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 Annie Haslam  and Jim McCarty will be sharing an intimate discussion and visual presentation for the band history of  Renaissance followed by a Renaissance performance featuring, for the first time, members of both eras of the band performing their classic songs together.

Renaissance had their farewell tour last October 2024 and did not expect to perform live again. Annie, who’s been at the forefront of the group’s story for 50 years, recently was approached by an Edwardsville/St Louis promoter to return to the Wildey Theatre for a ‘one woman” show! After much deliberation, the idea grew into something bigger when Annie contacted Jim McCarty to be a part of the show and then return to the full Renaissance lineup, the band he, initially, co-founded.

A once in a lifetime event of Symphonic Rock at its finest! "All Renaissance and McCarty fans are invited to experience our coming full circle," Annie says enthusiastically, “that was destined to happen one day!" 

PLEASE WELCOME TWO MUSIC LEGENDS…  Two of my favorite people ….Jim McCarty of Renaissance, Box of Frogs and original drummer and founding member of  The Yardbirds and Annie Haslam legendary songstress of symphonic rock’s Renaissance to Interviewing the Legends.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

ABOUT

JIM McCARTY

AND

ANNIE HASLAM

Visit

www.jamesmccarty.com

Jim McCarty Official website

https://www.theyardbirds.com/

The Yardbirds Official site

https://www.facebook.com/jim.mccarty.9/

Jim McCarty Facebook

www.jamesmccarty.com/my-new-book-is-now-available/

Jim McCarty Author

https://anniehaslam.com/annies-welcome-page/

Annie Haslam Official Website

https://renaissancetouring.com/

Renaissance Official Website

www.facebook.com/RenaissanceTouring

Facebook

www.twitter.com/MysticAndMuse

Twitter

www.youtube.com/user/RenaissanceTouring

YouTube

SHOW SCHEDULE

Friday, Nov. 21 The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, IL (St. Louis) www.cityofedwardsville.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=672

Saturday, Nov. 22 The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, IL (St. Louis) www.cityofedwardsville.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=673

Friday, Nov. 28  The Newton Theatre, Newton, NJ

https://skypac.org/the-history-of-renaissance/

Saturday, Nov. 29 Lansdowne Theatre, Lansdowne, PA http://www.etix.com/ticket/p/81373625/the-history-of-renaissance-featuring-annie-haslam-and-jim-mccarty-lansdowne-lansdowne-theate

THE YARDBIRDS

DISCOGRAPHY

Five Live Yardbirds (1964, UK)

For Your Love (1965, US)

Having a Rave Up with the Yardbirds (1965, US)

Yardbirds (aka Roger the Engineer) (1966, UK)

Over Under Sideways Down (1966, US)

Little Games (1967, US)

Birdland (2003)

BOX OF FROGS

Box of Frogs (1984)

Strange Land (1986)

STAIRWAY

Aquamarine (1987)

Moonstone (1988)

Chakra Dance (1989)

Medicine Dance (1992)

Raindreaming (1995)

JIM McCARTY

SOLO

Jim McCarty has released three solo albums:

Out of the Dark (1994)

 Sitting on the Top of Time (2009)

Walking in the Wild Land (2018)

 He has also released live and compilation albums

 Jim McCarty & Friends (2011)

 and Frontman (2014)

RENAISSANCE

DISCOGRAPHY

Studio albums

Year  Title

1969 Renaissance

1971  Illusion

1972  Prologue

1973  Ashes Are Burning

1974  Turn of the Cards

1975  Scheherazade and Other Stories

1977  Novella

1978  A Song for All Seasons

1979  Azure d'Or

1981  Camera Camera

1983  Time-Line

2001 Tuscany

2013 Grandine il vento

Live albums

Year  Title  Chart positions   Comments

1976  Live at Carnegie Hall

2002 In the Land of the Rising Sun: Live in Japan 2001

2011  Renaissance Tour 2011 – Turn of the Cards and Scheherazade & Other Stories Live in Concert (DVD and double CD set)

2016 Renaissance 2012 (recorded April 16, 2015) – Renaissance Live at the Union Chapel (DVD and digital only audio set)

2016 Renaissance Live at the BBC Sight & Sound (DVD and 3-CD set) ―      ―      ―          Contains radio/television broadcasts of three live concerts, one each from the years 1975-77. The DVD contains the video of the televised concert in London on 8 January 1977.

2018 A Symphonic Journey (recorded October 27, 2017) – Live In Concert (DVD and double CD set)

2021 Renaissance 50th Anniversary: Ashes Are Burning - An Anthology - Live in Concert (Blu-ray/DVD/2CD Box)

2023 The Legacy Tour 2022 (2CD)

2025 Renaissance In Gratitude Farewell Tour Live (2CD)

Other releases

In the Beginning (compilation double-album of Prologue and Ashes are Burning), 1978

Tales of 1001 Nights (compilation in two volumes), 1990

Da Capo (Repertoire Germany compilation), 1995 (2 CDs) (Limited Edition in tall digipak with a much more concise, detailed booklet)

Live at the Royal Albert Hall: King Biscuit Flower Hour, 1997 (live performance recorded 1977; two volumes)

Songs from Renaissance Days, 1997 (compilation of out-takes, including one B-side and two Haslam solo tracks, 1979–88)

The BBC Sessions 1975–1978, 1999 (2 CDs)

Day of the Dreamer, 2000 (live performance recorded 1978)

Live at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia, 2000 (live performance recorded 1985)[nb 2]

Live + Direct, 2002 (edited 1970 live recording plus demos and miscellany, by Renaissance and related artists, from 1968 to 1976)

Innocents and Illusions, 2004 (compilation double CD of Renaissance and Illusion from the original incarnation)

Dreams & Omens, 2008 (live performance recorded 1978)

Live in Chicago, 2010 (live performance recorded 1983)

The Mystic and the Muse (three-track EP of new songs), 2010

Past Orbits of Dust, 2012 (live performances, plus one remastered studio track, from 1969 to 1970)

Symphony of Light, 2014 (includes all songs from Grandine il vento and The Mystic and the Muse plus one new track)

DeLane Lea Studios 1973, 2015 (live performance recorded 1973)

Academy of Music, 2015 (live performance recorded 1974)

Can You Hear Me? Broadcasts 1974-1978, 2024 (2 CDs, 1 Blu-ray)

ANNIE HASLAM

SOLO

DISCOGRAPHY

Annie in Wonderland (1977)

Still Life (1985)

Annie Haslam (1989)

Blessing in Disguise (1994)

Supper's Ready: (Genesis tribute Album) (guest vocalist) (1995)

Tales From Yesterday (Yes tribute Album) (guest vocalist) (1995)

Live Under Brazilian Skies (1998)

The Dawn of Ananda (1999)

Portraits of Bob Dylan by Steve Howe (album) (guest vocalist) (1999)

It Snows in Heaven Too (2000)

One Enchanted Evening (2002)

Icon by John Wetton & Geoff Downes (album) (guest vocalist) (2005)

Miles of Music by Bob Miles (guest vocalist) (2006)

Live Studio Concert (2006)

Night and Day EP with Magenta written for Haslam by Rob Reed and Christina Booth (2006)

Woman Transcending (2007)

Songs of the Century (Supertramp tribute Album) (guest vocalist) (2012)

'Live' Studio Concert Philadelphia 1997 (Re-release) (2014)

Don't Give Up Single, (duet with Jann Klose) (2017)

MORE

“Island” from 2019 w/ Renaissance and Jim McCarty from the DVD/Blu-Ray “50th Anniversary Tour 2019” https://youtu.be/L7PWTiSnCyo?si=F4A1WwM7ZluAb5xz

“Symphony of Light” by Renaissance from 50th Anniversary Tour 2019 https://youtu.be/wnIItVGLPhg?si=xtqfAjEcD6knOvvm

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