John Shand | Music & Other Spheres Posts

December 8, 2018 / Concert Reviews - Archive

Lennox Theatre, November 18 9/10 Exact contemporaries, John Keats and Franz Schubert were also identical twins in bringing the nascent Romantic movement to full flower. Between them they were responsible for the most lyrical poetry and music ever penned. Schubert infused his music with the purest poetry and Keats his…

December 7, 2018 / Album Reviews - Archive

LONDON LIVE (ARC) 8/10 No, I hadn’t heard of Jeff Siegel, either, but the American drummer leads a storming band. This live album was recorded on the last date of a European tour, so the quartet was well primed. Alas the gig was in London on the night of a…

December 4, 2018 / Album Reviews - Archive

SO MODERN (Foghorn) 7/10 You hear the assortment of musical influences remotely, as if they are in the next room. In the foreground is a voice as both a singer and songwriter that sounds like no one else. Perhaps partly it is Ivona Rose’s Polish background adding a layer of…