Leon Alvarado
The Future Left Behind
Review by Gary Hill
This newest set from Leon Alvarado is quite a tasty one. It has a number of nearly vocal only spoken bits that tell the story of the album. The musical pieces are strictly instrumental. This is progressive rock with a definite space rock element at play. Billy Sherwood provides nearly all the guitars on the album. Rick Wakeman guests on one song. Johnny Bruhns plays acoustic guitar on one tune. The narration is handled by Steve Thamer. Alvarado himself does keyboards, drums and more. This is a science fiction tales set as music and it’s dramatic.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2016 Volume 4 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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