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Waking Vision: Into High Selva

Read "Into High Selva" reviewed by Phil DiPietro

by Phil DiPietro
May 14, 2005

Waking Vision is about all that is natural--not in the crunchy-earthy world of the neo-hippie jam, but in the sense of emotional transparency and oneness in nature that aspires to a higher plane--one they're capable of reaching, transporting us with them, through their music.

In 2001, this trio of Pittsburgh's John Shannon on guitar, Long Island's Mitch Cohn on electric bass, and Slovakia's Martin Valihora on drums issued a fantastic debut release called The Ancient Bloom. This one radicalizes their ...

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Waking Vision Trio: The Ancient Bloom

Read "The Ancient Bloom" reviewed by Phil DiPietro

by Phil DiPietro
September 1, 2001

Anyone routinely familiar with the world of pop music today knows that the stars are getting younger and younger, yet being presented as somehow older and older; you know, the boy bands, the girl bands, the little brothers and little sisters of the little boys and the little girls in the boy bands and the girl bands-the puppy pound, the kitty pound, the mini-posse, the teensy posse, the microscopic eensy weensy itty bitty posse - with implants!

Luckily, the jazz ...