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Steve Hackett Discusses “The Night Siren” (Part Two)

Continued from Part One… BILL KOPP: One of the things I’ve found sort of curiously interesting about him is that his career trajectory is a little bit like Phil Collins: […]

Steve Hackett Discusses ‘The Night Siren” (Part One)

During his time with Genesis, guitarist Steve Hackett released one solo album, 1975’s Voyage of the Acolyte. That album featured two of his then-current band mates – bassist Mike Rutherford […]

Steve Hackett Revisited, Part 3

Continued from Part Two… Bill Kopp: You’ve acknowledged that the early 1970s Genesis catalog was not very commercially successful in its day. But it’s so highly regarded now. Why do […]

Steve Hackett Revisited, Part 2

Continued from Part One… Bill Kopp: Do you think that quality among the three of them – early on – was a key to them staying together long after you […]

Steve Hackett Revisited, Part 1

Steve Hackett is best known as the lead guitarist in Genesis from 1970 to 1977. He embarked on a solo career while still in that group, releasing his first album, […]

Video Review: Genesis — Sum of the Parts

One could say that The Beatles did it first, and thus set the tone and standard for future official biographies. Their Anthology documentary series afforded them the opportunity to tell […]

Concert Review: The Musical Box, 22 July 2014, The Orange Peel, Asheville NC

When most modern-day listeners think of Genesis, their thoughts turn to the Phil Collins-fronted trio that released a string of pop albums and singles in the late 1970s and early […]

Digital December

Longtime readers will know that I review digital releases only in the rarest of cases. Only slightly more often will I cover physical releases for which I have access only […]