THIS IS MAGNOLIA — MAGNOLIA

CD REVIEW EVEN a teenager hyped from performing in a high school play can be calmed by Magnolia’s debut album on the car stereo, debating whether it is “serene” or “tranquil” music. An afternoon’s playing by friends has become an album of original compositions, as band members from FGHR (Stationary, Going Home) — Daniel Furrugia on drums/percussion, Leonard Grigoryan on guitars/harmonica and Luke Howard on … Continue reading THIS IS MAGNOLIA — MAGNOLIA

Stationary — Farrugia Grigoryan Howard Robertson

(Which Way Music/Fuse) THE perfect place to enjoy Stationary would be in an Otways cottage — I know just the one — with nothing to do but gaze through raindrops on the window to the bush beyond. Hard to pigeonhole as jazz, classical or sophisticated instrumental, this has a delicate serenity that ought not be mistaken for somnolence. The jazz and classical pedigrees of Leonard … Continue reading Stationary — Farrugia Grigoryan Howard Robertson