{"id":616,"date":"2020-12-24T11:25:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/?p=616"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T11:25:52","slug":"hacktrax-news-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/hacktrax-news-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacktrax News &#8211; December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Hackett<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>2020 has been such a difficult year for so many that the news of the vaccines is at least some light at the end of this very dark and deep tunnel. Our thoughts are with all those throughout the world who have suffered so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of us in the creative arts have tried to keep going by continuing to write and in our case to record as I hope the following will show:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to everyone who supported us by ordering&nbsp; my solo lockdown album, The Piper Plays His Tune, which is now also available as a digital download on Bandcamp. https:\/\/johnhackett.bandcamp.com\/releases<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next Hacktrax release will be a flute and guitar duo album with Nick Fletcher. It is a collection of pieces by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi including the wonderful Goldfinch Concerto which will be winging its way to you by spring of 2021. The cover is a beautiful painting of the bird in question by Nick\u2019s talented daughter Kathryn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just in case you are worried we may not see any snow, here is a video (origin unknown) of Winter from Checking Out Of London which someone has kindly posted on YouTube &#8211; beautiful lyrics by Nick Clabburn. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8b4ZOMkoiAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/8b4ZOMkoiAw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My wife, Katrin, and I weren\u2019t able to do our usual busking for Christian Aid in Sheffield city centre this year but instead we hope this video we recorded of the carol &#8220;What Child is This&#8221;\u00a0 will help get you all in the Christmas spirit. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ptX3S19jEE4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ptX3S19jEE4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"John with Cobweb by Christmas Tree\" class=\"wp-image-610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/John-Cobweb.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Do stay safe in these difficult times and our hope is that we may get to see you in 2021 at a concert near you\u2026.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John Hackett Band<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Although most of the John Hackett Band gigs this year have had to be cancelled, the chaps have been able to do their own recordings &#8211; more below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will be featuring some of this new material when hopefully we resume at some stage next year . We will of course keep you fully informed of our schedule as it shapes up into 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nick Fletcher<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We will soon be taking advance orders for Nick Fletcher\u2019s rock album Cycles of Behaviour due for release on 19 February. Do take a look at this promo video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Cycles of Behaviour&#039; Exciting new prog album from Nick Fletcher in Feb 2021\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TpKKstx0zzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is what my brother Steve Hackett has said about it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u2018A 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&#8230; I consider Nick Fletcher to be an absolute star\u2019&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The album has contributions from luminaries from the world of prog including Dave Bainbridge, Tim Harries and Russ Wilson from the Book of Genesis. Plus flute and vocal contributions from myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duncan and Jeremy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/duncanparsons.bandcamp.com\/album\/common-sense-dancing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"CD Cover \" class=\"wp-image-615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/commonsensedancing.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Duncan has been very pleased with the reception&nbsp; of his fine album Common Sense Dancing (also available on Bandcamp) and&nbsp; has another&nbsp; album, &#8220;On Earth, As It Is,&#8221;&nbsp; well under way, with contributions from Leland Sklar on bass, and Lizz Lipscombe on violin already recorded, and more to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duncan and Jeremy have also been working on a duo album under the banner &#8216;Postgate&#8217; and are looking to have something ready for late Spring\/ early Summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"CD cover\" class=\"wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-916x916.jpeg 916w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-458x458.jpeg 458w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-536x536.jpeg 536w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-268x268.jpeg 268w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-730x730.jpeg 730w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis-365x365.jpeg 365w, https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/wasitforthis.jpeg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We also have some copies of Jeremy Richardson\u2019s fine solo album Was it for This\u2026?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Hackett 2020 has been such a difficult year for so many that the news of the vaccines is at least some light at the end of this very dark and deep tunnel. Our thoughts are with all those throughout &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/2020\/12\/24\/hacktrax-news-december-2020\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-616","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\/616","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=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":617,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions\/617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hacktrax.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}