Home » Search Center » Results: Sverre Gjørvad

Results for "Sverre Gjørvad"

Advanced search options

Results for pages tagged "Sverre Gjørvad"...

17

Article: Six Picks

November 2022

Read "November 2022" reviewed by Pat Youngspiel


Ayanda Sikade Umakhulu Afrosynth Records 2022 There's both a satisfying sense of ease and a certain expressive urgency to the catchy melodies that South African drummer Ayanda Sikade spins around the minimally designed, extensively repeating structures on Umakhulu. Take the bluesy gospel concept behind opener “Medantsane" for example: Simon ...

Album

Time To Illuminate Earth

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: All of a Sudden; Skårjage; The Neighborhood Pond; Never Ever; Dismantle; Massively Uncomfortable Rock (c'est la vie); Jordi Roca y Lara Costa; Swedish Braids; Searching Hometowns.

6

Article: Album Review

Sverre Gjørvad: Time To Illuminate Earth

Read "Time To Illuminate Earth" reviewed by Pat Youngspiel


Recorded in July 2021, mixed and mastered in September and released in October. Now that's what a tight release schedule looks like. Frisellian shimmer and sparsely percussive drumming return on Sverre Gjørvad's follow-up to the surprisingly resonant Elegy of Skies (Losen Records, 2020). The short period of time it took to produce Time To Illuminate Earth ...

Album

Elegy Of Skies

Label: Losen Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: The Amorphic Balloon; Elegy of Skies; Rein; Fire; The Wife Waltzes Too; Islands and Mountains; Strive; Mercy; Elegy of Skies 2.

22

Article: Album Review

Sverre Gjørvad: Elegy Of Skies

Read "Elegy Of Skies" reviewed by Friedrich Kunzmann


Sverre Gjørvad's 2019 offering Voi River (Losen Records) saw the Norwegian drummer painting minimalist sketches that mirrored his native environment. Taking up that thematic thread, his follow up effort opts for the gaze upward, reflecting on Norway's firmament in a musical Elegy of Skies. As compared to the predecessor, Gjørvad's 2020 sketchbook of ideas is even ...


Engage

Contest Giveaways
Enter our latest contest giveaway sponsored by Calligram Records
Polls & Surveys
Vote for your favorite musicians and participate in our brief surveys.
Publisher's Desk
How To Follow Staff Writers
Read on...

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.