by Kev Rowland | Nov 25, 2024 | Reviews
Following on from the death of Pat Torpey from Parkinson’s in 2018, there was always a desire to release a final album and tour, but it has taken until now for the band to finally achieve that with Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitar, vocals) and Billy...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 25, 2024 | Reviews
This is the fourth project under the banner Sheroes, an all-female band led by Monika Herzig who on this release provides piano and Fender Rhodes. She is joined by Jamie Baum (flutes), Reut Regev (trombone), Camille Thurman (tenor saxophone, vocals), Leni Stern...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 25, 2024 | Reviews
Tenor saxophonist Livio Almeida is back with his first solo album since 2016’s ‘Action and Reaction’, this time working with Misael Silvestre (keyboards), Daniel Castro (bass), and Pedro Almeida (drums). Recorded in Brasília, his hometown and Brazil’s capital, he says...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 25, 2024 | Reviews
As one of the first Korean jazz composers to transplant herself from the comforts of Seoul to the New York city jazz scene, Hyeseon Hong emerged with her large ensemble performing at the turn of the century in now defunct clubs in the East Village. These early...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 25, 2024 | Reviews
It did not take long after the final Nifelheim gig that Per “Hellbutcher” Gustavsson started thinking about his next band. He had fronted Nifelheim for more than 30 years (alongside his bassist twin Erik “Tyrant” Gustavsson) and was not going...
by Kev Rowland | Nov 24, 2024 | Reviews
There are times when a singer grabs the attention of the listener from the first note through to the very last, and that is exactly what we have here from seasoned performer Rose Mallett. She has been around the soul and jazz scene for some years, and was such a...