by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews
Winterfylleth are back with their eighth album, the first in four years, following on from ‘The Reckoning Dawn’ since when there has been a line-up change with the departure of Dan Capp, who has been replaced by Russell Dobson (lead guitar, vocals), who is also a...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews
I first became a fan of Atreyu two decades back with the release of ‘The Curse’, since when they have broken up, reformed, and even lost their original lead singer but Brandon Saller (vocals), Dan Jacobs (guitar), Travis Miguel (guitar), and Porter McKnight (bass)...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews
This is the first time I have come across Joy Shannon, who has released multiple albums with her band The Beauty Marks, and to say I am simply blown away is something of a huge understatement. Shannon brings together multiple different styles of folk, from Celtic and...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews
When California-based singer Jack Wood discovered Australian jazz singer Nichaud Fitzgibbon he decided to show her talents to his own audience, and she sang on two songs on his last album. This time around we find them releasing an album together, but all is not quite...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews
Gino Amato’s is a classically trained pianist who has worked with the Puerto Rican salsa band La Sonora Ponceña and pianist Papo Lucca, studied with Don Sebesky and Jim McNeely, formed the Steely Dan tribute group Royal Scam, and has written for big bands and Latin...
by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews
What we have here is a remastered version of an album which was released in 2007, but I didn’t hear it at the time and I am very pleased indeed to have it now as this is a delight for anyone interested in hugely complex and complicated jazz with wonderful arrangements...