Pete Oxley & Nicolas Meier – The Alluring Ascent (MGP Records, 2019) Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier continue their guitar collaboration with The Alluring Ascent,…
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Category: CD Reviews
Transfixing Shamanic Trance Music from Byron Metcalf and Mark Seelig
Byron Metcalf and Mark Seelig – Persistent Visions (Projekt Records, 2019) Byron Metcalf and Mark Seelig deliver a spellbinding performance on Persistent Visions. The combination…
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The Far Meadow – “Foreign Land”
The Far Meadow – Foreign Land (Bad Elephant Music, 2019) I really enjoyed the Far Meadow’s Given the Impossible, especially “Seamless Shirt”, with Marguerita singing…
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Fusion and Electronics Around the Drums
Manu Katché – The Scope (Anteprima Productions, 2019) French drummer, singer, songwriter and composer explores various genres on his ninth album, The Scope. The biggest…
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Tim Bowness with his Favorite Singers and Musicians
Tim Bowness – Flowers at the Scene (InsideOutMusic, 2019) Flowers at the Scene is the exquisitely produced and arranged fifth solo album by British artist…
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The Claypool Lennon Delirium – “South of Reality”
The Claypool Lennon Delirium – South of Reality (ATO records, 2019) I was intrigued by the formation of this band from its first announcements in…
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Strat Andriotis and Jerry Goodman, a Remarkable Collaboration
Strat Andriotis – Night Manager (Dekatria Records, 2018) Canadian guitar virtuoso Strat Andriotis collaborates with iconic musicians from the jazz and fusion world on Night…
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Peter Bank’s Remarkable Guitar and Experimentation
Peter Banks – The Self-Contained Trilogy (The Peter Banks Musical Estate/Cherry Red Records, 2018) This 3CD boxed includes remastered versions of all three of Peter…
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Extensive Guitar Sessions by Peter Banks
Peter Banks’s Harmony In Diversity – The Complete Recordings (The Peter Banks Music Estate/Cherry Red Records, 2018) This mammoth 6-CD set contains all the recordings…
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Caravela Escarlate, Keyboard Delights from Brazil
Caravela Escarlate – Caravela Escarlate (Karisma Records, 2019) Caravela Escarlate is a Brazilian symphonic progressive rock band founded in 2011. The group features keyboard wizard…
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