Luminaria

Billboard.Biz
[Luminaria]…filled with shadowy, deep imagery…doesn’t fly with angels [it] dances with devils…intelligent…filled with dark subtleties.

Paste
[Ian] left the hot licks and long blond locks behind to reveal a wonderfully cerebral (and often estranged) gothic songwriter.

Luminaria

Luminaria,Ian Moore,Yep Roc Records,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Blues-Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Luminaria

Average customer rating: Brilliant musician's most brilliant album to date An amazing transformation I've Tried... Astonishing, unexpected masterpiece. Great Scott! Give me Moore...

Luminaria Ian Moore Manufacturer: Yep Roc Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: And All The Colors... Ian Moore's Got the Green Grass Via Satellite Modernday Folklore Ian Moore ASIN: B0002MHER8 Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

1. What I've Done
2. Caroline
3. New Day
4. April
5. Kangaroo Lake
6. Abilene
7. Ordinary People
8. Cinnamon
9. Bastard
10. Sir Robert Scott
11. Susan

Customer Reviews:

Brilliant musician's most brilliant album to date.......2007-04-16

Man how Ian's sound has changed from his self-titled debut album of the early 90's. In each album since, Ian's reinvented his music stylistically, and it's a great thing to have experienced. This album simply never gets old. My wife and I drove from Austin to Albuquerque and must have listed to this album 10 times, and sang along on every song. This album is not to be missed, and if you have a chance to catch him live, his arrangements are even better in a stream-of-consciencenesss kind a way that few musicians I've heard are able to accomplish. He can even make you feel sorry for Sir Robert Scott ;) If you're at this page, you already are thinking of buying, so go ahead and pull the trigger, no regrets.

An amazing transformation.......2006-08-26

Ian has a difficult type of songwriting to label. While listening to this gem, all I could think of was "unique". He was once a "Vaughn/Hendrix" guitar style artist. His last three releases ("Got the Green Grass", "All the Colours", & this one) have shown him growing into a completely different type of musician. He's thrown the previous outdated style out the window in favour of a very focused, intelligent songwriting that is very much his own style. The cd is amazing. In fact, having listened to this for about a year now and I'm blown away by the depth of this guy. You just don't hear songwriting like this everyday. One of the best cd's I've heard, and that's saying plenty.

I've Tried..........2005-11-28

I've been a fan of Ian's since 1996. He remains one of the singular best live performers I've ever seen - to see an Ian Moore show is an experience unlike many others.

And, I should say that I am also a fan of the "new" Ian Moore. Much has been said of his transition from a "guitar-slinging hero" to a more introspective singer-songwriter. I find the transition one of growth and inspiration. In fact, Ian's previous studio release "And All The Colors..." is among my most treasured recordings.

I sensed that Ian was going for the complete transition on this recording. I've really tried as hard as I could to like it - I've locked myself in a room and listened to it end-to-end a few times now. I can't warm up to it. The songs are too simple, the melodies lack the unexpected twists that make many of the songs on "Colors" great, and the lyrics aren't in my opinion, up to Ian's standard.

I can definitely see what he is going for here, and based on the other reviews I can tell I'm in the minority among Ian Moore appreciaters, but I simply don't like this disc.

Astonishing, unexpected masterpiece........2005-06-09

The reluctant guitar hero returns, and once more delivers an album which showcases his bottomless versatility. Ian Moore has always shunned the mantle of the next great Texas guitar slinger, his early recognition in these parts having been rather unfortuitously coincident with His death in 1990. I've never thought Ian's studio albums captured the ferocity of his live performances, preferring instead the cassette tapes I bought from his fan club before the first album came out. Ever dedicated to following his Muse and challenging his fans to catch up, Ian has crafted an album of such beautiful melodies that I don't think I've heard anything like it since The Beatles. The line of new CD's I've bought since this one keeps growing longer; I just can't stop listening to it.

Great Scott! Give me Moore..........2004-10-31

Like Jonny Lang & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ian Moore pretty much came storming out of the blues starting blocks around the same time, and rocked about as hard. And like Jonny & Kenny, Ian's latest release takes him far, far away from the steamy bar blues of yesteryear's debuts.

I was expecting blues, actually hoping for something akin to his first CD, which I really dug.

This is NOTHING like that. But what a treat. Hard to pin down, it rarely rocks...hard. It's actually pretty chilled out. I can imagine Ian Moore crafting these marvelous songs as Brian Wilson might have sat and wrote one great song set after another in Beach Boy Brian's Good Vibration salad days. Or comfortably numb Pink Floyd, or spellbinding Audience, or the way Beatesque pop like "She's Leaving Home" type songs would inspire and evolve into a band as poppy as the great Jelly Fish. It's like none of those things and all of them.

I don't know, I just think this was an unexpected knock out. I can not stop playing this CD. That hasn't happened to me this year, except with Patty Griffin's dreamy new release (Imposible Dream).

This is a very special CD. Not one dud in the bunch and most every song is a revelation.

I rarely take the time to confess my love for an artist or album, I have a blues kinship to many of these young cats so I pull for them to do well, but this CD blew me out of the water.
I hope it does the same for you. I'm buying another copy of this instant classic for a desert island.

Average customer rating: The Greatest Band Ever

Arche Luminaria Manufacturer: Bombworks ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000EOEALC Release Date: 2006-05-22

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Unreasonably Forlorn Hours
3. World Built On Sand
4. Irmao
5. Lust To Prison
6. Obsession Elyseenne
7. The Arabesque
8. Al Aaraaf (Luminous Version)

Product Description

Haunting goth melodies, surreal atmosphere, and death / black metal intertwine on Luminaria's debut. Luminaria has been a stalwart in the Polish underground metal scene for several years now, featuring melodic piano parts, crushing metal guitars, haunting David Bowie-esque vocals, harsh extreme vocals, and gothic overtones for a hauntingly beautiful and heavy sound. If you like your music dark, atmospheric, beautiful, and heavy, Luminaria will satiate your musical appetite. For fans of Type O Negative, Virgin Black, Moonspell, Children of Bodom, Dimmu Borgir, and Saviour Machine. 1. Intro 2. Unreasonably Forlorn Hours 3. World Built on Sand 4. Irmao 5. Lust To Prison 6. Obsession Elyseenne 7. The Arabesque 8. Al Aaraaf (Luminous Version)

Customer Reviews:

The Greatest Band Ever.......2007-04-07

I have this CD, and I have recommended it to everyone I know, whether you are a hardcore metal fan, or you just want to enjoy something atomospheric and hauntingly beautiful - you will love this album.

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Portrait of American Women Composers, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Master Musicians Col ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00005QK6T Release Date: 2001-09-25

Tracks:

1. Mosaic
2. La Chanson De Printemps
3. Passages Of Years
4. Dance
5. Luminaria
6. Till The Walls Fall: I. Indirect Interlock
7. Till The Walls Fall: II. Indirect Interlock
8. Till The Walls Fall: III. Direct Interlock
9. Till The Walls Fall: IV. Direct Interlock
10. Till The Walls Fall: V. Intervals Separate

Average customer rating:

Dream & Variations Manufacturer: LuminAria Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SZW37U

Product Description

10-track CD on LuminAria, 2007.

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Luminaria Manufacturer: Arpeggione Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000FDECMY Release Date: 2005-12-15

Tracks:

1. Track 1: Were You There
2. Track 2: Campanas Del Alba
3. Track 3: Concierto of Eternal Praise
4. Track 4: Prelude in C: Prelude in C
5. Track 5: Morning Glory
6. Track 6: Sing to the Father
7. Track 7: You are my All in All
8. Track 8: God of Wonders
9. Track 9: Rock of my Salvation
10. Track 10: Be Still My Soul

Product Description

This is an eclectic album of 6 and 12 sting acoustic guitar music, played by classically trained virtuoso Catherine Altamura, who wrote and arranged most of the pieces. It is one of the only recordings ever made of classical repetoir played on a 12 stringed instrument, and recorded with a world class orchestra. Catherine was born in Berkeley, Californis, and began playing the guitar at age 5. She studied with various artists in the San Francisco Bay Area for several years, and then attended the San Francisco Conserveratory of Music, studying under George Sakellariou and Larry Ferrara. She has performed in several Master Classes with Christopher Parkening. When Catherine was a young adult, she began composing her own pieces, and writing and arranging pieces of historical Christian Music. With a growing passion for the 12 string guitar, she began combining her advanced classical technique with the depth of Christian literature, and practicing it on the 12 string guitar. In 2005, Catherine had the opportunity to record a collection of her pieces, both with solo guitar and with the Skywalker Chamber Orchestra. Luminaria is the first recording of its kind.

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Luminaria Juan Diego Manufacturer: Amalgama Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001BVI4U Release Date: 2003-01-01

Tracks:

1. Vapor de Cai (Tanguillos)
2. Aires de Libertad (Romance)
3. Rondedel Aguelo
4. Dos Estrellas (Tangos)
5. Cobre y Sal (Sevillanas)
6. Sole Bulerx Soler
7. Circunstancia
8. Barrio (Buler)
9. Fuera de RazSeguidillas)

Album Description

This is tasty, sophisticated flamenco by an all-star cast of Spanish musicians, led by the young star, Juan Diego of Jerez - guitarist for singers Remedios Amaya, José Mercé, Miguel Poveda, Diego Carrasco, and others.

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Luminaria Juan Diego Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009XRSYO Release Date: 2005-07-04

Tracks:

1. Vapor de Cai (Tanguillos)
2. Aires de Libertad (Romance)
3. Rondedel Aguelo
4. Dos Estrellas (Tangos)
5. Cobre y Sal (Sevillanas)
6. Sole BulerX Soler
7. Circunstancia
8. Barrio (Buler)
9. Fuera de RazSeguidillas)

Album Details

The Flamenco Guitarrist and Partner of Jose Merce Presents his 2003 Debut Album. "luminaria" is Backed by Moraito Chico and Merce Includes Collaborations from Tomasito, Diego Carrasco, El Bola, Jorge Pardo, Carles Benavent, Remedios Amaya and her Daughter Samara Among Others.

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3. One Mississippi/The Wellfed Boy EP [EP]
4. One Part Lullaby
5. Our Brand
6. Outside World [Import]
7. Pelican West [Extra tracks] [Import]
8. Pinky Blue... Plus [Extra tracks] [Import]
9. Postscript
10. Present Tense

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