Spiro

Spiro: Repeater

by Nenad Georgievski
December 5, 2016

Repeater is an idiosyncratic vinyl only retrospective by the acclaimed quartet Spiro that collects highlights of the band's four albums that were recorded between 1997 and 2015.The British quartet's unrelenting passion for following its muse has served it well as the group's fearless explorations have yielded an ever-expanding audience and over the years Spiro has crisscrossed the universes of folk/world and classical music. Stretching the boundaries and crisscrossing universes is now a regular practice for a number of groups but ...

Spiro: Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

by Nenad Georgievski
September 6, 2015

Spiro is a strange, indefinable, delightful band of merry musicians which have developed a style so spare, so unaffected, and so melodic that you'd swear you'd heard all the tunes before. Drawing on classical music, folk traditions of Britain, Spiro is unlike anything else on record. Its music may be rooted in the sounds of English folk traditions, but its music is more than that as it brims with modern ideas. Adventurous and open minded, the band is thoroughly a ...

Spirojazz's "City Of Dreams" Pays Homage To Chicago With Funk, Blues, And World Music Influences

Source: Eric Taylor
September 20, 2014

Spirojazz's City of Dreams is not music to sleep on; after all, it reflects a city that doesn't sleep, so tough that one of its great men brushes snow days off. Here the dream is not just audacious but realized in all tracks. A strong Motown feeling is evoked by the rhythmic music, making a danceable disco-like offering that has both a heavy African beat overlaid with electronica, wind and strings in a blend that mixes Manu Dibango with Nana ...
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Interview: Don Andrews Of Spirojazz

Source: Eric Taylor
May 19, 2014

Q: Some people, especially those who familiar with progressive-rock albums from the '70s, would expect Space and Alienation as a science-fiction concept record. But Space and Alienation have a deeper meaning on your album, judging from the emotional tone of certain pieces. Is Space and Alienation what we feel from everyday living? In other words, we seek space but yet feel alienated once we have too much of it? A: Space and Alienation is for me about not knowing and ...
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Spirojazz Releases Thought Provoking Fusion Album "Space and Alienation"

Source: Eric Taylor
May 12, 2014

The music of multi-instrumentalist Don Andrews is alive. It literally breathes and accelerates at a breathtaking pace. On his latest effort, Space and Alienation, Andrews forces the listener to pay attention. No coercion is needed. Calling himself Spirojazz, Andrews crafts hypnotic, thought provoking, and daydreaming instrumentals that inspire various interpretations. If the title of the album hints at the otherworldly landscapes conjured by ‘70s progressive rock, the payoff is certainly there. Space and Alienation is awash in celestial synthesizers and ...
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Dee Bell releases "Sagacious Grace" with Houston Person, Al Plank, John Stowell, Michael Spiro, Colin Bailey and John Wiitala

Source: Dee Bell
September 6, 2011

Former Concord Jazz Recording Artist Dee Bell Moves to the Laser Label with the new album Sagacious Grace (Cat #0708). Available on CD Baby, Amazon, and ITunes as of 15 August 2011 Featuring Al Plank: piano; Houston Person: saxophone; John Stowell: guitar; Michael Spiro: percussion; Colin Bailey: drums; John Wiitala: bass. Praised by critics both abroad and in the United States for her “gorgeous phrasing" and “clear and easy delivery (Stereo Review)" of the lyrics of a song, West Coast ...
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Aspiro Launches WiMP in Nowary with All 4 Majors

Source: HypeBot
February 23, 2010

Streaming Music Service Adds Local Focus

Aspiro and Platekompaniet in cooperation with Norwegian telecom Telenor have launched its music streaming service WiMP with 6.5 million tracks from all four major record companies and indies including IODA, The Orchard, Beggars, and Naxos. The streaming music service has all of the usual features, but an editorial staff adds a decidedly local twist. “WiMP in Norway will be a service for Norwegian users", said Rolf Kristian Presthus in Platekompaniet. “Small and large events ...
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