Neal Morse (American multi-instrumentalist progressive rock composer based in Nashville, Tennessee)

Описание: Neal Morse (born August 2, 1960) is an American singer, musician and composer based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1992, he formed the progressive rock band Spock's Beard with his brother Alan and released an album which was moderately successful. In 1999, he joined Dream Theater's co-founder and drummer Mike Portnoy, the Flower Kings' Roine Stolt, and Marillion's Pete Trewavas to form the supergroup Transatlantic.[1] In 2002, Neal Morse became a born-again Christian, left Spock's Beard and began a Christian rock solo career, releasing many progressive rock concept albums about his new religious faith. In the meantime, he continued to play with Transatlantic and formed three new bands with Portnoy, Yellow Matter Custard, Flying Colors, and the Neal Morse Band.

In 2014, Morse created Morsefest, a weekend concert festival held at his local church, New Life Fellowship, in Cross Plains, TN. The name of the event was chosen by Mike Portnoy against Morse's wishes, but the name stuck. The inaugural Morsefest occurred on November 14–15, 2014 and featured the Testimony and One albums played in their entirety with string, horn, percussion, and choir sections as well as a morning Inner Circle acoustic show.This two-day format with a large array of added musicians has continued annually featuring albums and musicians from all of Morse's projects, the Neal Morse Band, Spock's Beard, Flying Colors, and most recently in 2022, Transatlantic.

In 2020 and 2021, Morsefest went on with "Lockdown" editions due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a limited live audience, and for the first time, a virtual streaming option.

In 2023, in addition to the show in Tennessee, Morse took Morsefest on the road to Europe for the first time to The Boerderij in Zoetermeer, Netherlands and again in 2024 to Trinity Church in Essex, United Kingdom. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Morse and the NMB played Testimony along with Testimony 2 in their entirety.


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