The following review was published in Liverpool sound and Vision on 25th November 2019. Click here to read at source.

Stephen Harrison, 'The Pale Blue Moonlight'. Album Review.Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
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It is a time when our thoughts can travel the world before we have even blinked, no longer hidden away in drawers our demons and our angels have migrated beyond the journal and into the ether, they bathe in The Pale Blue Moonlight and revel in the heart of every cloud and silver lining casting its shadow on the world below. 
For some, this embrace of the elevated form of confession could be seen as inappropriate, a sentimental token of escapism and even importance taken too far, but for Stephen Harrison it is one of genuine reflection and it is one that basks in the moonlight and the warmth of the sun in equal, beautiful, fashion.  
The mood of the album is one of softness in tune but virile, consuming energy within its words, a superb dichotomy in which the expression of love wins out completely. Ambient and atmospheric, yet almost hiding a will to be merciless, to make sure that the listener is found on their knees pleading for more; in this sense of polar opposite does The Pale Blue Moonlight emerge as the guiding light to which we set our compasses and watches by. 
From the opening introduction of If The Machines and through tracks such as Stepping Stones, the haunting and stilled The Moors, Rain On The Window and Bye Bye My Love, as well as the albumâs title track, The Pale Blue Moonlight, the atmospheric readings of enchantment and feeling come to the fore, there is little to keep the listener responding to the virtue that surrounds the moon, nor does attitude of undisturbed creativity or workaholic cool drag the listener down to a place where they might believe it is all just for the artist’s benefit; a mean feat to produce such a contrast of emotions and harmony. 
An album that proves the poetic nature of the music when placed in its spotlight, The Pale Blue Moonlight is one of adventure, of strength and forgiveness; the aura that surrounds the moon may seem hazy to some, but they are stood in the wrong place, change the way you observe the light and its meaning becomes that much clearer. Absolutely captivating. 
Ian D. Hall

'Apple Tree' is a song from my 2019 album called 'The Pale Blue Moonlight' which is available from many of the digital retailers and also for streaming on Spotify.

My new 9 track album is out today, 1st May 2019. It's called 'The Pale Blue Moonlight'. Available to stream or buy on many of the digital retailers. To stream on Spotify click here​​. To purchase on iTunes click here

Sunday 17th February - Edinburgh. Writing new songs for the next album. It's going well.

Writing and recording some new songs and as a bit of fun wrote this :

Eight Musicians

Stephen says : 'I studied the classical composers like. I wrote a chopin liszt, went out and bought some purcell and a handel, saw the barber and the schumann and then came bach home, opening the glass front door with the handel.'

​The photo of me playing the piano is from way back in 1984! 

Released today, Saturday 1st December 2018, 'The Pale Blue Moonlight' is a song written and recorded by Stephen Harrison in 2018 and released as a single. It is available to download or stream on many of the digital music retailers.

I am writing and recording my next album and as a bit of an experiment I am releasing one of the new songs from it as a single. The song is called 'The Pale Blue Moonlight' - it is scheduled for release in early December 2018.

Stephen Harrison, It Starts With The Soul. Album Review.Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * * *

​In the simplest of actions can lay the decisions of genius. No matter what form the art or scene takes, a moment of perceived simplicity, of creative minimalism is towering and deserving of the audience’s full and unequivocal attention; there is no other way to laud an album which is grounded and passionate, one that understands It Starts With The Soul.
If your soul is not willing to make the step from functioning outside of its comfort zone to willing the world to be changed, or at least stop and think for a while on your actions and words, then it could be argued that it has no right to be let loose, to feel the freedom it obviously desires; that might be considered too harsh but it is a point of view that requires thought, for if you don’t believe the truth of what your soul is telling you, then how do you expect others to have faith in your principles and notions.
If there is a defining album which holds this attitude dearly then Stephen Harrison’s It Starts With The Soul is perhaps it. Softly played, a shiver of anticipation of what is too come, but in its lyrics, in the mastery of the subtle performance, this is the kind of album you can only ever hope to hear, but it is one made very real, and musically, incredibly appetising.
Expression is everything, it is how you conduct the feeling into one of memory that is the key, and in songs such as Trains, Iago’s Light, the sensational The Middle of the Morning, which has the depth of character you would expect only a band like The Moody Blues to harness, Show The Summer To The Spring and The Radio of Love, Stephen Harrison breaks the ground of indifference that some espouse and allows the bravery of love to step forth into the light and be seen as ground-breaking, as distinctive and forthright.
In the simplest of actions, a human being can be seen as genius, powerful, directly responsible for making another person think positively; regardless of any accolade that might otherwise appear, Stephen Harrison and his music should be seen and heard for what it is, unrelenting beauty.
Ian D. Hall

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