Results for "Blue Eyed Hawk"

Blue Eyed Hawk

12 Points 2015

by Ian Patterson
April 29, 2015

12 Points 2015 Project Arts CentreDublin, IrelandApril 15-18, 2015 In an international calendar absolutely bulging with jazz festivals, 12 Points--conceived in Dublin by Improvised Music Company in 2007--stands out as one of the more original. It's not just the diversity and quality of the music that sets Twelve Points apart, after ...

Under The Moon

By Blue Eyed Hawk

Label: Edition Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Oyster Trails; Somewhere; Aurora 5am; Spiderton; O Do Not Love Too Long; Reflections On The Spiral; Living In The Fast Lane; Intro (For Fathers); For Tom And Everything; Try To Turn Back; Valediction.

Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under the Moon

by Roger Farbey
September 27, 2014

"Oyster Trails" opens this fascinating potpourri of new talent with Lauren Kinsella's ethereal vocals at times eerily channelling the late Sandy Denny. The darker “Somewhere" is an acid-tripped version of the Arlen and Harburg classic “Over the Rainbow" and is frenetic and astoundingly effective with Laura Jurd's scintillating trumpet to the fore. A dawn chorus appropriately ...

Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under The Moon

by Ian Patterson
September 17, 2014

London-based quartet Blue-Eyed Hawk's debut recording has benefited from three years of gigging and the slow stewing of ideas. Collectively, singer Lauren Kinsella, trumpeter Laura Jurd, guitarist Alex Roth and drummer Corrie Dick sounds like the finished article, which whets the appetite for future chapters. With writing duties spread evenly, the quartet soars over wide stylistic ...

Blue-Eyed Hawk: Under The Moon

by Bruce Lindsay
September 12, 2014

Blue-Eyed Hawk is an exciting new band from the UK, debuting its original songs on Under The Moon. The album title is taken from the poem by W B Yeats: the band's name also comes from that poem. Such choices suggest a literate quartet, a suggestion supported by the intelligent, thoughtful, lyrics and music to be ...