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Raoul Bjorkenheim: Guitarist Between Two Continents
by Anthony Shaw
Raoul Bjorkenheim is a guitarist born and brought up in the States by his Finnish mother. After completing studies at Berklee he has spent most of his professional life between the two countries, working with the likes of Finnish percussionist/composer Edward Vesala or progressive producer/bassist Bill Laswell. He achieved recognition on both sides of the Atlantic ...
XL's Final Performance from Helsinki
by Anthony Shaw
Tavastia Club Helsinki, Finland November 2004 The lights are cold, the gear transported, the stage swept, but still those themes swirl in and out of conscious awareness. The morning after the night before feeling, accentuated by the drabness of a November morning beyond my window, but vivid because of the quality (and ...
Jarmo Saari: Solu
by Anthony Shaw
The use of realia on disc might well have gone the same way as Syd Barrett's homemade attempts to capture the sounds of a live motorbike for his piece Rhamadan--into the cutting bin. But his progenitors succeeded with the same sound for Atom Heart Mother , and the recording industry progressed towards today's super sampling scenario. ...
XL - Largely Visual Show
by Anthony Shaw
Louhisali Espoo, Finland November 15, 2003 You don’t have to be Sting to know about walking on the moon – any concertgoer will tell you that. But exiting from the concert hall with giant steps that carry you deep into the far reaches of the neo-artic night is an experience only to ...
Jarmo Saari: Portrait Of A Guitarist As A Young Man
by Anthony Shaw
Among the countless number of strummers and pickers the world over, there may be a small fraction who do not consider themselves to be artists! There must also be a small number who have only produced a handful of well-respected though modestly selling albums, but who still consider that the meaning of their lives is defined ...
XL: Visual
by Anthony Shaw
Orchestral rock has come a long way since Keith Emerson and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and one of the bands which keeps pushing the genre forward is Helsinki's XL. Over the past eight years the group has released four CDs, including one live cutting. The latest offering features more celestial anthems and coruscating choruses, as well ...
Phil Miller and In Cahoots: Out of the Blue
by Anthony Shaw
The latest of the long line of discs from English guitarist Phil Miller features the same musicians with whom he has now been in cahoots for over 10 years: Elton Dean on saxophones, Pete Lemer keyboards, Jim Dvorak trumpet, Pip Pyle on drums, Fred 'Thelonius/Sonny' Baker bass, and guesting on 2 tracks Doug Boyle on guitar. ...
Phil Miller and In Cahoots: Out of the Blue
by Anthony Shaw
The latest of the long line of discs from English guitarist Phil Miller features the same musicians with whom he has now been in cahoots for over 10 years: Elton Dean on saxophones, Pete Lemer keyboards, Jim Dvorak trumpet, Pip Pyle on drums, Fred 'Thelonius/Sonny' Baker bass, and guesting on 2 tracks Doug Boyle on guitar. ...
Gong: Live 2 Infinitea/Live In London
by Anthony Shaw
In the age of digital precision, it’s a reassurance to know that the spontaneity of live recording is not extinct. And when the band in question has a sum total of over 100 years of professional experience it’s a tonic to hear the power of the record. The disc provides ample evidence that Gong both should ...
