http://www.guitar9.com/reviews.html http://www.guitarnine.com/image/g9reviewsrss.jpg http://www.guitar9.com/reviews.html 144 22 The music press, both offline (magzines, newspapers, entertainment weeklys) and online (e-zines, review sites) have a lot to say about the guitar-oriented music being produced today. Here are the lastest independent reviews posted by artists selling CDs on the Guitar Nine Records web site. 180 en-us Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:07:31 EST Wed, 8 Feb 2012 14:07:31 EST music reviews http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss guitarnine@guitar9.com guitarnine@guitar9.com 2012, Guitar Nine Records http://www.guitar9.com/mrtwisterrev.html Published by Musikreviews - Yesterday I had never even heard of Daniel John and today he is one of my favorite guitarists ever. Danny grew up in Canberra, Australia. He picked up the guitar at age eight and taught himself to play. After gaining an enthusiastic response in Australia he dropped everything and moved to... (read more) Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/mrtwisterrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/atomicguitarrev.html Published by Guitares & Batteries; written by Jean Bachelerie - Top du mois: The Falcons Atomic Guitar (FBM-101) The Falcons sont de retour, cet album conçu, et composé par les Falcons et Mike Beddoes, tous les morceaux à l'exception de Sleepwalk sont des originaux. C'est une réussite complète le son est toujours aussi pure, les Falcons sont des... (read more) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/atomicguitarrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/atomicguitarrev.html Published by New Gandy Dancer; written by Davy Peckett - All originals except the last track and it's a big welcome back (after seven years!) for Canada's fabulous flying Falcons! There's just something about Mike Beddoes' lead guitar sound that gets me - totally unique, silky smooth, dream-like and so ooo oo evocative and every track carries the... (read more) Thu, 30 Jun 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/atomicguitarrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/thedreamihadrev.html Published by Guitar Noise; written by A-J Charron - Ron Jackson's music is absolutely beautiful! Five of the tracks are his own while the rest are by people like Gershwin and even Stevie Wonder. Entirely instrumental, entirely Jazz. Entirely something you want to listen to.

Jackson is obviously quite talented. This album reflects a... (read more) Wed, 18 May 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/thedreamihadrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/thedreamihadrev.html Published by Vintage Guitar Magazine - Ron Jackson is a New York jazz guitarist who can do it all. He plays in the traditional vein,bringing folks like Wes,Kenny Burrell,and George Benson to mind. His phrasing is always interesting without falling back on cliches from the aforementioned players.

Another thing I like about... (read more) Wed, 18 May 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/thedreamihadrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/concretejunglerev.html Published by All About Jazz; written by Dave Nathan - Taking on a play list of mostly their individual originals, guitarist Ron Jackson and bassist Nicki Parrott joined other seasoned jazz professionals to put together an album designed for long lasting listening. A bass and guitar duo might be dubbed the Odd Couple. But the combination works because... (read more) Wed, 18 May 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/concretejunglerev.html http://www.guitar9.com/burninggumsrev.html Published by Jazz Inside Magazine; written by Eric Frazier - Ron Jackson is a worldly musician whose influences stem from vast and far reaches of the earth. This statement rings evident both literally and figuratively. Ron has roots in the Phillipines, norbert hales from Hungary, and Matsuura comes from Japan. You can imagine that his music will draw on his... (read more) Wed, 18 May 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/burninggumsrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/liverefinedrev.html Published by All About Jazz; written by John Kelman - Building on the successes of Live-Powered Nexus (Lolo Records, 2005), Next Order's Live-Roaring Colors features many of the same markers as its predecessor. With another couple years under its belt, however, this twin-guitar, bass and drums quartet provides plenty of grist for fans of fusion whose... (read more) Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/liverefinedrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/liveroaringcolorsrev.html Published by All About Jazz; written by John Kelman - Despite locating its releases in places requiring a journey off the beaten path, the music of Next Order has always been well worth the trip. Since emerging with the appropriately titled Live-2003 (Order Tone, 2003), this Japanese fusion outfit has been working an intriguing nexus point where high... (read more) Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/liveroaringcolorsrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/pensierirev.html Published by Get Ready To Rock!; written by David Randall - Cossu, who studied at GIT in Los Angeles, is an Italian fusion guitarist and also features in the prog metal band Ashent. This album is lifted by the strength of the compositions, sterling support from bassist Denis Baseli and drummer Mirko Sclabi, and not least Cossu's playing. Italy isn't short... (read more) Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/pensierirev.html http://www.guitar9.com/pensierirev.html Published by Concreteweb - Fans of Finnish label Lion Music might know guitarist Alessandro Cossu from having joined Italian Techno-Thrash/ Melodic Death/Gothic influenced Progressive Metal act Ashent early last year, and whose 3rd album is about to be released. Completely different in style is this, Cossu's debut solo... (read more) Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/pensierirev.html http://www.guitar9.com/thedoubledrumrev.html Published by El Paso Times; written by Doug Pullen - I've always felt that El Paso musician Dan Lambert marches to the beat of his own drummer. Make that two drummers these days.

When I asked Lambert a couple of years ago why he hadn't recorded a CD in several years, he said he really didn't feel he had done anything worth recording... (read more) Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/thedoubledrumrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/thedoubledrumrev.html Published by MusicWeb Express 3000; written by Robert Silverstein - It’s great to hear an acoustic guitarist who so clearly has such a fondness for the rock edge. That’s the story with the 2010 CD from El Paso based guitarist Dan Lambert entitled The Double Drum Trio. Already creating a stir in the guitar world, Lambert is joined by multi-percussionists Ricardo... (read more) Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/thedoubledrumrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/unleashedrev.html Published by MusicWeb Express 3000; written by Robert Silverstein - His name may be a little hard to pronounce but there’s no denying the ease with which he gets his music across. Armenian / Canadian guitarist Hrant Bedoyan finds a unique groove and musical niche on his 2010 CD Unleashed. In fact, I heard Hrant's record the same day I wrote the review of the 2010... (read more) Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/unleashedrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/provencerev.html Published by ZoneMusicReporter.com - Provence is the background score for an idyllic life along the Blue Coast of southeastern France, a place of endless Mediterranean waves, never-ending sunny days and a unique spirit of bonhomie found in very few places on earth. France is, of course, steeped in rich history, but Provence has Nice,... (read more) Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/provencerev.html http://www.guitar9.com/provencerev.html Published by SmoothJazz.com - Provence lies in the south eastern corner of France right on the Mediterranean and is beloved by painters who rave about the “soft light” it offers. Renoir, Matisse and Pablo Picasso have all spent time and painted here. Apart from the title, another interesting thing about Luna Blanca is that... (read more) Sun, 19 Dec 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/provencerev.html http://www.guitar9.com/cruxrev.html Published by Progressive Rock/Progressive Metal; written by Marcelo Trotta - In the small city of Florence (South Carolina, U.S.A.) lives the talented multi-instrumentalist Kevin A. Smith (guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, compositions). The Seven is his personal musical project, created as a progressive instrumental act to reflect Kevin’s ideas, visions, emotions and... (read more) Thu, 19 Aug 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/cruxrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/aloneonthesunrev.html Published by Review You CD Reviews; written by Matheson Kamin - Michael Shouse is a Kentucky-based guitarist who has been influenced and inspired by the likes of Vai, Satriani and Belew, among other instrumental rock guitarists. After taking notes from the guitarists who preceded him, Shouse now has the knowledge and ability to teach his predecessors a thing or... (read more) Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/aloneonthesunrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/thewayoftheexplodingrev.html Published by Shredaholic - Mr. Fastfinger has such a quirky and innovative way of playing, and manages to use shred techniques to get a really wide range of interesting and cool sounds from the guitar. He has a very distinct sound that you would instantly recognise as being Mr.Fastfinger, which is something most guitarists... (read more) Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/thewayoftheexplodingrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/marchinginrev.html Published by Electronic Musician - It's not every day that you can say “electric guitar” and “John Philip Sousa” in the same breath, but the music of the March King has helped pave the way to national recognition for L.A. guitarist Dan Sindel. What started out as an exercise in learning how to use Digidesign Pro Tools led... (read more) Tue, 13 Apr 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/marchinginrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/currentrev.html Published by Something Else Reviews ; written by Pico - OK, so there's already a whole lot of great 2010 music to consider (you'll see), and yet here I am looking at a 2008 release? This is one that escaped my notice when it first came out in September of that year, but we need to park the new release train to take a slight look back, because Jack... (read more) Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/currentrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/auditivacosmicarev.html Published by MusicWeb Express 3000; written by Robert Silverstein - It sounds like hard rock jams all the way, but on the 2009 CD release of Auditiva Cosmica, Mexico based guitarist Crush sounds like he’s channeling the wah-wah flecked spirit of Jimi Hendrix. With his free form approach to sonic rock guitar, Crush literally crushes his way through eight... (read more) Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/auditivacosmicarev.html http://www.guitar9.com/currentrev.html Published by Improvijazzation Nation; written by Dick Metcalf - I was just blown away when I listened to these tunes on Jack's Myspace page... he had sent me an email calling attention to the page... soaring guitar solos and mixes that have influences from all the way back in the glory days of the 1960's. Names like Mahavishnu, Carlos and Robin Trower come to... (read more) Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/currentrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/currentrev.html Published by Gear Page; written by Conor Dowling - Jack Broad’s "Current" is a happy paradox of an instrumental CD. While clearly guitar-driven, it steers well clear of the many pitfalls of the dreaded “guitar album”. The guitar functions here as an integral element of the music, which is in no way subservient to it: Broad’s masterful guitar... (read more) Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/currentrev.html http://www.guitar9.com/songsofwaldenrev.html Published by Anything Phonographic; written by Steve Ramm - I discovered a track from this album and was encouraged to look further into Bill Perry's work. I'm glad I did.

Perry, an acoustic guitarist, composed this 65-minute album as a "musical soundtrack" for reading Henry David Thoreau's novel "Walden". It's been many years since I read... (read more) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:55:09 EST http://www.guitar9.com/songsofwaldenrev.html