Domino 2023

One of the most important voices in British folk music Shirley Collins returns with Archangel Hill, her third album for Domino. Due for release on May 26th, it showcases another peerless collection of songs chosen by Collins, some from traditional sources but others from favourite writers of hers.

DOMINO DRIVE from Sweden and their massively keyboard-dominated AOR and melodic rock are great stuff. "Smoke And Mirrors", their debut album, is able to rock, though, too. Powerful guitars and roaring vocals are the key here. Frontman Jonas Tyskhagen (v/g WINDING ROAD) does a great job in all respects. Almost no weak composition and at least two highlight songs ("Starlet Queen" and "The Girl Who Never Was") can be found as well as a fine production. A few guest appearances by e.g. JJ Marsh (g, GLENN HUGHES) or Fredrik Folkare (g, UNLEASHED) complete the picture here in a very pleasant way.

In what would become Fats Domino’s final public performance, he with his 9-piece band demonstrating why he is considered one of the pioneers of Rock and Roll. This previously unreleased album - Live at Tipitina’s - was multi tracked recorded and professionally mixed so you can feel like you were right there in the middle of it all.

This recording takes us on a fantasy choral journey using the traditional services of Vespers and Benediction as its guide. It weaves hypnotic plainchant around renaissance gems and modern masterpieces. The music of the great Renaissance masters, Palestrina, Guerrero and Anerio sit alongside distinctive voices from the twenty-first century: James MacMIllan, Julian Anderson, John Joubert, Sven-David Sandström and Matthew Martin.