Keyboard legend Rick Wakeman releases his new concept album 'A Gallery Of The Imagination' on 24th February 2023 via Madfish.
The conception of the album began at the age of five. Rick's childhood piano teacher, Mrs Symes, taught him that musicians with instruments are like an artist with paint; something that Rick carried through his life, creating sonic paintings through his composition.
Wakeman says: "One of my great loves is going to museums & art galleries & seeing all the different types of art, so I thought, why not a music gallery ?... A Gallery Of The Imagination ? People can paint their own mind pictures to the different types of music that are on the album.
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