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Acoustic Tales: The Archaic Revival
by Michael Askounes
OK, we're going to start today's review off with a riddle. Here goes:What do you get when you mix blues guitar, Indian percussion, and new age violin?A. A tasteful and delicate mesh of disparate world styles. B. A brain-splitting headache. C. Acoustic Tales' airey release The Archaic Revival D. McDonald's new “McScrapple" breakfast sandwich. What's the answer? Well, that depends. “C" is definitely the right answer no matter who you are. However, if your ...
Continue ReadingZapotec: Alpha Centuri
by AAJ Staff
I had heard of Zapotec awhile back being described as a Mahavishnu Orchestra/ Dregs kind of thing. Bill Curtis's guitar is definitely in the Mahavishnu vein and I hear some of Stan Samole and bits of Corrado Rustici. Anna Hubbell and Dave Kline on violins give even a Curved Air tinge to things, as on “Transient". A Magma/Univers Zero angst crops up very nicely. There is a pleasantly eerie aura in “Transient" and Curtis lets it all out in great ...
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