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Darren Stroud - Guitar Absolute

On Guitar Absolute Darren Stroud plays all guitars and plays bass on most tracks. Tones range from warm, clean jazzy tones to more distorted offerings. Stroud presents a balanced sense of...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2001-03-01)

David Davidson - Celtic Fantasy

There are loads of musicians trying to cash in on the Celtic music craze, and here’s another. This quote found on the web site should be warning enough: “David’s passionate use of...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2001-03-01)

David Jackson - Fractal Bridge

Utilizing the heretofore-unknown Soundbeam system, Dave Jackson has found a means to incorporate together his love of the spontaneous moment as well as live improvisation. Across the eleven cuts,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Five Fifteen - Silver Machine & I Don't Remember

Here we have two four-song discs from Finland’s psychedelic progressive hard rock masters. The first (I Don't Remember) features a short version of a track from their album...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Fonya - Sunset Cliffs

Those expecting the usual collection of Yes-inspired sci-fi instrumentals from Chris Fournier this time out are in for quite a shock. For one thing, while the overall sound and production quality...

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(Posted by Paul Hightower 2001-03-01)

Frank van Bogaert - Docking

Van Bogaert’s electronic leanings remind me a lot of 70s Vangelis and more symphonic-oriented electronic music like Tomita or some Kitaro. Throughout the 11 tracks on the CD, there is a...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Gavin Harrison - Sanity and Gravity

With Sanity and Gravity UK session drummer Gavin Harrison steps up to the lead role with his very first album. Harrison is known for accompanying many divergent artists such as Iggy Pop,...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Gilgamesh - Arriving Twice

The musical world suffered a major loss in May of 1981 when Alan Gowen died of leukemia at the age of 33. Perhaps best known for his work with National Health, Gowen had also been the leader of his...

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(Posted by David Ashcraft 2001-03-01)

Gjallarhorn - Sjofn

Fans of the progressive strain of Nordic music pioneered by Hedningarna and Garmarna now have another genre-bending band to latch onto. Finland’s Gjallarhorn take some of the elements of those two...  » Read more
(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Glenn Hughes - Return of Crystal karma

Glenn Hughes has always been a hidden, overlooked talent in my book. The man came to prominence first with rockers Trapeze, before moving into the high profile of Deep Purple during the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Golaná - Feather on the Wind

Though Golaná (a.k.a. Scott Cunningham) plays handcrafted Native American wood flutes, his compositions have little connection the musical traditions of his Cherokee ancestors. Instead, the...

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(Posted by Jim Chokey 2001-03-01)

Guillermo Fragoso - Mexxico

Fragoso practices a brand of swarthy, doomy ambient prog that bears the imprint of Peter Frohmader. Fragoso serves up dark, dank soundscapes with a love of low registers, thick textures, and...

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(Posted by Dean Suzuki 2001-03-01)

Guru Guru - 2000 Gurus

I remember Guru Guru from back in the 70s, when I picked up one album on a whim. It was spacey, funky jazz rock done with a sense of humor (I don’t suppose you can be too serious with a name...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Hands - The Early Years 1974-76

Further tapping the bottom of the barrel of archives by Texas group Hands is this collection of live recordings and rehearsals by two prior incarnations of the band, named Prism and Ibis. The first...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Hector Hernandez - La Evocación de lo Sublime

The up side of the modern availability of inexpensive digital recording equipment is that virtually anybody who wants to can put out a CD of their own music without having to go through the...

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(Posted by Jon Davis 2001-03-01)

Hugh Burns - Dedication & Mindwash

For those of you who don’t know him, Hugh Burns is a much traveled and in- demand session guitarist who has played with the likes of Wham, Gerry Rafferty, and Jack Bruce. He is also involved...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

James Johnson - Entering Twilight

This 66 ½-minute, one track CD reveals a style that may be part of the lineage of positive, gentle, cloudy ambient music that one finds on Steve Roach’s Quiet Music albums and...

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(Posted by Mike McLatchey 2001-03-01)

Joe Jackson - Summer in the City: Live in New York

Leave it to musical chameleon Joe Jackson to twist the standard pop jazz arrangement of a few well known pop tunes and provide further proof of his oft-ignored creative genius. Dipping into his 60s...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)

Keith Jarrett / Gary Peacock / Jack DeJohnette - Whisper Not

Recorded in mid-1999 in Paris, Whisper Not is the first recording of the trio since Jarrett took a health break in 1997 and 1998. He suffered from CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome). To do a whole gig...

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(Posted by Jerry Baiden 2001-03-01)

King Crimsom - A Beginners Guide to the King Crimson Collectors' Club

One thing is certain: Robert Fripp and company have found a marketing outlet to appeal to the hard-core Crimson collector. Those of us left in the financial lurch now have a suitable access to the...

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(Posted by Jeff Melton 2001-03-01)