Fifty years in (and out) of the music business I am very happy to announce the release of my new rock album The Piper Plays His Tune recorded alone during lockdown. It is actually fifty years since aged fifteen, I received the … Continued
The Piper Plays His Tune After months of shrieking and wailing every time the computer crashed and those long intense lunches during lockdown when discussing the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre with my student daughter all seemed a lot more appealing … Continued
What have we been up to lately?
Band rehearsals starting up again
Solo projects from John & Nick
and various session work
As this lockdown goes on, I continue to think of all our friends across the globe and all those who have been so badly affected by this terrible virus. I am thankful for being fortunate enough to do some work … Continued
2020 looked like being a busy year – sadly things have changed Because of the Coronavirus, we have had to postpone a lot of the planned gigs. Hopefully by September things will be back up and running! One of the … Continued
Now that the Christmas decorations have been put away, thank you letters have been written and New Year resolutions have been quietly forgotten, our thoughts turn to the year ahead. Here at John Hackett Band headquarters we have kicked off … Continued
Last year ended on a high literally as I found myself half-way up a mountain in Italy for the spectacular annual nativity in Cerqueto. This year is no less exciting as we play our final John Hackett Band gig for … Continued
Congratulations to Kris Hudson-Lee and everyone involved in the inaugural concert of the Spirit of Progressive Rock at Local Authority in Sheffield last Saturday.
Hacktrax News – an update on all things relating to John Hackett and Hacktrax.
In this issue – a new recording coming soon with Marco Lo Muscio, the launch concert will be in Pienza, Italy on 21 June.
plus dates for the autumn with the John Hackett Band
It was great to return to Cerqueto, Italy – the scene of the amazing Nativity presentation that took place on Boxing Day, and to see the village in daylight…