* * * SECOND LIVE ALBUM FROM THE ELLESMERE PROJECT! * * *

For more than ten years, Ellesmere has been the music project of multi-instrumentalist and composer Roberto Vitelli, a musician who has always been connected to AMS Records and who, with this second live album, recorded on the occasion of the 2024 edition of the prestigious Prog & Frogs festival, reinforces his partnership with the Milanese label.

With the exception of the first album ‘Les Châteaux de la Loire’, with its folk and acoustic roots, since the second album ‘From Sea and Beyond’ the Ellesmere project has profoundly changed its style, towards a symphonic and modern prog-rock, often bordering on hard rock, a change that was also made possible by the numerous world-famous guests involved by Roberto. In “Mere, On Stage!” we therefore find, alongside Roberto, John Wilkinson (vocals), David Jackson (saxophone) and Maurizio Guarini (keyboards), as well as Giacomo Anselmi (guitar), Fabio Bonuglia (keyboards) and Diego Bertocci). The impact of the songs is necessarily even more powerful in the ‘live’ setting, especially in the second half of the show, where the longer and more complex compositions always prove to be captivating and enthralling.

To complete this release, Roberto Vitelli also decided to include an additional studio-recorded track, Procol Harum’s “Broken Barricades”, the first ever cover version produced by Ellesmere.

Papersleeve CD edition