Relix - music for the mind
Vol. 26 No.2

Tempest celebrates its tenth anniversary with the aptly titled 10th Anniversary Compilation (Magns Carta). Rather than issue a retrospective of previously released recordings, bandleader Lief Sorbye has taken the current lineup (which features two recent additions) of the band and re-recorded a dozen cuts from the band's career, but there is a distinctly more rock approach to this Celtic-based music. Old favorites such as "You Jacobites By Name," "Montara Bay" (with a great Spanish guitar intro) and the superb "The House Carpenter" are all given revved up, inspired treatments. If you've never heard Tempest before, this is a great place to start, and for fans, this is an absolute must.