Moonflower - Santana

70's nostalgia is with us in a big way. On TV we have retro shows like the brilliant 'Life On Mars' in design Brown a mainstay colour of 70's design is back in and in music many bands are creating songs that would be just as home in the mid 70's charts as they are in today's hit list. From the Scissor Sisters to Mika the sounds of the seventies are no more a distant memory. Even the prawn cocktail is back! It's no surprise that this trend has also hit advertisers and some of you may have noticed that a M & S food advert used a very distinctive guitar music as it's backdrop...you know the one "This is not just a pie this is a M&S pie stuffed with rich blah, ...  Read the complete review

Santana have been making great music for more years than I care to remember, for those of you who have only recently discovered them, (probably due to "Supernatural") then you should check out some of their back catalogue. Moonflower would be a great choice, take a chance and listen to this 2 disc album from 1977. Tracks to look out for are, Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen, Europa (earths cry/heavens smile) on disc 1, and on disc 2 there is a great cover of the Zombies "She's not there". This music transends all tastes, there is just so much vitality, melody, soul and good old rock'n'roll. Greg Walkers vocals would put most ...  Read the complete review