To me Moonflower is beyond any kind of categorisation of music. The album is a testament to how music has the ability to touch the soul (cliche, but true). It seems that, especially during the live performances, that Carlos Santana and the band have said ok guys "lets go" and make music perfection. This may sound trite, but really this is what the band have managed to do, with the help of Carlos' supreme guitar playing.The standout live track "Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen" is incredible, again largely due to Carlos, but helped along by a cohesion of the bands excellent musicianship. "Soul Sacrifice" is another show stopper and the guitar work i believe has yet to be matched even by todays axemen. Indeed this album can only be described as a slice of Heaven on Earth...enjoy!!

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 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, 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