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Lead vocalist/guitarist paints a timeless canvas of acoustic flavored melodic rock fusing classical, western, jazz, and folk music with an underlying mood that is passionate and romantic.
Genre:
Rock: Classic Rock
Release Date:
2001
Albums you will love
Jim Barbaro
Eco Logic/Burning Blue (2 CDs)
Rock: Americana
Jim Barbaro
Burning Blue
Rock: Adult Alternative Pop/Rock
Jim Barbaro
Eco Logic
Rock: Progressive Rock
Frederik Doci
Canterina
Classical: Contemporary
Various Artists
Smashville, Volume 1
Country: Country Pop
Sketches
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Record Label: GAG Order Records/Blue November
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Premier guitarist/vocalist Jim Barbaro takes you on another world journey...
On his third and latest solo offering, former Magnetics lead vocalist and guitarist paints a timeless canvas of acoustic flavored rock music with influences from around the world and through the ages.
Each vignette, or sketch, is a musical chapter that fuses rock, classical, western, jazz, and folk.
Whatever the style, the underlying mood is passionate and romantic with the melodic songcraft of Jim and co-producer George Gesner.
Jim and his friends use a palette of Spanish guitar, violin, cello, dobros, trumpet, Hawaiian guitar, pedal steel, as well as traditional rock and folk instrumentation.
It all gets topped off and woven together by Jim Barbaro's dynamic, full-throated vocals that range from deep and soulful to rough 'n' gritty to satiny smooth.
The CD is housed in a beautiful, eco friendly non-jewel-box package and includes a 16-page sketchbook with impressionist and whimsical line drawings and a full set of lyrics.
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if your library boasts only one indie album, this should be it
author: Jane Ellen
What can you say about an album where the fusion between music, lyrics, and production seems faultless? I've come to have high expectations of Jim Barbaro because of his previous collaborations with lyricist and co-producer George Gesner (Burning Blue and Eco Logic), but in this album, all preconceived notions are blown away. This third disc in the evolution of Barbaro's solo career seems to have carved a niche in which he is supremely comfortable: solid, well-crafted, introspective songs, with abundantly eclectic influences, plenty of passion, and room to rock. Add to this the astonishing ease with which he moves between rough, jagged vocal stylings, and smooth, lyrical phrases, and you have all the ingredients for success. I hope this won't be the last effort we see from Barbaro and friends; there is certainly an audience out there waiting for them. Favourite tracks: Every Heart Will Have Its Day, If Love is Blind, Geometry, Dear Heart, and Hanging on For Dear Love.
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