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Bar Stool Prophet
Christina, singer with the band Magenta, releases her 3rd solo album ‘Bar Stool Prophet’ on Tigermoth Records. The album features guest appearances by Steve Hackett, Steve Balsamo, Peter Jones and fellow Magenta players Chris Fry, Dan Nelson and Jiffy Griffiths. The songs were written by Christina along with Robert Reed (Magenta, Sanctuary and Cyan), who also produced and mixed the album. The new album follows on from her two previous releases ‘Broken Lives and Bleeding Hearts’ and ‘The Light’.
Track listing
1 Age Of The Revolution
2 Mission Bell
3 I Wish
4 Bar Stool Prophet
5 Riptide
6 The Price We Pay
7 The Giant Awakes
8 Breakthrough
9 Sail On Sister Geneviève
10 Rise Again
Christina:
“Some of the demos go back to 2018, so if the pandemic hadn’t hit, then I think the album would have been out in 2021. It was hard to gain momentum after 2 years of lockdown but I got reacquainted with the songs and I’m really pleased with the outcome. The decision to name the album ‘Bar Stool Prophet’ was a nod to a few friends that had tragically lost their lives from depression and alcohol.
So many talented musicians and singers have helped bring my songs to life.
I was so excited when Steve Hackett contributed to ‘Rise Again’ with an emotionally charged harmonica solo. It gives me shivers every time I hear it.
I’ve been spoiled over the years to have such talent on tap from my Magenta cohorts, Chris Fry, Jiffy Griffiths & Dan Nelson.
Steve Balsamo sprinkled his magic on BV’s along with my power house friend Kirstie Roberts. ChimpanA’s Tony Dallas is also on board with his distinguished ‘spoken word’ contribution.
Peter Jones never fails to deliver and Ryan Aston (from our Trippa days) added some great drums alongside the amazingly versatile guitar style of Hywell Maggs.”
The main theme of the album is one of second chances/the gift of opportunity for change and how it’s never too late to alter the course of your life.
1. Age of the Revolution - about my disillusionment with politics/governments
2. Mission Bell - how religion and wars go hand in hand
3. I Wish – ‘The Top Five Regrets Of The Dying’ is a book by Bronnie Ware an end of life care nurse who documented the top 5 regrets of her patients.
4. Bar Stool Prophet - how alcohol can ruin lives
5. Riptide - my precious sisters near drowning incident and the hero that saved her, Ian Hullin
6. The Price We Pay - how the very thing that helps us communicate is the reason we rarely talk to each other anymore
7. The Giant Awakes - for my Italian friends who live under the ever looming presence of Vesuvius
8. Breakthrough - Self-realisation and the awareness that we have the power to change, this is the gift that ageing gives us
9. Sail On Sister Genevieve - a beautiful soul that was taken far too soon, written in memory of the daughter of Gilles Potvin
10. Rise Again - we all have the strength and ability to Rise Again and change the story of our lives