Nickie’s Niches 14: February 2023

Artist Song Time Album Year Riverside Friend or Foe? 7:23 ID.Entity 2023 Kingfisher Sky 0:34 Kingfisher Sky Duerme Bien 4:57 Walk The Plank (EP) 2022 Magick Brother & Mystic Sister 0:36 Magick Brother & Mystic Sister Les Vampires 6:21 Magick Brother & Mystic Sister 2020 Daria Kulesh 0:34 Daria Kulesh Cossack Lullaby 2:29 EVE 2023 Lady With 0:28 Lady With Titius Bode 8:42 The Lodge 2018 Sirom 0:39 Širom Wilted Superstition Engaged in Copulation 19:59 The Liquified Throne of Simplicity 2022 Honeypaw 0:37 Honeypaw Augo zilvitis 5:45 Tuta Tuta 2022 David Carroo & Friends 0:36 David Carroll and Friends She Moved Through the Fair 7:14 Bold Reynold David Carroll and Friends 2023 Echo Us 0:28 Echo Us Aeriel (Satre Dance) 4:32 To Wake A Dream In Moving Water 2022 Lumen Drones 0:35 Lumen Drones Avalance in A minor 4:10 Umbra 2019 Not Available on Bandcamp Riverside “ID.Entity” The last band I had the pleasure of seeing live before the Covid shutdowns, they were promoting their latest release, which had hit the airwaves four years ago, now. This recording is hearkening back to their earlier years in some ways. The material is primarily about the dehumanization of everyone and everything and the exhausting era of violence that we find ourselves in. Will we find our way out? There is a lot of heaviness and anger AT anger within, with a momentary flash back to the 80’s, perhaps representing the seeming innocence of the times, that led to our current bombardment of war, hatred, and ubiquitous technology. Favourite Track: 7:29 Friend or Foe? Walk the Plank by Kingfisher Sky favorite track Duerme Bien Short but sweet offering from this Dutch sextet, much of it suffused with Spanish flavour. Along with guitars, bass, drums and keyboards, violoncello, harpsichord, harmonium, glockenspiel, and mbira (thumb piano) are scattered throughout. The female lead vocals are rich, fluid, and full of smouldering emotion. The entire EP is worthwhile, but to best illustrate what treasures are to be plundered here, try my favourite track, Duerme Bien. Magick Brother & Mystic Sister by Magic Brother & Mystic Sister favorite track Les Vampires This release makes me think of early delving from folk groups into jazz territory, with some Canterbury thrown in,