Album Notes

The Good Times - (southbay weekly) -" Exquisite Spanish Guitar, Beautiful, infectious, and highly danceable..."

The Metro - (southbay weekly) -" ...Renders defenseless all listeners to their instinctual passion, accent with copious riffs courtesy of Carpenter’s deft Spanish Guitar..."

World Fusion has a fresh voice in this new collection by seminal World Music Guitarist Gary Carpenter and his band Tribal Heat. “Sirena” blends engaging Latin and World rhythms with electronica, vocals, and stellar guitar work. Upon it’s release, it is now in airplay rotation on several stations and has received high praise from fellow musicians and music alike.

Gary Carpenter has always had a passion for World Music and guitar. At age sixteen he was admitted to the Hartford Conservatory for his experimental Indian Raga/rock fusion compositions. Upon his move to the Bay Area, he formed the World Fusion band “Montage” which played to sold out houses at the Catalyst in Santa Cruz. In his career, he has worked with such acclaimed musicians as Compass and Blue Note recording artist, Samba Ngo. As well, we was lead guitarist for Blues and R&B star, Sista Monica and has to contributed guitar tracks to Arabic World /Electronica Embarka recording artist, MC Rai.

Garys’ exemplary playing skills have led him to live performances at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Sierra Music Festival, Sacramento Jazz and Blues Festival and the Oakland Jazz and Blues Festival to name a few.

“Sirena” is his first solo effort where he wrote and produced all of the tracks. “I put melody, arrangement and composition first and then integrated the guitar. It’s not just a “riff fest”, but rather an all around fun musical experience. With Renato’s assistance, we then combined World/Latin rhythms with hip-hop and electronica grooves to create something new, fresh and an exciting addition to the World Music genre”.

Here’s more of what they are saying about ”Sirena”


“Maximum 5 stars” ( Oracle Dancer is currently 5 stars on GarageBand.com only 1% of the 20,000 submissions achieve a five star rating)
Also from GB:
“ I had to play this twice (Chiamala Gypsy ) for the review because the first time my wife grabbed me a we began to rumba around the house.”
“This one (Oracle Dancer) just blew me away with the awesome blend of instruments. The beats are so unique that I am totally involved in it. The guitar has been played perfectly, oh, what rhythm. The flute and several other instruments are top notch. This is just too much; the beauty of this song cannot be expressed in words. I truly love this”
“Yes!!!! I love this passion; (Raised by Wolves) what a wonderful world when you can listen to this kind of music. Elation, soul and vibe can only come from a tune like this.”
-“Musically Rich. Great production, guitar sounds, and overall mood.
Great backdrop music for a chill evening indoors.”
“ Well, this track is in my play list favorites and very few have achieved that so I must award it a maximum 5 stars - you deserve it Mr C!”
“Oh hell yea, this is awesome. The Spanish guitar is superb!!! the overall listening experience was very satisfactory, no negatives just a 5/5”



GarageBand.com Critics Choice Awards
• Seven times voted -Best World Fusion Guitar
• Best Mood
• Track Of the Week
• Best Production
• Best Beat