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Steve Hackett: Wolflight (Extended Edition)

by John Kelman
April 25, 2015

After spending the better part of three years recording, releasing and touring Genesis Revisted 2 (Inside Out, 2012), and not one but two resultant live documents--Genesis Revisited -Live at Hammersmith (Inside Out, 2013) and Genesis Revisited -Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Inside Out, 2014)--it's frankly remarkable that ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett actually found the time to record a new solo album. But with the sweepingly ambitious Wolflight, it's even more so; an album that seamlessly marries a plethora of ...

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Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited - Live at the Royal Albert Hall (Limited Artbook Edition)

by John Kelman
July 12, 2014

Recorded just five months after the three-CD/two-DVD Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith (Inside Out, 2013), it's not an unreasonable question to ask: why another show from the same tour (given the tour has been extended even further, by popular demand, into 2014 under the moniker Genesis Extended, featuring the same lineup with the exception of Nick Beggs replacing Lee Pomeroy on bass, bass pedals, guitar and vocals)--especially when this is the music of Genesis, a group renowned for its desire ...

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Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited - Live at Hammersmith

by John Kelman
December 28, 2013

With such a broad repertoire of classic progressive rock, it's a very good thing, indeed, that guitarist Steve Hackett--despite leaving the group on the cusp of far greater commercial success (but, alas, also compromising its progressive nature)--has kept the music of Peter Gabriel-era (and slightly beyond) Genesis alive since leaving the group in October, 1977. But while Hackett's post-Genesis live sets have, in the ensuing decades, almost always included selections from the group's songbook--beginning with his first appearance with the ...

Live Review

Steve Hackett at Casino du Lac Leamy Theatre

by John Kelman
October 12, 2013

Steve Hackett Casino du Lac Leamy Théâtre Gatineau, Canada October 5, 2013 It might seem odd that the guitarist who left Genesis more than 35 years ago has ultimately become the only one to champion the music made during the group's years spent in the progressive rock arena, while those who continued on as a trio expressed less and less interest in that music, becoming far more commercially successful with the '80s-style pop that became ...

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Album Review

Peter Banks: Two Sides of Peter Banks

Read "Two Sides of Peter Banks" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
February 7, 2010

Pity poor Peter Banks. Unceremoniously ousted from the group he co-founded, on the cusp of greater success, the guitarist went on to relative obscurity after a quick run with Flash, while his band mates in Yes became megastars with hits like “Roundabout" and albums like Close to the Edge (Atlantic, 1972). He may not have possessed the instantaneous charisma and stunning virtuosity of his replacement, Steve Howe, but he was a fine guitarist, as this remastered edition of his solo ...

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Steve Hackett: Tribute

by AAJ Italy Staff
February 13, 2008

Nel corso della sua trentennale carriera solistica, Steve Hackett (noto ai più come chitarrista dei Genesis dal 1971 al 1977) ha alternato l'uso della chitarra elettrica e di quella acustica, mostrando spesso il suo retroterra classico in album come Bay of Kings e Momentum, realizzati negli anni '80 sullo strumento con le corde di nylon, e con il solo contributo supplementare del fratello John, flautista, o il più recente There Are Many Sides to The Night registrato live a Palermo. ...

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Album Review

Steve Hackett: Wild Orchids

Read "Wild Orchids" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 11, 2006

With the rumor mill in high gear about a 2007 Genesis reunion, the release of band alumnus Steve Hackett's Wild Orchid couldn't come at a better time. This release reminds us just how significantly Genesis changed after his departure in 1977. Virtually all affiliation with the progressive rock camp that the group inhabited during the first part of its career ended when Hackett left after the tour that resulted in Seconds Out (Atlantic, 1977). Given the mega commercial success that ...