MULTI-INSTRUMENTALST AND COMPOSER ROB REED JOINS FORCES TO RELEASE NEW CYAN ALBUM ‘PICTURES FROM THE OTHER SIDE’ SECOND ALBUM FROM THE RESURRECTED PROJECT: SPECIAL EVENT FROM THE UK!

 

MULTI-INSTRUMENTALST AND COMPOSER 

R O B E R T   R E E D

 JOINS FORCES ONCE AGAIN

 TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM

 ‘PICTURES FROM THE OTHER SIDE’

BY

C Y A N 

THE SECOND ALBUM FROM THE RESURRECTED PROJECT

ZOOM SPECIAL EVENT 

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Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, has once again joined forces for a new Cyan album titled Pictures From The Other Side. The second album from the resurrected project is due out on November 17th 2023.

The new album contains 6 songs, including the epic 17-minute track ‘Nosferatu’. The CD is accompanied by a DVD with a full 5.1 surround mix of the album and a live acoustic performance of songs from the previous album For King And County. 

Cyan was originally formed by Robert Reed (Magenta) when in school, back in 1983. After recording some demos at a local studio, the band went their separate ways. Years later, those demos led to the release of ‘For King And Country.’ 

It was the first of three Cyan albums released in the 1990s before the project was shelved and Rob went on to form Magenta.20 years later Rob Reed, along with a killer line-up, decided to brush off the cobwebs and successfully release a completely re-worked version of the ‘For King And Country’ album.  Cyan has since performed at the 2023 Night Of The Prog festival in Germany, and at the 2022 Summers End and Fusion festivals in the UK.

PREORDER

THE NEW RELEASE

FROM

C Y A N

Entitled

PICTURES FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Available at

https://tigermothhosting.co.uk/CYANCD2023/

Keyboardist and composer Rob Reed, known for his work with Magenta, Kompendium and Sanctuary solo albums, has once again joined forced with Peter Jones, along with Luke Machin and Dan Nelson for a new Cyan album titled Pictures From The Other Side. The second album from the resurrected project is due out on the 17th of November 2023.

"An ingenious musical journey of dazzling voices and sophisticated instrumentation, at times featuring several Disney-like themed arrangements and an epic finale.

A wonderful and captivating album indeed!'

5 stars!

… By music journalist Ray Shasho

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

C Y A N

VISIT

www.facebook.com/p/Cyan-100070126205736

Facebook

https://tigermothtales.bandcamp.com/album/cyan-for-king-and-country

CYAN Bandcamp

https://www.youtube.com/@tigermothproductions

YouTube

https://magenta.bandcamp.com/merch

Magenta Bandcamp

https://open.spotify.com/artist/77yDQtruSh8IdPWM0wp5xP

Magenta on Spotify

 

CYAN

Discography

For King and Country 1993       

Pictures from the Other Side 1994

The Creeping Vine 1999     

For King and Country 2021       

Pictures from the Other Side 2023

 

MAGENTA

Discography

Studio

Revolutions (1 March 2001)

Seven (1 March 2004)

Home (1 June 2006)

New York Suite (1 June 2006)

The Singles (21 May 2007)

Metamorphosis (21 April 2008)

Seven: The Instrumentals: exclusive download release (3 January 2010)

Rarities Vol 1: exclusive download release (5 January 2010)

Home:  re-released & remixed 2-CD set combining the songs from Home and New York Suite in the originally intended order (20 March 2010)

Chameleon (10 November 2011)

Chameleon: The Instrumentals: exclusive download release (6 December 2011)

The Twenty-Seven Club (2 September 2013)

We Are Legend (April 2017)

Masters of Illusion (1 July 2020)

The White Witch (October 2022)

Live

Another Time, Another Place...Live (1 November 2004)

Live at the Point (27 October 2008)

The Gathering – Exclusive download release (January 2010)

Live at Real World (19 September 2010) – Acoustic concert with a string quartet

Live: On Our Way to Who Knows Where (2012)

Chaos from the stage (2016)

We Are Seven (26 October 2018)

Reaching for the Moon (7 April 2023)

EPs

Broken (1 June 2004)

I'm Alive (1 November 2004)

Wonderous Stories (15 November 2009): cover of the Yes song plus instrumental and acoustic mixes

The Lizard King (August 2013): single edit, acoustic mix and extended version of "The Lizard King" from the album The Twenty Seven Club

Trojan E.P. (April 2017): single edit and Chimpan A remix of "Trojan" from the album We Are Legend; and Chimpan A remix of "Look Around"

DVDs

The Gathering (24 October 2005)

The Metamorphosis Collection (21 April 2008)

Live at the Point (27 October 2008)

Chaos from the stage (12 November 2016)

Live at Real World

We Are Seven (26 October 2018)

Reaching for the Moon (7 April 2023)

Collaborations

Spectral Mornings 2015 (27 April 2015) – charity single in aid of Parkinson's Society UK. Christina Booth and Rob Reed of Magenta, with Nick Beggs, Nick D’Virgilio, Steve Hackett, and Dave Longdon.

 

Robert Reed solo albums

Sanctuary (2014)

Sanctuary II (2016)

Variations On Themes By David Bedford (2017)

Sanctuary Live (2017)

Sanctuary III (2018)

Cursus 123 430 (2020)

Cursus: A Symphonic Poem (2020)

The Ringmaster Part One (2021)

The Ringmaster Part Two (2022)

 

ROBERT REED 

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THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE  

CHRONICLES,TRUTHS

 CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM 

FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS 

THAT SET US FREE!

BY MUSIC JOURNALIST ...TALK SHOW HOST...  

AUTHOR ... TV SITCOM SCRIPT WRITER 

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Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

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WORLD-FAMOUS MASTER GUITAR-MAKER PAUL REED SMITH AND HIS BAND ‘EIGHTLOCK’ SET TO RELEASE NEW CD ENTITLED ‘LIONS ROARING IN QUICKSAND’ ZOOM EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!

 

WORLD-FAMOUS GUITAR-MAKER

 PAUL REED SMITH 

AND HIS BAND 

EIGHTLOCK 

SET TO RELEASE NEW CD

 ENTITLED

 ‘LIONS ROARING

 IN QUICKSAND’

ZOOM EXCLUSIVE 

SPECIAL EVENT

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

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Paul Reed Smith is an internationally known guitar maker, musician and guitar player. Those facts are brilliantly evidenced on the debut album from his Eightlock band, Lions Roaring in Quicksand, which releases December 1st on Steele Records, distributed by Amplified Distribution The first single, "Breathe," will be released digitally on Friday, November 10th.

Paul Reed Smith - Eightlock is a band of high-level musicians who are friends and have “locked” together recording and performing a new kind of groove with its roots in Baltimore funk, DC go-go and New Orleans swing. The band’s sound is a heady brew of blues, soul, rock, funk and other roots sounds, all stirred-up into a groove-alicious gumbo.  The line-up is three drummers, a bass player, a female singer and three guitar players, and the excitement around their three-drummer groove is infectious. 

The band’s three drummers are: Dennis Chambers (John Scofield, George Duke, Brecker Brothers, Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, John McLaughlin) who was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2001; Gregory Grainger (Whitney Houston, Acoustic Alchemy); and Ju Ju House the legendary DC Go-Go drummer (Roberta Flack, Trevor Horn and The Chuck Brown Band). Bassist Gary Grainger has performed with John Scofield, Nancy Wilson, George Duke and Bill Evans. Vocalist Mia Samone Davis has a beautiful multifaceted voice that got its start in gospel music at a very young age. Guitarist Mike Ault regularly performs with high caliber artists including Rachelle Ferrell, David Grissom, and Davy Knowles. Guitarist Bill Nelson is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center where he was introduced and invited to join the band in their efforts to raise money for cancer patients and families.

“This group of highly respected and world-renowned musicians have a lot to say musically and spiritually,” Paul Reed Smith says. “It’s been an absolute joy to be the catalyst for their gifts resulting in the music found in Lions Roaring in Quicksand.”  Added guitarist/vocalist Bill Nelson: “The musicianship in Eightlock is extraordinary, but what amazes me most is that the music - both the recordings and live performances - just keep getting better and better. Locking into an Eightlock groove is a dream." And dynamic lead singer Mia Samone Davis summed it up by saying, "Creating this CD reminded me that, ‘Peace is the price when the mind is at war’......inner peace is priceless."

In addition to performing and recording with his own band, Paul Reed Smith has played with artists such as Santana, Alter Bridge and the Doobie Brothers. He was honored by Vintage Guitar Magazine as a Hall of Fame inductee in 2011. Paul has countless industry connections through all of the artists that endorse his guitars, plus invaluable marketing opportunities through his guitar company and all of the music stores around the world that sell his guitars. Grammy-award winning Mexican rock band Manaì had him open a show at the LA Forum this year.  In addition to 10 powerful original songs on Lions Roaring in Quicksand, the new album features a cover of a Manaì song in English, “Ay, Doctor,” as well as scintillating versions of the Al Green soul classic, “Love and Happiness,” the legendary Edwin Starr song, “War,” and “99,” a European hit for Elliot Moss’ original version released in France.

PURCHASE 

THE NEW ALBUM

BY

PAUL REED SMITH

Eightlock 

Entitled

Lions Roaring 

In Quicksand

available at

https://eightlockband.com/

“Lions Roaring in Quicksand by Paul Reed Smith and his band Eightlock is a sensational album! The album epitomizes R&B folklore while spotlighting the commanding soulful voice of Mia Samone Davis backed by an all-star cast of seasoned musicians who have all performed with a legion of legends.

Master guitar builder Paul Reed Smith infuses incredible rock guitar licks into the mix creating a superb balance of Rhythm and Blues and Rock!”

5 stars!

…By music journalist Ray Shasho

THE BAND

The band’s three drummers are: Dennis Chambers (John Scofield, George Duke, Brecker Brothers, Santana, Parliament/Funkadelic, John McLaughlin) who was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 2001; Gregory Grainger (Whitney Houston, Acoustic Alchemy); and Ju Ju House the legendary DC Go-Go drummer (Roberta Flack, Trevor Horn and The Chuck Brown Band). Bassist Gary Grainger has performed with John Scofield, Nancy Wilson, George Duke and Bill Evans. Vocalist Mia Samone Davis has a beautiful multifaceted voice that got its start in gospel music at a very young age. Guitarist Mike Ault regularly performs with high caliber artists including Rachelle Ferrell, David Grissom, and Davy Knowles. Guitarist Bill Nelson is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center where he was introduced and invited to join the band in their efforts to raise money for cancer patients and families.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

PAUL REED SMITH

AND

EIGHTLOCK BAND

VISIT

https://eightlockband.com/

Official website

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063641798882

Facebook

https://twitter.com/PEightlock

Twiiter

https://www.instagram.com/eightlockband_official/

Instagram

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv-7c7kNFEo0nfpvsim2Gsg

You tube

https://prsguitars.com/

PRS Guitars

 

PAUL REED SMITH 

APPEARS WEEK OF

OCTOBER 28TH 2023

ON INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

WITH RAY SHASHO

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RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE  

CHRONICLES,TRUTHS

 CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM 

FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS 

THAT SET US FREE!

BY MUSIC JOURNALIST ...TALK SHOW HOST...  

AUTHOR ... TV SITCOM SCRIPT WRITER 

RAY SHASHO

…Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

THE BOOK SPOTLIGHTS INTIMATE INTERVIEWS WITH ROCK ROYALTY!

 CHAPTER ONE FEATURES THE LEGENDS WHO ARE NO LONGER WITH US.

THE HARDCOVER IS A TRUE COLLECTORS ITEM FOR SURE!

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chronicles by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   

Gold Award Winner

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