by Pete Sargeant | Mar 18, 2018 | Reviews
DeWolff Thrust (Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group) A power trio from the southern part of The Netherlands, the personnel of this outfit comprises guitarist and singer Pablo and drummer Luka van de Poel with the brothers joined by Robin Piso on Hammond. The group name...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 16, 2018 | Reviews
Stone Broken Ain’t Always Easy – Special Edition (Spinefarm Records) Currently out on tour in support of this release, Stone Broken have honed this collection of songs by playing them at shows. Hence a lot of them are already familiar to followers of the group....
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 12, 2018 | Reviews
Jimi Hendrix Both Sides Of The Sky (Sony Music) Nearly fifty years after the guitar adventurer’s passing, a new Jimi Hendrix record release is still – potentially – an exciting event for fans. The last one put out was the terrific Machine Gun live set with the...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 12, 2018 | Reviews
Dan Patlansky Perfection Kills (Independent) From the eyecatching artwork to the recording depth and clarity – especially on Dan’s vocals – to the adventurous and fresh songs themselves, Perfection Kills represents quite a jump forward in impact and appeal of...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 8, 2018 | Reviews
Maynard Ferguson Memories Of Maynard: The Best Of The Columbia Years (Sleepy Night Records) There were some cool big bands around when I was young – though this was long after Basie, Rich, Bellson and Ellington’s heyday – Don Ellis, pal of Jimi Hendrix Gil Evans but...
by Pete Sargeant | Mar 8, 2018 | Reviews
Elise LeGrow Playing Chess (S-Curve Records/BMG) Intriguing, sharply-honed, impactful…and so is her record. Having met this Canadian songstress in London to talk this release, listening to it makes more and more sense. For this chanteuse has her own twist on...
