Steve Hackett releases epic single Mdina from forthcoming acoustic album Under A Mediterranean Sky
Steve Hackett, releases his new acoustic album Under A Mediterranean Sky on 22nd January 2021 as a Limited CD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP + CD + LP-booklet and Digital Album via InsideOut Music. Under A Mediterranean Sky is Steve Hacketts first acoustic solo album since Tribute in 2008 and takes inspiration from Steves extensive travels around the Mediterranean with his wife Jo.
Today he launches the second single, the epic Mdina (The Walled City). Listen here: https://youtu.be/7LHxna8OoRw
Steve comments: At the centre of the Mediterranean, Malta has always been a crossroads, a battleground and a cultural melting pot. Both its turmoil and its beauty are held within the ramparts of its walled city, Mdina, and celebrated in this track.
He recently launched the first single from the album, titled Andalusian Heart, and you can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/7QpPXqldanI
The album is now available to pre-order as Limited CD Digipak, Gatefold 2LP + CD + LP-booklet and Digital Album here: https://stevehackett.lnk.to/UnderAMediterraneanSky
Working closely with long-time musical partner Roger King, Hackett has used his time during the 2020 lockdown to take us on an extraordinary musical journey around the Mediterranean, painting vivid images of stunning landscapes and celebrating the diverse cultures of the region. Famed for his rock roots with Genesis, and through his extensive solo catalogue, Hackett demonstrates the exquisite beauty of the nylon guitar at times venturing into the exotic ethnic and often supported by dazzling orchestral arrangements.
A lot of acoustic ideas had been forming over the years, and it felt like the perfect time to create this album, notes Hackett, a time to contemplate the places we’ve visited around the Mediterranean with the kind of music which evolved from the world of imagination.
Because we cant really travel, substantially at the moment, I hope that the album will take people on that journey. Whether you sit down and listen to it or drift off to it with a glass of wine...
Track Listing:
Mdina (The Walled City) (Steve Hackett / Roger King)
Adriatic Blue (Steve Hackett)
Sirocco (Steve Hackett / Jo Hackett / Roger King)
Joie de Vivre (Steve Hackett / Jo Hackett)
The Memory of Myth (Steve Hackett / Jo Hackett / Roger King
Scarlatti Sonata (Domenico Scarlatti)
Casa del Fauno (Steve Hackett / Roger King)
The Dervish and the Djin (Steve Hackett / Jo Hackett / Roger King)
Lorato (Steve Hackett)
Andalusian Heart (Steve Hackett / Jo Hackett / Roger King)
The Call of the Sea (Steve Hackett)