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Tony is playing guitar and keyboards on Simon Townshend’s SECRET WEAPON TOUR March 2012 UK dates and venue details – HERE.

reflector out now! Reviews – Purchase “Wow. Music the way they used to make it. Soaring guitars, intricate melodies, meaningful lyrics; have they all gone into hibernation? Died an untimely death? One might be tempted to think so. Fortunately, with ‘reflector’, Tony Lowe’s latest offering, they gloriously resurface in nothing less than a miniature musical tour de force.” Brian Talgo

Over the last ten years Tony has released four albums of his own material including two collaborations with Alison Fleming (which made the ballots for the Grammys in fourteen categories over two years), a well reviewed atmospheric-improvised CD collaboration with Yumi Hara Cawkwell, has just released his new solo album ‘reflector’ and is also working with Simon Townshend on a new CD set for a 2012 release plus a new album project with Alison Fleming.

Tony is passionate about human rights, the peace campaign and the environment; these issues are often reflected in his heartfelt lyrics and evocative music. Creator of the inspirational multi-media concept All of the Above, he believes music can be a force for positive change.

September 2011, Tony played a set at the Bedford, London for the International Day of Peace, a Global Internet Broadcast event broadcast on Peace Day TV, streaming year around. In 2010, this broadcast went to over two million viewers.

Summer 2011, Tony is working with Simon Townshend on his new material and Simon will release his new album in early 2012. Tony will be playing guitar and keyboards in Simon’s UK ‘SECRET WEAPON TOUR‘. Simon, Roger Daltrey and his band have been tourning the US see - Roger Daltrey and Simon Townshend’s ‘Tommy’.

Summer 2011, Tony produced two songs for Gari Glaysher’s CD ‘Somewhere’; one ‘Everyday’ written by Tony and one co-written with Gari. The album is already receiving a lot of interest and promises to be a big success for Gari this year.

Dream of the Gryllidae released 22 November 2010 – is an atmospheric, improvised soundscape which can be purchased at iTunes and amazon.co.uk. Featuring the haunting, ethereal voice of Yumi, accompanied by her inimitable piano style and Tony’s elemental and searing guitar, this CD invokes a feeling of abstract otherworldliness. Yumi Hara Cawkwell, a winner of a number of awards in composition, collaborated with David Cross (King Crimson) and Hugh Hopper (Soft Machine) amongst others, and regularly performs her work at concerts around the world. She is known for her unique ability to ‘jump from pure improvisation to strict compositional accuracy within the same thematic storyline’.

Dream of the Gryllidae – Review Extract – “The guitar is nimble with its growlings, belting out riffs capable of searin g paint fromwalls, then issuing delicate strumming designed to instill a heavenly dreamstate.Whether displaying intensity or delicacy, Lowe shows a remarkable mastery not only of the instrument but to the diverse emotional potential inherent in both sonic directions.” Sonic Curiousity