Nickie’s Niches March 2023

Artist Song Time Album Year Hayley Griffiths Hayley Griffiths Black Is The Colour 3:50 Far from Here 2023 Mysteries of the Revolution Mysteries Of The Revolution Heavy On Karma 6:14 Longing For The Dawn 2022 VLMV Vlmv There Are Mountains Underneath Us 4:21 Sing With Abandon 2022 computerchemist computerchemist sankt nikolaus auf der autobahn 10:11 where the clouds touch the sky 2022 Sairle Sairie Winds of Sirocco 3:09 Scarlet and Blue E.P. 2020 Tony Romero Tony Romero’s Vortex Tony Romero’s Vortex 7:18 Flowstrumental 2023 Zopp Zopp Bushnell Keeler 5:00 Dominion 2023 Jano Brindisi Jano Brindisi Gorilla Girl 3:57 Keep Believing In Love 2023 The Inner Road The Inner Road Star Fall 9:10 The Last Temple 2022 Dhafer Youssef Dhafer Youssef Bal d’âme 4:10 Street of Minarets 2022 Edenya Edenya Inside Your Walls 9:31 Another Place 2023 Not On Bandcamp Hayley Griffiths “Far From Here” Soprano Hayley Griffiths is no stranger to quality Celtic music, with a resume as diverse as touring with Riverdance and Lords of the Dance, to fronting the superb progressive rock outfit, Karnataka. In this release, she covers beloved Celtic classics such as The Parting Glass, Black Is the Colour, and Siuil a Ruin, with her clear voice chill-inducing throughout. She is ably backed by the instrumentation that one would expect to find at the local pub’s ceilidh, harps, bagpipes, tinwhistles and drums, plus full orchestra at times. Favourite Track: Black is the Colour Longing For The Dawn by Mysteries Of The Revolution favorite track Heavy On Karma This is jazz/prog fusion at it’s finest. They are forgiven for waiting 14 years since their last release for this one to appear, for it’s quite stunning. The musicians are all top-notch, this is keyboard-heavy music (Hammond organ electric piano and analogue synths), but the guitars truly shine, as well as the rock-solid bass and percussion, with flutes appearing from time to time. As complex and virtuosic as this sort of music should be, let’s hope the next one comes along a lot sooner Sing With Abandon by VLMV favorite track There Are Mountains Underneath Us London’s enigmatic composer Pete Lambrou collaborates with Ciaran Morahan and utilizes sultry v...