Shane Smith & the Saints - GeronimoShane Smith and the Saints unleash a spirited, four harmony sound every night that music fans can't quite put their finger on but for which they have no trouble putting their hands together. Hints of folk, rock, country and Americana all shine through a driving, rootsy fiddle beat stew that's connecting with students, hipsters, bikers, roughnecks, indie rockers and songwriter buffs at every stop. Their sound starts with Shane's smoky rich voice out in

The influences of the group are now clearly assumed

always disliking the popular 'sweet' orchestral music of that era

It's a comprehensive overview of his work

words and melodies paint a vivid picture of a world which embraces the lost lands of truisms and stainless youth

Protean Threat dream haze becomes Panther Rotate in the other dimension

George Faith and

forcefully and with conviction

he did so in response to a commission from the eccentric Count von Walsegg

Born in Bologna

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The set of 12 Preludes opens with a magnificently imposing evocation of stillness

which are controlled and processed by concentrated interaction of all four musicians