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Not quite complex enough to be jazz, not quite mellow or ambient enough to be new age, and just a little too cerebral to just be pop music, Acoustic Alchemy's Natural Elements is its own little oddity. These tunes, based on the dueling acoustic guitars of Gregory Carmichael and Nick Webb, are invariably melodic, at times featuring a sort of folkiness that suggests Bert Jansch and John Renbourn's work in the Pentangle, and the mixture of acoustic guitar and synthesizers is not really that much different from what Vini Reilly was doing in the far hipper Durutti Column around the same time. On the down side, John Parson's production, which is heavy on his own synthesizer programming, is as slick as fiberglass rubbed down with bacon fat and causes even the most agreeable tunes, like the lovely "Late Night Duke Street," to slide away into nothingness after all but the most careful listens. A fine album, Natural Elements is nonetheless only for committed fans of the genre. ~ Stewart Mason Acoustic Alchemy Natural Elements Songs Natural Elements Review
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Purchase Natural Elements CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Acoustic Alchemy Early Alchemy CD (1992)
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| | Acoustic Alchemy Against The Grain CD (1994)
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| | Acoustic Alchemy Red Dust And Spanish Lace CD (1987)
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| | Acoustic Alchemy Blue Chip CD (1989)
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| | Acoustic Alchemy Arcanum CD (1996)
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ARCANUM was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
Nick Webb and Greg Carmichael, the duo core of Acoustic Alchemy, forego the traditional greatest-hits route by taking an amazingly fresh approach to the concept on their ninth venture Arcanum, which presents the spruced-up live performance evolution of nine old favorites along with three solid new tracks. Yet the best-selling British melodizers even twist the conventions of a typical concert disc by opting ...
| | Acoustic Alchemy Positive Thinking... CD (1998)
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Acoustic Alchemy's appealing mix of subtle world rhythms, improvisational steel and nylon string textures, and crisp pop and new agey melodies practically defined smooth jazz in the genre's early days. When co-founder Nick Webb -- who passed away in February 1998 from pancreatic cancer -- took his final turn for the worse just as recording was about to begin, longtime band accompanist ...
| | Mary Pearson You And I CD (2000)
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The title of this album refers to the accompaniment pattern for each of the tunes. There is no ensemble playing; vocalist Mary Pearson is backed by a lone instrumentalist on each track, ergo, the album title You and I. "Thou Swell" is a duet between Steve Davis' traps and Pearson's singing, a device being used with great frequency on albums by contemporary jazz vocalists. Instead of following a routine, steady beat, Davis' drums take a jagged turn as counterpoint to Pearson's plaintive rendition of the lyric. Then things ...
| | Beny More Ofrenda Criolla: Antologia Integral V.1 CD (2001) (Import) Canada
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| | Ayako Lister Japanese Koto CD (1995)
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| | Hunger Mountain Boys Three CD (2006)
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ABOUT THE HUNGER MOUNTAIN BOYS...The Hunger Mountain Boys have been performing on the club and festival circuit since early 2003. Founders, Kip Beacco and Teddy Weber have since toured coast to coast, shared the stage with dozens of legendary performers, performed on National Public Radio and Public Radio International, released two full-length albums and one vinyl single, and won over audiences from rock clubs to folk festivals and coffee houses to large theatres. Their songwriting won them first place in the 2003 Mountain Stage NewSong Festival songwriting contest, and some of their original material is featured on King of Bluegrass, the 2003 Jimmy Martin documentary.After adding a third member (Matt Downing of Jim & Jennie and the Pinetops) in April of 2006, The Hunger Mountain Boys have released their third album, titled simply “Three”, and are now on tour in support of the CD. "The group's sound is very resolutely old-school, but it's also resolutely eclectic. "Hiccup Remedy Blues" sounds like 1930's hot jazz, while "I've Got The Blues Mary" is more countryish with brother-duo harmonies and some startlingly virtuosic bottleneck slide guitar, and "Departure Day" sounds like an early Monroe Brothers tune with lickety-split guitar/mandolin interplay and tight sweet vocal harmonies. And that's just the first three songs on the album! Very highly recommended." -Bluegrass Unlimited Magazine Dec 2006“These boys from The Berkshires are a little too melodic to be old-time and a little too rough hewn to be bluegrass.... The album careens from blisteringly fast to cheerfully rambling…. Their compositions are indistinguishable in quality and tone from the older tunes covered.”-Dirty Linen Magazine Feb/March 2007"Although brother-act tributes are common these days, The Hunger Mountain Boys are in front of the pack...." READ THE REVIEW FOR "THREE": http://www.bluegrassmusicprofiles.com/Hunger%20Mtn%20Boys%20RR...Three.htm-Bluegrass Music Profiles Sept-Oct 2006 IssueAbout THREE: "A listener would be hard pressed to tell the originals from the covers. Highly Recommended."-Country Standard ...
| | Hanibal Failure Is Not An Option CD (2007)
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Adding his own flavor the saucy pot of hip-hop is the South Carolina born Hanibal. After years of grinding to maintain his rap credibility, Hanibal is now on an underground mission to bring himself to the forefront of the game. “Every since I was young I only dreamed of two things, I wanted to become a Professional Basketball player or the baddest MC on the mic or both” he explains. Hanibal was influenced by a wide range of East, West, and South coast rap pioneers. “I must have been about 12 or 13 when I first heard “I’m Bad” by LL Cool J and after I heard that it was a wrap, I was hooked on hip hop, back then it was LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim, Big Daddy Kane and N.W.A.” Hanibal says that as he got older he was influenced by Tupac, Biggie, Nas, Outkast, Eightball & MJG ECT. Living in Memphis, TN since he was a teenager, and still resides, and represents the city of Memphis, he has never forgotten where he came from. Hemingway SC, a small town about 50 miles inlet from the coast is where his roots were planted and is also the title of the first song on his new CD. “People ask me all the time how did I have such big dreams coming ...
| | Fame Becomes Me CD (2007)
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| | Ron Di Salvio Essence Of Green: A Tribute To Kind Of Blue CD (2007)
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A fine group of musicians from the Michigan area gather for what appears at first glance to be a song-by-song response to Miles' classic. The album opens with "Six Shades of Green," following the structure and feel of "All Blues" relatively closely. "Crossing Lines" follows the tone of "Freddie Freeloader" similarly. The chord progressions continue to follow the course set by Kind of Blue as the album progresses, with interplay between Ron di Salvio's Bill Evans ...
| | Martinez Chemical Imbalance CDs (2007)
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| | Karl Wolf CD (2008) (Import)
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