David Sinclair
Acoustic Christmas
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Canadian acoustic guitarist David Sinclair's 1995 holiday release, Acoustic Christmas, features creative reworkings of a dozen Yuletide favorites (one composition is an original). Sinclair uses 6- and 12-string acoustic guitars as his primary melodic device, but adds depth and interest to his arrangements through the use of an E-bow on electric guitar, Dobro and acoustic guitar ("The First Noel", "Irish Moon", "The Water Is Wide"), a laudin (a small lute) and various percussive ideas. Noted producer Bruce Fairbairn (Aerosmith, Chicago, Cranberries) has stated about Acoustic Christmas, "A wonderfully inspired collection of Christmas music - tastefully and soulfully performed by one of my all time favorite guitarists." Even Sarah McLachlan has remarked, "David shines in his renditions of these gentle and spirited Christmas songs." Strong praise indeed. Instrumental Guitar, total running time, 40:33
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'Emanations'
Review Featured In 20th Century Guitar Magazine, March-April, 2001
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By: Robert Silverstein
t`s been twenty years since his last album, but Canadian guitarist Lyall Steel has just returned for his new album. Regarding his time away from the music world, Steel adds, "there was a 16-year gap in seriously pursuing music and I guess it was one of those artist things. Twenty years between recordings and it feels right". Filled with cleverly composed and tastefully performed solo guitar pieces, Emanations puts it all together with talent and inspiration. There isn`t any one style of music dominating the album, yet Emanations is a veritable showcase for Steel`s impressive approach and mastery of the nylon string classical guitar. Throughout the album, Steel demonstrates a fondness for classical, Flamenco and folk guitar techniques. He`s also quite well versed in blues as well as Latin and jazz guitar styles. On Emanations, Steel`s playing exudes a musical rapport that guitarists rarely achieve on their own. In addition, the CD packaging features creative layout and track-by-track notes in English, Spanish and French.
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