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Title: Enough with the world music already
Review: When I first heard this cd, I was impressed with Walk Dance and Cumba Quin. While these are still very good, they simply don't make up for the rest of the disc of what is essentially easy listening guitar music. York drifts all too easily into New Age, and the longer pieces, which I thought would reveal intricacies over time, seem to go on forever, but go nowhere. There is no passion or emotion in this music. Even the tune Farewell, which is a lovely haunting piece, seems a bit cold when compared to the Assad's version. After two cd's worth of this stuff, here's one former fan who hopes they head into more substantial, though not necessarily well-trodden territory. Maybe Leo Brouwer could write something for them...?
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