By Gandalf
Real Music
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Stoking the flame with guitars, keyboards, sax, and more, Gandalf plays new age melodies that thanks to some lush and sparkling orchestration have a little extra wizardry than this same material might find in less experienced hands. Most everything has a synth pad background, and he does a nice job integrating guitars and keys together. The music is meant to evoke thoughts and hopes of nature, love, spirituality, and just having a bit of faith in yourself. Some of this sounds very “typical” but much of it really shines and soars. Cool vocals by Julia Martin on “In the Presence Of Angels,” though I’m not sure what someone continually singing the song’s title adds to the piece. “Brighter Than A Star,” the final track, has a heartfelt anthem quality about it, a very nice finale to the CD.
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