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The Living Room Concert - Remastered and Expanded Digipak Edition (News date: 27-4-20, updated 24-7-20)
David Longdon (News date: 27-11-21)
It is with great sadness that we learned of the untimely death on November
20th of David Longdon, the prodigiously talented front man and wordsmith of
Big Big Train.
Ant says: "It was my privilege to meet David at the Prog Awards in 2016 and
thereafter share occasional and insightful email correspondence with him.
What shone through was his innate sense of decency and humanity. Kind,
compassionate, funny yet modest, he also very nearly became the Genesis
singer after Phil's departure in 1996.
Big Big Train's increasingly brilliant music has deservedly brought them an
ever-growing audience over recent years and I was very flattered that they
chose to do a cover of 'Master of Time'- a masterful, mighty version that
rather left my original in the starting blocks!
David, 56, leaves a wife and two daughters and our thoughts are with his
family at this very difficult time.
The Living Room Concert reviews (News date: 29-6-20, updated 24-7-20) A review of the forthcoming remastered and expanded edition of The Living Room Concert has been published on Velvet Thunder and can be seen here. Our thanks to Lorne Murphy for sending us the details of the review. A further review of the re-issue has now been published by the German Genesis Fan Club and can be read here (in English) and here (in German).
Rupert Hine 1947 - 2020 (News date: 11-6-20) The multi-talented Rupert Hine who produced Ant's albums Wise After The Event and Sides sadly passed away last week. A noted songwriter and musician in his own right, in a career that stretched for over 50 years Rupert produced over 160 albums working with a wide variety of artists including Rush, Camel, Howard Jones, Tina Turner and Stevie Nicks. He also wrote and recorded a number of solo albums as well as being a member of Quantum Jump. Ant's personal tribute to Rupert can be read here. Our thoughts are with Rupert's family and friends at this time.
Tabletop Genesis podcast on Wise After The Event (News date: 9-4-20) The latest podcast in the Tabletop Genesis series features an interesting track-by-track discussion of Ant's album Wise After The Event . The podcast can heard by clicking on the play button below.
Record Collector Genesis feature (News date: 1-3-21, updated 30-3-21)
Recent reviews and interviews (News date: 12-3-20) Some more reviews of Strings of Light have recently been published online and can now be read at Lmnop.com and Anne Carlini.com Goldmine magazine conducted an interview with Ant back in November which has now been published online and can be read here. We also have a couple of new interviews here courtesy of the long-running Genesis web-fanzine The Waiting Room which were published in Issue #105: a chat with Ant from August 2018 and an exclusive interview with Ant's collaborator Andrew Skeet.
New Genesis biography published (News date: 26-2-20)
An Evening of Anthony Phillips & Mike Rutherford solo albums review (News date: 27-1-20)
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