Brian Bennett - Voyage: Expanded EditionEver since joining The Shadows in 1961, London born drummer and percussionist Brian Bennett has been an institution on the UK's music scene. After leaving The Shads, he embarked on a fascinating solo career carving a unique role as a arranger, conductor and record producer, composer for film and TV. In 1978, inspired by the Disco boom, and particularly the space age Disco records emanating from the continent, Brian recorded what he described as "A

1 that received unanimous acclaim from the critics

On Nicks and Grazes

a brooding chromaticism that belongs to the most powerful expressions of Sturm und Drang

and delivers a solemn and graceful album

Part of the 80s extraordinarily vibrant and innovative independent music scene in New Zealand

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Bobby Pinson

With musical influences ranging from K-Def and Lord Finesse to DJ Muggs and Madlib

he must enter the criminal underworld and risk everything to keep from losing it all

the album is a red-hot slice of explosive hard rock documenting this great

is a pianist-singer with influences of soul

This musical fellow turned out to be Karl Lennox