Artist : Big Big Train

Album : Empire (Live)

Release Date : 27-11-2020

Added : 13-01-2021

Album of the playlist 2020 : Live Albums of the second part of the year

The English people of 'Big Big Train' are quite familiar with live releases with DVD / Blu-ray because 'Merchants of Light' is from 2017 and this new concert release follows their tour in 2019 and, as the name suggests, this live was recorded at the Empire of London. This album gives pride of place to the latest releases including the last album 'Grand Tour' because 6 tracks are performed but also to the previous albums 'Folklore' from 2016 and 'Grimspound' for 2017. And unsurprisingly, this new concert once again demonstrates that 'Big Big Train' has become one of the essential groups of progressive rock with an admirable professionalism whether on the vocal or instrumental level, the production being also irreproachable whether it is in the sound level which is limpid and crystalline but also in the video because blu-ray once again brings another dimension to this concert. In short, 'Empire (Live)' is still a live album to have in its video library for all those who love an imaginative and refined progressive rock in the great tradition of major groups of this style.

Line Up / Musicians

Greg Spawton (Guitar, Bass, Keybords, Vocal), David Longdon (Vocal, Flute, Keybords, Guitar), Rikard Sjöblom (Vocal, Keybords, Guitae), Nick D'Virgilio (Drums, Vocal), Dave Gregory (Guitar), Rachel Hall (Violin), Danny Manners (Keybords, Bass)