Symphonic Rock Pioneers
ANNIE HASLAM
and
JIM McCARTY
Present
The History Of
R E N A I S S A N C E
November 21st and 22nd at the Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, Illinois
November 28th at the Newton Theatre, NJ
November 29th at the Lansdowne Theatre, PA, in Lansdowne, PA.
SPECIAL EVENT
ON
INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS
WITH RAY SHASHO
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Annie and Jim will share an intimate discussion and visual presentation of the band’s extraordinary history followed by a Renaissance performance featuring, for the first time, members of both eras of the band performing their classic songs together.
Renaissance had their farewell tour last October 2024 and did not expect to perform live again. Annie, who’s been at the forefront of the group’s story for 50 years, recently was approached by an Edwardsville/St Louis promoter to return to the Wildey Theatre for a ‘one woman” show! After much deliberation, the idea grew into something bigger when Annie contacted Jim McCarty to be a part of the show and then return to the full Renaissance lineup, the band he, initially, co-founded. A once in a lifetime event of Symphonic Rock at its finest!
"All Renaissance and McCarty fans are invited to experience our coming full circle," Annie says enthusiastically, “that was destined to happen one day!" Rising from the ashes of the Yardbirds, Jim McCarty and long-time musical partner Keith Relf envisioned a Renaissance as fusing folk and classical influences with the bluesy rock they'd been playing and giving birth to a new musical direction.
When Annie Haslam joined the band in 1971 to sing with her ethereal 5-octave voice, the group became more popular, especially with the progressive rock scene. After Jim left, the line up continued notably with Annie, this combined the poetic emotional words of Betty Thatcher and the timeless musical masterpieces that were created by Michael Dunford, John Tout, Jon Camp and Terry Sullivan.
Renaissance was reborn in 2009 with Annie and Michael Dunford at the helm, along with keyboard player/musical director Rave Tesar, and a new generation of musicians. Renaissance has toured throughout the world and has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and at the Royal Albert Hall with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Chorale Society. Renaissance had a top ten hit in the UK with their song “Northern Lights” that still demands airplay to this day.
Annie is “looking forward to singing 'Face of Yesterday' from Jim's band Illusion, which I last performed on a tour of Germany in the early ‘70s. Such a gorgeous song! I’m also excited to be performing with Jim,” who is equally thrilled, stating, “I’ll be talking with Annie about how the band formed and got that sound. Also very pleased to be singing some of my own songs.”
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ABOUT
JIM McCARTY
AND
ANNIE HASLAM
Visit
Jim McCarty Official website
The Yardbirds Official site
https://www.facebook.com/jim.mccarty.9/
Jim McCarty Facebook
https://anniehaslam.com/annies-welcome-page/
Annie Haslam Official Website
https://renaissancetouring.com/
Renaissance Official Website
www.facebook.com/RenaissanceTouring
Facebook
Twitter
www.youtube.com/user/RenaissanceTouring
YouTube
SHOW SCHEDULE
Friday, Nov. 21 The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, IL (St. Louis) www.cityofedwardsville.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=672
Saturday, Nov. 22 The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, IL (St. Louis) www.cityofedwardsville.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=673
Friday, Nov. 28 The Newton Theatre, Newton, NJ
https://skypac.org/the-history-of-renaissance/
Saturday, Nov. 29 Lansdowne Theatre, Lansdowne, PA http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/81373625/the-history-of-renaissance-featuring-annie-haslam-and-jim-mccarty-lansdowne-lansdowne-theate
THE YARDBIRDS
DISCOGRAPHY
Five Live Yardbirds (1964, UK)
For Your Love (1965, US)
Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds (1965, US)
Yardbirds (aka Roger the Engineer) (1966, UK)
Over Under Sideways Down (1966, US)
Little Games (1967, US)
Birdland (2003)
BOX OF FROGS
Box of Frogs (1984)
Strange Land (1986)
STAIRWAY
Aquamarine (1987)
Moonstone (1988)
Chakra Dance (1989)
Medicine Dance (1992)
Raindreaming (1995)
JIM McCARTY
SOLO
Jim McCarty has released three solo albums:
Out of the Dark (1994)
Sitting on the Top of Time (2009)
Walking in the Wild Land (2018)
He has also released live and compilation albums
Jim McCarty & Friends (2011)
and Frontman (2014)
RENAISSANCE
DISCOGRAPHY
Studio albums
Year Title
1969 Renaissance
1971 Illusion
1972 Prologue
1973 Ashes Are Burning
1974 Turn of the Cards
1975 Scheherazade and Other Stories
1977 Novella
1978 A Song for All Seasons
1979 Azure d'Or
1981 Camera Camera
1983 Time-Line
2001 Tuscany
2013 Grandine il vento
Live albums
Year Title
1976 Live at Carnegie Hall
2002 In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001
2011 Renaissance Tour 2011 – Turn of the Cards and Scheherazade & Other Stories Live in Concert (DVD and double CD set)
2016 Renaissance 2012 (recorded April 16, 2015) – Renaissance Live at the Union Chapel (DVD and digital only audio set)
2016 Renaissance Live at the BBC Sight & Sound (DVD and 3-CD set) ― ― ― Contains radio/television broadcasts of three live concerts, one each from the years 1975-77. The DVD contains the video of the televised concert in London on 8 January 1977.
2018 A Symphonic Journey (recorded October 27, 2017) – Live In Concert (DVD and double CD set)
2021 Renaissance 50th Anniversary: Ashes Are Burning - An Anthology - Live in Concert (Blu-ray/DVD/2CD Box)
2023 The Legacy Tour 2022 (2CD)
2025 Renaissance In Gratitude Farewell Tour Live (2CD)
Other releases
In the Beginning (compilation double-album of Prologue and Ashes are Burning), 1978
Tales of 1001 Nights (compilation in two volumes), 1990
Da Capo (Repertoire Germany compilation), 1995 (2 CDs) (Limited Edition in tall digipak with a much more concise, detailed booklet)
Live at the Royal Albert Hall: King Biscuit Flower Hour, 1997 (live performance recorded 1977; two volumes)
Songs from Renaissance Days, 1997 (compilation of out-takes, including one B-side and two Haslam solo tracks, 1979–88)
The BBC Sessions 1975–1978, 1999 (2 CDs)
Day of the Dreamer, 2000 (live performance recorded 1978)
Live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 2000 (live performance recorded 1985)[nb 2]
Live + Direct, 2002 (edited 1970 live recording plus demos and miscellany, by Renaissance and related artists, from 1968 to 1976)
Innocents and Illusions, 2004 (compilation double CD of Renaissance and Illusion from the original incarnation)
Dreams & Omens, 2008 (live performance recorded 1978)
Live in Chicago, 2010 (live performance recorded 1983)
The Mystic and the Muse (three-track EP of new songs), 2010
Past Orbits of Dust, 2012 (live performances, plus one remastered studio track, from 1969 to 1970)
Symphony of Light, 2014 (includes all songs from Grandine il vento and The Mystic and the Muse plus one new track)
DeLane Lea Studios 1973, 2015 (live performance recorded 1973)
Academy of Music, 2015 (live performance recorded 1974)
Can You Hear Me? Broadcasts 1974-1978, 2024 (2 CDs, 1 Blu-ray)
ANNIE HASLAM
SOLO
DISCOGRAPHY
Annie in Wonderland (1977)
Still Life (1985)
Annie Haslam (1989)
Blessing in Disguise (1994)
Supper's Ready: (Genesis tribute Album) (guest vocalist) (1995)
Tales From Yesterday (Yes tribute Album) (guest vocalist) (1995)
Live Under Brazilian Skies (1998)
The Dawn of Ananda (1999)
Portraits of Bob Dylan by Steve Howe (album) (guest vocalist) (1999)
It Snows in Heaven Too (2000)
One Enchanted Evening (2002)
Icon by John Wetton & Geoff Downes (album) (guest vocalist) (2005)
Miles of Music by Bob Miles (guest vocalist) (2006)
Live Studio Concert (2006)
Night and Day EP with Magenta written for Haslam by Rob Reed and Christina Booth (2006)
Woman Transcending (2007)
Songs of the Century (Supertramp tribute Album) (guest vocalist) (2012)
'Live' Studio Concert Philadelphia 1997 (Re-release) (2014)
Don't Give Up Single, (duet with Jann Klose) (2017)
MORE
“Island” from 2019 w/ Renaissance and Jim McCarty from the DVD/Blu-Ray “50th Anniversary Tour 2019” https://youtu.be/L7PWTiSnCyo?si=F4A1WwM7ZluAb5xz
“Symphony of Light” by Renaissance from 50th Anniversary Tour 2019 https://youtu.be/wnIItVGLPhg?si=xtqfAjEcD6knOvvm
Music Video from Jane Relf-fronted Renaissance
“Kings & Queens” https://youtu.be/nrSCU_3hK34?si=SHJ03wKAUUiVfuOg
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