Echoes of Giants

Mindspeak is a crossover prog band from Austria founded in 2009 when they were between the ages of 19 to 23. Ten years later, they have released their 2nd full length studio album called "Eclipse Chaser". The album contains two songs and one 6-part suite with the total run-time for the album at just over an hour. The music is mostly quite melodic with returns to the main themes often to help tie things together. There are a few places where the music gets surprisingly complex, however, these parts are kept short with a quick resolution. The compositional structure at times follows the basic standard structure, but there is enough progressiveness in here to keep us all happy.

When you think of the Italian Renaissance, chances are you think of what it gave us. The extraordinary sculptures of Michelangelo. The incomparable paintings of Leonardo da Vinci. The immortal written works of Petrarch and Machiavelli. But have you ever wondered why there was such an artistic, cultural and intellectual explosion in Italy at the start of the 14th century?

Guitarist, composer, arranger, and songwriter Doug Sahm was a knowledgeable music historian and veteran performer equally comfortable in a range of styles, including Texas blues, country, rock & roll, Western swing, and Cajun. Born November 6, 1941, in San Antonio, TX, he began his performing career at age nine when he was featured on a San Antonio area radio station, playing steel guitar…

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