Saturday, July 31, 2021

Always Golden Sands (2020), by Peter Chilvers and Jon Durant

British keyboardist Peter Chilvers and American guitarist Jon Durant combine their respective instruments for a rare and remarkable summit of sound that results in one of the most beautiful recordings of its kind.

The music is similar in feel to Andy Summers’ iconic guitar-and-keyboard opus, Mysterious Barricades (1988), featuring Summers on guitars and David Hentschel on keyboards.

 

Although Chilvers and Durant’s album is very short, consisting of only three tunes – “Always Autumn,” “Shifting Sands,” and “Golden” – it is so magical and mesmerizing that it can be listened to over and over and over again without ever becoming tiresome, boring, or redundant.

 

And that is the mark of an excellent, exceptional recording.

 

--Raj Manoharan

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