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Bill Carrera
EvO:R Reviewer
4360 Fairfax DR
Macon, Ga.
31206
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We look forward to reviewing your next masterpiece.
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I would like to take a few minutes to introduce myself to everyone, my
name is Bill Carrera and I am the music reviewer here at Evor.
I have been playing professionally for 25 years and even spent time pounding the ivory
for the founder of this website (that might be how I got the gig).
Sacred Rite: Resurrection
Roberto Luz has been an international favorite on the EvO:R website for many years and we have always looked
forward to any piece of work he can submit to us (and he has quite a resume of great material).
Roberto's CD's have been great listens as he does a masterful job of creating great tropical blends of exciting
and intellegent music. Considering the fact that all of his recordings have been done in less then perfect
situations as he is in a small third world country where things we take for granted in the states are luxury
items in his world.
Dennis King sounds comfortable and his voice is well-suited to most of these songs, very enjoyable all around.
Don Platts plays guitar and Willie Haddath has guitar solos on 9 of the tracks. Paul Hermanson is impressive
as the band's drummer and Steve Biondi adds interesting percussion to three of the tracks. Jean Lavin is the
drummer for one of the tracks and he's impressive as well. Bob Ginter is one of the most precise and
inventive bassists I've heard in the genre and I'd like to hear him solo in a future song (hint, hint).
Cole tinkles the ivories on 9 of the tracks and his style is very compatible with the music this band created.
The first six bars of the first track set the feel for the entire album
but by no means define it. I've come to expect a lot from this trio
of veteran studio musicians and my expectations were exceeded by Syzygy
. . . JDA has gone above and beyond the call of duty on this album.
The musician Neal Allen or maybe you’ve heard of his other incarnation, the band Southern Logic, puts
out a combination of electronic and power pop to blend his own style of music. .....The biggest thing that
bothers me about the electronic genre is the fact that the music is very repetitious.
Yes, I know that this is a problem in many styles of music, but the mechanical nature of electronica sometimes
gets over done. Neal’s music has some of the same pitfalls, but one thing that is brought out in his songs
is a real storyboard approach to every selection. 
I received the CD "Wined Up" for review from the artist Jeza.
As I listened to the first song I thought I had this one completely
figured. A pseudo pop player with an Eric Clapton voice range. So
I had the voice range part right and the rest of it was just Happy
Confusion.....To explain what I mean about, happy confusion, I have
listened to this disc quite a few times and I can't help hearing
something different almost every time. There are jazz, rock, reggae,
and other influences in his music and a good sense of humor that
allows you to feel that the music is much more than just a collection
of notes and the words more than just prose. 
"The King Of Monkey Island," (KOMI) Frank Cotolo's long-touted, all-digital
CD, was officially released through Ampcast on July 4 and is now available.
Below is part of the review of this work..........Sometimes it's hard to hear
where a musician's influence comes from,
however, with Frank Cotolo this is not the case. I heard wrapped
within the music the influences of Brian Wilson, The Beatles, and
even a reminiscent sound of the vocals of Randy Newman. These were
just some of the obvious ones. Frank has taken pieces from many
different styles and brought them together.
Karl Kalbaugh is Ev:OR's resident Didgeridoo player. The didgeridoo
is an Aboriginal instrument from Australia. I had no idea what a
Didgeridoo is so I though I would add a small and limited description
to the beginning of this review. A Didgeridoo is possibly the oldest
known wind instrument, traditionally made from eucalyptus branches
or saplings. Then, naturally hollowed by termites.