THE MYSTICISM OF SOUND AND MUSIC

This is a solo album by David Barrett, who I must admit is new to me. It certainly lives up to its title and David plays a mixture of 6 and 12 string electric and acoustic, classical and steel guitars, laud and mandolin. There are 12 tracks mainly three or four minutes long and a total play time of 46:16. I liked the mixture of tracks with some almost all acoustic and some really electronic orientated. The playing to my ears is first class and produces a wonderful dynamic range of sounds and music vistas. Some tracks are quite slow and some have a quite varied pace. My favourite track, Seascape is a musical delight of acoustic guitar and electronic sounds. Overall I really enjoyed this instrumental album and to me its four stars.