Gilbert Isbin Review of "Red Wine" @ iTunes By: Henk te Veldhuis his new album of this openhearted Belgian acoustic guitarist, is played on a classical nylon string guitar. Gilbert Isbin shows on this album many Spanish influences combined with his own musical views and improvising talent. "Happy at your Doorstep" is the opening track, which is a very quick played piece with a repeating theme in augmented and some disharmonic phrases. "Little Wing" is the famous Jimi Hendrix song, and Gilbert has made an entire own challenging arrangement of this great piece. "Simple Pleasure" is a complex composition in the same atmosphere which almost the entire reflects, which takes the listeners possibilities to "dig in" Gilbert's music, as sometimes his music is complex for the average listener."Nuages" of Django Reinhardt is played with passion and intimacy. "Deep and Blue" goes deep under your skin and is played in very complicated chord chances, with disharmonic elements. "Close" has a very low bass tuning, but is a very original and easy accessible piece, which has a nice melodic structure in an intimate setting. "Wonderwall" is a well-balanced composition with a great melody line. "As the Light Begins to Pale", the last track has a exquisite structure and reflects intimacy,surely one of my favorites. Red Wine" is a challenging album which combines complexity in music, with intimate and reflecting compositions. "Red Wine" takes you on journey, enjoy the ride! © Henk te Veldhuis / Bridge Guitar Reviews Happy At Your Doorstep Little Wing Fleur's Dance Gequetst Ben IC Van Binnen Simple Pleasure Nuages