iamthemorning

Iamthemorning is a chamber progressive rock project led by singer Marjana Semkina and classical pianist Gleb Kolyadin, originated in Russia and now based in the UK. The band emerged in the early 2010s with a sound that fused classical, rock, jazz, folk and electronic influences. Since debuting in 2012, the duo has won numerous awards and garnered international acclaim.; their third studio album ?Lighthouse? won Album of the Year at the 2016 Progressive Music Awards. While Semkina and Kolyadin are the only official members of the group, they often bring in accompanists for their recording and performing projects, incorporating instruments such as guitar, bass, drums, string quartets, and various wind instruments, with collaborators including notable musicians such as Gavin Harrison, Colin Edwin, Nick Beggs, Mariusz Duda and many more. Iamthemorning have supported many major bands such as Riverside, ?rstíðir, and Gazpacho; in 2023 they accompanied Marillion on their European tour, and toured with the Swiss progressive metal band Cellar Darling, including a collaborative project with them under the name MAER. Tonight they will be performing as a duo at the intimate and classy city piano bar, Piano Smithfield. Randy McStine is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter and producer, who popped up on the radar of many who hadn?t heard of him before when he joined Porcupine Tree?s touring band in 2022. He started his professional career over ten years ago with his Lo-Fi Resistance project, continuing with solo album releases, a collaboration with Nick D?Virgilio and Jonas Reingold called The Fringe and a project with Marco Minnemann which has released two McStine Minnemann albums since 2020. Along the way he has recorded countless cameos on other artist?s albums and toured with a wide range of bands in the rock, prog-rock and folk-rock worlds. Randy?s most recent solo release ?Unintentional? is a six-track EP of fiery blues-rock. He can also be heard providing the harmony vocals and guitar solo on Steven Wilson/ChatGPT?s surprise 2023 Christmas single ?December Skies?.