Willowglass - Book Of Hours (2008)

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Genre => Rock
Origin => UK
Bitrate => 320


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Yorkshire's Willowglass follow up their eponymous debut album with Book Of Hours. The team who created that first album stays the same with composer and multi-instrumentalist Andrew Marshall playing just about everything (electric, acoustic, 12-string and classical guitars, keyboards, bass pedals, bass guitar, flute, recorder, drums and percussion) with Dave Brightman contributing the majority of the drum work. Artwork throughout the stunning 16-page booklet is again by Lee Gaskins; check out his website for further information and images from the CD booklet, as well as some of his other impressive artwork. The Book Of Hours is loosely based on Cervantes' Don Quixote, who can be seen on his horse Rocinante and followed by his faithful companion and servant Sancho Panza. If you've not read the book then it's well worth it as it is a fantastically enjoyable piece of literature - a perect accompianment to listening to the album perhaps!

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Willowglass - Willowglass (2005)

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Genre => Rock
Origin => UK
Bitrate => 320


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Andrew Marshall - Electric & acoustic guitars, 12-string guitar, classical guitar, bass, keyboards, flute, drums
Dave Brightman - Drums


Willowglass is 10 tracks of all-instrumental delicate, classically styled, and extremely melodic symphonic progressive music that will find its way onto many best-of-year lists.

And that sentence says it all.

Cover-artist Lee Gaskins's work is so recognizable that at first glance you'd be excused for thinking this was new Pilgrym album. But nope - nothing like it. Andrew Marshall, from Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England, is an instrumental all-rounder who composed the music and played everything except for a few of the drum tracks. His repertoire includes electric guitar a la Andy Latimer, acoustic guitar, bass, flute, and various keyboards - including piano, synths and lots of Mellotrons. Marshall pays respects to the classic instrumentals of the '70s but with the modern day production giving it an airy feel he has clearly not set out to emulate them.

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