{"id":282,"date":"2019-05-30T20:20:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T19:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/?p=282"},"modified":"2019-07-12T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T09:53:41","slug":"hacktrax-news-30-may-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/30\/hacktrax-news-30-may-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacktrax News &#8211; 30 May 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"null\">John Hackett<\/h1>\n<p><em>I was really sorry to hear the news of the closing of our much loved Classic Rock Society &#8211; who for many years have been such great supporters of progressive rock. But now out of the ashes has risen the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spirit.rocks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spirit of Progressive Rock<\/a>. I was honoured to be asked on board as one of their patrons.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\">with Marco Lo Muscio<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/4311aeee-bf99-48b8-bd7a-bf7a7531c581.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/4311aeee-bf99-48b8-bd7a-bf7a7531c581.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"371835\" \/><\/a>I am delighted to announce a new CD collaboration with Marco Lo Muscio \u2013\u00a0<em>On the Wings of the Wind<\/em>. Released on the Stradivarius label on 7 May, it also features Steve Hackett, David Jackson and David Cross.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Video Teaser 1:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1z2QV-NT6ZU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1z2QV-NT6ZU<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Video Teaser 2:\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xe15ebhI2dM\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xe15ebhI2dM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xe15ebhI2dM<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I am looking forward to joining Marco on 21 June as part of the Pienza International Music Festival as part of the launch of this album.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/a957dc7e-2f4e-44cb-ace6-27b210a4172d.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/a957dc7e-2f4e-44cb-ace6-27b210a4172d.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"141\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"377347\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"null\">With The Book of Genesis<\/h3>\n<p>It was a real pleasure to join The Book of Genesis earlier in the year at The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, playing Hands of the Priestess with Bob Arnold on guitar and Howard Boder on keyboards.<br \/>\nI will be joining them again at Charterhouse (Ben&#8217;s Theatre)\u00a0 on Saturday 1 June.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/d7ebdae6-c96a-44a3-88e6-d1b57fae2628.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1 class=\"null\">John Hackett Band<\/h1>\n<p>After 2 great gigs in Sheffield and Wolverhampton, the band are taking a short breather before our next set of gigs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sunday 22 September \u2013 ProgDreams, Holland<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 29 September \u2013 1865, Southampton (with Lucid)<\/li>\n<li>Friday 11 October \u2013 Wyeside Arts, Builth Wells (with The Kentish Spires)<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 13 October \u2013 Acapella, Cardiff (wth The Kentish Spires)<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 26 October \u2013 Backstage at the Green, Kinross<\/li>\n<li>Friday 22 November \u2013 Greystones, Sheffield (with Howard Sinclair)<\/li>\n<li>More dates to follow in 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are also starting work on the follow-up to\u00a0<em>We Are Not Alone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/7031a3fe-ca11-4e01-ad2c-1e136e1925c6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"null\">Nick Fletcher<\/h3>\n<p>John\u2019s long-time collaborator on guitar, Nick is putting the finishing touches to his latest classical CD &#8211;\u00a0<em>The Journey Continues<\/em>, which will be released on the Hacktrax label soon, so watch this space&#8230;<br \/>\nHe and John continue to perform classical concerts together. Their next one is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saturday 28 September \u2013 East Molesey Methodist Church, London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/51a740c9-0025-478f-a0c0-ec3e025acbc0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/51a740c9-0025-478f-a0c0-ec3e025acbc0.jpg\" alt=\"Prog review\" width=\"200\" height=\"195\" align=\"right\" data-file-id=\"371939\" \/><\/a>Meanwhile. they have been delighted with the reaction to their rock album\u00a0<em>Beyond the Stars.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It showcases some really stellar performances by Nick plus wonderful bass and drums by Simon Hall and Wayne Proctor ( King King).<\/p>\n<p>Read the review from Prog Magazine on the right and follow this link to another review from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theprogressiveaspect.net\/blog\/2019\/05\/06\/john-hackett-nick-fletcher-beyond-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Progressive Aspect<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"null\">Hacktrax Shop<\/h1>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget you can order CDs and other merchandise from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/shop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hacktrax Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/beyond-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/images\/bf923a3d-2930-4a87-bf89-86c14d14a956.jpg\" width=\"127\" height=\"127\" align=\"none\" data-file-id=\"372055\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/wana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/_compresseds\/7d638d25-8e2a-45a8-99bc-085504fffe71.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"127\" data-file-id=\"372011\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/product\/another-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/048025a664b4e5a7b9a8d9d2e\/_compresseds\/143a29c8-6dd4-4ad3-a259-ea16d703bb9e.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"128\" data-file-id=\"372015\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hacktrax News &#8211; an update on all things relating to John Hackett and Hacktrax.<br \/>\nIn this issue &#8211; a new recording coming soon with Marco Lo Muscio, the launch concert will be in Pienza, Italy on 21 June.<br \/>\nplus dates for the autumn with the John Hackett Band <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}