15th Anniversary Collection - Relix review, November 2004

TEMPEST
15th Anniversary Collection
Magna Carta 

Although this multi-national Celtic-rock band hasn't hit the big time, it is a perennial 
festival favorite. For the past decade and a half, Tempest has mixed folk and rock with 
power and conviction. It comes across as kind of Jethro Tull meets Fairport Convention 
with a slightly more international feel. The band is led by the talented Norwegian mandolinist 
Lief Sorbye. This three-disc box set is a fan's delight. It offers a disc of studio rarities 
and alternates, a disc of radio broadcasts and a dynamic, 14-track collection of concert 
favorites that captures the band at its best. Highlights are the jovial "Captain Morgan" 
and the harder-rocking "The House Carpenter." All in all a nice overview of a hard working 
and much underrated band.


-Plundering The Vaults by Mick Skidmore