Lifesigns
Lifesigns
Review by Alison Reijman
Lifesigns is a music project spearheaded by John Young, composer, keyboards player and vocalist, aided by bass player Nick Beggs (Steve Hackett and Steven Wilson), drummer Martin “Frosty” Beedle (Cutting Crew) and producer Steve Rispin.
Add to this line-up some guest appearances from Hackett, Thijs van Leer (Focus), Jakko Jakszyk and Robin Boult (Fish) and the result is a wonderful life-affirming collection of five compositions, all penned by Young, that bring together the influences of the 70s classic rock age and re-ignite them with modern music idioms.
Ever the journeyman in music (his CV including Asia, Greenslade, Uli Jon Roth and The Strawbs), Lifesigns is the album which will elevate Young to master craftsman – such is the beauty and warmth of the music. This is full of infectious hooks, dreamy passages and virtuoso performances.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2013 Volume 2 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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