THE TUMBLER (LP) 03/29/2005 " it's hard not to

" it's hard not to get swept up in the rapture

" two songs that spotlight Prince's impish humor

Rick Seratte (keyboards)

the former Nirvana skinbasher managed to record a collection of songs that meld the power of his punk roots with an innate sense of melodicism

THE TUMBLER (LP) 03/29/2005 " it's hard not toFollowing an inauspicious first release for Island, John Martyn's unique brand of acoustic music began to take some sort of shape with the Al Stewart produced The Tumbler. Martyn, whose debut was a solo acoustic offering, here employs a second guitar, bass and, most notably, jazz flautist Harold McNair to create his blend of folk, blues and jazz. While his songs show only marginal development from London Conversation, it's his arrangements and,