Jazz Articles about Robin Trower

Robin Trower: Coming Closer to the Day

by Doug Collette
March 30, 2019

Upon departing Procol Harum in the early Seventies, guitarist Robin Trower embarked upon a solo career in which he has proved himself both prolific and consistent (like the imagistic cover art of the albums). Completely absorbing by its finish, Coming Closer to the Day reaffirms those virtues and belies the intimations of mortality in its title. The blues-drenched, semi-psychedelic guitar tones on the opening “Diving Bell" certainly augur well for the twenty-third studio entry in the Trower discography. ...