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| Sanjay Mishra | Reviews for Blue Incantation India reviews |
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| "…is not about celebrity wanking. Blue Incantation has the weightlessness and solidity of music with real soul." |
| Bob Guccione Jr. SPIN 10 Best '95 |
| "A thoroughly engaging artist…an unforgettable document." |
| Amazon.com |
| "Uncommonly beautiful. Garcia's hauntingly vulnerable contribution…as eloquent a goodbye as one could wish for." |
| Billboard |
| "A beguling fusion of Indian subtlety and laid back Western sensuality. One of the year's best. A beautiful and treasurable souvenir." |
| Stereo Review |
| "Sanjay is a superb writer and guitarist, with a brilliant melodic sense…a seamless album of highly evocative instrumentals." |
| Mix |
| "A memorable record." |
| The Boston Globe CD Pick of the Week |
| "Fascinating…with Garcia peering into realms of his talent that rarely emerged with the Dead. |
| The Los Angeles Times |
| "Listen and you'll know why Garcia chose to make this very unorthodox appearance" |
| San Jose Mercury News |
| "Offers some of the best playing of his (Garcia's ) later years…his runs often show a harmonic sophistication that had not been part of his Grateful Dead persona for decades." |
| Star Ledger. New Jersey |
| "Without question the prettiest instrumental guitar album released this year." |
| The New York Post CDs of the Week |
| "Mishra is impressive…his lyrical guitar lines soar." |
| The Washington Post |
| "Mishra plays with an eclecticism well suited for his multicultural background…selections (with Garcia) are lovely and expansive." |
| The Denver Post |
| "One of Garcia's rare studio triumphs…Mishra's feverish fretwork shines." |
| L.A. Daily News |
| "A magnificant epitaph for Captain Trips. Simply gorgeous, divine." |
| Mojo, London |
| "A consolidation of the unique brand of Indian jazz rock revealed to the world on that magnificent debut recording (The Crossing). Another excellent CD from a remarkable musician." |
| Classical Guitar, UK |
| "Bristling textures and compact melodic space…this altogether agreeable session seems utterly characteristic of one of the true adventurers in post-war American music." |
| St Louis Post Dispatch |
| "May it bring the fans of Garcia's ethereal side to a new artist who merits a listen, a long listen, while sitting in a warm tropical breeze with nowhere to go." |
| Option |
| "The sonic quality of this recording is a star in its own right." |
| Audio |
| "A poignant document of one of Garcia's last recorded side projects." |
| Jazz Times |
| "Mishra's style merges nicely with Garcia's on their tracks together." |
| Jazziz |
| "Mysterious, heavenly and gorgeously mellow…a delicious project well worth picking up." |
| Dupres Diamond News |
| "An exceptional acoustic guitarist equally at home in an Eastern or Western setting." |
| Maui News |
| "A great record…an absolute must have." |
| University Reporter |
| "A potent record that makes as good a send off as anybody's all-star tribute." |
| Sing Out |
| "Completely captivating." |
| Raliegh News and Observer |
| "A sprawling display of well-crafted melodies…warm the ears and massage the musical membrane." |
| Omaha Sunday World Herald |
| "Mishra's cross-cultural blending of guitars, tabla, and samples of stucture and improvisation is what really recommends this [CD]." |
| Oregonian |
| "A full tilt East-West extravaganza featuring sampled Indian prayer chants and hypnotic modal interplay between the two guitarists." |
| Oakland Tribune |
| "An absorbing fusion of East and West." |
| New Age Journal |
| "Mishra's sometimes MIDIed acoustic picking is lighter and more precise…complemented nicely by Garcia's unmistakable fluid playing." |
| Dirty Linen |
| "We hear guitar playing of two different styles. Mishra's sophisticated fingerwork and flawless technique on his acoustic work with Garcia's equally faultless work within the Blues idiom. [Garcia's] playing is rough hewn and bluesy, straight from the heart with howling long, blue notes and heaps of soul. Instrumental music of rare beauty." |
| World Music, London |
| "A piece de resistance." |
| The Stateman, Calcutta, India |
| "Intriguing and comely raga influenced tracks. Fade to blue: pungent music by which to contemplate the moon." |
| India Today |
| "Nonconformist, unpretentious world music." |
| Outlook India |
| "The total diversity of the sound hooks in the listener." |
| The Week, India |
