{"id":29634,"date":"2026-02-10T21:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=29634"},"modified":"2026-02-10T21:21:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T21:21:35","slug":"multi-instrumentalist-chapman-stick-maestro-tom-griesgraber-to-release-new-soundtrack-album-the-split-music-from-the-motion-picture-prairie-prophecy-march-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/multi-instrumentalist-chapman-stick-maestro-tom-griesgraber-to-release-new-soundtrack-album-the-split-music-from-the-motion-picture-prairie-prophecy-march-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Instrumentalist &amp; Chapman Stick Maestro Tom Griesgraber To Release New Soundtrack Album The Split (Music From The Motion Picture Prairie Prophecy) March 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Griesgraber is releasing a new album called&nbsp;<em>The Split<\/em>. The album is currently available&nbsp;as CD and multi-format download&nbsp;on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tomgriesgraber.com\/\">tomgriesgraber.com<\/a>, with a wider release planned for March 6 including Bandcamp.&nbsp;<em>The Split<\/em>&nbsp;is Tom Griesgraber&#8217;s soundtrack album from the feature length documentary film Prairie Prophecy. It includes all nineteen tracks from the film, along with two bonus tracks. The music features Tom Griesgraber on Chapman Stick, analog synths and samples. Tom&#8217;s California Guitar Trio bandmate Bert Lams also makes a guest appearance on acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Watch the trailer for&nbsp;<em>The Split<\/em>:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/ETuAVHBc7O\">https:\/\/fb.watch\/ETuAVHBc7O<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE SPLIT by TOM GRIESGRABER - soundtrack album trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/skNQfhEP0XQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Tom Griesgraber is primarily known in progressive rock circles, The Split leans more towards ambient music than much of his other work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Says Tom, \u201cI tried in writing it to have recurring themes for the subjects being discussed in the movie. The album tracks are in the same order they appear in the movie, with themes&nbsp;and motifs that&nbsp;develop as the album progresses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI tried to also have something thematic with the instrumentation. Generally, when topics being discussed are more about the problems of industrialization the analog synths become more prominent, and when the discussion is more about natural things or the progress scientists are making, the Chapman Stick and orchestral strings are more prominent.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film&nbsp;<em>Prairie Prophecy<\/em>&nbsp;is an engaging exploration of natural systems agriculture and its potential to address some of today\u2019s most urgent environmental challenges. Anchored in the work of The Land Institute, the film traces how perennial farming systems\u2014modeled after native ecosystems\u2014could help restore soil, conserve water, and build resilience in a changing climate. Both educational and hopeful, the program offers a forward-looking perspective on the future of food and land stewardship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The movie is currently playing at screenings and festivals across the US and will be available to all Public Television stations starting in April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information about&nbsp;<em>Prairie Prophecy<\/em>:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prairieprophecy.com\/\">www.prairieprophecy.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The Split<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Track list:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">01 &#8211; At A Moment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">02 &#8211; The Split<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">03 &#8211; Paradox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">04 &#8211; Cassettes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">05 &#8211; A Species Out Of Context<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">06 &#8211; Prairie Suite<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">07 &#8211; Planting Prairie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">08 &#8211; A New Worldview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">09 &#8211; I Just Wanted Kansas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10 &#8211; A Big Idea<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11 &#8211; Land Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12 &#8211; Perennial Plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13 &#8211; Junkyard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14 &#8211; Geologic Time<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">15 &#8211; Perennial Pantry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">16 &#8211; Seeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">17 &#8211; Partners<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">18 &#8211; Love In Action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">19 &#8211; The Tree Of Life<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">20 &#8211; Asked Of Us<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 &#8211; This Land<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>About Tom Griesgraber:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Griesgraber picked up the Chapman Stick in 1997 after graduating&nbsp;Summa Cum Laude&nbsp;from Berklee College of Music as a guitarist in&nbsp;1995.&nbsp;In late 1998 he began performing around San Diego County as a Stick player doing both solo shows and performances with his group Agent 22.&nbsp;In 2000,&nbsp;the group&nbsp;won a year-long local battle of the bands at the Belly Up Tavern, beating about 230 other groups. From there venues started&nbsp;having&nbsp;Tom or the group&nbsp;open for nationals. In 2001, he opened for the California Guitar Trio&nbsp;(CGT)&nbsp;at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano. The next year Tom attended a Guitar Craft course taught by&nbsp;Robert Fripp&nbsp;with CGT members Bert Lams and Paul Richards assisting.&nbsp;Afterwards,&nbsp;CGT asked him to go on the road as their opener for&nbsp;about 100 shows over the next few years. Bert Lams from the group and Tom started doing duo tours as well and eventually two albums. In 2021, Bert and Paul Richards asked Tom to join CGT&nbsp;as a regular member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, Tom Griesgraber&nbsp;has also released&nbsp;two other solo albums, one with CGT recorded while opening for King Crimson,&nbsp;two with Agent 22, and a duo album with drummer Jerry Marotta (Peter Gabriel) with whom he also toured internationally for several years.&nbsp;He has performed&nbsp;four times for Grammy events, toured as an opener for The Tony Levin Band, opened multiple times for Carl Palmer, Adrian Belew, Steve Morse and the Dixie Dregs, Al Dimeola&nbsp;and&nbsp;Stick Men and opened shows for Bill Bruford\u2019s Earthworks, Andy Summers, Alan Holdsworth, Stanley Jordan, Steve Hackett, Larry Carlton, Steve Lukather, Paul Stanley, Paula Cole, Tuck and Patti, Asia and dozens of others.&nbsp;Tom has also performed on, produced and\/or engineered dozens of albums for other artists including two with RyMo (of Slightly Stoopid), CGT, guitarist Peter Pupping and D\u00fcbh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chapman Stick, Tom\u2019s primary instrument is a combination of twelve guitar and bass strings, played in both hands with a technique closer to playing piano than guitar. Multiple outputs allow for simultaneous guitar, bass and keyboard-like sounds but with a unique timbre and unusual musical structures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>For more information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomgriesgraber.com\">https:\/\/tomgriesgraber.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomGmusic\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TomGmusic<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/thossounds\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/thossounds<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-california-guitar-trio wp-block-embed-california-guitar-trio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pYBPy6DYz8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cgtrio.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; California Guitar Trio\" src=\"https:\/\/cgtrio.com\/embed\/#?secret=RuTgxTEEZ3#?secret=pYBPy6DYz8\" data-secret=\"pYBPy6DYz8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tomgriesgraber.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/tomgriesgraber.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Griesgraber is releasing a new album called&nbsp;The Split. 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