Steven Wilson

Progressive-rock torchbearer Steven Wilson, best known as the singer, guitarist and mastermind of long-running English band Porcupine Tree, hits New York to celebrate the release of his second solo album, Grace for Drowning. Encompassing tender ballads, crunchy metal riffs and extended jazz-rock perambulations across its two-disc breadth, the album ably showcases Wilson's skill and ambition; that it was issued in a surround-sound Blu-ray version points to his astonishing ear, a point that will surely be reflected in its live presentation.