Azahara - Paco Pena

Advantages: Total Groundbreaking Art
Disadvantages: It Should Have Six Stars

.......the most unusual and challenging musical experience you'll have this year." Q Magazine (11/94, p.136) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the acme of true psychedelia and the most liberated music ever recorded...few musicians have ever worked so hard at bucking the perimeter of the fence of the rock song..." ~~ From The Sleeve Original liner information: ZOOT HORN ROLLO: glass finger guitar, flute ANTENNAE JIMMY SEMENS: steel-appendage guitar CAPTAIN BEEFHEART: bass clarinet, tenor sax, soprano sax, vocal THE MASCARA SNAKE: bass clarinet & vocal ROCKETTE MORTON: bass & narration DRUMBO: drums CAPTAIN BEEFHEART plays tenor & soprano sax simultaneously on Ant Man Bee, simran horn & musette on Neon Meate Dream; ANTENNAE JIMMY SEMENS sing lead vocal on Pena & plays flesh horn on Ella Guru; special guest artist DOUG MOON... Read review

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Advantages: The Evolution, Undertaker and Shelton Benjamin tracks
Disadvantages: Pretty much everything else

...recent themes for Randy Orton and Chris Benoit, which are much better themes but have been mysteriously excluded. 1/5 Chavito Ardiente – Chavo Guerrero. Performed by Liz Pena Considering Chavos Latino style character, this tune does its job pretty well. It’s a lively mix of trumpets and drums spliced together with a Mexican flavour. It runs out of direction far too quickly, but serves its purpose for Chavos’ mid-card heel status. 3/5 The Darkest Side – Undertaker (Re-mix) Now this is more like it. A remix covering the best of the dead mans themes over the past decade. It opens with the familiar bell tolling that would send a shiver down anyone’s spine, then the immediate rush of dread kicks in as the organ seeps through, slowly taking centre stage. The Undertaker has one of the most memorable ring... Read review

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Advantages: You can travel in your mind!
Disadvantages: You're still in the same place!

...confusing as they have the same name). Ketama's first album, "Ketama, Ketama" was released in 1985. Even if they aren't famous in our countries, (i say that because i live in France, and here neither) i can assure you that elsewhere, these guys are largely listened to. They've played with many "stars" such as Paco de Lucia, Camaron de la Isla, Enrique Moriente, Celia Cruz, Michel Camilo, or even played the first part of concerts such as Prince, Rolling Stones, or Frank Sinatra! They also appeared in a film by Carlos Saura, "Flamencos~Craig Harris, All Music Guide". They collaborated with Tonmani Diabate (a multi-instrumentalist from Mali, in Africa) to produce "The songhai project". .-o0°0-..-o0°0-..-o0°0-..-o0°0o-..-o0°0o-. Ketama are issue from the forth generation of musicians, their ancestor being "Ico... Read review

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