{"id":6980,"date":"2018-06-29T06:08:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T06:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/06\/29\/king-crimson-violinist-david-cross-to-release-new-collaborative-album-crossing-the-tracks\/"},"modified":"2018-06-29T06:08:35","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T06:08:35","slug":"king-crimson-violinist-david-cross-to-release-new-collaborative-album-crossing-the-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2018\/06\/29\/king-crimson-violinist-david-cross-to-release-new-collaborative-album-crossing-the-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"King Crimson Violinist David Cross To Release New Collaborative Album \u201cCrossing The Tracks\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cleorecs.com\/store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/0885-DavidCross-600x600.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"218\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Renowned electric violinist David Cross, best known for his work with King Crimson and prolific solo career, presents this new collection of studio recordings featuring a diverse array of styles and moods!  <!--more-->  <br \/>The collaborative album includes both instrumental tracks as well as vocal performances by guest singers Sonja Kraushofer of L&#8217;Ame Immortelle, Anne-Marie Hurst of Skeletal Family, acclaimed Israeli singer Ofra Haza, Christian Death vocalist Eva O and more!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrossing the Tracks\u201d is an exciting new departure for me. <\/p>\n<p>Cleopatra Records and producer Jurgen Engler presented me with twelve tracks and gave me free reign to play on all of them, hence &#8216;Crossing the tracks.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>This was an unusual situation for me as I am generally composer\/performer\/producer, albeit in collaboration with other band members, and I wasn&#8217;t sure how I would fare as a &#8216;session&#8217; player.<br \/>However the lure of artistic freedom and a new musical challenge was too strong to resist.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to stay true to the existing compositions and performances by the other artists and yet create an impact on the music by adding melody, string parts and solos. I surprised myself by having real fun doing this &#8211; I just had to play the violin and follow my instincts (leaving those difficult production decisions to Jurgen!). <\/p>\n<p>I love the cover artwork &#8211; heading for the light at the end of the tunnel without getting derailed!<\/p>\n<p>David Cross June 2018<\/p>\n<p>David Cross is currently wrapping up a tour with Italian prog rockers Le Orme and will continue to book performances through 2018!<\/p>\n<p>Track List:<br \/>1. White Bird feat. Sonja Kraushofer<br \/>2. Kalahari Fantasy<br \/>3. For What It&#8217;s Worth feat. Anne-Marie Hurst<br \/>4. Prince Of Darkness<br \/>5. Love Me feat. Ofra Haza<br \/>6. Into The Oblique<br \/>7. The Light Inside Me feat. Kimberly Freeman<br \/>8. Shifting Sands<br \/>9. Hero Of Kingdom feat. Marion K\u00fcchenmeister<br \/>10. Hallelujah<br \/>11. The Key feat. Ofra Haza<br \/>12. Shadows Do Know feat. Eva O<\/p>\n<p>To purchase:<br \/>Buy the CD: https:\/\/cleorecs.com\/store\/shop\/david-cross-crossing-the-tracks-cd\/<br \/>Buy the digital: https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/crossing-the-tracks\/1390162787<\/p>\n<p>Featuring guest appearances by Sonja Kraushofer, Anne-Marie Hurst, Ofra Haza, Kimberly Freeman, Marion K\u00fcchenmeister &amp; Eva O<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/david.cross.33821<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned electric violinist David Cross, best known for his work with King Crimson and prolific&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980","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=6980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}