{"id":850,"date":"2016-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2016\/2016\/11\/15\/renaissance-still-kicking-and-touring\/"},"modified":"2016-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"renaissance-still-kicking-and-touring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2016\/2016\/11\/15\/renaissance-still-kicking-and-touring\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaissance Still Kicking and Touring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renaissance are a peculiar band to say the least. They were part of the progressive rock tradition coming out of 1970\u2019s England, but they were more committed to sounding more classical than rock. At least compared to more well-known prog bands like Yes, Peter Gabriel-era <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/2021\/05\/01\/genesis-announce-north-american-tour-including-msg\/\">Genesis<\/a>, and Emerson, Lake, &amp; Palmer. This is a band who did a live album at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. All their best known songs have some form of orchestra backing. So with their show on November 10 at Buffalo&#8217;s Tralf Music Hall, a place that obviously can&#8217;t fit a whole orchestra inside, I wondered how they could pull the feat off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140063 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMAG0769-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"imag0769\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the surface, this sounds like less like a rock band and, as their name implies, a renaissance fair band. But considering they\u2019re still touring, playing in packed music halls, and maintain their stamina despite continuing to play songs around 10-minutes long with many subsections, they certainly deserve much more credit.<\/p>\n<p>The only remaining member from Renaissance\u2019s 70\u2019s glory years is lead singer Annie Haslam, who has a five-octave range and can still hit and draw out many high notes. She was also the only member to talk to audience between songs. Clearly, the audience came to see Haslam; they gave her much of the adoration between songs. The rest of the band, which included two keyboard players, one dedicated to recreating the orchestral and atmospheric sounds from their albums, maintained a very stoic presence, hardly engaging the audience in ways other than singing their assigned backing vocals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140064 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMAG0768-500x375.jpeg\" alt=\"imag0768\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They did play two songs from their latest album, 2014\u2019s <em>Grandine Il Vento<\/em>, the title track and \u201cSymphony of Light.\u201d Other than that, the eight other songs were from the band\u2019s 70\u2019s era. Prog classics like \u201cMother Russia,\u201d \u201cA Song for All Seasons\u201d and \u201cCarpet of the Sun\u201d were indeed crowd pleasers, with lesser-known tracks like \u201cSounds of the Sea,\u201d providing more pleasantries, especially with the sounds of ocean waves and seagulls.<\/p>\n<p>The encore, the usual closer \u201cAshes are Burning,\u201d was the only chance the band looked like it was having fun and getting loose. Through it\u2019s 15-minute runtime, everyone took a solo, including the only use of electric guitar the whole night in the final section.<\/p>\n<p>The show was an odd treat, listening to music of such a bygone era. One where such audacious, un-rock-like rock music had a chance at being commercially successful. Renaissance may not be exactly \u201chip\u201d anymore, if they ever were at all during their peak years, but I imagine they\u2019re fine with that. As evidenced by the crowd, there will likely still be people interested in this middles ages type of music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renaissance are a peculiar band to say the least. They were part of the progressive rock tradition coming out of 1970\u2019s England, but they were more committed to sounding more classical than rock. At least compared to more well-known prog bands like Yes, Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, and Emerson, Lake, &amp; Palmer. 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