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Bitten by spiders...

Advantages: Flowing, flawless, melodic music
Disadvantages: None

Antonio Forcione – Touch Wood Antonio Forcione is an Italian virtuoso guitarist who started his musical career at the age of 13 when he toured Italy with his band playing guitar, mandolin and drums. He then studied art at Ancona and music in Rome before leaving for London where he hoped to find inspiration. Initially he busked as he couldn’t speak English then within two months he was spotted, played a slot on BBC2 and was asked to join the group ...
...Track Listing; 1 – Touch Wood 2 – Tarantella 3 – Mirror Mirror 4 – Alhambra 5 – Sunstep 6 – Gigolo 7 – Tango Suite / Libertango 8 – For Vic 9 – Watercolour 10 – Nostalgia 11 – Scrambled Eggs 12 – Mirror Produced by Mootmethod and Voxpops Recorded at Red Kite Studio On the Naim Record Label The accompanying booklet has pictures of all the musicians and drawings by Antonio Forcione. This album isn’t for everyone as it is mostly an ...

hukerjohn 02.05.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Touch Wood - Antonio Forcione

Very talented guitar playing!!!

Advantages: Nice guitar jazz
Disadvantages: Only instrumental

The album "The Guitar Trio" features the three musicians John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia. It was released in 1996 and was their first get together in 13 years, all three incredibly talented guitar players get together to produce a blend of styles which has an emphasis on Spanish classical.. undoubtedly down to Paco De Lucia. The intricate jazzy guitar playing is bliss to hear, each track is written at a superb pace, managing to speed ...
...sure of where a speedy guitar solo is going to come in. For anyone with a love for either Spanish music or guitar jazz albums then this a definite must, it's an album made by 3 superbly talented musicians if not some of the best too, the downside however for me is that I can only bare so many instrumental tracks in a row without any singing whatsoever and I guess that's why I'd be more entertained by a band like Puerto Flamenco, who provide the ...

dangaroo 18.12.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Guitar Trio, The - Paco De Lucia/John McLaughlin/Al Di Meola

A Great Archive Let Down By Sequencing

Advantages: Fidelity is great, songwriting, guitar playing and vocals superb, thorough research
Disadvantages: Sequencing - the track order is frustrating

...music fans a like. The Complete Robert Johnson comes across like a standards song book, the contents of which has given birth to numerous cover versions from acclaimed and esteemed bluesmen and rockers from across the globe spanning six decades. There is however, one glaring disappointment with this set and that is with the sequencing. This is the most comprehensive collection of Johnson's material and as such there are alternate takes included. ...
...by side with their original counterparts which makes the whole very hard to listen to as each track is repeated, albeit a variant of the original. It still baffles me as to why the alternates were not on a separate disc from the originals. Even for me, a hardened fan of the genre, it makes for difficult listening if you using an old fashioned CD player. This is a wonderful and comprehensive archive but unfortunately does not work as a listening experience ...

Nixu1980 03.11.2009 · Read full review
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An Older and Wiser Sequel

Advantages: Great voice, band
Disadvantages: None

...stronger with every listen. Feels Like Home with The Handsome Band and special guests. I am a big fan of Norah Jones. Her first album, Come Away with Me was an absolute classic. The album was certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 having sold over 10 million copies in its first three years of release. It won five awards at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Record of the Year", "Album of the Year", and "Song of the Year" for "Don't ...
...to an article I read, Feels Like Home is the second album by jazz songwriter Norah Jones, released in 2004. It sold a million copies in the first week of its U.S. release, the first album to do so since Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Again (2000) and it was the second best-selling album of 2004, with about 4 million copies sold. It sold 1,920,000 copies on its first week worldwide. Probably the most popular song from the album is track number ...

Spottydog11 29.09.2009 · Read full review
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Blues from Brum

Advantages: Awesome talent, Blues solos
Disadvantages: Joanne Taylor Shaw sounds better???? It's really that good that's my only gripe

...I would never hear....a British white girl playing blues guitar so deep and passionately it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!!! Not only was I in total shock but it took me a good few minutes to ask her how long she had been playing like that ? "A few years" she replied "how old are you now" I asked "sixteen she said. I woke up a few seconds later on the floor. **White Sugar** Now 23 years old Joanne Shaw Taylor released her debut ...
...To Be? Time Has Come White Sugar Kiss The Ground Goodbye Heavy Heart Watch 'em Burn Blackest Day Joanne get's things started with "Going Home" which opens with a gut wrenching "Sea Sick Steve" like blues riff. the bass comes kicking in and then the drums crash in before you get the real guitar brilliance, For someone of 23 her vocal is all the more remarkable, her raspy smoky vocal belies her age and has all the power and grace of someone nearly ...

jcneil 15.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of White Sugar - Joanne Shaw Taylor