Robert Bell Discography of CDs

Robert Bell discography I live in Minneapolis Minnesota. Here is how I came to this music... By the year 1997 my musical endeavors had largely been collaborative creative projects that leaned toward pop or alternative music. I was interested in studying other genres and expanding my level of musical awareness. Jazz seemed a daunting curiosity ...

Robert Bell discography For the first time since former band Japan's Tin Drum, the duo of Steve Jansen and Richard Barbieri return to pop terra firma. The woozy title piece rekindles their Oriental iconography. "Shining" is a pastel pop/rocker followed by another single, "Second Sight," a musical cross-reference between Icehouse, Duran Duran, and Howard ...

Robert Bell albums Personnel: Dennis Russell, Dennis Russell Davies (piano).

Robert Bell CD discography Blue Nile albums only come around at an average of about twice every 10 years, so each one is greeted with a wealth of anticipation and reverence. This was no less true for the Scottish trio's fourth album, HIGH. Following the group's chronological line of progression, HIGH is most akin to ...

Robert Bell music CDs The members of the Blue Nile seem to have taken seriously all those articles and reviews about what audiophiles and technicians they are, and this time around they've spent a half-dozen years concocting an album that sounds like they made at least some of it in their living rooms rather than ...

Robert Bell songs Like the work of Clannad, the folk-rock group Maire Brennan has fronted since the early '70s, MISTY EYED ADVENTURES strategically melds elements of contemporary pop with traditional Celtic melodies and textures. The follow-up to her solo debut MAIRE, ADVENTURES continues in the same passionate, minor-key vein, creating sonic atmospheres that give ...

Robert Bell CD discography Indie bands mixing rock with folk came and went during the six years between Strapping Fieldhands full-lengths, making 2002 as good a time for a comeback as any. It's clear the band didn't spend much of the interim practicing; The Third Kingdom is as chaotic and dense a piece of lo-fi ...

Robert Bell albums Personnel: Karl Mullen (vocals, guitar, bouzouki); Mike Michalski (vocals, mandolin); John Bell, Rachel McCartney (vocals); Robert Bell (fiddle). The Ploughman's Lunch: Karl Mullen (vocals, guitar, bouzouki, whistle, banjo); Don Roehlich (vocals, saxophone, clarinet); Michael Michalski (vocals, bass, mandolin); Dennis Childers (vocals, drums, congas, percussion).

Robert Bell music CDs A minor improvement over Waiting, this third offering from the Devlins follows much the same formula as the album that preceded it. Except in the two gorgeously lush songs that open the album, and in a small number of other songs, Consent's success is hindered by Colin Devlin's talky vocal delivery. ...

The Devlins showcase their smooth Irish brogue on their debut album Drift, and without the heavy guitars and lyrical imagery made famous by their Irish counterparts (U2, the Cranberries). Taking note from their influences such as Talk Talk and the Blue Nile, Peter and Colin Devlin go for a grainy simplicity similar to Mike Scott and the Waterboys. The result is earthy in composition, and nothing outstanding in the sense of perfecting an anthem or epic song. Album opener "I Knew That" is a decent introduction for Drift; echoing guitars and breezy acoustics set the album's overall tone and emotional outlooks. "Everytime ...