Following a bit of a disastrous turn of events earlier this year for Kalandra, they made it up to the Netherlands with a one-off return journey to Utrecht to make good on their headline show at Tivoli Vredenburg. It was fantastic that they’d been able to make this work and despite no support act for the show tonight, Jase W found them ready to make a splash with a mix of anxiety and hope.
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This partnership between powerhouse vocalist Amy Montgomery and drummer/producer Michael Mormecha, taking on a much more visceral approach than their previous projects, both separately and together, with this being the second single to be released via the new project.
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When it comes to picking up albums to review, Jonny B loves to push himself outside his comfort zone to see what else is out there. Sometimes it can be the smallest thing that draws me to an album, and in this case it’s the hometown of this band that caught his attention. Having spent a lot of his childhood and teenage years in and around Salisbury (famous, of course for its Cathedral spire) JB was intrigued to see what music this tiny city generates these days. This is how he found myself in possession of CARSICK’s ‘Tough Luck’.
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As a long-time follower of Glenn Hughes’ incredible career — from his Deep Purple days (he got to see DP MkIII aged 15 post ‘Burn’!) to Black Country Communion and all his solo adventures — Dave O’Neill was waiting for ‘Chosen’ with both excitement and curiosity. At this point, Hughes has nothing left to prove. Yet once again, he delivers an album that shows why he’s still rightfully called “The Voice Of Rock”.
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Well it’s more or less the end of summer for 2025. What a ride it’s been and Jase W closed out August with the magnificent Mogwai at a venue he’d not been to before! He’s in PAARD (HORSE) in The Hague and without any doubt this can also be on the list of bloody nice music venues across the Netherlands, quite spoiled for it here if he does say so.
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