Finalized Musician List Released for Upcoming Book

ROCKFORD, Ill. - Sept. 6, 2016 - PRLog -- The upcoming book Poetry of the Air: A Collection of Love Letters from Musicians to Music is centered around exclusive interviews with musicians from all across the globe.  Written by Northern Illinois based author Gary Hill, it features interviews focused on the music that inspired the artists. One of the first reviewers to get an advanced copy of the book (Heath Alberts) has called it "ridiculously interesting" and said, "this work is a must-have for the serious music enthusiast." Hill is the author of the critically acclaimed book The Strange Sound of Cthulhu: Music Inspired by the Writings of H.P. Lovecraft.

The final list of artists featured has been released ahead of the book's debut. Here it is:

Leon Alvarado (solo)

Jon Anderson (Yes, ABWH, Jon and Vangelis, solo and more)

Allan Atkins (Judas Priest, Atkins May Project)

Toren Atkinson (The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets)

Von Babasin (OnOffOn)

Steve Babb (Glass Hammer)

John Baker (Mars Hollow, Forever Twelve)

Sylvia Bennett (Solo artist)

Jeff Berlin (Solo artist and much more)

Robert Berry (Hush, 3, December People solo and more)

Albert Bouchard (Blue Oyster Cult and more)

Gadi Caplan  (Solo)

Bun E. Carlos (solo and formerly Cheap Trick)

Jackie 'Jax' Chambers (Girlschool)

Clark Colborn (solo)

Ben Craven (solo and more)

Alan Davey (Hawkwind, Gunslinger and more)

Joe Deninzon (Stratospheerius and solo)

Terry Draper (Klaatu and solo)

Don Falcone (Spirits Burning and more)

Larry Fast (Synergy)

Jack Foster III (solo and December People)

Paul Fredric (Morphine Angel, Asmodeus X)

Jerry Gaskill (King's X)

Dominic Gaudious

Randy George (Ajalon, Neal Morse and more)

Pontus Gunve (solo)

Steve Hackett (Genesis, solo and more)

Ellsworth Hall (Aethellis)

Annie Haslam (Renaisssance and solo)

David Hayes (solo artist)

Scott Heller (Oresund Space Collective)

Jim Henriques (ScienceNV)

Tracy Hitchings (Landmarq, solo and more)

Simon House (Hawkwind and more)

Steve Huston (Head East)

Tommy James (solo)

Mark Jansen (Epica)

Percy Jones (Brand X and more)

Mike Keneally (solo and more)

Larry Kirwan (Black 47 and more)

Mike Konopka (Pentwater)

Sonja Kristina (Curved Air, Mask and more)

Bert Lams (California Guitar Trio)

Nathaniel Land (solo)

Lana Lane (solo)

John Lawton (Uriah Heep, solo and more)

Ian Tetrahedron LeBlanc (Aberrations)

Jaymz Lennfield (Beatallica)

Ted Leonard (Enchant, Spock's Beard and solo)

Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, solo and more)

Greg Lounsberry (Canvas and more)

James Lowe (Electric Prunes)

Scott McGill (Hand Farm and more)

Dave Meros (Spock's Beard)

Derek Moore (Nektar)

Scott Mosher (Oceans of Night and solo)

Hideyo Moriya (California Guitar Trio)

Ian Narcissi (solo)

Steve Nardelli (The Syn)

Dale Nickey (solo)

Clive Nolan (Arena, Pendragon, Caamora and more)

Erik Norlander (Rocket Scientists, solo)

John Pierpoint (1912)

Doug Rausch (Rausch)

Paul Richards (California Guitar Trio)

Robbi Robb (Third Ear Experience)

Jordan Rudess (Dixie Dregs, Dream Theater, solo and more)

Tim Russ (solo artist)

Salim Ghazi Saeedi (solo)

Fred Schendel (Glass Hammer)

Don Schiff (Rocket Scientists, solo and more)

Adrian Shaw (Hawklords, Bevis Frond and more)

Jeff Sherman (Glass, solo)

Billy Sherwood (Yes, Yoso, Circa:, World Trade and more)

Sparky Simmons (Acid FM/Space Mirrors)

Victor Smolski (Rage)

James Lee Stanley (solo and more)

Steve Swindells (Hawklords, solo and more)

Michael Tafoya (Boyzz, Tafoya's Lost Boyzz)

Steve Tassler (Starcastle)

Colin Tench (Corvus Stone and more)

Joseph Vargo (Nox Arcana)

Peter "Peavy" Wagner (Rage)

Rick Wakeman (Yes, Strawbs, solo and more)

Tony Waldman (Edensong)

Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery and more).

There is a facebook page for Poetry of the Air located at facebook.com/poetryofair. A page for The Strange Sound of Cthulhu lives at facebook.com/thestrangesoundofcthulhu. The facebook page for Strange Realities can be found here: facebook.com/StrangeRealitiesGaryHill. The new book will be available (along with all current books from Gary Hill and Music Street Journal currently available) at lulu.com/strangesound in the next few weeks. Music Street Journal resides at musicstreetjournal.com.

Although the exact date has yet to be determined Poetry of the Air: A Collection of Love Letters from Musicians to Music should be released this fall. All requests for information should be directed to pr@musicstreetjournal.com.