{"id":20041,"date":"2023-05-26T18:59:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=20041"},"modified":"2023-05-26T18:59:20","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T18:59:20","slug":"socially-conscious-video-release-from-rock-violin-legend-robby-steinhardts-swan-song-album-not-in-kansas-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2023\/05\/26\/socially-conscious-video-release-from-rock-violin-legend-robby-steinhardts-swan-song-album-not-in-kansas-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Socially Conscious Video Release From Rock Violin Legend Robby Steinhardt\u2019s Swan Song Album \u201cNot in Kansas Anymore\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Robby Steinhardt, the renowned violinist and vocalist known for his work with the band Kansas, second installment of a series of videos accompanying his critically acclaimed solo album \u201cNot in Kansas Anymore\u201d has been unveiled. The video for the song \u201cMother Earth\u201d comes following the completion of the album, which occurred three months before Steinhardt&#8217;s untimely passing July 17, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch Robby Steinhardt\u2019s \u201cMother Earth\u201d video at:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RwBhzotNO9Y\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RwBhzotNO9Y<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Directed by Tom Lupo, the video serves as a poignant social commentary on one of Steinhardt\u2019s deep-rooted concerns \u2013 mankind\u2019s mistreatment of the planet and the global issue of pollution. Steinhardt, along with keyboardist\/producer Michael Franklin, and bassist Tim Franklin, co-wrote and performed on the song featured in the video. Additional musicians contributing to this track include Tommy Calton, Jim Gentry and Sonny Ferguson on guitars, Matt Brown on drums and Robby on violin and vocals. The song also showcases the incredible talent of keyboardist Patrick Moraz, known for his work with Yes and The Moody Blues. Special Thanks to Jocelyn Hsu and Beniot Lajeunesse for their help.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steinhardt and his band had been gearing up for a national tour when tragedy struck in May 2021, preventing them from bringing their music to fans across the country. The tour would have included performances of several tracks from \u201cNot in Kansas Anymore\u201d as well as selected Kansas songs that Robby considered to be his own contributions to the band\u2019s rich legacy. Notably, the release of \u201cMother Earth\u201d coincides with what would have been Robby&#8217;s 73rd birthday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fans can look forward to the forthcoming release of additional videos in the near future. \u201cNot in Kansas Anymore\u201d was nominated by Prog Report for Album of The Year, Song of the Year, (Truth to Power) and Album Cover of the Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>\u201cNot in Kansas Anymore\u201d is available on the Solar Music website:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/solarmusic.com\/robby-steinhardt\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/solarmusic.com\/robby-steinhardt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robby Steinhardt, the renowned violinist and vocalist known for his work with the band Kansas,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,2],"tags":[226,1825,125,1824,1002],"class_list":["post-20041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-news","category-news","tag-classic-rock","tag-kansas","tag-prog","tag-robby-steinhardt","tag-violin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20043,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions\/20043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}