Dan Carillo

Dan Carillo & Common Good: Witness

by Jack Bowers
April 5, 2022

Common Good is a guitar-led trio whose music is message-driven, even though the message becomes largely irrelevent once the music has begun on Witness. Each of Dan Carillo's eight compositions was written in response to a social injustice, a social need, an heroic response to tyranny, a truth that lies hidden beneath layers of deception and obfuscation. An admirable enterprise, to be sure, but as there are no lyrics it remains for the listener to recognize and appreciate the music's ...