RENAISSANT

Renaissant biography
Terence SULLIVAN, the drummer from the peak period of the venerable symphonic prog group RENAISSANCE, had been writing songs with long time RENAISSANCE lyricist Betty THATCHER-NEWSINGER since 1977, although only one, "Forever Changing", had actually made it on to record, the Azure D'Or album in 1979. With various partial spin offs from the parent group proliferating around the turn of the millenium , Terry gathered family and friends under the name of RENAISSANT to produce "South of Winter" in 2004. In addition to drumming, he sings on a couple of tracks and plays keyboards and guitar. His wife Christine is the main vocalist. Other contributing musicians include the late lamented John TOUT from RENAISSANCE, Martin ORFORD, Steve RODGERS, Lee SULLIVAN and Alex CAIRD, while the aforementioned THATCHER-NEWSINGER contributes lyrics to 4 tracks. Stylistically, RENAISSANT might be closer to ILLUSION, the reformation of the original RENAISSANCE, than the Annie HASLAM version, but fans of both or either would be well advised to listen and support the band who apparently have more songs in the can, hopefully for future release.