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Live Concert Review - Burghausen, Southern Germany.
B.Furtner.
Burghausen News October 3rd 2005.
Phasenkonzert-Bericht-
Burghausen, Southern Germany.
B.Furtner. Burghausen News October 3rd 2005.
Live Concert Review - Open Strings Festival, Osnabruck.
Ulrich Olshausen.
Frankfurter Allgemeine September 30th 2005.
Phasenkonzert-Bericht-
Open Strings Festival, Osnabruck.
Ulrich Olshausen.
Frankfurter Allgemeine September 30th 2005.
Live Concert Review - Queens Hall, Edinburgh.
Rob Adams. April 21st 2005.
"There are times when listening to the Scottish Guitar Quartet that it's
only knowing their surnames that reminds you that they are, in fact,
Scottish. There's the "only missing castanets to be Spanish" flavour of
Malcolm MacFarlane's The Road to La Mancha, a touch of Italian romance here,
a little French nostalgia there and a certain Swiss precision in their
execution.
It's this quality that's most noticeable as they celebrate the launch of
their third album, Landmarks. The technical excellence of their playing is
undeniable and the way they swap roles with their interlocking rhythm parts,
bass lines and melodic picking is admirable in the extreme. But what's too
often missing is the willingness to let their guitar strings sing the blues.
There's no lack of compositional ideas coming through. One of the best
tracks on the new album, Ged Brockie's See You In Seattle, has a Pat Metheny-like
construction, with its sighing phrases and sunnyskies chord sequences and,
although, despite all four's jazz credentials, they seldom dwell too long in
that style, when they do, such as on the quicksilver bebop of an earlier
piece, Denial, they generate a fair degree of heat.
Of the new material, Seattle and La Mancha, which is something of an epic,
with lots of dramatic pauses and dance step figures, sound most ready to
join the enduring audience favourites, Nigel Clark's bustling Ice and
MacFarlane's nimble Near the Circle. The farmer continues to be a splendid
feature for its composer's dazzlingly mobile fingers and a strong showcase
for the quartet's teamwork alike."
Live Concert Review - Lerwick, Shetland.
Chris Silver. March 16th 2005.
Live Concert Review - Roots @ The Reid Series, Edinburgh.
Nick Scott.
www.edinburghguide.com. August 28th 2004.
Live Concert Review - CCA, Glasgow.
Leon McDermott. SUNDAY HERALD. September 2003.
Live Concert Review - Eden Court Theatre,
Inverness.
Kenny Mathieson. JAZZWISE. November 2001.
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