The Minstrel

The Minstrel's Ghost is the 2012 sensation, a fabulous musical creation that has all the hallmarks of a classic prog album, where old school symphonics meet the new pristine university. American multi-instrumentalist Blake Carpenter has smartly surrounded himself with some seriously gifted players most notably Hungarian Zoltan Csorsz (still the best Flower Kings drummer ever), who positively explodes here, as well as gifted guitarist Colin Tench (of the thrilling Corvus Stone, Colin Tench Project and Bunchakeze). Others include Marco Chiappini of Gandalf's Project (a close relative in this semi-medieval-pop-prog genre) who shines on devastating organ and assorted ivories. .Bassist Troy James Martin holds it all down with muscular proficiency .And of course main man and master musician Blake Carpenter, who has really carved himself a name for himself with this magnificent opus!

US project The Minstrel's Ghost is the creative vehicle of composer and multi-instrumentalist Blake Carpenter. He took his first tentative steps as a musician back in the early 1990's, and have since then been involved in various constellations that for some reason or other never really managed to hit the ground running. Following a few disbanded band projects he decided to record and release material himself, and made his official debut as a solo artist in 2011 with the CD Dream Things True…