Al Di Meola reveals new album Opus

By Scott Munro
( Prog )
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Multi-instrumentalist and composer Al Di Meola will release his new studio album Opus in February

Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola (Image credit: Getty)

Multi-instrumentalist and composer Al Di Meola has revealed that he’ll release a new studio album in early 2018.

It’s titled Opus and is set to arrive on February 23 via earMUSIC after Meola recently signed a new deal with the label.

The Grammy award winning virtuoso says: “With Opus I wanted to further my compositional skills as I think that the evolution of this part of my persona has labelled me more composer/guitarist than guitarist/composer.

“At the same time, this record also marks a new era in my life. For the first time in my life, I have written music being happy, I’m in a wonderful relationship with my wife, I have a baby girl and a beautiful family that inspires me every day. I believe it shows in the music.”

Pre-order details for Opus will be made available in due course, while the cover art and tracklist can be found below.

Al Di Meola Opus tracklist

  1. Milonga Noctiva: Wandering in the Dark (feat. Kemuel Roig)
  2. Broken Heart
  3. Ava’s Dream Sequence Lullaby
  4. Cerreto Sannita (feat. Kemuel Roig)
  5. Notorious
  6. Frozen In Time
  7. Escapado
  8. Pomp
  9. Left Unsaid
  10. Insieme
  11. Rebels (feat. Kemuel Roig)

Al Di Meola: Elysium

Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving to the e-commerce team in 2020. Scott maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott's favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, Marillion and Rush.