Touch The Terminals

Ally Carter, Tree Stewart and Co. have quickly established themselves as Caerllysi Music favourites, four releases down the line 'To Touch The Sky' continues the progressive excellence they have shown us, citing Pink Floyd and Steve Hackett amongst major influences these guys are on the right road musically and when live music returns they will be on our radars.

“Maybe when I’m ninety…?” When Siggi Loch first floated the idea that Joachim Kühn might like to make an album of ballads, the pianist’s response was typically jocular, even defi-ant. That initial resistance didn’t last long, however. Kühn, now in his mid-seventies, soon started to settle down at the fine Steinway in his home – he keeps it impeccably tuned – to switch on his DAT recorder, and set to work. “The advantage of being here at home in Ibiza is that I can simply make a re-cording when I want to. When the feeling comes, I just re-cord,” Kühn reflects.

Mungo Jerry's 'Touch The Sky' contains studio tracks and a trio of songs performed during the 2019 tour of Germany (Recorded live at the Rolling Stones Fan Museum).

The Doors' 1967 albums had raised expectations so high that their third effort was greeted as a major disappointment. With a few exceptions, the material was much mellower, and while this yielded some fine melodic ballad rock in "Love Street," "Wintertime Love," "Summer's Almost Gone," and "Yes, the River Knows," there was no denying that the songwriting was not as impressive as it had been on the first two records…