RVG - A Quality of Mercy
This post has been transferred to Capriole . It's a long time between posts, but music that opens the periphery in our musical landscape doesn't come along readily, even in our active music scene. Sometimes a lot of good creative work gets held behind the palisades of cultural immaturity. Sometimes it takes a while for things to evolve, ripen and manifest. When I first met Romy Vager, she assumed a different monicker. Her band was smaller, the first time I saw it. Since then a lot has changed. RVG has come out with more than a first album. Listen to it here . A Quality of Mercy (AQoM) is a long time coming. Compassion, forgiveness and forbearance take a long time to find their place in everyday lives. That is what Vager brings to us in final overview, but not without the evidence of the bitter trail. These condemnations are foisted by fear, intolerance and prejudices. They are often a sordid vilification of gang mentality. Sometimes we spend time in dark l