Circe Link with Christian Nesmith

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   I mistakenly posted this on another forum. It belongs here

Circe Link, along with Christian Nesmith (son of Monkee Michael Nesmith)  has quite a following of youtubers who eat up their tasteful and varied covers. These are overwhelmingly simple acoustic jaunts brought to new life by Nesmith's arrangements and acoustic guitar along with Circe Link's unique but lovely vocals. They had released a few albums of original material, mostly of an indie-pop flavor, which I've also enjoyed even if that's not a favored genre for me.

Among their popular covers were two songs by Yes, so I know they had some appreciation for prog, but even those numbers were stripped down and simplified. So imagine my surprise when they started doing totally legit prog from the more intricate end of the prog spectrum! Adding to the surprise is that it's not the prog-folk one would expect an acoustic based indie-pop outfit to migrate to, but rather serious symphonic prog!  

The new album, Arcana, just released this month, should solidify their inclusion on this site under the Symphonic Prog subgenre. 

https://youtu.be/yQF45zNAPUg?si=cp6bvrVdOlYORPSL

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Fischman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 21 2018 Location: Colorado, USA Status: Offline Points: 1612	Post Options Post Reply Quote Fischman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Circe Link with Christian Nesmith Posted: September 12 2024 at 22:46
	I mistakenly posted this on another forum. It belongs here Circe Link, along with Christian Nesmith (son of Monkee Michael Nesmith) has quite a following of youtubers who eat up their tasteful and varied covers. These are overwhelmingly simple acoustic jaunts brought to new life by Nesmith's arrangements and acoustic guitar along with Circe Link's unique but lovely vocals. They had released a few albums of original material, mostly of an indie-pop flavor, which I've also enjoyed even if that's not a favored genre for me. Among their popular covers were two songs by Yes, so I know they had some appreciation for prog, but even those numbers were stripped down and simplified. So imagine my surprise when they started doing totally legit prog from the more intricate end of the prog spectrum! Adding to the surprise is that it's not the prog-folk one would expect an acoustic based indie-pop outfit to migrate to, but rather serious symphonic prog! The new album, Arcana, just released this month, should solidify their inclusion on this site under the Symphonic Prog subgenre. https://youtu.be/yQF45zNAPUg?si=cp6bvrVdOlYORPSL

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 6365	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 13 2024 at 00:11
	The previous album 'Cosmologica' is reckoned to be a pretty decent prog album too. Here are some more links: https://www.circelink.com/. https://www.christiannesmith.com/. https://circelink.bandcamp.com/album/arcana. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lr3jtJTiqJYF6C30yFl8nstTKLvDGC1is (Arcana full album playlist). https://awesomeprog.com/artists/24360 (Awesome Prog is the site used by most of our evaluation teams to track the progress of their evaluations).

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 6365	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 14 2024 at 13:40
	Circe Link & Christian Nesmith now under evaluation in Symphonic Prog.

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 6365	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 16 2024 at 17:25
	And added.