Sheep, Dog & Wolf – Two-Minds
.... a small-big wonder! These are the words with which this article ends, but I cleverly decided to put them at the beginning to try and get your attention. A cheap trick [Continua a leggere]
June 2021
April 2021
“Why” “Why not?” Cardiacs according to Sterbus
Cardiacs, who were they? The use of the modified Alessandro Manzoni's quotation seems to be appropriate, not just to show off, but because the answer to this question is less obvious than [Continua a leggere]
March 2021
Richard & Linda Thompson – The Great Valerio and Walking On A Wire: a lifelong thread
It is well known that folk music, at least Anglo-Saxon folk, has often been a family affair. This phenomenon began at the dawn of its history with the so-called singing families, who [Continua a leggere]
January 2021
Cobalt Chapel – Orange Synthetic
After almost four years, Cobalt Chapel, the English duo formed by multi-instrumentalist Jarrod Gosling and Cecilia Fage on vocals, flute and clarinet, are back with "Orange Synthetic". The first, self-titled album showed [Continua a leggere]
October 2020
Tim Hecker, the shape of sound
Fans of ambient (or atmospheric, if we want to use a wider and freer term) music surely are a particular breed of listeners: they get excited and exalted by music that - [Continua a leggere]
September 2020
Richard Skelton – These charms may be sung over a wound
A year and a half after the delicate and intimate "Border Ballads", Richard Skelton returns with a new record. He returns so to speak, because the English artist, as usual, has never [Continua a leggere]
L.A. Salami – The Cause of Doubt & a Reason to Have Faith: doubt, faith and ambition
L.A. Salami is a name that at first glance may seem both exotic and enigmatic. In reality there is no mystery as it is simply the shortened name of the London musician [Continua a leggere]
July 2020
The Bevis Frond – Lead On: bringing it all back home
If there is one thing I am really afraid of, as a man in general and as a music lover, it is that, as time goes by, one day all this will [Continua a leggere]
March 2020
The Art of Fingerstyle Guitar (And More) in 2019
As promised, after a year or so we find ourselves here talking about guitar, albeit with some differences compared to the last time. If in the previous article we dealt exclusively with [Continua a leggere]
February 2020
The Necks – Three: the art of change
What to do not to repeat yourself after thirty years of career and sixteen different studio albums? How to meet once again the expectations of listeners and musicians themselves? Questions like these [Continua a leggere]
