Looking-Glass Lantern is the alter-ego of Graham Dunnington, a composer and multi-instrumentalist with a doctorate in Victorian Popular Music. To date, Graham has released two albums; ‘A Tapestry of Tales’ and ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’. Conceived as a pair, the albums are based on the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Colan Doyle, and are available as downloads from iTunes, Amazon, Aurovine, Spotify and other online retailers.

The music on ‘A Tapestry of Tales’ is uncompromisingly symphonic with classical influences; gentle, pastoral and charming. Graham plays all of the instruments, (vintage keyboards, harpsichord, classical guitar etc.), and sings. The only exception to this is the brief violin solo at the very start of Tapestry and the very end of Hound, (the sound of Holmes playing his Stradivarius back in Baker Street). The vocals are complementary rather than dominant.  The Hound of the Baskervilles is much more of a full-on concept album than its predecessor with recurring themes and an intensity that builds with the narrative.

This is music produced for the benefit of the listener rather than the performer; no concession is made to heaviness or rock ‘n roll, no indulgent soloing or 12-bar padding, no guest musicians showing off and no neo-prog doom and gloom. Instead, thoughtful, melodic story-telling with Hackett-era Genesis influences but with a much greater classical feel. 

Musical samples can be found at the web site; 

http://www.lookingglasslantern.co.uk