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Oklahoma composer Kitt Wakeley tops classical charts with new album
Oklahoma composer, producer and musician Kitt Wakeley has reason to celebrate as his new album, “Symphony of Sinners and Saints,” has hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical and Classical Crossover charts.
The album, which was released on May 21, features three singles that also hit No. 1 on Billboard s Hard Rock Digital Song Sales charts. Symphony of Sinners and Saints is Wakeley s follow-up to his well-received 2018 album Midnight in Macedonia. For his new orchestral rock collection, Wakeley collaborated with guitar legend Joe Satriani, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the Dallas All Star Choir. He recorded the album at Abbey Road Studios in London and celebrated the release with a home-state release show last month at the Civic Center Music Hall.
Multi-award-winning producer/composer Kitt Wakeley celebrates his latest album, “Symphony of Sinners and Saints,” hitting #1 on Billboard’s “Classical” and “Classical Crossover” charts. The album, which was released on May 21, features three singles that also hit #1 on Billboard, on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales charts.
The Kent Big Weekend is back, and this year it's bigger than ever. To celebrate its 15th year, Kent Big Weekend will be taking place from the 25th of June to the 23rd of July.
The Grimethorpe Colliery Band I was born in Cudworth, a mining village near Barnsley. My father worked down Grimethorpe colliery. There’s a great tradition in Yorkshire of brass music and I would listen to the Grimethorpe Colliery Band rehearsing on Sunday mornings above a nearby pub. I imagined that the only way out of my pit village was to run away. I didn’t realise that you could educate your way out. I hated my school and I left as soon as.