Monday, April 8, 2019

Curved Air

































Artist:  Curved Air
Origin:  London, England
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Rock, Folk Rock, Classical Rock

Original line-up:

Sonja Kristina:  Vocals
Darryl Way:  Violin, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Guitar
Francis Monkman:  Keyboards, Guitar
Rob Martin:  Bass
Florian Pilkington-Miksa:  Drums

Curved Air are an English Progressive Rock Band from London, formed in 1970 by Darryl Way (Violin, Keyboards), Francis Monkman (Keyboards), Rob Martin (Bass), Florian Pilkington-Miksa (Drums), and Sonja Kristina (Vocals).  Their music mixed from Classical, Folk, and Electronic, made them a mixture of Progressive Rock, Folk Rock, and Fusion with Classical Elements, along with High Tide, East Of Eden, and one of the first Rock bands after It's A Beautiful Day, The Flock, and The United States Of America.















Title:  Second British Rock Meeting 1972  (2018)
Genre:  Progressive Rock, Art Rock, Rock, Folk Rock, Classical Rock
Label:  Curved Air Records
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  No-Guitar Blues  (3:34)
 2.  Everdance/Cheetah/Vivaldi  (7:41)
 3.  Phantasmagoria   (3:34)
 4.  Melinda (More Or Less)  (3:12)
 5.  Over And Above  (11:32)
 6.  The Germersheim Jam/Vivaldi  (31:47)

Personnel:

Sonja Kristina:  Lead Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Darryl Way:  Violin
Francis Monkman:  Guitar, Synthesizer
Mike Wedgwood:  Bass

Florian Pilkington-Miksa:  Drums

Second British Rock Meeting 1972 is the third volume of The Curved Air Rarities Series, was released on October 5, 2018 by Curved Air Records, recorded live at the Second British Rock Meeting Germersheim Germany, May 22, 1972.


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