Music for modern gardeners? The upper sleeve is a painting on wild flowers but inner sleeves are full of pictures of flowers in garden. Just garden flowers... not even one radish, beetroot, carrot, swede or turnip. But yet there is some beatroot to find among all those roses, lilies and daffodils. Fortunately there aren't any white lilies! "Being" is my all time favourite Wigwan album. Jukka G played organ and other keys with them and was the head of the band on Being. The music on this one is serious fusion, funky fusion, progressive rock, blues, classical music, and skillful musicianship of course. But to the roots again... this is not any "Happy Hammond" -music and it is just a good thing that there do not grow any hidden beetroots (in finnish "punajuuri" = redroot) in Gustavson's garden anymore, but the "beatroot" of "Being" which still grows seasoning here and there is the best thing on the album. once more... Most i like those parts where i can hear some echoes from Being and when JG sings. He is a great sounding original vocalist too.The rest material around and the main beingbeetroot sound of the album is important and obligatory framework. R&S&FM is very Hammond-organic music and JG will allways be my favourite organist. "This Elegy Will Always be" is my favorite piece after hearing the album two times for now.
Boo! Very nice singer-songwriter album from British Juliet Lawson and some of The Trees. I'd describe this progressive singer-s-w-music. There's more edge and sophisticated rawness among the beauty on the album than many others on this genre want, can or dare to express. She keeps me awake... on the ball... i mean so much interesting happens all the time. I on the whole like this kind of pure, not overproduced records. If i didn't know i would say she is american, because of her way of singing. An exciting album, diverse but balanced. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g32Ds7BJ1b8
Tee Sapoff and Cara Beckenstein, 18 and 16 years old John Adams high school students from NY in 1969 have created an atmospheric album. Before they went duo there was a third wheel too, but after few sessions Tee and Cara found this form better. Have to admit their voices fit well together. These young talented musicians have of course written all but two of the songs by themselves. Beatles's Hard days night they do is nice, slow and soulful version too. I think i can hear they were more than a s-s-w duo. The picture on the cover is moodfull. I would like to shared that moment of meal on the pavement edge with them. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biPAngT5sQQ&feature=relmfu
