Live at Morsefest 2022: The Absolute Whirlwind (Night 2) Transatlantic

• 1Overture (Live at Morsefest 2022)09:10
• 2Reaching for the Sky (Live at Morsefest 2022)05:37
• 3Higher Than the Morning (Live at Morsefest 2022)05:10
• 4The Darkness in the Light (Live at Morsefest 2022)05:15
• 5Take Now My Soul (Live at Morsefest 2022)03:49
• 6Bully (Live at Morsefest 2022)02:09
• 7Rainbow Sky (Live at Morsefest 2022)03:04
• 8Looking for the Light (Live at Morsefest 2022)03:52
• 9The World We Used to Know (Live at Morsefest 2022)09:20
• 10The Sun Comes Up Today (Live at Morsefest 2022)05:24
• 11Love Made a Way (Prelude) (Live at Morsefest 2022)02:27
• 12Owl Howl (Live at Morsefest 2022)06:52
• 13Solitude (Live at Morsefest 2022)05:45
• 14Belong (Live at Morsefest 2022)03:13
• 15Lonesome Rebel (Live at Morsefest 2022)02:34
• 16Can You Feel It (Live at Morsefest 2022)03:10
• 17Looking for the Light (Reprise) (Live at Morsefest 2022)05:06
• 18The Greatest Story Never Ends (Live at Morsefest 2022)03:43
• 19Love Made a Way (Live at Morsefest 2022)07:31
• 20Bridge Across Forever (Live at Morsefest 2022)06:44
• 21The Final Medley (Live at Morsefest 2022)26:32
• Total Runtime02:06:27

Info for Live at Morsefest 2022: The Absolute Whirlwind (Night 2)

Morsefest, the festival put on by Neal Morse annually in Nashville, Tennessee has been in existence since 2014. Typically, the weekend-long event celebrated music from Neal’s solo work and other bands from his career. But with each passing Morsefest, there had been one question lingering among the faithful audience that returned every year…when will Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt & Pete Trewavas perform at Morsefest? In 2022, at the 9th Morsefest, it finally happened and in epic Transatlantic fashion.

In 2021, Transatlantic released The Absolute Universe, the band’s 5th album since forming in 2000. However, as the band’s motto is “More Is Never Enough,” ‘The Absolute Universe’ was released as two different versions – ‘The Breath of Life (Abridged version)’, and ‘Forevermore (Extended version)’. In addition, the band combined those two versions for an Ultimate Edition of the album. With touring restrictions due to the pandemic finally lifted, the band finally started their tour in April 2022 ending up at Morsefest on the weekend of April 29th and 30th.

The weekend at Morsefest provided 2 nights of shows. For night one, the band performed their classic album ‘The Whirlwind’ in its entirety, the first time they had done so in 10 years. The evening also added “Into the Blue” and “Shine” from the band’s 4th album ‘Kaleidoscope’ as well as the classic ballad “We All Need Some Light.” As a surprise, the band played a song they’ve never performed live before – their cover of the Procol Harum classic “In Held ‘Twas In I” from the first Transatlantic album ‘SMPTe.’

Night 2 saw the full performance of The Absolute Universe – The Ultimate Edition, combining all of the tracks from the 2 versions of the album. The night closed with a medley of tracks from the band’s first two albums including “All of the Above,” “My New World,” and “Stranger In Your Soul.”

For the first time, the band performed alongside a choir and string section, making these shows truly special for those who were in attendance.

“To play Morsefest 2022 was an absolute pleasure for me and gave us a natural break at the end of the North American leg of The Absolute Universe tour, where we regrouped at Neal’s to rehearse for the two shows, back where we had rehearsed for the tour some four or five weeks earlier.

We had 3 days I think it was to refresh The Whirlwind full version and learn ‘In Held T’was In I’. The festival was an absolute blast. We were all super relaxed and enjoying ourselves probably due to the little break from touring back to rehearsing.

Neal had been wanting to get Transatlantic at MorseFest since we released Whirlwind and it never panned out for various reasons, so it felt fitting that we got it all together for The Absolute Universe tour.” (Pete Trewavas)

Not to be confused by last years live release of our last show in Paris, THIS release of TA at Morsefest 2022 represents the most epic and mammoth of all TA Live releases!

2 Nights, 2 completely different sets, 2 TA concept albums done in their entirety…accompanied with Strings, Horns, Percussion, Female Vocals, etc…Transatlantic has always been about “More Never Is Enough”, but no live TA release has ever been more EPIC than this one…It’s the ULTIMATE Live TA experience!” (Mike Portnoy)

Neal Morse adds: “At long last, a musical dream come true in true epic fashion! To play The Absolute Universe, The Whirlwind, and other great pieces of music with Transatlantic, along with an amazing string section, background singers, etc. What more could any musician ask for? This is the very best of the very best in my view. I hope you all enjoy experiencing this as much as we enjoyed performing it!“

Neal Morse, vocals, guitar, keyboards
Mike Portnoy, vocals, drums
  Pete Trewavas, vocals, bass
  Roine Stolt, vocals, guitar
Ted Leonard, vocals, guitar, keyboards

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