As a result of https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=125282" rel="nofollow - this suggestion in January 2021, https://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=11679" rel="nofollow - John Hackett & Nick Fletcher were added to the site based on their collaboration album 'Beyond the Stars' (2018). Five more albums have subsequently been added to the page, two of which aren't prog, and three of which are Nick Fletcher solo albums (though John Hackett does contribute as a guest on one of them). The two non-prog albums don't matter, since they are a genuine part of the duo's collaborative discography, but the three Nick Fletcher solo albums don't belong on the page, and are almost certainly worthy of a place here under Nick Fletcher as a solo artist (John Hackett should be here as a solo artist too, but that's another story for another day).

So, a suggestion is now necessary for Nick Fletcher, whose last three solo albums would probably be of interest to the JR/F team (though the vast bulk of his discography is just classical guitar music). The problem is that there are no samples that I could find on line for any of them other than 30 second clips on his website. Most of his earlier classical stuff is available on the usual streaming platforms, but NOT his three more recent prog albums. We do have a copy of the latest (2023) 'Quadrivium' album which can be shared via pm, but one album from a discography of many isn't likely to be anywhere near enough to get him approved, so this suggestion at the moment just ain't going anywhere. 

Anyhow, we've got to at least try to get this guy cleared on here somehow, so I'm putting his biography and photo on here in the hope that someone, somewhere can provide samples of the two additional albums that the team will need to hear. These are: 'Cycles Of Behaviour' (2021) and 'The Cloud Of Unknowing' (2022).

Here's his biography:

Nick Fletcher is a guitarist and composer from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom who has been playing the guitar and writing music professionally since leaving music college in 1981. He started out as a classical guitarist and guitar teacher, but subsequently embarked on a career as a session guitarist, and has played in many bands.

In 2015 Nick once again took up performing and recording with the electric guitar after being invited to join the John Hackett Band, though he also continued his career as a classical musician. Nick has also performed and recorded with Nick's brother Steve. In 2018 Nick collaborated with John Hackett and the duo released the album 'Beyond the Stars' on the Esoteric Antenna label.

Nick's more recent rock-based music is generally based around jazz fusion, but incorporates many diverse influences all of which can be heard on his first solo prog recording 'Cycles of Behaviour' (2021). These influences range from Pink Floyd, Genesis, Camel, Bruford, & Holdsworth to Ravel, Stravinsky and the English choral composer Herbert Howells. To create the album, Nick assembled a band consisting of John Hackett, Dave Bainbridge, Tim Harries (ex Bill Bruford’s earthworks), Russ Wilson and Caroline Bonnet, who also co produced, mixed and mastered the album. The album had come about due to the great press reaction to 'Beyond the Stars', and Nick had been writing similar material and some new musical ideas that expanded on the 'Beyond the Stars' project.

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'The Cloud of Unknowing' followed in 2022, and is an album of nine original progressive rock compositions featuring Nick on electric guitar which draw musical inspiration from the likes of Genesis, Focus, Pink Floyd, Allan Holdsworth and Dream Theater. The album once again has contributions Dave Bainbridge, Tim Harries, Caroline Bonnett and Russ Wilson, plus Stuart Barbour contributing lead vocals on two tracks. 'Quadrivium' is the latest album by Nick Fletcher, and is a breathtaking suite of eleven instrumental movements featuring Bainbridge and Caroline Bonnett on keyboards and the late Jeff Beck's astounding former drummer, Anika Nilles. The album was released by Rough Draft Audio on September 15th 2023.

https://www.nickfletcherguitarmusic.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.nickfletcherguitarmusic.com/ .

https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.j.fletcher" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/nicholas.j.fletcher .

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zkktODM7ilY2D4K0YkOYE/discography" rel="nofollow - https://open.spotify.com/artist/0zkktODM7ilY2D4K0YkOYE/discography (none of his solo prog albums are here though).

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bPf-yVVtOUpXnu_0a0ykg" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bPf-yVVtOUpXnu_0a0ykg (again, no solo prog albums here).

https://awesomeprog.com/artists/22429" rel="nofollow - https://awesomeprog.com/artists/22429  (his three solo prog albums are in the wrong place on AwesomeProg too at the moment, though I've messaged Mike about this).

And that's all I can do for now...

Edit: There have been two quite glowing reviews of the 'Quadrivium' album by a couple of highly respected prog reviewers, one right here on PA by https://www.progarchives.com/review.asp?id=2963457" rel="nofollow - tszirmay , and the other by lazland on his https://lazland.org/album-reviews-2023/nick-fletcher-quadrivium" rel="nofollow - own website .

Edit 2: Mike has now fixed the issue of the albums being in the wrong place on AwesomeProg. All three are now included on Nick Fletcher's solo page there.