Ioanna Gika Thalassa Pink/Purple Plectrum Brian Ward and Derek Burbridge

Brian Ward and Derek Burbridge

Reed keenly matches words and music with the sparest of means to achieve the maximum end

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The three new songs on SOMETHING TO REMEMBER are formidable additions to this oeuvre

Ioanna Gika Thalassa Pink/Purple Plectrum Brian Ward and Derek BurbridgeThe debut solo album from Ioanna Gika (FKA IO Echo), 'Thalassa', takes its name from the primeval spirit of the sea, a nod to the singer's Greek heritage and a thematic touchstone for the self produced 10 song set. Written in Greece during a period of familial grief and romantic dissolution, 'Thalassa' documents an unanchored soul facing nature at its most unforgiving. Gika's unique voice is laid bare, a beacon above the black water of dense, looming