Sparkles with increased vibrancy, bouncing around the room with tantalizing surprises emerging from all corners... We were bound to get here eventually. With Esoteric's ongoing Renaissance reissue campaign having thus far covered the majority of their classic 1970s period, and even expanding such classic titles as Turn Of The Cards, Live At Carnegie Hall, Novella,..
RENAISSANCE – 50th Anniversary: Ashes Are Burning (An Anthology Live In Concert) (Esoteric / Cherry Red)
How many of us, buying the Carnegie Hall album back in 1976, would have imagined that 45 years hence we would all be around to celebrate the 50th? Speaking for this 1970s teenager, I would never have thought it for a moment. But I am overjoyed to be proved wrong. This 50th anniversary celebration of..
Annie In Wonderland: Renaissance frontwoman talks 50 years of history
A Song For All Seasons is amazing! I get so welled up inside... The 2021 release date of Renaissance's new four disc collection (and mouthful of a title) 50th Anniversary – Ashes Are Burning: An Anthology – Live In Concert actually finds the band fifty-two years in to their remarkable history. But for the sticklers..
Eternal Idol – Renaissance (Frontiers Music)
The band Eternal Idol was put together as a project by singer Fabio Lione, who will be known for his work with Angra, Kamelot and Rhapsody Of Fire, and the female operatic vocalist Giorgia Colleluori of Hollow Haze. The debut album The Unrevealed Secret was released in 2016 and the contrasting style of their vocals..
Renaissance – Turn Of The Cards (Expanded 2020 edition – Esoteric Antenna)
This isn't the first (and won't be the last) time I've rattled on about the Esoteric label and their powerhouse reissues of classic progressive rock titles, such as their new four-disc expanded edition of the triumphant Renaissance album Turn Of The Cards. Released in 1974 - squarely in the middle of their legendary run of..
ANNIE HASLAM – ANNIE IN WONDERLAND (Esoteric)
... the old classic Nature Boy, a song whose other-worldly, slightly surreal melody has always made it sound like a song simply waiting for Annie's voice to join it ... In 1977, while Renaissance were taking a short hiatus in order for John Tout to recover from illness, Annie Haslam decide to take advantage of..
RENAISSANCE – TOUR 2011 (Esoteric)
Annie is a revelation throughout ... the standard that she continues to reach four decades on from the first release of these albums is quite astonishing. In 2011 Renaissance undertook a US tour which consisted of them performing their classic albums Turn Of The Cards and Scheherazade & Other Stories in their entirety. Here in..
RENAISSANCE – Live At Carnegie Hall (Deluxe Edition) (Esoteric)
Few will question the pedigree of this landmark live album from a Renaissance who were at the very peak of their powers. Recorded with backing from the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in June 1975, and released a year later, the original double vinyl album contained a virtual ‘best of’, in largely definitive versions as the..