Power of X

After a brief return to his hard rock roots in 2002's Scars, guitarist Gary Moore comes back to the blues where his heart seems to be. But really, Moore's forte is his knack of combining the meaty licks and rugged tone from his gutsy rock to energize the electric blues music he has embraced since 1990's Still Got the Blues. To that end, Scars' drummer Darrin Mooney returns and Bob Daisley, veteran of such thundering outfits as Ozzy Osbourne's band, Uriah Heep and Rainbow, joins on bass. Hence this album's title is appropriate, since the power trio format pounds out this music with clenched-fist authority. Moore is an exceptionally tasty musician but even when the amps are turned up to eleven, as they are for most of this disc, there is feeling in his fiery licks…

This album is one of the reasons that Idris Muhammad is regarded as the drumming king of groove. Featuring the arrangements and keyboards of Bob James, the saxophone punch of Grover Washington, Jr., guitarist Joe Beck, trumpeter Randy Brecker, percussionist Ralph MacDonald, and the knife-edge slick production of Creed Taylor, this 1974 issue is a burning piece of deep, jazzy soul and grooved-out bliss.

Meditation is an ideal way to gain deep relaxation with time and space to yourself, and when practiced on a regular basis it can improve your general well-being. Calm your mind & body, relieve the stress & tension with the beneficial powers of this smooth, joyous fusion of Eastern sounds and Western influences. This album will help guide you into profoundly depp states of meditation and awareness through the absence of any definite tempo. The ultimate goal is to relax the physical body into a meditative state of near-sleep while the mind, your consciousness, remains awake. Traditional instrument including Shakuhachi-flutes, crotales, Gu-Cheng and tibetan singing bowls merge with soft keyboard sounds to produce an album ideally suited for moments to just stand and stare.