Music Album reviews with Steve Johnson: December 15, 2020
Sonder ★★★★ This an intriguing album from a West Country-based duo with Riley playing vibraphone and Garden playing the violin supported by bassist Steve Toddler. Entirely instrumental the 12 tracks are all original compositions with a strong jazz influence. What makes the album unusual is that each track has a title in different languages but with a meaning explained. The title track is defined as the realisation that each passerby is living a life as rich and complex as your own. This thematic thread runs throughout with the first track Vellichor celebrating the strange wistfulness ...
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