Gerry Crooniek: “Passing the age of 40, I was thinking: ‘What will I leave behind? What is important to me? How can I be remembered’? This album is an answer to all these questions. Let me be remembered by the music.”
The lyrics of the new single by Icons Of Industry present an ancient theme – that of God’s judgment – raising questions about the relevance of Christianity itself.
I asked Shah-Tayler if he thought that Sarah would return to Jareth: “I think the question is really a Bowie question,” Shah-Tayler explained. “He was unmistakably a fascinating character on and off screen, so probably!”
Mic Jogwer of Pink Turn Blue Tells me: “As a songwriter you have to make a decision…am I part of a group of people who actively try to make this world a better place?”
Crooniek delivers music that’s sublimely neoclassical. I admit that Neo Fanfare is a genre I hadn’t heard of yet, but when I listened to the new album, Trail Of Time, with its blossoming brass swells, lovely xylophone and gorgeous arrangements, I was instantly converted.
“We wanted to capture the idea of someone reminiscing about a faded memory,” says Roberto Montoya about the video for “Cedars Of Lebanon.”
“The Unreliable Narrator” by Night Crickets is a mysterious video that’s every bit as spooky as the song itself. It’s from their brilliant debut album, ‘A Free Society.’