by Geoff Penn | Feb 1, 2023 | Reviews
2018 Black Widow Records CD 60.49 mins Alternative/Prog Rock/Metal www.alchemwebsite.com/alchemband www.facebook.com/pg/alchem.band/about/?ref My Rating 90/100 From a compositional perspective: ‘Alchem’ is one of those albums which will genuinely stretch your...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 29, 2023 | Reviews
I know virtually nothing about these guys, apart from they hail from northern Sweden and I believe this is their fourth album. Going by the funky artwork I also believe there are four of them, which means the singer must also be a musician as we have keyboards,...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 29, 2023 | Reviews
If one goes to percussionist Julian Gerstin’s website one will find it is subtitled Music of Africa, the Caribbean and the African Diaspora —percussion / ethnomusicology. That is a pretty good way of describing this music as while arguably it is jazz in its widest...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 22, 2023 | Reviews
Palmerston North deathcore band The Rising Tide had a great 2022, touring for the first time in six years and here we are now with their latest EP which is being released in time for a quick nationwide tour which sees them playing Auckland, New Plymouth, Wellington,...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 22, 2023 | Reviews
Last year one of my daughters went on a travelling tour of the States with her partner, and of course one of the places they visited was New Orleans. This meant they had to visit some jazz clubs, and at one of them she was incredibly impressed by the playing of...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 22, 2023 | Reviews
In 2009 Miller released his first album on the Summit label, ‘Rapture’, which featured drummer Bill Belasco and bassist Mario Suraci. Over the last ten years he and his trio have worked with his daughter, singer Rebecca DuMaine, recording with her on six albums, while...
