Mark Vickness Interconnected is the project of composer/guitarist Mark Vickness who has returned with his new album Interconnected, which features a collection of four new solo modern fingerstyle compositions and four original pieces with his new ensemble, also called Interconnected.
The goal of these songs was to “approach musical creation as a solemn opportunity to express the interconnectedness of humanity, and of all things, through the universal language of music.” Such as the title track “Interwoven” which has the foundation of a lovely folk-rock offering, but combined with the use of classic elements, it sounds like a folk track dropped into a world of classical music or an epic film score with boundless limitations.
You can find a live video for “Interwoven” below which puts the impressive musicianship on full display, along with a quote from Vicknessa about the project:
The music on this recording is intended to convey interconnectedness, the reality that we live in an interconnected, interdependent world, that we are all one human race. Instrumental music is an ideal means of expressing this because it is a universal language. This ensemble is comprised of musicians who are capable of a wide range of styles from different cultures and different eras. I worked hard to write this music with interconnectedness in mind, within each piece individually and in the relationships between the pieces themselves. Some of the pieces on Interconnected come from a deeply personal place. For Every Child was written for every person who has either experienced or known someone who has gone through the trauma of losing their innocence to childhood sexual abuse as I did before age ten. One Day Over A Thousand is dedicated to all those who lost their lives to Covid-19, and to my dear friend Holli Ross, who died while this piece was being written.
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