Soul Trader

It’s been a long time coming, but Oliver Wakeman is back with a new solo album. With contributions from Nightwish’s Troy Donockley, vocalist Hayley Griffiths, and Pendragon drummer Scott Higham, Anam Cara is a celtic-flavoured melting pot of delight. The keyboardist discusses the good stories and wonderful musicians that make up a record he hopes will capture the listener’s imagination.

Grant Moon

“My premise behind writing: there’s a song I want to hear and no one else has written it, so I might as well do it.” Last year Oliver Wakeman’s record label politely pointed out that he hadn’t made an album of his own for a long, long time. He was taken aback; to him it felt like he’d barely stopped releasing music. There was Collaborations – the 2022 box set featuring expanded reissues of The 3 Ages Of Magick, his record with Steve Howe, and Ravens & Lullabies, with Gordon Giltrap. The year before saw Tales By Gaslight, a three-disc set comprising his albums with Arena’s Clive Nolan – Jabberwocky and The Hound Of The Baskervilles plus a previously unreleased selection, Dark Fables. In 2019 there’d been a high-profile offering…

You're reading a preview of

Prog Italia (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 150

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.