SANTANA - All That I Am Review

Recent Diamond selling work Supernatural brought the Mexican maestro closer than ever before to the mainstream throng, and with All That I Am it is clear that certain US celebrity ties have been engendered. That said, England will next win the world cup before Santana becomes wholly Americanised, and true to form there are moments of fabulous Latino grooves to be found on occasions....full text As is increasingly de rigueur with the kind of artists whom men with flipcharts refer to as “legacy brands”, Santana’s 20th studio album is once again stacked high with special guests. With the exception of Con Santana and Trinity, there’s little here that anyone with a dog-eared copy of Abraxas will recognise....full text Santana's 1999 album Supernatural pitched the Mexican guitarist back into the charts big time. On All That I Am, he aims to repeat the exercise, by collaborating with various gold-selling singers, such as Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joss Stone.

"Hermes" and "El Fuego" burn like jalapeno chili: they're great salsa rockers with no guest-stars to distract you from the fiery playing....full text