ERNESTO RODRIGUES, NEIL DAVIDSON, GUILHERME RODRIGUES & HERNÂNI FAUSTINO – Fower – CD – CS161CD

Neil Davidson has taken his acoustic guitar on many fascinating sonic adventures, forever pushing the language of sounds possible with this instrument to new places. Here he joins a group of musicians from Portugal led by the rather legendary Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and also featuring his son Guilherme Rodrigues on ‘cello and Hernani Faustino on double bass. Here the four – sorry, Fower – play with hushed minimal intensity, leading to some passages which let loose with freedom and passion, a range which makes this album an absorbing journey.

J.C. / MelodyBar