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Album Review

Hannes Riepler: Wild Life

by Bruce Lindsay
January 19, 2016

Austrian-born guitarist and composer Hannes Riepler moved to the UK a decade ago, releasing debut album The Brave (Jellymould Jazz) in 2012. Wild Life is his second album: with a new and slightly stripped-down line-up (no keyboards this time around) it's an equally impressive outing.Most of the tunes are Riepler's originals--there's also experienced saxophonist and new band member Chris Cheek's “Sailing Ships" and a cover of Beck's “Modern Guilt." The tracks are all between four and eight minutes ...

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Hannes Riepler: The Brave

by Bruce Lindsay
December 5, 2012

The British music scene produces more than its share of homegrown talent these days, young players who for the most part emerge from the country's music colleges into the professional scene and then, not content with waiting for the phone to ring, go out and create many of their own gigging and recording opportunities. It's a scene that, perhaps because of this can-do attitude, attracts many additional players from around the globe. One such performer is the Austrian guitarist Hannes ...

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