guitarist has announced that he will release a new solo album, , through his own Howesound label on September 27. Howe is joined on the album by son Dylan on drums, while Howe himself handles acoustic, electric, steel and bass guitars along with keyboards as well as writing all the material and producing. In keeping with the album title, the album pretty much represents a guitar masterclass from Howe.
"This album has given me the opportunity to do something different,” says Howe. "I bought a Novatron Summit keyboard and found that it had a wealth of inspiring sounds. It gave me a golden opportunity to create my own keyboard structures – chordal movements and structures that I thought were a bit different.
I think differently on a keyboard, I don’t see the chords looking the same but then I had fun playing around with the guitar to see where that goes. "I’ve utilised most of the colours, as I like to I think of my styles, and I’m always pleased when I hear them running through and it moves from a steel, maybe, to a Spanish guitar. Because it’s a different sort of album, I’m not using terribly conventional chord sequences but things that give me a fresh feeling and opportunities to improvise and stretch out as well as be melodic and make this a nice tuneful experience.
“I began feeding the tracks to Dylan. We get on great and he seems to know what to play around my guitar, it’s almost instinctive. Dylan and I fit together really beautifully.
We’ve had the ch.