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The Goldfinch
Beautiful new album from the John Hackett/Nick Fletcher flute and guitar duo. Features arrangements of music by J.S. Bach, Handel, Vivaldi and Scarlatti. The title is taken from the “The Goldfinch (Il Cardellino)” flute concerto by Vivaldi.
The cover painting is by Nick’s talented daughter Kathryn.Track list
Sonata in C major BWV 1033 J.S. Bach- Andante
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Menuett 1 Menuett 2 Menuett 1 Da Capo
- Larghetto
- Allegro
- Larghetto
- A tempo di Gavotti
- Allegro
- Allegro
- Cantabile
- Allegro
- Allegro Moderato
- Adagio
- Allegro
- Larghetto
- Allemande
- Corrente
- Sarabande
- Bourree Angloise
Credits:
Flute John Hackett Guitar Nick Fletcher Recording engineer John Hackett Produced by John Hackett and Nick Fletcher Cover painting by Kathryn Fletcher Album design Katrin Hackett Recorded at Hacktrax Sheffield U.K. Enquiries info@hacktrax.co.uk Catalogue number HTRX013Another Life
John Hackett’s long awaited new rock album and is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Checking Out of London (released in 2005), featuring Steve Hackett, Anthony Phillips & Nick Magnus with lyrics by Nick Clabburn.
Full Track List:
1. Another Life 2. Look Up 3. Poison Town 4. White Lines 5. Life In Reverse 6. Burnt Down Trees 7. Satellite 8. Forest 9. Magazine 10. Rain 11. Actors 12.Another Day, Another Night 13.Poison Town RepriseCommon Sense Dancing
“Common Sense Dancing” marks the fifth album release from Duncan Parsons. Titled after a quote from Clive James, the album continues progressive music's determination not to be defined. With themes taking in humour, nostalgia, the arts, and social science, it digs its own furrow with songs of love, dance, tribute, remembrance, and nonsense. Stylistically, there's rock, jazz, pop, folk, minimalism, sci-fi sound-scape - pretty much anything lying around the studio..
Packaged as a double album, the first disc contains 15 tracks of songs and instrumentals. Ladybird weaves a brief history of the children's books between 1948 and 1971; Play's Cool pays tribute to the golden age of British Children's Television; Green Cross Code, Man is the ultimate extrapolation of the social programming messages of 70s Public Information Films; Furry Leaves brings a fresh interpretation of a classic Romantic era piano piece; Family Entertainment bemoans standards in broadcast arts; and A Breakthrough In Sound tells the true story of when a TV signal was interrupted one teatime in Hampshire, 1977.
Disc two has a half hour 'radio play' about the history of Ordnance Survey maps based around a walk in the Peak District interspersed with music, followed by arrangements of the incidental music set for Mellotron. The atmosphere is pastoral, the tone reminiscent of Detectorists, and the terrain taken in its stride. NB - hills can go down as well as up.
Packed to the rafters with Mellotron sounds, including from less-than-common tapes, Common Sense Dancing sees the return of John Hackett's flute and Nick Fletcher's lead guitar work, along with stunning violin work from Clare Lindley (Stackridge, DLM) and Sarah Sharp (Tzarsi), and saxello from Mick Somerset (Floy Joy, Clock DVA).
Throughout the album one might catch glimpses of the likes of Supertramp, Nick Drake, 10cc, The Feeling, Bruford, Vangelis, Strawbs, Stackridge...
"Gentle, wistful and evocative with beautiful arrangements" Cherry Cant (widow of Brian Cant)
Cycles of Behaviour
Release date March 26th 2021 - Advance orders being taken
‘A fantastic album!..Nick Fletcher is probably the best jazz rock guitarist in the country. His fluency is astounding, plus he possesses a first rate classical guitar technique to boot! I find the combination of him working with my brother John is totally incendiary… I consider Nick Fletcher to be an absolute star’ …
Steve Hackett 2020
This album came about following the great press reaction to the recording with John Hackett - Beyond the Stars’ which was released on Esoteric records in 2018.‘Stellar soloing and strong songs’...Sid Smith - Prog Magazine,
Nick had been writing similar material and some new musical ideas that expanded on the ‘Beyond the Stars’ project, which posed a new direction and musical development. His music has a unique take on the genre which incorporates such diverse influences that range from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Camel, Bruford, Holdsworth, Ravel, Stravinsky, jazz fusion and the English choral composer Herbert Howells! It’s often powerful with wild virtuosic guitar playing and compositions which are full of emotional moments which pull the listener into an evocative sound world. The assembled band of Dave Bainbridge (Lifesigns, Downes Braide Association, Celestial Fire, Iona, Strawbs), Tim Harries (ex Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Steeleye Span), Russ Wilson (Book of Genesis), John Hackett and Caroline Bonnet, who also co produced, mixed and mastered the album, make this an incredible listen and something unique in the world of progressive rock. [columns] [span4] Track List 1.Cycles of behaviour 2.Heat is rising 3.Hope in your eyes 4.Tyrant and knave 5.Desolation sound 6.Interconnected 7.Annexation 8.Philosopher king