Albums

Joe Satriani

The Elephants Of Mars

Ear Music

ONCE AGAIN, SATCH BLOWS THE LID OFF INSTRUMENTAL GUITAR

Back in the early to mid-80s a new breed of instrumental rock-guitar albums emerged with Joe Satriani and Steve Vai as the undisputed leaders. Now, nearly 40 years later, both Satch and Vai are still producing fresh and exciting music, expanding the boundaries they created all those years ago. There have been many other pretenders to the throne of fretboard righteousness in this area, but none have come close to being able to conjure up cinematic soundscapes in quite the same way – and so convincingly, too.

With his new album, The Elephants Of Mars, Satch set