Category: MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE

THE NEAL MORSE BAND – Innocence & Danger (2021)

Innocence & Danger” is the upcoming, fourth album from the NMB / THE NEAL MORSE BAND (Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Randy George, Bill Hubauer & Eric Gillette). After two sprawling back to back double concept albums in a row, it is refreshing to hear that ”Innocence & Danger” is a collection of unrelated individual songs in the vein of their first album… And what quality songs…
This band is so extraordinary and such an amazing team that you not only admire the individual performances, but as a whole THE NEAL MORSE BAND is simply outstanding.
We dare to say ”Innocence & Danger” is a classic in the making. Yes. It’s that good.

NEAL MORSE – Sola Gratia (2020)

This is my ‘quarantine’ album” says NEAL MORSE of his new release, “Sola Gratia”, to be released next September 11. That refers to the fact that for the first time in his career, Morse didn’t have cohorts Mike Portnoy and Randy George in the studio with him in-person to record their parts.
Instead, due to the obvious impact of COVID-19, each player recorded their performance in their own studios with Morse’s original songwriting staying largely intact.
But that didn’t affected the final product: “Sola Gratia” strengths lay in its top shelf performances from George, Portnoy and Morse, a healthy dose of quality material, and of course its pristine production thanks once again to Rich Mouser.

MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE – Cover To Cover Anthology [Vol.1&2 Remastered + New Vol.3] (2020)

Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George are well known as experts in their field. Some time ago, these masterminds of progressive rock and metal began to record cover versions of legendary songs of which 13 landed on the ‘Cover To Cover’ album, released in 2006. In 2012 the journey continued with ‘Cover 2 Cover’, and now 2020 the third strike follows with ‘Cov3r to Cov3r’.
‘Cov3r To Cov3r’ is a standalone disc, however also this ‘Cover To Cover Anthology (Vol. 1 – 3)’ will be available, collecting all 3 instalments together with the first two albums being newly re-sequenced and remastered, and with brand new artwork, created by Thomas Ewerhard (Sons of Apollo, Avantasia).

THE NEAL MORSE BAND – The Great Adventure (2019)

The recording of any new album has its challenges. And the more successful a band is the more challenges it faces, both with the actual writing and recording process, but also with a back catalog of material that the new album will be compared to. THE NEAL MORSE BAND had an additional challenge when it came to recording their upcoming...

TRANSATLANTIC – Kaleidoscope [2CD Special Edition] (2014)

* What started as a side project more than 10 years ago, TRANSATLANTIC has evolved into a full-fledged band that ranks at the top among all the Prog greats. With this new album “Kaleidoscope” (to be released next January 27), the super-group live up to their own lofty standards while in many ways exceeding expectations. It was 2009 that Transatlantic...

MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE – Cover 2 Cover (2012)

* Hot on the heels on the highly succesful project Flying Colors here is more good news from the relentlessly creative pair of Neal Morse and Mike Portnoy: “MORSE PORTNOY GEORGE : Cover 2 Cover” Together with Randy George (Ajalon), this group of talented musicians hand-picked a widely diverse selection of songs from all times that has impacted them in...