Photo: Lee Millward

Featured Artist: February 2012

Sunday 5 February, "Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists", 18:00 repeat

Steve talks about his choices
 

Previous highlights

"Steve Hackett Day", Sunday 29 January

"Favourite Tracks from Favourite Artists", 17:00

Steve's talks about his personal favourites

 "The Guitarists", 18:00

David Randall talks to Steve Hackett about his career.

Part of "The Guitarists" series

Stuart Hamilton Profiles, 20:00

"Greats of the Guitar", Assume The Position with David Randall 22:00

Sunday 11 December 2011, 18:00 "The Guitarists" (repeat)

Sunday 30 October 2011, 23:00 "The Guitarists"

David Randall talks to Steve Hackett about his career.

Part of "The Guitarists" series

Sunday 11 September 2011, 18:00 "The Guitarists"
Sunday 18 September 2011, 14:00 (repeat)

David Randall talks to Steve Hackett about his career on the eve of the release of his new album, 'Beyond The Shrouded Horizon'.

Additional interview material: 'Assume The Position', Friday 9 September 22:00, Sunday 11 September 22:00

Sunday 18 September 2011 Rockwaves (repeated Saturday 24 September, 17:00)

Keith Thompson talks to Steve Hackett about his album 'Beyond The Shrouded Horizon'.

November 2010, Featured Artist

Sunday 14 November 2010, Rockwaves (repeated Saturday 20 November, 17:00)

Keith Thompson talks to Steve Hackett on the eve of his forthcoming UK tour

October 2009, Featured Artist

STEVE HACKETT

Steve Hackett replaced Anthony Phillips in Genesis in 1970 and stayed with the band through their formative prog-rock period recording eight albums.  His first album with the band - Nursery Cryme - was released in November 1971 and he quickly stamped his individual style on such songs as 'The Musical Box' and, later, with 'Watcher Of The Skies' (from Foxtrot, 1972) and 'Firth of Fifth (from Selling England By The Pound released in 1973).  During his time with Genesis he released the solo album Voyage To The Acolyte in 1975.

Hackett's tapping and sweep-picking guitar techniques foreshadowed guitarists like Eddie Van Halen and Yngwie Malmsteen.

He left Genesis in 1977 to pursue a solo career and released his second solo album in May 1978, Please Don't Touch.  In the eighties, he released a couple of albums Bay Of Kings and Momentum which highlighted his classical guitar skills.  Since that time he has released several acoustic-based albums, including work with his brother, the flautist John Hackett.

Steve Hackett's latest solo album, Beyond The Shrouded Horizon was released on 26 September 2011.

Tour Dates

February 2012

10th Farnham Maltings
15th Gateshead Sage
16th Aberdeen Lemon Tree
17th Edinburgh Queens Hall
18th Holmfirth Picturehouse
19th Buxton Opera House
20th New Brighton Floral Pavilion
22nd Southampton Brook
23rd Bath Komedia
24th Leamington Spa Assembly
25th Bilston Robin
26th Wavendon The Stables

Album review (Beyond The Shrouded Horizon)

Album review (Out Of The Tunnels Mouth)

Podcast (edited version of 2009 interview)

Book review

Steve Hackett website