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Torgeir Waldemar “No Offending Borders” (Ja.Jansen plateproduksjon, 2017)

March 8, 2017 Jonathan Aird 0
Torgeir Waldemar’s second solo album is a simply stunning offering – a beautifully balanced combination of visionary acoustic songs, full of strong and vivid imagery, and more strident West Coast rock songs, sweetly melodic but shot […]
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Jarrod Dickenson “Ready The Horses” (Hooked Records, 2017)

March 7, 2017 David Cowling 0
Good God Jarrod can sing. He’s a storyteller with a voice rich as agave nectar; he holds a narrative and bends it however he feels, you hang onto every word. On this set of songs he’s […]
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Bill Kirchen & Austin De Lone “Transatlanticana” (Proper Records 2017)

March 4, 2017 Paul Kerr 0
Bill Kirchen should be familiar to many here as a founding member of 70’s country rockers Commander Cody And his Lost Planet Airmen before going on to carve out a career that has led to his […]
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The Standing Waves “Early Reflections” (Independent, 2017)

March 3, 2017 David Cowling 0
Both standing waves and early reflections are terms to do with the physics of sound waves. The first sounds to reach a listener’s ears from sound waves bouncing off objects are the early reflections and I’m […]
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Benjamin Folke Thomas “Copenhagen” (Louvaio, 2017)

March 2, 2017 David Cowling 0
Thomas’ opening gambit Good Enough For Me sparkles with lyrical ideas and has a few sticky hooks thrown in. The first line Wish I could come down from this pedestal strikes the right tone somewhere between two […]

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