Monday, November 8, 2021

STEVE HACKETT LEGENDARY 'GENESIS' GUITARIST RELEASES NEW SOLO ALBUM 'SURRENDER OF SILENCE' EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW WITH RAY SHASHO

 


 

S T E V E 

H A C K E T T 

LEGENDARY GENESIS GUITARIST

RELEASES  NEW SOLO ALBUM

'SURRENDER OF SILENCE'

and

 'GENESIS REVISITED' CONCERT DATES

STEVE HACKETT

EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY


Steve Hackett joined Genesis at the beinning of 1971 and gained an international reputation as the guitarist in the band’s classic line-up alongside Peter Gabriel, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. Hackett’s intricate guitar work was a key element of Genesis’ albums from Nursery Cryme (1971) to Wind And Wuthering (1977) including the classic Selling England By The Pound. 

After leaving Genesis at the end of 1977, Hackett’s solo career, which now spans more than 30 albums, has demonstrated his extraordinary versatility with both electric and acoustic guitar. Hackett is renowned as both an immensely talented and innovative rock musician and a virtuoso classical guitarist and composer and this was recognized in 2010 when he was inducted into the Rock Hall Of Fame. He has also worked alongside Steve Howe of YES in the supergroup GTR.

Hackett’s compositions take influences from many genres, including jazz, classical and blues. For his later studio works The Night Siren (2017) and At The Edge Of Light (2019) Hackett has explored the influences of world music. Recent tours have seen Hackett celebrate his time with Genesis including a spectacular 2018 tour in which he realized a long-held ambition to perform the works of Genesis live with his band and an orchestra. The lockdown enforced by the 2020 global pandemic has proven to be a particularly creative period for Hackett. He began by releasing Selling England by the Pound & Spectral Mornings: Live at Hammersmith, a live recording of 2019’s hugely successful tour celebrating that Genesis classic together with the 40th anniversary of one of his most-loved solo albums. Lockdown also gave Hackett the opportunity to write and record two new studio albums, the UK Classical Chart hit Under A Mediterranean Sky and the forthcoming Surrender of Silence.

PURCHASE

Steve Hackett

“Surrender of Silence”

at amazon.com

Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett releases his new studio rock album Surrender of Silence on September 10th, 2021, via Inside Out Music. The album features 11 new songs as Steve has been working hard through Lockdown and, for the first time, has completed two studio albums for release within the same year!

  

For more information

 about

STEVE HACKETT

visit

www.hackettsongs.com

official website
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facebook
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tours


Steve Hackett

Discography

Studio albums

Voyage of the Acolyte (1975)

Please Don't Touch! (1978)

Spectral Mornings (1979)

Defector (1980)

Cured (1981)

Highly Strung (1983)

Bay of Kings (1983)

Till We Have Faces (1984)

Momentum (1988)

Guitar Noir (1993)

Blues with a Feeling (1994)

Genesis Revisited (1996)

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1997)

Darktown (1999)

Feedback 86 (2000)

To Watch the Storms (2003)

Metamorpheus (2005)

Wild Orchids (2006)

Tribute (2008)

Out of the Tunnel's Mouth (2009)

Beyond the Shrouded Horizon (2011)

Genesis Revisited II (2012)[60]

Wolflight (2015)

The Night Siren (2017)

At the Edge of Light (2019)

Under a Mediterranean Sky (2021)

Surrender of Silence (2021)


STEVE HACKETT

 GENESIS REVISITED 2021 TOUR

SECONDS OUT plus MORE

These are rescheduled shows. YOUR ORIGINAL TICKETS REMAIN VALID FOR THE NEW SHOWS. ALL QUERIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO YOUR ORIGINAL TICKET OUTLET.

 Regretfully our show in MADRID on Sunday 28th November will now not take place in 2021. This is due to ongoing restrictions as a result of the Covid situation and the current difficulties to get work visas for Spain. Please contact your point of purchase to refund your tickets. We are making every effort to come back to Spain. Please check with our website & social media for further news.
 

11 November 2021 - Pakkahuone, Tampere, FINLAND - TICKETS

12 November 2021 - House of Culture, Helsinki, FINLAND - TICKETS

14 November 2021 - Nalen, Stockholm, SWEDEN - TICKETS

16 November 2021 - Sentrum Scene, Oslo, NORWAY - TICKETS

18 November 2021 - Pustervik, Gothenburg, SWEDEN - TICKETS

19 November 2021 - Kulturbolaget, Malmö, SWEDEN - TICKETS

20 November 2021 - Amager Bio, Copenhagen, DENMARK - TICKETS

25 November 2021 - Monte Carlo Jazz Festival, Opéra Garnier, Monte Carlo, MONACO - TICKETS

30 November 2021 - La Salle Pleyel, Paris, FRANCE - TICKETS

Acoustic shows - Trading Boundaries - December 2021

Steve Hackett returns to Trading Boundaries for his acoustic shows

11 December 2021 - Trading Boundaries, Sheffield Green, Nr Fletching, East Sussex - TICKETS

12 December 2021 - Trading Boundaries, Sheffield Green, Nr Fletching, East Sussex - TICKETS

Rescheduled & New EUROPE shows - March 2022

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited 2021/22 Tour - SECONDS OUT + MORE!

06 March 2022 - Stadsschouwburg, Antwerp, BELGIUM - TICKETS(ENG) TICKETS(FR) TICKETS(NL)

07 March 2022 - TivoliVredenburg Grote Zaal, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS -TICKETS

08 March 2022 - TivoliVredenburg Grote Zaal, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS - TICKETS

10 March 2022 - Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, GERMANY - TICKETS

11 March 2022 - Laeiszhalle, Hamburg, GERMANY - TICKETS

13 March 2022 - Verti Music Hall, Berlin, GERMANY - TICKETS

14 March 2022 - Kulturpalast, Dresden, GERMANY - TICKETS

16 March 2022 - Narodowe Forum Muzyki, Wroclaw, POLAND - TICKETS

17 March 2022 - Klub Progresja, Warsaw, POLAND - TICKETS

New US & CANADA shows - March 2022

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited 2021/22 Tour - SECONDS OUT + MORE!

26 March 2022 - Oakville Centre for Performing Arts, Oakville, ON, CANADA - TICKETS link coming soon
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

27 March 2022 - Oakville Centre for Performing Arts, Oakville, ON, CANADA - TICKETS link coming soon
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

29 March 2022 - Grand Theatre de Quebec, Quebec City, QC, CANADA - TICKETS link coming soon
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

31 March 2022 - Willfrid Pelletier, Montreal, CANADA - TICKETS - PRESALE CODE: SECONDS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

New US & CANADA shows - April 2022

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited 2021/22 Tour - SECONDS OUT + MORE!

* USA RESCHEDULED SHOWS
All existing tickets will be valid for the rescheduled shows.
So that fans who were due to attend the 2020/21 shows are not disappointed, those rescheduled dates will feature a special setlist including both Selling England By The Pound AND Seconds Out.

02 April 2022 - Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

04 April, 2022 - Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

* 06 April, 2022 - Whitaker Centre, Harrisburg, PA, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

07 April, 2022 - Scottish Rite, Collingswood, NJ, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

* 08 April, 2022 - Scottish Rite, Collingswood, NJ, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

* 09 April, 2022 - Scottish Rite, Collingswood, NJ, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

10 April, 2022 - Hart Theatre "The Egg", Albany, NY, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

13 April, 2022 - Warner Theatre, Washington, DC, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

* 14 April, 2022 - Carolina Theatre, Durham, NC, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

* 16 April, 2022 - The Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

* 19 April, 2022 - Ponte Vedra Concert Hall, Ponte Vedra, FL, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

* 20 April, 2022 - Plaza Live, Orlando, FL, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

* 22 April, 2022 - Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, Clearwater, FL, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

* 23 April, 2022 - Parker Playhouse, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, US - TICKETS (Existing tickets valid)
RESCHEDULED show

26 April, 2022 - River City Casino, St Louis, MO, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

27 April, 2022 - Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, Carmel, IN, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

28 April, 2022 - Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

30 April, 2022 - The Palace Theatre, Greensburg, PA, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

New US & CANADA shows - May 2022

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited 2021/22 Tour - SECONDS OUT + MORE!

01 May 2022 - Goodyear Theater, Akron, OH, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

03 May 2022 - The Fillmore Detroit, Detroit, MI, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

04 May 2022 - 20 Monroe Live, Grand Rapids, MI, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

05 May 2022 - Copernicus Center, Chicago, IL, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

07 May 2022 - Pantages Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

10 May 2022 - Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, US - TICKETS - PRESALE CODE: SURRENDEROFSILENCE
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

14 May 2022 - Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

15 May 2022 - Fox Theater, Oakland, CA, US - TICKETS - PRESALE CODE: mesa
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

16 May 2022 - Crest Theatre, Sacramento, CA, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

18 May 2022 - Revolution Hall, Portland, OR, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

19 May 2022 - The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, US - TICKETS
NEW! Seconds out + More! show

June 2022

Rescheduled: Australia & New Zealand shows - June 2022

Fans holding tickets should hear from the ticketing companies within the next few days to confirm that tickets held are valid for the new dates and that seating will remain as originally allocated. These rescheduled dates will feature a special setlist including both Selling England By The Pound AND Seconds Out.

17 June, 2022 - Great Hall, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND - TICKETS | INFORMATION

20 June, 2022 - Tivoli, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - TICKETS | INFORMATION

22 June, 2022 - Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AUSTRALIA - TICKETS | INFORMATION

23 June, 2022 - The Palais, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA - TICKETS | INFORMATION

24 June, 2022 - The Gov, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA - TICKETS | INFORMATION

26 June, 2022 - Astor Theatre, Perth, AUSTRALIA - TICKETS | INFORMATION

July 2022

Steve Hackett Genesis Revisited 2021/22 Tour - SECONDS OUT + MORE!

20 July 2022 - Lichtburg, Essen, GERMANY - TICKETS

22 July 2022 - Hege-Saal | Liederhalle, Stuttgart, GERMANY - TICKETS

Rescheduled: Night Of The Prog 2022

23 July, 2022 - Night Of The Prog, Loreley, GERMANY - INFO

August 2022

Cropredy 2022

12 August, 2022 - Cropredy (Festival), Banbury, Oxfordshire, UK - INFO

 

Fri, Apr 22 2022 at 7:30 PM

Clearwater, Florida

For the first time ever, Steve will perform 

Selling England By The Pound and Seconds Out.








STEVE HACKETT

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO

STREAMING at  

THE CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC REPORTER

(classicrockmusicwriter.com)

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Music Tried And True

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RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE

 ROCK STAR

 CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE


CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE



 …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover or E-book  at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

 

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

 

The Rock Star Chronicles, by Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   Gold Award Winner


MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO



Wednesday, November 3, 2021

YOGI LANG FRONTMAN FOR PINK FLOYD INFLUENCED GERMAN PROG ROCK GROUP 'RPWL' EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW LIVE FROM GERMANY WITH RAY SHASHO

 


 Y O G I

L A N G

FRONTMAN for

the PINK FLOYD INFLUENCED

GERMAN PROG ROCK GROUP

RPWL

YOGI LANG

EXCLUSIVE ZOOM TV INTERVIEW

 FROM GERMANY

CLICK BELOW TO WATCH IN ITS ENTIRETY




                     

Yogi Lang took his first steps in music as a keyboard player and singer in bands at school. His growing love of analogue synthesizers then turned his bedroom into a bubbling, swirling spaceship. At the end of the 1980s, he gave up his social work studies and switched to a school of audio engineering.

Working in studios had already increasingly become his main occupation. In those early days, Lang produced the band Violet District and their celebrated debut album Terminal Breath. Meeting the band’s guitarist Kalle Wallner and bass player Chris Postl was the basis for the band RPWL that they would later find. Years of studio work followed with numerous productions like rock/pop band The Schroeders, including their smash hit ,Lass uns schmutzig Liebe Machen” which reached gold and platinum and rock/metal band Megaherz. In this period Yogi began composing songs and music for pictures, such as the film Die Ratte by cult German director Klaus Lemke, the German TV series Nicht von Schlechten Eltern and music for the ZDF school holiday TV schedule. He also wrote and produced music for well-known companies like VW, Audi, Mercedes, Toyota and many others.

 After these successful studio years, it was time to go back to his roots: a band, writing songs together, performing live, all the things that made Lang choose the path of music in the first place. On a studio production in 1997, Yogi met Kalle Wallner again and they talked about performing live. Together with bass player Chris Postl and drummer Phil Paul Rissettio, they founded the band RPWL. Their debut album God Has Failed in 2000 was so well received that they decided to continue and have done so to the present day.

 He and Kalle also built The Farm Studios, close to Munich airport, so that they could work on the band’s recordings and in 2010 founded their own record label, Gentle Art Of MusicWorking with other bands and artists in the studio is still part of Lang’s life: Subsignal, Blind Ego, Ray Wilson, to name just a few. 

In the meantime, Lang has also released 2 solo albums: “No Decoder” in 2010 and his brand new work “A Way Out of Here”.


Purchase

YOGI LANG 

A WAY OUT OF HERE

at amazon.com



also 

purchase these

 most recent

 releases

by

RPWL 


GOD HAS FAILED

LIVE & PERSONAL



LIVE 

FROM OUTER

 SPACE


by

RPWL






TALES FROM
 OUTER SPACE

by
RPWL




RPWL
plays 
PINK FLOYD

all available at
amazon.com



For more information

 about

YOGI LANG

visit

www.yogilang.com

official website

www.facebook.com/yogi.lang

facebook

For more information 

about

RPWL

Visit

www.rpwl.net

official website

www.facebook.com/rpwl.net

facebook

https://twitter.com/RPWL_official

twitter

www.instagram.com/rpwl

instagram


Discography

RPWL

Studio albums

God Has Failed (2000)

Trying to Kiss the Sun (2002)

World Through My Eyes (2005)[9]

The RPWL Experience (2008)[10]

Beyond Man and Time (2012)

Wanted (2014)

Tales from Outer Space (2019)

Live albums

Start the Fire Live (2005)

The RPWL Live Experience (2009)

Nine (2009)

A Show Beyond Man and Time (2013)

RPWL plays Pink Floyd (2015)

RPWL plays Pink Floyd - The Man and The Journey (2016)

A New Dawn (2017)

Live from Outer Space (2019)

God Has Failed - Live & Personal (2021)

Compilations

Stock (2003)

The Gentle Art of Music (2010)

 










YOGI LANG

on INTERVIEWING THE LEGENDS

with RAY SHASHO

STREAMING at

THE CLASSIC ROCK MUSIC REPORTER

(classicrockmusicwriter.com)

Classic Rock Here And Now

Music Tried And True

Facebook LIVE

YouTube

RAY’S BEST-SELLING BOOK

ENTITLED

THE 

ROCK 

STAR 

CHRONICLES

SERIES ONE

CHRONICLES, TRUTHS, CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM FROM THE MUSIC LEGENDS THAT SET US FREE



 …Order yours today on (Collector edition) Hardcover

 or E-book  at bookbaby.com and amazon.com

Featuring over 45 intimate conversations with some of the greatest rock legends the world will ever know.

CHRIS SQUIRE... DR. JOHN... GREG LAKE... HENRY MCCULLOUGH... JACK BRUCE … JOE LALA…  JOHNNY WINTER... KEITH EMERSON... PAUL KANTNER...  RAY THOMAS... RONNIE MONTROSE... TONY JOE WHITE... DAVID CLAYTON-THOMAS… MIKE LOVE... TOMMY ROE... BARRY HAY... CHRIS THOMPSON... JESSE COLIN YOUNG... JOHN KAY... JULIAN LENNON... MARK LINDSAY... MICKY DOLENZ… PETER RIVERA ...TOMMY JAMES… TODD RUNDGREN... DAVE MASON... EDGAR WINTER... FRANK MARINO... GREGG ROLIE... IAN ANDERSON... JIM “DANDY” MANGRUM... JON ANDERSON... LOU GRAMM... MICK BOX... RANDY BACHMAN… ROBIN TROWER...  ROGER FISHER... STEVE HACKETT... ANNIE HASLAM… ‘MELANIE’ SAFKA... PETULA CLARK... SUZI QUATRO... COLIN BLUNSTONE… DAVE DAVIES... JIM McCARTY... PETE BEST

THE ROCK STAR CHRONICLES

BOOK TRAILER
 

BOOK REVIEW

-By Literary Titan (5) STARS

The Rock Star Chroniclesby Ray Shasho, is a splendid book written by a music enthusiast who has poured their heart and soul into it. It’s a story of a boy who loved rock music, and his obsessive passion of it earned himself the name Rock Raymond. He went to school but instead was schooled in all matters of music while his peers were buried chin-deep in coursework. He then became a radio DJ and has now compiled a book on all interviews he held with Rock gods who raided the airwaves back in the 70s and 80s. It’s a compilation of interviews with outstanding vocalists, legendary guitarists and crazy drummers in the rock music scene. Each interview gives a reader an in-depth view into their personal lives and the philosophies that guide their lives which all serve to humanize these great icons. For readers who are old enough to call themselves baby boomers this book will bring old memories back to life. Millennials, on the other hand, may think of this book as a literal work of the Carpool Karaoke show. 

The Rock Star Chronicles is a book I didn’t know I was waiting for. To come across a book that will talk me into trying something new. One brave enough to incite me to venture into new frontiers. This book made me a believer- I am now a bona fide Rock and Roll music fan. 

Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives. 

The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music.  The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.

I recommend this book to rock music enthusiasts, aspiring musicians wondering what it takes and all readers curious to learn new things by going back in time.

https://literarytitan.com/2020/05/03/literary-titan-book-awards-may-2020/   Gold Award Winner


MORE BOOKS BY RAY SHASHO