The Bardic Depths - The Bardic Depths (2020)

‘The Bardic Depths’ is an all new progressive rock project formed from the writing team of multi-instrumentalist, Dave Bandana with lyrics and concept from Bradley Birzer, plus contributions from Peter Jones (Camel/ Tiger Moth Tales) – Saxophone/ Vocals, Tim Gehrt ( Streets/ Steve Walsh) – Drums, Gareth Cole (Tom Slatter/ Fractal Mirror) – Guitar and Robin Armstrong (Cosmograf) – Keyboards/ Guitar/ Bass, amongst a host of other amazing musicians from the progressive rock community around the world.

“The album is about friendship and its ability to get us through anything including war, with the concept centring on the literary friendship formed between J.R.R Tolkien and C. S Lewis between 1931 and 1949. “ says the Lanzarote based band leader Dave Bandana.

Friendship also provided the catalyst to enable such a wide cast of musicians to come together for the record, largely from the community provided by the Big Big Train Group on Facebook. The resulting album is an immersive combination of ethereal soundscape with Floydian undertones, and Talk Talk progressive pop sensibilities.



Track List:
01. The Trenches 08:35
02. Biting Coals 07:50
03. Depths Of Time 12:35
04. Depths Of Imagination 05:01
05. Depths Of Soul 06:40
06. The End 07:37
07. Legacies 09:28

- Dave Bandana / Vocals, Bass, Guitars, Keyboards, Percussion (3), Flute & Harmonica (6)
- Brad Birzer / Spoken Word (1,4,5)

With:
- Peter Jones (Camel, Tiger Moth Tales) / Saxophone (3), Vocals (7), Spoken Word (1)
- Tim Gehrt (Streets, Steve Walsh) / Drums (1,4,7)
- Gareth Cole (Tom Slatter, Fractal Mirror) / Guitar (3), Lead Guitar (5), 1st Guitar Solo (7)
- Robin Armstrong (Cosmograf) / Backing Vocals (1,4), Keyboards, Strings & Hammond Organ (1), Acoustic Guitars (2), Drum Programming (3, 6), Bass & 2nd Guitar Solo (7)
- Paolo Limoli / Keyboards & Piano (1-6)
- Kevin McCormick / Lead Guitar (1), Acoustic Guitars (3)
- Glenn Codere / Backing Vocals (1,4,5)
- John William Francis / Spoken Word (1), Marimba (2,7)
- Mike Warren / Cello (6)
- Lilly Miller / Spoken Word (4,5)
- Richard Krueger, Henri Strik, Scotty Scott, Andreas Mowinckel, Tony Bridgeman, Martin Holmes, Phil Ball / Spoken Word (1)

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