The Syn‘s Live Rosfest Released in Japan via Marquee Records

LONDON - July 23, 2015 - PRLog -- The Syn Live Rosfest has now been released in Japan via the prestigious Marquee Records. The album was released on Umbrello Records (distribution by NOVA / Universal) throughout Europe and the US , but has not previously been available in Japan.  The album is a live cd recorded in 2009 at Rosfest in Philadelphia on the Syn’s Big Sky tour. It also includes a bonus DVD featuring two films “The Syn in the 21st Century” and “The Making of Big Sky.”

Formed in 1965, The Syn was a precursor of the band Yes, with that band’s bassist Chris Squire as one of the founding members. At various times The Syn has also included Yes alums Peter Banks and Alan White in their lineup. When the Syn played Rosfest in 2009 the band featured a core lineup of Steve Nardelli (founding member, songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist), Francis Dunnery (of It Bites and Robert Plant fame – guitars and vocals) and Tom Brislin (Spiraling – also keyboardist on Yes’ Symphonic tour – keyboards and vocals). The lineup was augmented by Paul Ramsey (Echolyn) providing drums and other percussion, Brett Kull (also of Echolyn) on guitar and Dorie Jackson doing backing and harmony vocals.

A new feature on The Syn, including an interview with Steve Nardelli was just published at http://webami.aent.com/graphics/discussions/discussions20... (http://webami.aent.com/graphics/discussions/discussions20...). A recent interview as part of a Podcast can also be found at www.soupygato.com/2015/07/08/7-the-soupygato-smoke-break-with-steve-nardelli-of-the-syn/. On page 100 of Vents Magazine (ventsmagazine.com/magazine/) is another interview with Steve Nardelli. More recent Syn features are located at progarchy.com/2015/05/30/new-album-the-syn-live-rosfest-by-paul-watson/ and mwe3.com/reviews/SynRosfest/.

The 2009 edition was the sixth annual Rites of Spring Festival. Located in the Greater Philadelphia Area (Glenside, PA), the festival features some of the best progressive rock acts from all over the globe. Other acts at the 2009 show included Nektar, Lazuli, John Lees’ Barclay James Harvest, Apocalypse, Iluvatar, Frost*, Mangala Vallis, Abigail’s Ghost, Moon Safari, Moth Vellum and Touchstone.  For more information on the festival go to rosfest.com.

Three promo films are available for viewing on Youtube. The first is located at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DMewviNBjI. The second can be seen at


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDz0Swn322c. The third video is posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsUiQMGeeyw.

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