Description
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2017 album. Guitar virtuoso and rock legend, Steve Hackett (formerly of Genesis), presents his new studio album 'The Night Siren' through InsideOut Music. As implied in the title, 'The Night Siren' is a wake-up call… the warning of a siren sounding in this era of strife and division.
Our Overview.
Steve came to prominence during his stint in Genesis where he formed part of the classic line-up of Peter Gabriel, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Phil Collins from 1971-75. When Gabriel left, they continued for a further two albums as a quartet before Hackett left in 1977 to commence a solo career which has continued to this day. He has added to his extensive discography with this latest album.
'The Night Siren' showcases Steve’s incredible guitar playing as strongly as ever, along with musicians from several different countries who Steve invited to join him in celebrating multicultural diversity and unity. This includes singers from Israel and Palestine, who both actively campaign to bring Jewish and Arabic people together. There are also instrumentals from the USA and Iraq and a multiplicity of sounds, including the exotic strains of Indian sitar and Middle Eastern tar and oud, the ethnic beauty of the Peruvian charango and the haunting Celtic Uilleann pipes.
Steve himself says, “This latest waxing represents a bird’s eye view of the world of a musical migrant ignoring borders and celebrating our common ancestry with a unity of spirit, featuring musicians, singers and instruments from all over the world. From territorial frontiers to walled-up gateways, boundaries often hold back the tide. But while the night siren wails, music breaches all defences. To quote Plato, ‘When the music changes, the walls of the city shake’.”