy Jerry Ewing (Prog) 18 hours ago New album EST'D 1969 will be released on June 24 and also play Glastonbury festival... Steeleye Span will release their new album in June. EST'D 1969 will be released on June 24 through Park Records. The follow-up to 2016's Dodgy Bastards is an all new collection of material from the seven band members and features an appearance from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson on the track Old Matron. "EST’D 1969 captures the ethos of the heritage and history of the band itself, but also the rich vein of tradition that they draw inspiration from, but remains fresh and contemporary," say the band. "This is a celebration of 50 years but the band continues to look to the future." The band have also announced a string of live dates for November and December as well as some festival appearances this summer, including Glastonbury. Steeleye Span will play: Glastonbury Festival - June 28 Cornbury Festival - July 7 Beautiful Days Festival - August 18 Margate Royal Theatre - November 20 Hastings St Mary In The Castle - 21 St Albans Alban Arena - 22 Redhill Harlequin Theatre - 23 Malvern Forum Theatre - 24 New Brighton Floral Pavillion - 26 Southport The Atkinson - 28 Great British Folk Festival - December 1 Bury St Edmunds The Apex - 2 Milton Keynes The Stables 3/4 Abergavenny Borough Theatre - 6 Frome Cheese & Grain - 8 Exeter Corn Exchange - 9 Basingstoke Haymarket Theatre - 11 Brighton Dome - 12 Ilfracombe Landmark Theatre - 14 Salisbury City Hall - 15 Birmingham Town Hall - 16 London The Barbican - 17 mainlynorfolk.info/steeleye.span/records/estd1969.htmlEst'd 1969 Steeleye Span Park Records PRK CD154 (CD, UK, June 17, 2019) Recorded by Harvey Summers, Julian Littman, Spud Sinclair and Bob Prowse at Broadoak Studios, Hasting, Stones Barn, Cumbria, King Edward Studion, Cumbria, Draycott Studios, London, Hassage Manor, Somerset, and Park Media Studios, Oxford; Mixed and mastered by Bob Prowse at Broadoak Studios, Hasting; Album co-ordination by Julian Littman and John Dagnell; Cover design by Mark-James S. Layout by Gwen Morgan Musicians Maddy Prior, vocals; Liam Genockey, drums, percussion; Julian Littman, guitar, mandolin, keyboards, vocals; Jessica May Smart, violin, vocals; Andrew ‘Spud’ Sinclair, guitar, vocals; Benji Kirkpatrick, bouzouki, guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals; Roger Carey, bass, vocals with guests Ian Anderson, flute [2]; Sophie Yates, harpsichord [4] Tracks Harvest (7.31) Old Matron (5.02) The January Man (4.49) The Boy and the Mantle (Three Tests of Chastity) (Roud 3961; Child 29) (6.31) Mackerel of the Sea (Roud 3968; Child 36) (6.42) Cruel Ship's Carpenter (Roud 15; Laws P36A; G/D 2:201, 2:202) (6.52) Domestic: John Hobbs (Roud 21966) / My Husband's Got No Courage in Him (Roud 870; G/D 7:1367) (6.32) Roadways (5.07) Reclaimed (3.12) Tracks 1-2, 7-8 Steeleye Span; Track 3 Dave Goulder; Tracks 4-6 trad.; Track 8 poem by John Masefield (1910); Track 9 Rose Kemp
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 18, 2019 6:56:03 GMT
STEELEYE SPAN: EST’D 1969by Peter Shaw 17 June, 2019 LinkThe band launch into a familiar Steeleye stomp with Harvest, a tale of agricultural injustice in Old England. It’s a bold opener, but things start to get even more interesting with track two, Old Matron. A ‘blockbuster ballad’ powered by the amassed ranks but augmented by a tune-stealing turn by Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull on flute.
No stranger to Steeleye, he produced their classic album Now We Are Six in 1974 and Anderson and Tull backed Maddy on her solo album Woman in the Wings four years later. But Matron marks the one-legged flautist’s first musical appearance on a Steeleye album. And it’s exhilarating, a call back to the classic Tull folky album Songs From The Wood.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 22, 2019 6:50:02 GMT
www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1142970/New-albums-reviewed-Pink-Floyd-Chris-Robinson-Brotherhood-Glen-Campbell-RenaissanceSteeleye Span 'EST'D 1969 (Park Records) ★★★★ Steeleye Span is now 50 and celebrating with one of their strongest album releases in many a year. A British folk institution, singer Maddy Prior fronts a settled band of minstrels with her own legendary voice in fine fettle. Opening song Harvest is a recognisable Steeleye stomp and a familiar tale of agricultural injustice in Olde England. Standout big ballad Old Matron steals the show. Former Span producer, Tull's Ian Anderson brings his flute to blow tuneful fresh air on this outstanding track. Elsewhere, there are folk fables of shapeshifting and strange magic on Mackerel of the Sea and fine fiddle playing by Jessie May Smart on Cruel Ship's Captain. The final word, though, goes to Maddy Prior on the album-closing Reclaimed, a meditation on the triumph of nature as much as the lasting triumph of this heritage band.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 28, 2019 15:03:40 GMT
STEELEYE SPAN: EST’D 1969by Peter Shaw 17 June, 2019 LinkThe band launch into a familiar Steeleye stomp with Harvest, a tale of agricultural injustice in Old England. It’s a bold opener, but things start to get even more interesting with track two, Old Matron. A ‘blockbuster ballad’ powered by the amassed ranks but augmented by a tune-stealing turn by Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull on flute.
No stranger to Steeleye, he produced their classic album Now We Are Six in 1974 and Anderson and Tull backed Maddy on her solo album Woman in the Wings four years later. But Matron marks the one-legged flautist’s first musical appearance on a Steeleye album. And it’s exhilarating, a call back to the classic Tull folky album Songs From The Wood.
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Post by steelmonkey on Jun 28, 2019 20:52:08 GMT
Thanks...this will find a home on my Kindle.
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Post by jethrotull on Jun 30, 2019 17:05:38 GMT
Why can't Ian write music and play like this on one of his own albums? This song has more energy, playfulness and virtuosity than anything I've heard from Tull in decades.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 1, 2019 6:27:14 GMT
Why can't Ian write music and play like this on one of his own albums? This song has more energy, playfulness and virtuosity than anything I've heard from Tull in decades. Have to agree with you 100% in this instance. His understated flute playing adds so much to an already great song and proves that a group can have multiple personnel changes and still be a great band.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 7, 2019 6:29:21 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/heather-findlay-to-release-her-new-album-wild-white-horses-this-summerHeather Findlay to release her new album Wild White Horses this summerBy Scott Munro (Prog) 18 hours ago Prog g.cc/x14n2B3Y/XGb-SDZ6n-Q85-Yyytid-BPUZP-650-80.jpg" alt=" "] Heather Findlay: Wild White Horses 1. Here's To You 2. Just A Woman (feat. Danny Bowes) 3. The Island 4. Face In The Sun 5. Southern Shores 6. I Remember (feat. Troy Donockley) 7. Wild White Horses 8. Winner (feat Ian Anderson)9. Already Free 10. Cactus 11. Firefly 12. Forget The Rain Winner18 views Heather Findlay - Topic Published on Jul 4, 2019
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Post by rredmond on Jul 8, 2019 15:24:40 GMT
It's a very pretty song!
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 9, 2019 6:27:29 GMT
It's a very pretty song! It's not bad but not quite my "thing" but as Mr A's on it I'll park it in a suitable place on the hard drive. It might in due time get promoted to the relevant memory stick.
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 15, 2019 6:10:55 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/kaprekars-constant-reveal-new-album-title-and-artworkKaprekar's Constant reveal new album title and artwork...By Jerry Ewing (Prog) 20 hours ago Band's second album features contributions of Jethro Tull and VdGG men...British prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant have announced details of their second album. The band will release Depth Of Field through Talking Elephant Records on September 20. The follow-up to 2017's debut Fate Outsmarts Desire is the first to feature Caravan drummer Mark Walker, and also features former Van der Graaf Generator saxophonist David Jackson and a contribution from Jethro Tull mainman Ian Anderson. "Apart from the addition of Caravan’s Mark Walker on drums and percussion, the line up remains the same," guitarist Al Nicholson tells Prog. "We’re delighted that David Jackson found time to weave his special magic on six of the seven tracks and, of course, to have Ian Anderson’s contribution is very special to us as massive Jethro Tull fans. Fans of the first album will find much to enjoy on Depth Of Field with the same blend of epic storytelling pieces and some shorter tracks.' Full track listing: Rosherville Part1 Holywell Street Ghost Planes The Nightwatchman White Star’s Sunrise Rosherville Part 2 Depth of Field
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 3, 2019 6:36:40 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/kaprekars-constant-reveal-new-album-title-and-artworkKaprekar's Constant reveal new album title and artwork...By Jerry Ewing (Prog) 20 hours ago Band's second album features contributions of Jethro Tull and VdGG men...British prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant have announced details of their second album. The band will release Depth Of Field through Talking Elephant Records on September 20. The follow-up to 2017's debut Fate Outsmarts Desire is the first to feature Caravan drummer Mark Walker, and also features former Van der Graaf Generator saxophonist David Jackson and a contribution from Jethro Tull mainman Ian Anderson. "Apart from the addition of Caravan’s Mark Walker on drums and percussion, the line up remains the same," guitarist Al Nicholson tells Prog. "We’re delighted that David Jackson found time to weave his special magic on six of the seven tracks and, of course, to have Ian Anderson’s contribution is very special to us as massive Jethro Tull fans. Fans of the first album will find much to enjoy on Depth Of Field with the same blend of epic storytelling pieces and some shorter tracks.' Full track listing: Rosherville Part1 Holywell Street Ghost Planes The Nightwatchman White Star’s Sunrise Rosherville Part 2 Depth of Field www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/kaprekar-s-constant-release-new-album-1-6244189Prog rock still alive and kicking thanks to Kaprekar's ConstantPUBLISHED: 17:00 02 September 2019 Chris Murphy Prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant are bringing a famous long lost park back to life with music. Picture: www.seankellyphotos.comProg rock is alive and well, and no longer living in just the '60s and '70s. The band needed someone to perform a poem that was written shortly after the Princess Alice disaster that is included in the track. The proceeds from the sale of the piece were intended originally to benefit the victim's families. Nick said first choice was Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, a musical hero of of the band. And to their immense surprise and delight, Ian found time during preparations for a world tour to perform the poem. Nick said: "Ian's involvement is the icing on the cake for us.
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Post by rredmond on Sept 8, 2019 17:33:55 GMT
Dig their name!!
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 9, 2019 15:28:11 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/kaprekars-constant-reveal-new-album-title-and-artworkKaprekar's Constant reveal new album title and artwork...By Jerry Ewing (Prog) 20 hours ago Band's second album features contributions of Jethro Tull and VdGG men...British prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant have announced details of their second album. The band will release Depth Of Field through Talking Elephant Records on September 20. The follow-up to 2017's debut Fate Outsmarts Desire is the first to feature Caravan drummer Mark Walker, and also features former Van der Graaf Generator saxophonist David Jackson and a contribution from Jethro Tull mainman Ian Anderson. "Apart from the addition of Caravan’s Mark Walker on drums and percussion, the line up remains the same," guitarist Al Nicholson tells Prog. "We’re delighted that David Jackson found time to weave his special magic on six of the seven tracks and, of course, to have Ian Anderson’s contribution is very special to us as massive Jethro Tull fans. Fans of the first album will find much to enjoy on Depth Of Field with the same blend of epic storytelling pieces and some shorter tracks.' Full track listing: Rosherville Part1 Holywell Street Ghost Planes The Nightwatchman White Star’s Sunrise Rosherville Part 2 Depth of Field www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/kaprekar-s-constant-release-new-album-1-6244189Prog rock still alive and kicking thanks to Kaprekar's ConstantPUBLISHED: 17:00 02 September 2019 Chris Murphy Prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant are bringing a famous long lost park back to life with music. Picture: www.seankellyphotos.comProg rock is alive and well, and no longer living in just the '60s and '70s. The band needed someone to perform a poem that was written shortly after the Princess Alice disaster that is included in the track. The proceeds from the sale of the piece were intended originally to benefit the victim's families. Nick said first choice was Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, a musical hero of of the band. And to their immense surprise and delight, Ian found time during preparations for a world tour to perform the poem. Nick said: "Ian's involvement is the icing on the cake for us. LinkPodcast – The Prog Mill edition 167 (21 July 2019) – including WORLD RADIO PREMIERE of two tracks from the forthcoming new Kaprekar’s Constant albumPosted by Shaun Geraghty on July 22, 2019 Posted in: FaceBook, News, Podcast, The Prog Mill. Edition 167 of THE PROG MILL first broadcast on Progzilla Radio Sunday 21 July 2019, with two hours of superb melodic and symphonic progressive music, is now also available to stream anytime you like or download. This week’s show also includes the world radio premiere of two tracks from the forthcoming new Kaprekar’s Constant album “Depth of Field” The Playlist 1 Magic Pie – Table For Two (Fragments of the 5th Element) 2 Mindspeak – Orbit – Catch (Eclipse Chaser) 3 Mind Sculpture – The Gift (Single) 4 Openspace – On The Edge (Openspace) 5 Pro-Age – Homecoming (MPD) 6 Kaprekar’s Constant – Rosherville Part 1 (Depth of Field) 7 Kaprekar’s Constant – Rosherville Part 2 (Depth of Field) 8 We Are Kin – The Fawn (Bruised Sy) 9 Drifting Sun – Stay With Me (Single) 10 Peter Banks – Astral Traveler (Tales from Yesterday) 11 Acqua Fragile – Morning Comes (Acqua Fragile) 12 Intergalactic Huso Orchestra – In Your 80’s Dreams (Spaced Out) 13 Our Destiny – The World is Waiting (Awakening) 14 Beach Boys – Surfs Up (Surfs Up) You can hear The Prog Mill on Progzilla Radio at these times every week (www.progzilla.com/listen – via the tune in radio app and on internet radios): Sundays 10pm – Midnight UK (2100UTC) – main broadcast Tuesdays 0300-0500 UK (0200UTC) – For North America – Mon 7pm Pacific/10pm Eastern Tuesdays 2300-0100UK (2200 UTC) – 1500 Pacific/1800 Eastern Saturdays 6-8pm UK (1700 UTC) – Family friendly Saturday evening repeat Your melodic and symphonic progressive rock music suggestions for the show are very welcome. Just email shaun@progzilla.com, or message via twitter @shaunontheair or facebook.com/theprogmill Audio Player: podcasts.progzilla.com/mill/Prog_Mill_167.mp3
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Post by maddogfagin on Sept 21, 2019 15:07:53 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/kaprekars-constant-reveal-new-album-title-and-artworkKaprekar's Constant reveal new album title and artwork...By Jerry Ewing (Prog) 20 hours ago Band's second album features contributions of Jethro Tull and VdGG men...British prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant have announced details of their second album. The band will release Depth Of Field through Talking Elephant Records on September 20. The follow-up to 2017's debut Fate Outsmarts Desire is the first to feature Caravan drummer Mark Walker, and also features former Van der Graaf Generator saxophonist David Jackson and a contribution from Jethro Tull mainman Ian Anderson. "Apart from the addition of Caravan’s Mark Walker on drums and percussion, the line up remains the same," guitarist Al Nicholson tells Prog. "We’re delighted that David Jackson found time to weave his special magic on six of the seven tracks and, of course, to have Ian Anderson’s contribution is very special to us as massive Jethro Tull fans. Fans of the first album will find much to enjoy on Depth Of Field with the same blend of epic storytelling pieces and some shorter tracks.' Full track listing: Rosherville Part1 Holywell Street Ghost Planes The Nightwatchman White Star’s Sunrise Rosherville Part 2 Depth of Field www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/kaprekar-s-constant-release-new-album-1-6244189Prog rock still alive and kicking thanks to Kaprekar's ConstantPUBLISHED: 17:00 02 September 2019 Chris Murphy Prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant are bringing a famous long lost park back to life with music. Picture: www.seankellyphotos.comProg rock is alive and well, and no longer living in just the '60s and '70s. The band needed someone to perform a poem that was written shortly after the Princess Alice disaster that is included in the track. The proceeds from the sale of the piece were intended originally to benefit the victim's families. Nick said first choice was Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, a musical hero of of the band. And to their immense surprise and delight, Ian found time during preparations for a world tour to perform the poem. Nick said: "Ian's involvement is the icing on the cake for us.
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Post by maddogfagin on Nov 29, 2019 7:29:06 GMT
www.gravesendreporter.co.uk/news/kaprekar-s-constant-release-new-album-1-6244189Prog rock still alive and kicking thanks to Kaprekar's ConstantPUBLISHED: 17:00 02 September 2019 Chris Murphy Prog rockers Kaprekar's Constant are bringing a famous long lost park back to life with music. Picture: www.seankellyphotos.comProg rock is alive and well, and no longer living in just the '60s and '70s. The band needed someone to perform a poem that was written shortly after the Princess Alice disaster that is included in the track. The proceeds from the sale of the piece were intended originally to benefit the victim's families. Nick said first choice was Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull, a musical hero of of the band. And to their immense surprise and delight, Ian found time during preparations for a world tour to perform the poem. Nick said: "Ian's involvement is the icing on the cake for us. somethingelsereviews.com/2019/11/28/kaprekars-constant-depth-of-field/NOVEMBER 28, 2019 BY BILL GOLEMBESKI Kaprekar’s Constant – ‘Depth of Field’ (2019)Kaprekar’s Constant’s second album, Depth of Field, is a very modern progressive symphonic album. Now, full disclosure: the first listen produced my comment, “I’m not that impressed with this record.” Depth of Field never really rocked; the vocals (both male and female) are very pure; and I didn’t hear that much of Van der Graaf Generator’s David Jackson. But, as the old saying goes, “On the seventh day God rested.” Turns out, on the seventh spin, this Kaprekar’s Constant record opened its doors to these grooves and revealed the colors of the universe. Great prog albums from way back when always did that. I remember that Genesis’ Foxtrot went on forever; ditto for Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick. I didn’t understand Larks’ Tongues in Aspic at all – especially after King Crimson’s beautiful Islands. With repeated spins, Kaprekar’s Constant’s Depth of Field also catches time and etches melodies into favorite vinyl memories. Keyboards and a David Gilmour-like guitar spark the first song, “Rosherville Part I.” Bill Jefferson’s vocals enter with an almost Ian Anderson-like voice (with his sweetest “One White Duck”). And many progressive minutes later, the tune twists and turns through an amazing maze of melodies. Second lead vocalist Dorie Jackson enters the fray with pure Annie Haslam clarity. But the drama is earnest, while Renaissance (both the band and the era) flavor pervades the song. And the keyboard finale recalls the delicate days of the Strawbs’ Hero and Heroine. It’s a beautiful tune. By the way, I was wrong: David Jackson’s muse dances quietly — all over the album. There’s more of that intensely passionate stuff: “Holywell Street” is piano pulsed, with urgent vocals, a sunrise guitar, and David Jackson’s sunset sax – then the tune, once again, slips into acoustic reverie. “Ghost Planes” is chord heavy, with spoken words that echo Pink Floyd’s “short, sharp, shock” comments on Dark Side of the Moon. Then a mellotron floats above the voices, while the vocals carve an ancient runic melody. There are more voices, and then the wonderful chorus just sings a slow melodic dance, while a guitar struts rock music steps, and the keyboards sing prog heaven. And then, to these old ears, Kaprekar’s Constant kicks into Genesis “Cinema Show” drive, with keyboards, bass, and drums just playing warm and wonderful instrumental rock music. The original melody re-emerges with the transcendental beauty of classic Selling England by the Pound vibe. And “The Nightwatchman” begins with a Tony Banks piano bit. Then it evolves into an acoustic guitar and voice duet that recalls the beauty of Sally Oldfield’s Water Bearer album. Now, “White Star’s Sunrise” is the big multi-part twenty-three minute plus epic about all the White Star Liners, the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Britannic. It’s all a bit grandiose (with a big electric guitar solo) but this is prog, and we prog lovers love that sort of thing. Kaprekar’s Constant links the various sections with acoustic guitar and flute passages. And there’s an interlude, “Sisters,” that works as a unifying anchor. Odd: the vocals sometimes sound like Joe Strummer. That said, this is extended symphonic prog heaven, as the music swells, dips, glides, and sings dramatic tragedies. I’m not sure that this has anything to do with rock ‘n’ roll, but it’s certainly a complex and beautiful bit of melodic and intelligent music that echoes the finery of Jethro Tull, Gryphon, the more spiritual stuff from Yes, or a really good Tony Banks solo album. You know, many bands have been name-checked, but really, this “White Star” extended workout stamps an individual prog ethos on the genre with a big cinematic (and almost documentary) sound that is certainly deserving, as sure as eggs is eggs, of a 5.1 stereo surround reboot. “Rosherville Part II” is reprised (as all good prog albums do, from time to time), with another (odd) Joe Strummer-like vocal and a nice acoustic bit that evolves into the ending with an Ian Anderson (!!) dramatic reading swirling with latter day Tull profundity that sort of gets pretentious – but the guy wrote Thick as a Brick, “so what the hell.” And a great organ solo punctuates the end of the song. The final album title tune, “Depth of Field,” is acoustic, brief, and it evokes an Anthony Phillips song, Genesis’ “More Fool Me,” or one of those hummed (and strummed) Jethro Tull introspective songs. It’s a nice epilogue, that will always happen “After the Ordeal.” Kaprekar’s Constant’s Depth of Field really paints with broad and very lush strokes. It bulges with beauty. It never really rocks but it does, indeed, roll with the extended expectation of a patient listen – a patient listen that will, in time, reveal the gorgeousness of its very vinyl, and equally very epic, symphonic progressive grooves.
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Post by maddogfagin on Mar 15, 2020 7:23:52 GMT
www.loudersound.com/news/heather-findlay-to-release-her-new-album-wild-white-horses-this-summerHeather Findlay to release her new album Wild White Horses this summerBy Scott Munro (Prog) 18 hours ago Prog g.cc/x14n2B3Y/XGb-SDZ6n-Q85-Yyytid-BPUZP-650-80.jpg" alt=" "] Heather Findlay: Wild White Horses 1. Here's To You 2. Just A Woman (feat. Danny Bowes) 3. The Island 4. Face In The Sun 5. Southern Shores 6. I Remember (feat. Troy Donockley) 7. Wild White Horses 8. Winner (feat Ian Anderson)9. Already Free 10. Cactus 11. Firefly 12. Forget The Rain Winner18 views Heather Findlay - Topic Published on Jul 4, 2019 guitargirlmag.com/Heather Findlay: Musician and Co-Founder of Secret Projects Secret Sari Dress CampaignBy GGM Staff -March 14, 2020 Who: I am an English singer-songwriter and have been in the business for 23 years. I cut my teeth with classic/progressive rock band Mostly Autumn between 1997-2010. Since then, I’ve raised two boys (Drayke (9) and Harlan (11)) and trained as a Reiki Master and also a Kriya Yoga teacher for the Siddhanath Yoga Parampara. My musical journey has brought a wonderful array of opportunities to work with such luminaries as Ritchie Blackmore, Jethro Tull, Ayreon, Uriah Heep, John Wetton, Nightwish’s Troy Donockley, as well as Iona and Thunder, among many others. In July of this year, I released my debut solo album Wild White Horses recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales (Bohemian Rhapsody/Night at The Opera). The album features Ian Anderson on flute, Troy Donockley on Uilleann Pipes, and Danny Bowes of Thunder on vocals in a bluesy rock duet. link
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 20, 2020 5:42:31 GMT
houseofprog.com/blog/Louise Patricia Crane set to release “Deep Blue”by Olav Martin Bjørnsen | Mar 4, 2020 | Prog News Existing in a dreamlike headspace that embraces classic psychedelia, ethereal visions, romantic mythos and rapturous drama, ‘Deep Blue’, the debut album of Louise Patricia Crane’s is a twilit collection of uncommon class and chutzpah – emotional and fantastical realms writ large in a musical landscape where nothing is off limits, possessed of a rare magick to fire the imagination. The genesis of this project arrived when Louise began working in earnest with Stephen Carey, who she had first met when singing with The Eden House, Whilst recording her vocal contributions to that outfit’s ‘Songs For The Broken Ones’, it became apparent that many of the musical ideas she had nurtured independently for years might have finally found a suitable creative foil. Eventually, having written the piano-and-vocal lament that would ultimately become this album’s title track, she was so thrilled by what they came up with together that she relocated from her native Belfast to rural Cambridgeshire to work on the record. “Working with him has been a wonderful experience” says Louise, “I felt respected and in control of the process. He’s also just a very talented musician who instils his playing with a lot of emotion and dare I say it – femininity – which was so key for me and for this album. Stephen and I also share a lot of the same reverence for certain artists and aesthetics, namely (Kate Bush’s) ‘Hounds Of Love’, which was my loose template for producing a record which can at one point touch on pop overtones, then the next moment take you somewhere much darker – proggy, yet still dreamy throughout.” Indeed, with an intuitive rhythm section of Eden House drummer Simon Rippin and bassist Steve Gibbons on board, a resolutely genre-free and unconventional sound began to evolve amidst a myriad of influences – from the rich and celestial sonics of classic Cocteau Twins to the timeless melodies of ‘White Album’-era Beatles and the maverick spark and earthy passions of early Tori Amos, not to mention non-musical inspiration such as the classic cult film Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders and the literary fiction of Angela Carter. However, the album was to take on still new frontiers when King Crimson member Jakko Jakszyk came on board as a collaborator, contributing guitar tracks and backing vocals to almost all tracks on the album “I can’t put in to words what it meant to have the singer and guitarist from King Crimson – who I’ve been unashamed about declaring as my favourite band – express a keen interest in my music” says Louise “I can’t overstate Jakko’s positive influence on this album, he has been amazing. His voice is just stunning and I feel, not only compliments the sound and feel of the record, it elevates it” Through Jakko, legendary bassist Danny Thompson was soon also a part of the project, contributing his upright bass to ‘The Eve Of The Hunter’, and moreover a meeting with Jethro Tull legend Ian Anderson at a King Crimson show at the Royal Albert Hall led to his flute making an appearance on tracks like the empyreal ‘Snake Oil’ “I think I’m still recovering!” notes Louise. “His contributions are stunning”.Moreover, legendary artist Jim Fitzpatrick, famed for his work on Thin Lizzy’s ‘Jailbreak’ amongst many others, was on hand to work on the album’s sleeve, whilst four-string legend and Kyuss/The Obsessed/Fireball Ministry bassist Scott Reeder was on hand to offer magisterial low end to tracks such as the groove-driven dreamscape of ‘Snake Oil’ Yet these contributions, prestigious though they may be, only serve to accentuate the finer points of an extremely well-defined and potent vision all Louise’s own. Tracks like first single ‘Deity’ – a delirious wash of pastoral ‘60s English charm married to ‘80s dreampop radiance – the gloriously dramatic capital-G-Gothic denouement of ‘Isolde’ and the Pre-Raphaelite-styled, elegiac and emotional ‘Ophelia’ are a majestic testimony to this singular vision. “My main overall theme on this album, is certainly escapism, seduction, dreaming – escaping the corporeal realm and going somewhere otherworldly that stimulates and tantalises” she notes. “I’m a total dreamer and art – for me – has always been about leaving this place and being taken away to somewhere more appealing to the senses” In this sense, Louise Patricia Crane’s mission – on the strength of this transporting debut – is apparently not so much accomplished as barely begun. “Deep Blue” will be available from May 15th 2020. Deity Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane Backing vocals: Jakko Jakszyk Guitar, bass guitar: Stephen Carey Percussion: Simon Rippin Snake OilVocals: Louise Patricia Crane Backing vocals, guitar: Jakko Jakszyk Percussion: Simon Rippin Guitar: Stephen Carey Bass guitar: Scott Reeder Flute: Ian Anderson Painted World Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane Backing vocals, bass guitar: Scott Reeder Acoustic guitar: Stephen Carey Acoustic guitar & electric guitar: Jakko Jakszyk Uilleann pipes: John Devine Cascading Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane Backing vocals, guitar: Jakko Jakszyk Guitar, bass guitar: Stephen Carey Percussion: Simon Rippin Deep Blue Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane Piano, guitar: Stephen Carey Violin, viola: Shir-Ran Yinon OpheliaVocals: Louise Patricia Crane Backing vocals, tin whistle: Jakko Jakszyk Flute: Ian Anderson Guitar: Stephen Carey Fretless bass, bass guitar: Steve Gibbons Violin: Shir-Ran Yinon Percussion: Simon Rippin Isolde Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane Guitar, keyboards: Stephen Carey Fretless bass: Steve Gibbons Violin: Shir-ran Yinon Percussion: Simon Rippin The Eve Of The Hunter Vocals: Louise Patricia Crane Backing vocals: Jakko Jakszyk Upright bass: Danny Thompson Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards: Stephen Carey Percussion: Simon Rippin Links: www.louisepatriciacrane.bandcamp.comwww.facebook.com/louisepatriciacranewww.instagram.com/louisepatriciacranelink Snake Oil901 views•Apr 3, 2020 Louise Patricia Crane - Topic
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Post by maddogfagin on Apr 30, 2020 13:22:27 GMT
www.loudersound.com/Ian Anderson guests on new Louise Patricia Crane singleBy Jerry Ewing (Prog) 2 hours ago Watch the brand video for new Louise Patricia Crane's single Ophelia Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson guests on Ophelia, the new single from The Eden House singer Louise Patricia Crane. Ophelia is the third single taken from Crane's upcoming debut album Deep Blue, which will be released on Peculiar Doll Records on May 15. "He was a dream to work with on this," says Crane. "He asked me for my lyrics, so he could get a feel for my emotions I was going for, and I find that his haunting flute on this song really does take it somewhere otherwordly." Ophelia is based on the titular Shakespearean character and inspired by Sir John Everett Millais' painting of the same name. You can watch the new video in full below. "For years I've been fascinated by Millais' rendering of Ophelia", says Crane, "I find the Pre-Raphaelites so alluring with their depictions of classic scenes from literature and legends, married with lush verdant scenery. When I was writing in my notebook for this album I became fixated on old flower books, engravings, how flowers once carried meaning. "The botanical obsession is clear throughout my writing on the album! A few years ago, I'd just moved to Cambridge and I took a day to go around the London art galleries with a friend. To finally see Millais' Ophelia in the flesh for the first time was really quite breath-taking. The sadness in her glassy eyes, the placement of the flowers around her. The delicate lace of her dress. This balance of the romantic and the macabre is really alluring to me. "When writing for this song I explored the meaning behind the flowers that surround Millais' Ophelia. The forget-me-nots stood out, to me they were a key feature of this piece. They carry their meaning in the name." As well as Ian Anderson, Deep Blue also features guest appearances from King Crimson vocalist and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk and Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson. link
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Post by maddogfagin on May 8, 2020 6:29:50 GMT
www.einnews.com/Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson Joins Leslie Mandoki for “WeSayThankYou” to Our First RespondersLOS ANGELES, CA, USA, May 7, 2020 LOS ANGELES, CA, USA, May 7, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- “We all thank the brave, hardworking front-line medics and care workers around the world. Leslie managed to put into the lyrics references to the police, grocery clerks, supermarket workers too. I would like to add those essential worker folks who it was impossible to squeeze into a three-minute song. To all, we say, thank you.” - Ian Anderson on singing and playing flute on Leslie Mandoki’s “WeSayThankYou.” As the world continues to be consumed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson sings and plays flute with Mandoki Soulmates leader Leslie Mandoki. Mandoki has found inspiration and a new spark of hope amidst the chaos. He has penned a powerful new song in appreciation for the heroes who have emerged in this global crisis, the nurses, doctors, and other health care providers as well as the grocery store clerks and food delivery personnel who have stepped up to serve their communities. The new song, entitled simply “#WeSayThankYou,” expresses so clearly the feelings of gratitude many of us have felt in these troubled times. Mandoki explains, “As an artist, I feel it is my duty to contemplate ideas for a better world. Now, like so many of us, I suddenly have the time. Let us grab this uncommon moment of pause together and take a new approach to the problems of the world. And let’s take a hard look at who this crisis is casting in a heroic light, and who comes out the villain.” The duet is being released as an EP on Thursday, May 7, 2020, through the Purple Pyramid imprint of indie giant Cleopatra Records, Inc. and is Mandoki Soulmate’s first release in the recently inked partnership with the L.A.-based label. Additional Mandoki releases are set to follow later this year. There are three different versions of the song on the EP: 1. Duet with Ian Anderson. 2. New Version with Ian Anderson and Leslie Mandoki featuring Soulmates: Supertramp saxophonist John Helliwell, multi Grammy Winner Randy Brecker (on trumpet), Chair of Berklee´s Bass Department Steve Bailey, Simon Phillips (drums, along with Leslie),and backup singers: Bobby Kimball (Toto) and Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann´s Earth Band). 3. Unplugged, Acoustic, Living-Room-Concert, with Ian & Leslie, Randy, Steve, John. Leslie will be donating the royalties from the sales, syncs, and airplay of “#WeSayThankYou” to a To-Be-Announced Charity. “#WeSayThankYou” was written in the context of Leslie’s own isolation in Germany, where his doctor wife, Eva, is a first contact physician. Ian and Leslie have worked together for over 25 years on various collaborations with his jazz-rock band Soulmates featuring the good and great of classic rock and jazz. Mandoki’s Soulmates toured North America in 2018. VIDEOS Ian Anderson & Leslie Mandoki #WeSayThankYou youtube.com/watch?v=l0Y6XFZw7HkStatements of the Mandoki Soulmates on the crisis: Leslie, Ian, Randy, Al DiMeola, Bill Evans, Jesse Siebenberg, Nick Van Eede, Steve, John, Simon, Chris talking about the “#WeSayThankYou”’ mission. youtube.com/watch?v=5EK2LEZIBiAIan Anderson & Leslie Mandoki with the Mandoki Soulmates #WeSayThankYou with John Helliwell of Supertramp, Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann, Bobby Kimball & Simon Phillips of Toto, Jazz-Icon and Grammy-Winner Randy Brecker, Chair of Berklee´s Bass Department Steve Bailey www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNScHWwFNqALanding Page with Advance Music and Digital Media Links orcd.co/mandoki-soulmates-with-ian-andersonSocial Media, including Hashtags #WeSayThankYou #TogetherAtHome www.twitter.com/lesliemandokiwww.mandoki-soulmates.comwww.instagram.com/themandokisoulmates/www.facebook.com/mandoki.soulmatesMandoki Soulmates – Album & Concerts youtu.be/qpR_G7nniV4
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Post by maddogfagin on May 13, 2020 6:38:22 GMT
Uriah Heep Lockdown Diaries - Mick Box and "Circus" With Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull 1,604 views•May 6, 2020
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Mick discusses the version of "Circus" from the live "Acoustically Driven" album with special guest Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 6, 2020 6:52:27 GMT
www.loudersound.com/Ian Anderson guests on new Louise Patricia Crane singleBy Jerry Ewing (Prog) 2 hours ago Watch the brand video for new Louise Patricia Crane's single Ophelia Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson guests on Ophelia, the new single from The Eden House singer Louise Patricia Crane. Ophelia is the third single taken from Crane's upcoming debut album Deep Blue, which will be released on Peculiar Doll Records on May 15. "He was a dream to work with on this," says Crane. "He asked me for my lyrics, so he could get a feel for my emotions I was going for, and I find that his haunting flute on this song really does take it somewhere otherwordly." Ophelia is based on the titular Shakespearean character and inspired by Sir John Everett Millais' painting of the same name. You can watch the new video in full below. "For years I've been fascinated by Millais' rendering of Ophelia", says Crane, "I find the Pre-Raphaelites so alluring with their depictions of classic scenes from literature and legends, married with lush verdant scenery. When I was writing in my notebook for this album I became fixated on old flower books, engravings, how flowers once carried meaning. "The botanical obsession is clear throughout my writing on the album! A few years ago, I'd just moved to Cambridge and I took a day to go around the London art galleries with a friend. To finally see Millais' Ophelia in the flesh for the first time was really quite breath-taking. The sadness in her glassy eyes, the placement of the flowers around her. The delicate lace of her dress. This balance of the romantic and the macabre is really alluring to me. "When writing for this song I explored the meaning behind the flowers that surround Millais' Ophelia. The forget-me-nots stood out, to me they were a key feature of this piece. They carry their meaning in the name." As well as Ian Anderson, Deep Blue also features guest appearances from King Crimson vocalist and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk and Pentangle and John Martyn bassist Danny Thompson. link www.rte.ie/ Behind the Music: Louise Patricia CraneUpdated / Friday, 5 Jun 2020 14:13 Photo: Ester SegarraLouise Patricia Crane has just released her debut solo album, Deep Blue. We ask her the BIG questions. Tell us three things about yourself? I'm a singer/songwriter from Belfast, a left-handed person who plays right-handed bass and I am also a visual artist! How would you describe your music? A blend of progressive rock and art rock, with psychedelic sounds and dreamy lyrical imagery. What I set out to achieve for my own music is a sense of escapism... the way some of my favourite records made me feel. When, from the start of an album, you can go on a journey away from the boring and sometimes unpleasant reality of day to day life to somewhere more beautiful. I knew I didn't want to be confined by genre and instead wanted to make the album that I wanted, for me. As this is my debut solo album, I had nothing to lose in that sense and felt so strongly about doing this how I wanted it to be. Who are your musical inspirations? Kate Bush is a huge inspiration, for many reasons. The way she wasn't constrained by any particular musical genre or style... she just wrote songs as she wanted and each one is almost a different world in and of itself. Also, her strong visual image in the '70s and the imagery of her writing are magical. That's why I also love King Crimson - who are my favourite band - and Jethro Tull. Lyrically these bands overall are fascinating, fantastical and musically at the absolute top of their game - progressive rock allows so much more artistic freedom, so it is most appealing to me overall. Cocteau Twins deserve a mention here too; they are certainly an influence on my music, particularly their albums Treasure and Heaven or Las Vegas. How are you occupying yourself during the coronavirus lockdown? Well, during the lockdown I have released my album, so I've been insanely busy this whole time! The album was released on my own record label, Peculiar Doll Records. Being the boss of my own music means I've been illustrating logos, doing graphic design for advertisements, website, packaging for my album's release, doing interviews and personally packing and posting hundreds of physical orders myself, among lots of other things. Then with lockdown restrictions getting it to and from the post office while trying to maintain my own safety with social distancing and so on. I have to say, however, it is so satisfying being in control of it all and I wouldn't change it for the world! What's your favourite song right now? Can't stop playing Bruce Soord's All This Will Be Yours from his 2019 album of the same name. I don't often listen to modern stuff as I'm usually stuck in the '70s with my listening habits. But I'm in love with this record at the moment. Favourite lyric of all time? This is impossible to choose a definitive favourite! But one I really, really love is from Jethro Tull's Velvet Green: "We'll dream as lovers under the stars Of civilisations raging afar And the ragged dawn breaks on your battle scars As you walk on cold and alone up on Velvet Green"
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life what would it be? Ahh, this is so difficult! Maybe I Talk to the Wind by King Crimson, because it is so whimsical and beautiful. Where can people find your music/more information? You can hear my music at my Bandcamp: louisepatriciacrane.bandcamp.com and on all main streaming platforms. You can also come and say hello to me on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter and see what I'm getting up to: www.facebook.com/louisepatriciacranewww.instagram.com/louisepatriciacrane www.twitter.com/louisepcrane
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Post by maddogfagin on Jun 30, 2020 6:22:30 GMT
Unnur Birna - Sunshine (feat. Ian Anderson) 31 views•Mar 3, 2020
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Post by JTull 007 on Jun 30, 2020 22:24:45 GMT
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 22, 2020 6:37:11 GMT
somethingelsereviews.com/Toto, “Hooked” from ‘Falling in Between’ (2006): Toto TuesdaysJULY 21, 2020 BY PRESTON FRAZIER With “Hooked,” Toto offers some of the same sonic sensibilities of “King of the World,” the previous song on 2006’s Falling in Between, while delivering an even more contemporary sound. Written by the entire band, minus Greg Phillinganes, “Hooked” features subject matter that might have seemed mundane if not for the programming and synth wizardry of Steve Porcaro and the engineering of Simon Phillips, which make it all sound fascinating. Credit should also go to lead singer Bobby Kimball, who delivers a powerfully effective vocal that matches the heavy guitar and fretless bass attacks. Trevor Lukather and James Torme contribute the crowd-like backing vocals, and touches of organ and synth abound. Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson stops by to offer a flute flourish, but it ultimately adds little to this weird yet enjoyable Toto song. link
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 31, 2020 6:29:02 GMT
bravewords.com/JETHRO TULL’S IAN ANDERSON JOINS TERRY REID AND MANCHESTER STRING QUARTET ON EPIC NEW VERSION OF BADFINGER’S “DAY AFTER DAY”July 30, 2020, 12 hours ago What do you get when add the woodwind talents of rock flutist Ian Anderson and the six-string skills of British guitarist Terry Reid to Badfinger’s unforgettable smash hit, “Day After Day”? You get one of the most compelling and riveting reinventions of a classic song you’re likely to hear all year! Throw in a modern string quartet out of Manchester for good measure and now you’ve got one beautifully rendered, symphonic rock masterpiece. All of these elements combine flawlessly, as if the passage of time was merely waiting for them to coalesce around Joey Molland and company’s superb version of the song that originally appeared on Badfinger’s 1971 album Straight Up. Reid, whose ultra-melodic, soulful guitar playing earned him acclaim for his solo albums as well as session work for the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne and Don Henley, adds depth to the emotive string arrangements of the Manchester String Quartet with his subtle playing while Anderson’s flute adds unexpected flourishes that will give listener’s the feeling of hearing this song for the very first time again and again, day after day. Anderson shares this about the track, “Like many of my contemporaries, I remember ‘The New Beatles,' as Badfinger were unfortunately dubbed by the UK press. Great songwriting and production by George Harrison. [This version is] brought to life here by the Manchester String Quartet, alumnis of the Northern Royal College Of Music. I tried to find a few harmonies and simple counterpoints to interject into their splendid performance. For me, an elegant and nostalgic experience.” Meanwhile, Reid had this to say, “It was great to go back and listen to this song again and get to play guitar on it as I’ve always loved the band and this song. I got to hang out with Joey back in the day and he’s a really great guy and a fine musician. Playing on this song brought back some great memories of a musical era that will never be forgotten by me and many others.” Stream the single here
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Post by JTull 007 on Jul 31, 2020 10:57:57 GMT
Thanks for posting Graham !!! I always LOVED this song... Now it's BETTER
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Post by JTull 007 on Aug 19, 2020 23:54:35 GMT
ΣΑΓΜΑΤΆΣ Ian Anderson "Drive" (Instrumental) OST: "Mystery, Alaska" Year: 1999 All photographs were taken a foggy day, from the dusty road that leads to the Monastery of Sagmatas. This is located almost at the top of the small mountain (747 metres high) with the same name (Viotia Prefecture - Sterea Ellada Region - Greece)
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Post by maddogfagin on Oct 27, 2020 15:16:52 GMT
Bourrée · Steve Bailey & Ian Anderson
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Post by Catqualung on Nov 22, 2020 10:43:12 GMT
Who is playing with Andy Giddings in the following song? Don't tell me he isn't Ian! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi4UtmxnM4gOr you can also telle me, if it is the case. However, is a very nice song
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