CIRCLE OF FRIENDS (feat. Jeff Scott Soto, Robin McAuley, Robin Beck) – The Garden (2022) *HQ*
Escape Music will release next Friday the much-anticipated album from CIRCLE OF FRIENDS, titled “The Garden“. This is an awesome project featuring top class melodic rock / AOR musicians including lead vocalists Jeff Scott Soto, James Christian (House Of Lords), Doro, Robin Beck, Darby Mills, Robin McAuley (MSG / Black Swan), Tanya Rizkala (Epic), Karen Fell (Tao) among others.
And players are terrific too; Joel Hoekstra on Guitars (Whitesnake), Steve Mann on keys / lead guitar (MSG / Lionheart), Steve Morris (guitars / Heartland), Tommy Denander (guitars & keys / Radioactive), Eric Ragno and many more.
Of the 13 tracks, 4 are covers, including BOC’s classic ‘Don’t Fear the Reaper’ and the little-known Fierce Heart AOR song ‘Never Gonna Make Me Cry’, which should be revered in the same company as Journey’s ‘Don’t Stop Believin’ and is given a phenomenal work-out here by House Of Lords’ James Christian.
The remaining 9 are originals, most written by Sweden’s Mikael Rosengren and his co-writers…
