by Pete Sargeant | Apr 5, 2019 | Reviews
Robin Trower Coming Closer To The Day (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) So here is the latest in the series of albums where Robin multi-tasks on the instruments and the vocals as part of what I call his New Testament. And he digs deep, with his musical roots on...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 5, 2019 | Reviews
Reese Wynans & Friends Sweet Release (Provogue/Mascot Label Group) Keys man of choice for many great artists, Wynans in conversation seems softly chuffed with having his own album out. On it he mixes styles, tempo’s and instrumentation and to be frank listening to...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 5, 2019 | Reviews
Katie Spencer Weather Beaten (Independent) So here we find Katie on guitar and vocal in the company of double bassist Tom Mason, drummer-percussionist Miles Bould and flute/clarinet man Martin Winning – recorded at Steinway in Fulbeck with Spencer co-producing with...
by Pete Sargeant | Apr 5, 2019 | Reviews
Paul Millns A Little Thunder (Acoustic Music Records) The cover shot has Millns looking like a repo man at the end of an aggravating day, but we know better than to judge a book…this release brings us fourteen numbers from Paul, in the company of a full range of...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 31, 2019 | Reviews
Celso Fonseca Turning Point (Wrasse Records) On this new album, Fonseca who of course served fruitful time in Gilberto Gil’s band from the early 80s stretches out, collaborating with Erika Ender and others. The notion is to mix and blend the acoustic side of...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 28, 2019 | Reviews
Matt Andersen Halfway Home By Morning (True North Records) What will draw you, the discerning listener into the spell of Canadian songsmith Andersen is somewhat similar to US writer-performer Eric Paslay’ s core appeal, as in Matt‘s tales and tunes, you keep...
