Album Review: Brendan Gallagher - Wine Island

Former Karma County guy and much respected guitar study goes for the full bottle double album affair, with each disc (Bianco and Rosso – sensing one of the themes?) showing two distinct sides of his nature. The first is mostly built around some nicely sinuous blues, with Gallagher's own sly wit in evidence, and some individually observed covers – a slinky Baby, Please Don't Go, and Icehouse's Love In Motion notable. Other half is the more laidback, but still identifiably his. The quiet conversations with you – some confessional, some conspiratorial – are underpinned with his assured playing.