MOSTLY AUTUMN News Update

The following news was recently posted on the MOSTLY AUTUMN blog by Bryan Josh..

Hello everybody, just to keep you posted on our activities I can say that things are definitely revving up in the camp.
The "Live 2009" part 2 is now finished and is on its way to the pressing plant, it's been great to hear the positive feedback from part 1 and we look forward to hearing about part 2 in due course, all 78 minutes of it.

We are currently hard at work rehearsing the "Josh & co" set which is sounding fantastic, very exciting for anyone who fancies a bit of something different, it's also a great opportunity to catch Chris Johnson's "Parade" in its full excellence. The weekend commencing 4th December will be a great chance to see many things MA related with "Josh & co" "Parade" Mostly Autumn" and "Breathing Space" in the beautiful surroundings of York with all the Christmas shopping opportunities you can imagine and not to mention over 400 pubs.

Work on the new studio album is also well under way, no title chosen as yet but a lot of very strong ideas which we will be developing over the next few months, we hope to have information on a special limited edition pre-sale towards the end of the year, keep your eye on this space, it's gonna be a classic.

www.mostly-autumn.com

RICK WAKEMAN Has Triple CD On The Way

According to the VOICEPRINT November news email Rick Wakeman has a triple CD in the offing.

Rick Wakeman is putting the final touches to a fantastic triple CD entitled Past, Present Future. As the title implies the album focuses on time and the themes running through it come under each of the three headings Past Present and Future. The album is a solo piano work from Rick and comes in a sleeve designed by artist Mark Wilkinson and will no doubt be enthusiastically received by the large and dedicated fan base commanded by Rick. We also hope to have news of a very big and exciting project for Rick in the New Year. This will be a major project and one which will delight fans both old and new. Hopefully we will be able to bring you more details in the next Newsprint.

www.voiceprint.co.uk
www.rwcc.com

Paul Cook Back In The IQ Line-up For Good

IQ have announced that PAUL COOK will once again become their permanent drummer.

You can read the official statement below...

At the end of 2008, drummer Andy Edwards decided to take some time away from IQ in order to concentrate on his family and new position in the Music Facility at Kidderminster College. The good news is that Andy got married in the summer, and he and his wife Dani have a baby girl, Grace Indira.

Andy's done well with his new position too; he's now acting Head of the Music Facility. As a result, coupled with health problems for his parents, Andy's time is, if anything, even more limited than he was expecting, and as a result, he has decided not to re-join IQ. We're sure you'll join band and crew in wishing Andy all the very best in whatever the future has to bring for him, and we'd like to express our thanks to him for his contribution to IQ, his talent and his friendship.

During Andy's absence we welcomed Paul Cook back to the fold on a temporary basis. Following Andy's decision, we are delighted to be able to confirm that Cookie's return to IQ is now permanent:

"I would firstly like to say how happy I am to be asked to play drums for IQ again on a permanent basis. The band is such a big part of my life. Even though I have been away for some time it never really leaves me. A big thank you to Andy Edwards for all his hard work over the years. It really has been interesting to hear another drummer’s take on the IQ sound, and I think Andy has done a great job on the latest album.

I wish him all the best for the future.

Cookie".

www.iq-hq.co.uk/

THE ENID To Appear At NEARfest 2010

THE ENID have been added the the NEARfest 2010 line-up.

The Pineapple Thief, Astra, Three Friends & Forgas Band Phenomena are the other acts booked so far.

The event will take place on June 18th, 19th & 20th, 2010 at the Zoellner Arts Center, Bethlehem, PA.

NEARfest is proud to be able to present for the first time in the U.S, the enigma that is The Enid. Called by many as THE band that actually *did* 'Rock the Classics' at a time which saw the rise of Punk music in Britain, this band were bringing in audiences up and down the UK by the thousands compared to the few hundreds that the Sex Pistols were attracting. Yet outside the UK they were and staggeringly largely remain virtually unknown. “The biggest cult band in Europe,” “banned by Glastonbury” and “feared by record companies;” just some of what has been said of The Enid.

Formed in 1974 by keyboard player Robert John Godfrey, who eschewed a possible career as a concert pianist, The Enid fused rock based music with the power, dynamics and scale of symphonic classical music. Godfrey had stopped hanging around the Royal Festival Hall and started hanging around the Roundhouse, where he met and joined the young Barclay James Harvest, living and working with them over a three-year period in a farmhouse on the Yorkshire Moors. The Enid signed first to BUK records, a tiny label which was then a part of EMI, and in 1976 released their first album, "In the Region of the Summer Stars", based on the Tarot sequence and on the writings of Charles Williams. Comparisons to any other bands were pointless; Progressive rock it wasn't, although in many ways it was what prog rock should have been. The most "indie" of the "indie bands", The Enid and their fan base took direct control of all aspects of their career, from recording to mastering, artwork to distribution – decades before Marillion took credit for the same ideas.

With band leader Godfrey at the helm, current members Jason Ducker, Max Read and Dave Storey are ready to unleash their insanity onto the NEARfest stage. With no less than 12 albums under their belt, The Enid are poised to continue further into the 21st century, culminating with their introduction to the U.S. courtesy of your friends at NEARfest. Prepare for U.S. first timers, The Enid as they will perform for the NEARfest faithful.

www.nearfest.com/
www.theenid.co.uk/

ELP Headline Classic Rock’s High Voltage Festival - Date Announced

The following was posted on the Classic Rock website yesterday at 14:23...

Emerson Lake And Palmer will headline the High Voltage Festival, the UK’s new flagship classic rock event, on Sunday, July 26, 2010.

The launch of the High Voltage Festival was announced by Classic Rock’s Editor In Chief, Scott Rowley, at the Classic Rock Roll Of Honour at London’s Park Lane Hotel this past Monday (November 2).

The High Voltage Festival is a joint venture between Classic Rock magazine and The Mean Fiddler organisation.

Forty years after ELP opened the legendary Isle Of Wight Festival, what better band to celebrate what will surely become Britain’s biggest and best ‘adult rock’ festival?

According to ELP, fans can expect “cannons, pyrotechnics and a supreme production alongside the stunning musicinship and songs that made ELP the legends they truly are”.

Stay tuned to the Classic Rock website for further information and ticket details.

www.classicrockmagazine.com

RIVERSIDE To Release Their First Ever DVD

Metal Mind Productions will release the first DVD from Polish progressive rock band Riverside!

Double DVD "Reality Dream" will be available on 7th December 2009 in Europe (except for France - 11th January 2010) and 23rd February 2010 in USA (via MVD).

The band's line-up is Piotr Grudziński (Guitar), Mariusz Duda (Vocals, Bass), Piotr Kozieradzki (Drums) and Michał Łapaj (Keyboards).

Tracklisting...
DVD 1
01. Intro
02. The Same River
03. Out Of Myself
04. Volte – Face
05. Rainbow Box
06. 02 Panic Room
07. Reality Dream III
08. I Turned You Down
09. Dance With The Shadow
10. Parasomnia
11. Second Life Syndrome
12. The Curtain Falls

DVD 2
Encores:
1. Before
2. Ultimate Trip
Live Performances:
3. Beyond The Eyelids (Unna, Germany 2007)
4. Loose Heart (Unna, Germany 2007)
5. Back To The River (Montreal, Canada 2008)
6. Conceiving You (Montreal, Canada 2008)
7. I Believe (Aschaffenburg, Germany 2007)
8. Lucid Dream IV (Fulda, Germany 2008)
9. Reality Dream II (Baarlo, Holland 2006)
Bonus features:
Behind the Curtain – A Film by John Vis, Photo gallery, Credits

www.riverside.art.pl/

MAGENTA To Release Yes Classic As Download Only Single

Magenta will release their version of the Yes classic "Wonderous Stories" as a download-only single, on Tigermoth Records, on November 15th.

The song will come in three alternative versions and will be available to download from all the normal download sites including Amazon and Itunes worldwide.

Rob Reed talks about the bands reasons for the release

...“We are often compared favourably to Yes, and many of our fans have been asking us to have a go at a Yes piece for a while. We have been playing Wonderous Stories as part of our set during our recent run of acoustic gigs, and it was great fun to do and really well received, so we thought we’d take it into the studio and give it the full-band Magenta treatment. We think that we’ve brought something new to the song while maintaining total respect for the original, and we really hope people enjoy it.”

"Wonderous Stories", from the "Going For the One album", was Yes’ biggest UK hit, reaching number SEVEN in September 1977.

The three versions of the song are as follows...
1. Wonderous Stories - Full Mix
2. Wonderous Stories - Instrumental Mix
3. Wonderous Stories - Acoustic Mix

The band have also produced a video for the song, and an excerpt can be seen below.
The complete video will be made available on the day of release.

Magenta : Wonderous Stories from robert reed on Vimeo.

www.magenta-web.co.uk/