by Kev Rowland | Aug 13, 2023 | Reviews
Much music is designed to simply entertain, some to get across a message of some type, while some albums are designed to make us think, and this very much falls into the last territory. Fella Cederbaum, the daughter of holocaust survivors, is a poet, musician,...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 13, 2023 | Reviews
Here we have the ninth album from Maria Jacobs, an American jazz vocalist, Christian singer songwriter and author, born of Syrian, Lebanese and Armenian descent. She is the Adjunct Professor of Applied Vocal Jazz at Kent State University, and this was recorded mostly...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 13, 2023 | Reviews
It was through a happy accident that I came across Volts last year, as that night I was supposed to be at another gig altogether which had been cancelled, so as I had planned to be out anyway decided to go out and see this band from Christchurch who were playing a...
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
Throughout his career, guitarist Doug MacDonald has recorded as a leader in settings ranging from a duo, trios, quartets, quintets, an octet, and a ten-piece with six brass players, to the 13-piece Jazz Winds/Brass Coalition which on one project also included strings....
by Kev Rowland | Aug 6, 2023 | Reviews
Here we have the third Hollentor album, which is a vehicle for Glen Poland to get his songs out to a wider audience. On this one he has been joined by Glen Drover (Megadeth), Shawn Drover (Megadeth), Tim Ripper Owens (Judas Priest), Henning Basse, (Firewind), Rudy...
