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Neal Morse and His Band Perform at "Night of the Prog" Festival

Join Neal Morse and his new band, plus Tangerine Dream, The Flower Kings, Pain of Salvation, Ray Wilson & Stiltskin, and many others. It all happens from July 18-20 in Freilightbuhne, Loreley, Germany (near Frankfurt).

For more information, see Wiv Entertainment.

Added on 5-20-2008

Neal Morse Hosts Get Closer Weekend in Germany

Our vision for this weekend is to get closer to the spirit and word of God and
to have deeper fellowship together. We intend to let God work openly in our
hearts and minds and to go in all the way! Whatever that looks like. Oh, and
also we will be playing music and Cherie is going to cook as well!
Come and join us for this unique and groundbreaking weekend! - Neal

Times for both days:

Service times: 2:00 - 4:00 (approximately)
Break for dinner (Cherie and Joe are cooking!)
Service times 7:00 - ?

Albert-Schäfer-Haus
Sauerbornstr. 12-14
61184 Karben (Petterweil) [near Frankfurt]

New European Worship and Solo Acoustic Dates for February

Added on 1-24-2008

Neal will return to Europe for what is fast becoming a regular set of worship and solo acoustic dates in Europe. Admission is free; offerings are accepted but not required.

The schedule, with dates still being added, is here.

Sola Scriptura & Beyond DVD Trailer Online

Added on 1-05-2008

The first official trailer for Neal's upcoming live DVD, Sola Scriptura & Beyond is now online at youTube and available here.

Neal Completes Principal Recording on New Prog Album

Added on 12-04-2007

Neal, Mike and Randy recently finished up prinicpal recording for Neal's new prog album. They were joined by the original musicians from Testimony, and unnaounced special guests!

[ View photos from the session ]

Question: Live Available Worlwide

Added on 11-30-2007

Bringing Question to the stage required an outstanding concert band. Assembling some of the finest prog musicians in Europe, the group tears through the entire Question album with the intensity of a new band—followed by another hour of Neal’s classics. Fusing technical wizardry with musical nuance, balancing the extremes of two ever-changing hours and a thousand brilliant moments, musicians and audience unite to create an electrifying musical phenomenon. Unedited, raw, and magnificent, the resulting 2 CD set Question: Live is Neal at his best—and his first ever live CD solo release.

Please try to support our distributors by purchasing at a record store. It's on the shelf at larger stores in the European Union and the United States.

[ Click here for mail order ]

Neal Schedules European Church Worship Services

Added on 9-13-2007

Neal returns to Europe for some select worship services throughout Europe. He will be playing songs from his solo work, as well as an occasional song from Transatlantic and Spock's Beard, but these are church services, and he will be speaking and praying and following the spirit. Come and have an experience in God that will change your life!

The schedule is here, subject to change (additions, most likely).

Sola Scriptura is Neal's Fasting Selling Cd to Date

Added on 3-20-2007

According to SoundScan, Sola Scriptura has sold faster than any of Neal's previous releases!

March 8th - Neal Morse interview on Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio

On March 8th at 2:00 PM USA Eastern time, Neal Morse will be featured on The Classical Connection, a weekly show on Delicious Agony Progressive Rock Radio that explores the connections between progressive rock and classical music. The show will feature a portions of a telephone interview with Neal by the show's host Paul Erdman, selections from Sola Scriptura and Neal's other albums, along with some of Neals favorite classical music. For more information about the show, and to listen to the show and interview, visit www.creativeprogression.com/classi-prog.

Neal's Announces Additional European Dates

Added on 1-12-2007

Neal has announced additional dates for Europe; below is the final schedule. Additional information is available here.

• January 24 & 25: Siegen Germany
• January 26 & 27: Kelsterbach, Germany (Frankfurt)
• January 30: Trondheim, Norway
• January 31 & February 1: London, England
• February 3 [afternoon]: Utrecht, Netherlands
• February 3 [evening]: Leiden, The Netherlands
• February 4: Ede, The Netherlands
• February 6: Kortrijk, Belgium (near Brugge)
• February 7-10: Berlin, Germany

Neal's Announces Upcoming European Church Service Dates

Added on 1-2-2007

Neal will be performing a limited number of engagements at houses of worship throughout Europe. The performances are expected to be acoustic, capturing the excitement, intimacy, surprises, and fellowship of last year's acoustic tour. The tour schedule is here.

Diary Online for Neal's New Prog Album, Sola Scriptura

Added on 11-19-2006

Neal's diary for his new prog album is online! Check out the day-to-day makings of a prog epic.

 

A Listener's Interactive Guide to Question Mark

Added on 11-19-2006

A prolific Neal Morse enthusiast has create an interactive guide to Neal Morse's prog masterpiece, Question Mark. The complete lyrics are included, with relevant Biblical verse that appear when you mouse-over indicated lyrics. The website is [ here ] and linked in the More section of Neal's website.

We don't know who this mystery author is, so please email us if you're him/her, and thank you for your work.

 

Neal Prepares New Prog Epic, Sola Scriptura!

Added on 11-6-2006

Neal Morse has finished recording his latest prog masterpiece, and sent it off for mixing and mastering. This will be Neal's 4th progressive rock solo release, following the highly acclaimed albums ?, One, and Testimony. The amazing line-up of Mike Portnoy (drums) and Randy George (bass) return on this release, with the addition of special guest Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big) on guitar. Fans of Neal's looking for the ordinary will have to keep looking, though—this one will be full of surprises.

The release date for this as-yet untitled album is currently set for March 1, 2007.

New Album by M-P-G, Cover to Cover, Released

Added on 9-19-2006

Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy and Randy George (M-P-G) have recorded some amazing versions of other artists' songs in between sessions. Here they are all are on one CD, many previously unreleased!

2005 ? Sessions
1. Pleasant Valley Sunday (The Monkeys)
2. Badge (Cream)
3. Maybe I'm Amazed (Paul McCartney)
4. Where Do The Children Play (Cat Stevens)
5. I'm The Man (Joe Jackson)
6. Feeling Stronger Everyday (Chicago)
7. Rock And Roll Suicide (David Bowie)

2004 One Sessions
8. Where The Streets Have No Name (U2)
9. Day After Day (Badfinger)
10. What is Life (George Harrison)
11. I'm Free / Sparks (The Who)

2003 Testimony Sessions
12. Tuesday Afternoon (The Moody Blues)
13. Find My Way Back Home (Blind Faith)

This album is only available from Radiant Records (not on iTunes or anywhere else!).

> Order from Radiant Records

 

Special solo-acoustic in Barcelona, Spain Tuesday, June 20!

Added on 6-17-2006

Tuesday, June 20 21:00

SALA APOLO 2

There will be a support band. This is a solo acoustic performance.

Neal to Play Dates in Europe with Band - Tickets on Sale Now

Added on 5-10-2006

Neal 's new band will be in Europe playing the entire Question Mark album, as well as selections
from One and Testimony and other surprises. For everyone who wanted a One or Question Mark tour, this is your show!

Tickets no longer available in advance — they must be purchased at the door. Check with the venue for availablity.

Additional information here.

 

Neal & Radiant Begin iTunes Availability

Added on 4-04-2006

Neal Morse's solo works and other albums from Radiant Records have begun availability on Apple's iTunes music service. Radiant chose iTunes because of it's popularity with listeners, and flexible DRM; allowing CD creation, multiple digital instances, and other freedoms.

Find out more about iTunes or go directly to Neal's albums at iTunes.

 

Send the Fire Released

Added on 3-14-2006

Neal Morse has released a new worship CD, Send the Fire. As with Lead Me Lord (2005), this year's Bring the Fire is an album of praise, faith, hope and love.

01. I Worship You With My life
02. Cloudburst
03. There is Life
04. Reach
05. You Are Needed In This House
06. Send The Fire
07. Hide Thou Me
08. God Of Glory
09. I Give All
10. Come Unto Me
11. He’s Able
12. The Kind Of Heart

When it was time to schedule these sessions, I only had about 5 songs ready. But I felt like the Lord wanted me to move ahead, so I set up the sessions anyway. Lo and behold, that week I wrote 5 songs that are my favorites on the CD! A lot of the vocals are the ‘live’ vocals that I did as we were tracking, so we got a lot of that fresh feeling out of it. I tried to keep it simple, but the basic tracks were so good (drum tracks by Scott Williamson, Mark Leniger and Luke Pugliese), I got a bit carried away and some of these songs came out even better than I was expecting. I’m extremely pleased with it. - Neal Morse

Send the Fire is available now from Radiant Records. Click here to order!

 

Neal Returns to Europe for Church Performances

Added on 2-14-2006

Neal Morse will be performing at churches throughout Europe from February 17 - March 5. Don't miss this rare opportunity to see Neal perform solo, and join him in fellowship. This is also the first chance to hear Neal's forthcoming worship CD, Send the Fire.

The tour schedule is available here.

 

The Case for Christmas DVD

Added on 1-18-2006

Neal recently flew to the West Coast to be part of a national broadcast with authors and speakers Lee Strobel and Mark Mittelberg, sponsored by an organization called CCN. This event, which was hosted live at Calvary Community Church in Westlake Village, California, was seen simultaneously via satellite at about a thousand locations throughout North America. It started with Neal doing a short piano and acoustic set of Christmas-related music, followed by a talk from Lee Strobel, a former atheist, spiritual skeptic, and the legal affairs editor for the Chicago Tribune. Lee, who wrote the newly released book called The Case For Christmas: A Journalist Investigates the Identity of the Child in the Manger, told about his investigation into the facts behind the Christmas story and where that research led him. Then Strobel and Mittelberg hosted a live Q & A time, addressing a variety of questions about the holiday and its history that were emailed and faxed in from people at the various sites. It ended with Neal doing an instrumental version of the classic Christmas carol, “Hark The Herald Angels Sing.”

“Regardless of what you think about this topic,” Mittelberg said later,“it was a fascinating discussion that’s well worth watching and thinking about—and how can you go wrong when you’ve got Neal’s music at the beginning and ending of the event!”

The DVD is available to purchase for $10 at the Church Communication Network.

 

Neal Interviewed for HM Magazine

Added on 1-17-2006

HM Magazine caught up with Neal Morse to talk about his new album, "?". Read the interview here.

 

After the Storm Released

Added on 1-12-2006

After the Storm is an effort by the progressive rock community to help out the survivors of Hurricane Katrina. All of the artists involved have graciously donated music to this project, and many have contributed previously unreleased live or studio material, including New Orleans' own Woodenhead. The costs of manufacturing have been donated by NEARfest and NEARfest Records and all proceeds from the sale of this unique compilation will be donated to aid the survivors of Hurricane Katrina through Habitat for Humanity.

Disc One:
1. Echolyn, "15 Days"
2. Happy the Man, "Ibby It Is" (Live)
3. FM, "Random Harvest"
4. Camel, "After All These Years"
5. Mike Keneally, "Time Table"
6. Spock's Beard, "Shining Star" (Live)
7. IQ, "Chemical Rain"
8. Kraan, "Silver Buildings"
9. Mostly Autumn, "Ghost in Dreamland"
10. IZZ, "My River Flows"
11. Nektar, "Phazed by the Storm"
12. Sean Malone, "Grace" (Live)

Disc Two:
1. Kansas, "Song for America"
2. The Flower Kings, "A King's Prayer" (2005 Remix)
3. Woodenhead, "Buzz Beat" (Live)
4. Djam Karet, "The Shattering Sky"
5. Neal Morse, "Sleeping Jesus" (Live)
6. The Muffins, "Essay R" (Remix)
7. Caravan, "Love Song with Flute" (Live)
8. Änglagård, "Gånglåt från Knapptibble"
9. Little Atlas, "On and On"
10. Arjen Anthony Lucassen, "Pools of Sorrow/Not Over You"
11. California Guitar Trio, "Zundoko Bushi" (Live)
12. Pendragon, "Sou' by Sou'west"

For more information, see the Nearfest Records website.

 

"?" is Released

Added on 11-01-2005

The wait is over—"?" is now available! See the Radiant Records website for more details and ordering information.