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The guitar work is sheer musical audacity – how does she do it !”
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at top of browser to authorise ActiveX. If you do not see the player or the music does not automatically stream, click here Lead guitarist Astra sings and plays all the instruments you hear: SONG CLIPS playing: 1. Start the Scene (Melodic Rock) 2. Gimme A Break (Pop-Rock) 3. Westside Paintwork Blues (Chicago Blues) 4. The Little House on the Hill (Ballad) 5. Dodgy Dave (L.A. Rock) 6. Mines of Elara (Instrumental Thematic Mood Music) 7. Robin Hood, Earl of Locksley (Thematic Funk-Rock) 8. Grey Blue Day (Reggae) 9. Le Ciel de la Nuit: The Sky at Night (Jazzy Instrumental Thematic Music) 10. Funky Tink Tank (Funk-Rock)
"Astra is a virtuoso lead guitarist." "Great songs that stay in your mind. Fascinating and moving lyrics,
versatility of style." "Astra plays supremely good lead guitar. Harmonic-melodic music with
irresistible rhythm – a real pleasure to listen to." "Astra has an outstanding voice." "I am very impressed by the high level of musicianship." "How could one not feel moved on hearing Astra’s bewitching solos. All put together just right with jazzy-rock ingredients and touches of
folk." "Very enjoyable; lots of rhythm, melody, harmony and
élan."
"A colourful tapestry of sound. Great music." "Just a few bars into the first song, and the audience in the Rössl Live Music Club could not resist moving to the rhythm." "The audience was bewitched. The concert promoter had concocted a
mystifying potion:
rock, pop, ballads, and mood music. "
MEET ASTRA ! Laurence Jackson, MA., To quote from Astra’s song, Funky Tink Tank, which some say is about the legendary Jamaican guru on Jungo Mountain... "John Gomerry say 'whadya know'." Astra was born in Brighton, on the south coast of England, into a pro music family. Always on the move with their gigs, she lived first in the South of England, then the East, and then Wales, in Tyn Llechwedd, which means "the little house on the hill" – check out the ballad, track 4 of the CD. There, as a kid living within sight of Mount Snowden, land of kites, eagles and beautiful valleys, Astra got her first Gibson guitar and wrote her first songs. Currently based in France near Le Mans (famed for the 24-hour car endurance race), Astra records the songs and instrumentals she has composed, with the song lyrics mostly written by another member of the family, the album’s co-producer Kenn d’Oudney. Playing her songs with a group at over 450 live concerts, Astra’s music has been enthusiastically received
by audiences and journalists in France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Drawing on the experience
of playing live, Astra has recorded the songs. Creating the music and performing all the parts, singing the songs, the
harmonies and vocal group backing, Astra also plays all the various instruments herself: Astra’s tastes in music are wide but based deep in rock. This is reflected in the eclectic variety of styles of her songs and group-type arrangements of vocal and instrumental backing, which befit inclusion in many music categories, such as: new music, rock, pop-rock, theme and mood music instrumentals, ballads, blues-rock, ethnic and world music. A Hamburg gig promoter calls this "rock music for the thinking person." Perhaps the most appropriate categorisation is "Astra’s Music" ... In listening to Astra’s music, you are taken through many moods, to different places in your imagination, and always with an accompanying emotion: tenderness, humour, alarm, anger, shock, laughter, love and tears – it’s all there. You are drawn in to share her world with her. Astra is a virtuoso guitarist. Taking her experience as a concert performer with her, Astra is in her element creating, singing, playing and producing in the recording studio. With the composer’s gift expressed through instrumental expertise, she transforms abstract concepts into the entertainment we all love as the sound of songs and music. Above all, you hear Astra’s great vocals which vary sensitively according to the differing moods of the songs, in combination with her lead guitar. This is wonderful entertainment; music you want to hear over and over. Astra is never happier than when creating and playing what she calls "real, hand-made music." You and I will get years of enjoyment out of it. Laurence Jackson, MA. London & Palma.
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