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Jussi Reijonen

sayr: kaiho – live in Helsinki

Review by Gary Hill

This is not progressive rock. In fact, it’s not rock at all. This is the third release from this artist that I’ve reviewed at MSJ, though, and I included the other two under prog. Additionally, two of these tracks are epic, with one running almost half an hour long. That leans this toward prog. All of this music is built on just one acoustic guitar. That makes it not the best thing for track by track review, but we do our reviews that way, so here we are. The short answer here is, if you like intriguing acoustic guitar work, this is something you should check out.


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Track by Track Review
halla

Running over 28-and-a-half minutes long, the opener is the epic of the set. It starts tentative and sporadic. It eventually gets more involved and insistent as it continues. This thing has all kinds of different melodies and modes built into it. It’s probably more classical and world music based than it is prog, but fans of acoustic guitar work and prog are likely to really be the best audience for it.

fes

This one is close to 11 minutes long. It’s not a big change from the previous number. Then again, when it’s all acoustic guitar work, how different could it be? And that’s not any kind of criticism. This is all cool. It’s just not a huge departure, nor could it really be.          

vielä

Just under three-minutes long, this is the shortest piece on the disc. It’s again, not a big change.

 
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