Monthly Archives: August 2019

KEPA HÄRKÖNEN – Spicy Tales & Spacey Tones

August 10, 2019

Ramasound 2018 Sturm und Drang or surf and twang: Suomi guitar-slinger lets his tune loose and gets away with it. After almost four decades of laying down incendiary rhythm-and-blues with WRISTSHAKERS, Kepa Härkönen decided to strike on his own and … Continue reading →

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JACK SPANN – Propaganda Man

August 9, 2019

Big Boo 2019 Back to Earth, a piano player with acute sense of relevance corrals topical songs into one intense missive and hits the listener hard, if often humorously. “Who will be my next little Hitler?”: with refrain like this, … Continue reading →

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NUCLEUS & Ian Carr – Torrid Zone: The Vertigo Recordings 1970-1975

August 8, 2019

Esoteric 2019 Music as a continuous process: classic oeuvre of British jazz institution boxed up for unconcealed delight in unified strands of imagination. It was a quiet revolution on Ian Carr’s part, when the trumpeter embarked on a trip of … Continue reading →

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JOE LOUIS WALKER – Viva Las Vegas Live

August 6, 2019

Cleopatra Blues 2019 What happens in Vegas, shouldn’t always stay there, and a blistering concert of blues veteran surely deserves a wider recognition. To what extent is an artist allowed to have fun is his chosen genre is all about … Continue reading →

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THE MEMBERS – Version

August 4, 2019

Cleopatra 2019 Four decades on from their debut, English punks pay homage to kindred spirts and give their own spin to familiar melodies. It’s become a even for former nonconformists to resort to cover albums instead of performing original material … Continue reading →

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