Thursday 13 June 2019

THE RAZ BAND UK REVIEW

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THE RAZ BAND
#9
Gonzo Multimedia
For the last thirty-five years, The RAZ Band has been recording and performing their own brand of original songs. Recent years have seen them bunging out a best of and a 2015 album, “Madison Park”.
This new release, produced by band member and former Badfinger Joey Molland, features eleven new songs and if you get your finger out, the first 1000 copies include a limited edition live EP, recorded in Los Angeles on December 8, 2018.
So have they made their jazz odyssey or are they sticking to a beefy seventies power pop kick. The latter, you’ll be glad to know. The current lineup of Michael ‘Raz’ Rescigno on guitar & vocals, Jeff ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson on drums & vocals, Jim Manzo on bass & vocals, and
Joey Molland on guitar vocals & production know there way around a melody and there are plenty of them on offer here. Oddly, for me, I prefer it when things kick back a little so ‘Curveball’ and ‘In The Meantime’ were the winners for me.
Over on the live disc it sees the band reaching back into days of yore on four songs as well as giving three of the new boys an early work out. An enjoyable throwback.
CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FROM GONZO
No. 9
CD - £9.99

The Best of RAZ
CD - £9.99

Madison Park
CD - £9.99

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