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MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 14 September 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn her just released third studio album, ‘Lilac Everything’, Emma Louise’s voice does not have the clear, sweet high sound that we have come to associate with her singing. According to iTunes, after experimenting...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Classical
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 23 July 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMax Richter – Sleep – eight hours of carefully varied classical and electronic contemplative music on 204 tracks. Peoria – Mass (Re-Imagined) – Beautiful, minimalist-classical music song by, surprisingly, a ‘post-rock’ quintet, better known for their experimental...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Rock
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 23 July 2018 · Last modified 4 October 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis album presents the Angel’s most loved songs in a style that takes us away from the frenzy of the original loud sound and beat, to a softer but equally rhythmic version of the songs sung by the Doc. While I would never have imagined preferring acoustic versions of ‘Be With You,’ or ‘Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again,’ I must confess that I’ve grown extremely fond of them, and think of them as presented as if in a very intimate concert venue.
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 22 July 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor 33 years, the Cowboy Junkies have played rock/blues/country/folk music that has not grown old for those of uslucky enough to hear of this fabulous Toronto based four piece band. Amazingly, the composition of...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 22 July 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minute Amaya Laucirica – Rituals – As a long standing fan of Amaya’s music I had been looking forward to this album particularly its international release was to herald her foray...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Rock
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 22 July 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteJimmy Hendrix – Both sides of the sky – The ten previously unreleased songs on this 14 track album are actually worth a listen as they showcase the man’s versatility and guitar genius.
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 22 July 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll the Reckoning For 33 years, the Cowboy Junkies have played rock/blues/country/folk music that has not grown old for those of uslucky enough to hear of this fabulous Toronto based four piece band. Amazingly,...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 20 April 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUnmistakeable, French born, Lou Doillon is clearly multi-talented. At 35 years of age she can look back on successful careers as a fashion model, actor, artist and multi-instrumentalist, composer and singer. Her 2013...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 17 March 2018 · Last modified 19 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesNoir is a five member Sydney based band led by vocalist Jessica Mincher and guitarist Billy James. ‘Some Kind of Blues’, their first and only album, was released in 2017. The band classifies their...
MUSIC REVIEWS / Music Reviews - Alternative
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 17 March 2018 · Last modified 4 October 2022
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe beautiful and haunting songs on this album are sung in twelve different languages, by singers from different religious, cultural and musical traditions including rock/contemporary pop music represented by Alanis Morissette, Perry Farrell, James Taylor, and Linda Ronstadt. This complex and multilayered album deserves to be listened to uninterupted.
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