THE PROG INTERVIEW DAVE SINCLAIR

Every month we get inside the mind of one of the biggest names in music. This issue it’s Dave Sinclair. A former member of The Wilde Flowers and Caravan co-founder, his CV reads like a Who’s Who of the Canterbury scene with stints in Camel and Hatfield And The North. This keyboard player and songwriter is also a solo artist in his own right and, for the last couple of decades, has been living in Japan. His latest release, Hook-Line & Sinclair, collates unreleased home and studio recordings from the last 40 years and includes guest appearances from his old bandmates Robert Wyatt, Pye Hastings, Jimmy Hastings and Richard Sinclair. He discusses his career so far.

Malcolm Dome

Dave Sinclair is one of the cornerstones of the Canterbury sound. Not only was he a member of The Wilde Flowers, the band who began it all, but he played a vital role in Caravan during the late 60s and early 70s when they created much of the music that’s defined their storied career. Aside from being in and out of Caravan five times across the decades, Sinclair has also been involved with Matching Mole and Hatfield And The North (the latter with his cousin, bassist Richard Sinclair), as well as very briefly being in Camel. He’s also been prolific as a solo artist. In 2003 he issued Full Circle and Into The Sun, and has also released Pianoworks I (2010), Stream (2011), The Little Things (2014) and Out Of…

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