Joe Satriani
Shapeshifting SONY MUSIC/LEGACY
As illogical as it might sound, especially to anyone who flinches at the notion of noodly sixstringers, the most soulful moments on often occur during solos. Joe Satriani – the man who first made smart, horrifyingly skilled fun with 1987’s – seems to stretch out in these livewire fusions of blues, rock, world and jazzy sensibilities. So where does that leave the ‘tunes’ themselves?
