The Neal Morse Band will be releasing a new live 2CD/DVD set and Blu-ray on August 5, 2016 titled Alive Again. Riding on the tremendous success of their breakthrough album, The Grand Experiment, The Neal Morse Band set out on a tremendously successful world tour in the spring of 2015. Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy have teamed up with Randy George, Eric Gillette, and Bill Hubauer to create one of the greatest progressive rock bands of all time. Full stop.
Alive Again will be available as a DVD/2CD set and a standalone Blu-ray and shows the band at the top of their form performing for a rousing audience in The Netherlands on March 6, 2015.
Says Neal:
“The Alive Again tour and this DVD/Blu-ray is one of the finest we have ever done. In my humble opinion… It's really great! I think you all are really going to dig it. Check it out and you'll understand how amazing this band is! I love it!”
Track Listing:
CD 1
1. Alive Again Intro
2. The Call
3. Leviathan
4. The Grand Experiment
5. Harm's Way
6. Bill's Keyboard Solo
7. The Creation
8. There Is Nothing That God Can't Change
CD 2
1. Waterfall
2. Eric's Guitar Solo
3. In the Fire
4. Alive Again
5. Rejoice
6. Oh Lord, My God
7. Reunion
8. King Jesus
To purchase the The Neal Morse Band's Alive Again 2CD/DVD set or Blu-ray: www.radiantrecords.com
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Legendary Californian progressive-rockers Spock’s Beard are set to release The First Twenty Years collection on the 20th November 2015. Arriving as a special 2CD & DVD package, it includes a selection of the best tracks from their entire career, as well as a brand new 19-minute long track titled Falling for Forever that features every member of Spock’s Beard past and present performing, including Neal Morse (who also wrote the track), Nick D’Virgilio & current vocalist Ted Leonard. All the tracks have also been re-mastered by long-term collaborator Rich Mouser, and the DVD portion of the release will feature old, live and archival footage from the band’s impressive 20+ year career.
Dave Meros talked about the album:
"We were adamant about not wanting to just release a bunch of our earlier material in a new package, especially to loyal fans who probably own most, if not all of our albums already. With that in mind, Neal came up with the new epic Falling for Forever which clocks in at almost 20 minutes and was written specifically to include all current and past members of the band. Luckily, everyone’s schedule lined up to be able to record it and even better, Rich Mouser was available to record and mix it as well as remaster all of the earlier songs. Add to that a DVD with a lot of previously unseen video footage from the early days of the band and we think we have a package our fans will really get into."
Neal Morse had this to say about the release:
"As we were kicking around the idea of a Spock's Beard Best Of', the idea of having some kind of an additional track came up. I felt, as always, like it would be more exciting to do something new than to rehash something we had already done. Then one morning I got inspired and wrote the music that would become Falling for Forever. It was a lot of fun writing for the Spock's gang including Ted and Nick's voices… I definitely had them all in my mind… and I think the end result is really, really cool. Al is killing it on guitar, Dave's bass tone will take the paint off your walls, Ryo is ripping on the keys as usual, and both Jimmy and Nick trade off drum solos toward the end of the song! Ted sings the choruses, Nick sings the middle section, and I sing the verses. It's truly a team effort. The SB fans are going to love it!"
The First Twenty Years showcases just how important Spock’s Beard have been to progressive rock since their formation in 1992, and how consistently brilliant they remain to this day.
Disc 1
1. The Light (from The Light)
2. Thoughts (from Beware of Darkness)
3. The Doorway (from Beware of Darkness)
4. June (from The Kindness of Strangers)
5. Day for Night (from Day for Night)
6. At the End of the Day (from V)
7. Solitary Soul (from Snow)
8. Wind at My Back (from Snow)
Disc 2
1. The Bottom Line (from Feel Euphoria)
2. She Is Everything (from Octane)
3. On a Perfect Day (from Spock's Beard)
4. Jaws of Heaven (from X)
5. Waiting for Me (from Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep)
6. Tides of Time (from The Oblivion Particle)
7. Falling for Forever
Following in their tradition of releasing a live album after each studio album, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas are set to release a live CD/DVD/BluRay documenting Transatlantic's Kaleidoscope Tour.
KaLIVEoscope, to be made available in a variety of formats, including deluxe 3CD/BluRay, on October 27 via InsideOut documents two European shows in particular. The video was shot in Cologne, Germany, while the audio CDs were recorded in Tilburg, Netherlands.
Tracklists of KaLIVEoscope:
DVD 1
1. Into the Blue
2. My New World
3. Shine
4. The Whirlwind Medley
5. Beyond the Sun
6. Kaleidoscope
7. Neal / Roine Duet
8. We All Need Some Light
9. Black as the Sky
10. Medley: All of the Above / Stranger in Your Soul
DVD 2
1. Into The Kaleidoscope documentary
2. Band Interviews
3. Bonus Live Performances:
a) Nights In White Satin (Live in Tilburg)
b) Sylvia (with Thijs van Leer - Live in Tilburg)
c) Hocus Pocus (with Thijs van Leer - Live in Tilburg)
CD 1
1. Into the Blue
2. My New World
3. Shine
CD 2
1. The Whirlwind Medley
2. Beyond the Sun
3. Kaleidoscope
CD 3
1. Neal / Roine Duet
2. We All Need Some Light
3. Black as the Sky
4. Nights in White Satin
5. Sylvia
6. Hocus Pocus
7. Medley: All of the Above / Stranger in Your Soul
Spock's Beard is raising funds for a Progressive Nation at Sea DVD on Kickstarter.
The Progressive Nation at Sea cruise, upon the beautiful Norwegian Pearl, was a major event in progressive rock.
Spock's Beard was joined on stage for the final two epic songs by founding member Neal Morse, and the entire show was professionally filmed with multiple cameras and multitrack audio. The footage is currently in the process of being edited and mixed. They expect the shipping date to be sometime in late August if they meet their Kickstarter goal, so please preorder this piece of prog history now!
Profits from the sale of this DVD will go towards the initial recording costs of Spock's Beard's 12th studio CD.
Setlist (appr. 65 minutes):
1. Something Very Strange
2. Hiding Out
3. Walking on the Wind
4. Waiting for Me
5. June (with Neal Morse)
6. The LIght (with Neal Morse)
Pre-order here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/spocksbeard/progressive-nation-at-sea-dvd
Progressive-rock super-group Transatlantic, featuring Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse, Roine Stolt and Pete Trewavas will release their brand new fourth studio album ‘Kaleidoscope’ on the 27th January 2014.
The track-listing for the forthcoming record is as follows:
1. Into the Blue
2. Shine
3. Black as the Sky
4. Beyond the Sun
5. Kaleidoscope
The band will also embark on a 6-week World Tour that will see them joined once again by Pain of Salvation’s Daniel Gildenlöw as a 5th touring member. As part of the extensive tour, the band will also headline the Progressive Nation At Sea 2014 Cruise from the 18th till the 22nd February alongside 22 other leading Prog acts including Adrian Belew Power Trio, Devin Townsend Project, King's X, Anathema, Spock’s Beard and many more. This unique performance will see the band performing a very special encore of classic Yes material with the legendary Jon Anderson on vocals. You can find more details on PN14 here: http://www.progressivenationatsea.com/
An Evening With Transatlantic 2014 World Tour:
Jan 31st - Los Angeles, CA, USA - El Segundo Performing Arts Center
Feb 1st - San Francisco, CA, USA
Feb 2nd - Seattle, WA, USA
Feb 4th - Chicago, IL, USA - The Arcada Theater
Feb 5th - Quebec City, Canada - Theatre Du Capitole
Feb 6th - Montreal, Canada - L'Olympia
Feb 8th - Philadelphia, PA, USA - Keswick Theater
Feb 9th - New York City, NY, USA - Highline Ballroom
Feb 11th - Mexico City, Mexico - Teatro Metropolitan
Feb 13th - São Paulo, Brazil - Carioca Club
Feb 14th - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Feb 15th - Santiago, Chile
Feb 18th to 22nd - Progressive Nation At Sea
Feb 27th - Madrid, Spain - La Rivera
Feb 28th - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 2
March 2nd - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz
March 3rd - Rome, Italy - Orion
March 5th - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
March 6th - Karlsruhe, Germany - Substage
March 7th - Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
March 8th - Berlin, Germany - Astra
March 9th - Cologne, Germany - E Werk
March 11th - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix
March 12th - London, England - The Forum
March 13th - Tilburg, Holland - 013
March 14th - Tilburg, Holland - 013
March 15th - Paris, France - Le Bataclan
June - Sweden Rock Festival
For more information visit:www.facebook.com/transatlanticmusic
www.transatlanticweb.com
