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Starlight Theatre
Jim Lampos
Starlight Theatre
Genres: Country, Rock
 
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"Starlight Theatre," the new CD from Jim Lampos, is an alchemical combination of blues, ecstatic chant, apocalyptic folk, byzantine hymns, country, New England shanty, and transistor radio classics that results in a pure d...  more »

     
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All Artists: Jim Lampos
Title: Starlight Theatre
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Clocwyse
Original Release Date: 2/12/2000
Release Date: 2/12/2000
Genres: Country, Rock
Styles: Americana, Folk Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 0797108500425, 797108500425

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Album Description
"Starlight Theatre," the new CD from Jim Lampos, is an alchemical combination of blues, ecstatic chant, apocalyptic folk, byzantine hymns, country, New England shanty, and transistor radio classics that results in a pure distillation of roots-rock for the heart, mind, and soul. It is the sound of worlds colliding: the visible and invisible, the legal and illegal, the sacred and the profane...with the characters that inhabit the songs sometimes finding themselves on the other side of the line. From the gentle sex-on-the-beach anthem "Phosphor", to "The River Brought Me Here", a tour-de-force tale of guitar-wielding outlaws facing life and death in the desert, Starlight Theatre stirs deep emotions and evokes the tenderest and harshest moments of human existence. Along the way we get ten other great tracks that run the gamut from raving rockers to mysterious ballads. Jim Lampos and his band prove themselves night after night in the dancehalls, roadhouses, theatres, gin mills, juke joints, and concert halls of America. They have traveled the equivalent of five times around the world, performing hundreds of shows for thousands of fans in the Mississippi Delta, the bayous of Louisiana, the West Texas desert--up in the listening rooms of the Green and White Mountains, at the mad revelries of the Outer Banks, and in the clubs of their hometown New York City. Each song on this collection comes out of that experience, and has been baptized by fire.
 

CD Reviews

I LOVE THIS CD!
06/16/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Caught Jim and his band live in North Carolina last year while I was on vacation. They were great...terrific songs and loads of energy. Been trying to track down this CD ever since, and I really like it! The band stuff is very revved-up, and I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty and delicacy of some of the folkier, more ballady songs on the CD. (Which makes sense...it would be hard to play those in a loud beach bar!) This is a wonderful record. To me it seems contemporary but timeless. Hard to say if its rock, or blues or folk, but it has something really special."
Jim Lampos/ Starlight Theatre
04/25/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Jim Lampos is a wonderfully talented songriter, and Starlight Theatre far surpasses all of his previous releases: the songs are tight and well-crafted, and the band sounds better than ever. Thanks for another great record!"