THE MARRIAGE OF THE SUN AND THE MOON

Seattle-based Aaron English keeps up the good work on his sophomore release. The influences from progressive rock and world music is dampened quite a bit compared to his debut, but there's still remnants of those genres spread throughout this release.

"The Marriage of the Sun and the Moon" has a greater feel of contemporary rock, more straight forward tunes and less of the jazz/fusion/world influences as a whole.

Still, his songwriting ability is just as good on this release as it was on his debut - and his killer version of "Message in a Bottle" has to be heard to be believed. It's an achievement to both make a version that is better than the original as well as make this somewhat overplayed track sound fresh and interesting again.