Month: January 2019

LEO ROARS AGAIN…Walter Faehndrich/Christy Doran/Remo Schnyder/Samuel Wettstein: Ame Seche, Orkestra Eustoria: Hypergiant Hi-Fi, Dialectical Imagination: Two Infinitudes, Slava Ganelin/Vladimir Homyakov: NEUMA, Exodos: Heuristics, Sakata-Nabatov-Seo-Moore: Not Seeing Is A Flower

UK-based Leo Records releases a handful of new and provocative albums sure to inspire free thinking. The quartet of Walter Faehndrich/vi-voc, Christy Doran/eg, Remo Schnyder/sax and Samuel Wettstein/synth meet together for 13 intuitive originals. There are no song titles, only…

John Akapo: Paradise Blues

Folksy and casual atmospheres are delivered by troubadour John Akapo. Sometimes singing, sometimes strumming or playing harp, but always telling a story, he sits on the back porch and gives a rural rasp to “Ramblin’ On My Mind” and takes…

Ben Wendel: The Seasons

No, it isn’t an interpretation of Vivaldi; instead Ben Wendel goes through each month of the year for 12 (duh!) songs and moods. He plays both sax and bassoon this time around, creating a strong chamber mood with Aaron Parks/p,…

****RINGER OF THE WEEK****Okan: Sombras

The vocal team of Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdely Savigne create rich and exciting Afro Cuban sounds on this highly percussive and energic album. The supporting team of Anthony Szczachor-Frank Martinez/dr, Roberto Riveron/b, Bill King-Danae Olano-Jeremy Ledbretter-Miguel de Armas/p and various…