Jazz Articles about Cromagnon

About Cromagnon

Album Review

Tra il 1969 e il 1970 venivano pubblicati alcuni albums che saranno - in tempi diversi - assorti a pietre miliari della musica rock: Trout Mask Replica di Captain Beefheart, III dei Led Zeppelin, Fun House degli Stooges, Volume Two dei Soft Machine. Ognuno di questi lavori sarà in seguito a più riprese indicato dai critici come antesignano di una tendenza, di un genere, di uno stile. Spesso questi dischi verranno poi tirati in ballo dagli stessi giornalisti come punti ...

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Album Review

Cromagnon: Cave Rock

Read "Cave Rock" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose

by Raul d'Gama Rose
July 17, 2009

It would be a travesty of justice to suggest--as some critics have--that there is only one stand-out track on this historic reissue of Cromagnon's only full-length release, Cave Rock. That track is “Caledonia," which is no doubt a magnificent song. For almost four-and-a-half minutes, the inner ear is treated to a priceless amalgam of Celtic music: the moaning bagpipes, dark and throbbing electric guitars, and relentlessly militaristic drums came together in a song that was so far ahead of its ...