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North Star: Tempest

by Michael Askounes
September 1, 2000

Put one part Keith Emerson (at his most pretentious), one part FM (you remember... the band with Nash the Slash), and a dash of Ravi Shankar in a mixing studio. Press record vigorously, pepper with pointlessness and you've got Tempest, the new release from North Star. To say that these guys are eclectic is like saying Dean Martin used to like a drink or two (Thank you, thank you - I'll be here all week...). North Star seems intent on ...