A new grand tour is set to roll, new music has been worked upon in Italy and the immediate future is looking bright. Time to get excited again about what’s happening in the world of Big Big Train. one of the finest singers in the prog scene and here, he has been kept front and centre while the arrangements have Godfrey and Dunnery". Frostmusic.net. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011 . Retrieved 16 April 2016.

Big Big Train Recruit Beardfish's Sjoblom — BEARDFISHBAND.COM". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014 . Retrieved 15 June 2014. This live recording almost sounds too good to be live. It was expertly performed, and the recording is crisp and clear. Perhaps the only hint is the gentle reverb on Alberto Bravin's vocals from the venue itself. One of the primary differences between the live version and the studio is Clare Lindley's violin replaces Longdon's flute at the beginning.Wild River’, the first solo album from David Longdon has been re-mixed, re-mastered and expanded and will be released on 20th October. It is preceded by a single ‘Always’, which is available now. So please don’t mistake this album as a compilations or filler – the reinventions here are truly first class, and the live band “trailer” will leave you inspired to keep listening!

Not ones to go through a year without releasing something on CD or Blu-ray, Big Big Train have released Ingenious Devices, a collection of "mankind and machine" trilogy of East Coast Racer (off 2013's English Electric: Part Two), Brooklands (off 2016's Folklore), and Voyager (off 2019's Grand Tour). As bassist, songwriter, and lyricist Greg Spawton quips in the liner notes, Ingenious Devices is a trilogy in five parts, with short string interlude The Book Of Ingenious Devices and a live version of Atlantic Cable added to round things out.Voyager” embarks on a musical odyssey, an exploration of sound that resonates like a journey. The brass instruments echo into the distance, creating peaks and troughs and more deviation than msny manage in a career. On 3 September 2012, the band released their seventh studio album, the first part of a double album, entitled English Electric Part One. The second part, English Electric Part Two, was released in March 2013, and featured Danny Manners (keyboards, double bass), who was now an official member of the band. [16]

English boys wondering how to play our old songs". Bigbigtrain.blogspot.com. 5 February 2008 . Retrieved 16 April 2016. One can see why Greg was keen to revisit the older numbers as here they have been lifted, and sympathetically dealt

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a b Ewing, Jerry (15 January 2023). "Multi-instrumentalist Carly Bryant quits Big Big Train". louder . Retrieved 9 March 2023. Finally, Ingenious Devices features a live performance of "Atlantic Cable", recorded at Friars, Aylesbury in September 2022. BBT released their sixth studio album, The Underfall Yard, on 15 December 2009. Guitarist Dave Gregory ( XTC), keyboardist Jem Godfrey (Frost*) and guitarist Francis Dunnery ( It Bites) make guest appearances on The Underfall Yard. [11] "Last Train" from The Underfall Yard was released on the iTunes essential compilation album Modern Prog on 10 February 2010. [12]