Artist : Renaissance

Album : 50th Anniversary Ashes Are Burning – An Anthology – Live In Concert

Release Date : 30-04-2021

Added : 26-05-2021

The year 2019 saw the band 'Renaissance' celebrate their 50 year career while touring the United States and the concert album which was released on CD, DVD and Blu-ray on April 30, 2021 was recorded at 'Keswick Theater' from Glenside in Pensylvania on October 12, 2019. After 'A Symphonic Journey' in 2018, the English, once again, invited a chamber orchestra to reinterpret compositions which have all become legendary and therefore parade the essentials of this formation that have accompanied us over the 70s and that we keep warm in our memory, starting with 'Islands' from the first album dating from 1969 on which one of the founders of the group 'Jim McCarty' was invited for the occasion and who is also present on 'Ashes Are Burning'. Admittedly, 'Annie Haslam' took a few years since but, her voice is still so characteristic and despite some imperfections on the first two tracks, time to warm up her voice, the whole concert is a real delight and takes us into a wonderful journey through time with these melodies which, for my part, give me goosebumps every time I listen to them.

In short, needless to add, these orchestral versions made to measure for the style of 'Renaissance' allow us to immerse ourselves admirably in all these LPs which, for all fans of progressive who have known this period of 70s of the band, are certainly part of their ideal collection of albums and have, as is my case, have been worn out on the family turntable by adding, day after day, those small significative crakles of the vinyl and which were the witnesses of these multiple listenings...

Line Up / Musicians

Annie Haslam (Vocal), Mark Lambert (Guitar, Choirs), Rave Tesar (Keybords), Geoffrey Langley (Keybords, Choirs), Leo Traversa (Bass, Choirs), Charles Descarfino (Drums, Percussions, Choirs) + Guests : Jim McCarty (Drums, Percussions, Choirs), The Renaissance Chamber Orchestra