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“No one relates the acoustic guitar to electronic orchestration with more grace and sensitivity than Bruce BecVar. Like a breath of fresh air, Bruce's stylings span the rainbow spectrum of colors, moods and tempos, incorporating slight jazz and world leanings while transporting listeners to the tranquil, spacious destinations suggested by the album's title. The panorama of sparkling hues pouring from Bruce's guitar floats the listener on billows of inviting new music, offering a masterful musical expression by one of today's top New Age artists. His music is immensely melodic and open-hearted, a total pleasure in all ways.”
~ Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music
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“Eleven great acoustic guitarists including Bruce BecVar. Windham Hill's Guitar Sampler culls highlights from their vast catalog of contemporary instrumental guitarists, providing a good introduction to the atmospheric stylings of musicians like Peter Maunu, Andrew York and David Cullen.”
~ Rodney Batdorf, All Music Guide
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“On ‘Rhythms of Life,’ Bruce BecVar reaches a new pinnacle of musical heights with the expansive, cascading melodies of his rich guitar music. He is joined on his fourth album by a cast of stellar musicians, and combines elements that travel across and blend many contemporary styles. His music sounds immediately familiar in a number of ways, as innovative musical progressions come to life in his recognizable style, consummately expressed with synthesizer, percussion and melodic vocal tones... His success is a result of his heartfelt and sensitive acoustic melodies and lead lines combined with dynamic multi-instrumental arrangements.”
~ Backroads Music/Heartbeats, All Music Guide
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“All of BecVar's trademark sounds are intact here, from rolling keyboard structures to the sparkling, shimmering heartfelt guitar. Melodies are as spacious and creative as ever, with snippets reminiscence of The Nature of Things or Forever Blue Sky. Guest artists abound, adding additional keyboards (Brian BecVar), percussion (Steve Reid & Paul Marchetti), etc., but the real stars are Bruce, who even adds breezy and effective vocals to a few choice tracks and co-producer Aurora Juliana Ariel on vocals as well.”
~ Lloyd Barde, Backroads Music
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“Bruce, your music has inspired me beyond words. Only my paint brush can adequately express the beauty of your most uplifting, heartfelt, stimulating and in one possible word, 'heavenly!' creation...”
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“An enormously gifted multi-instrumentalist and composer, BecVar has an uncanny ability to bring forth exquisite gems of musical genius. These tenderhearted jewels are profundly soothing and healing gifts straight from BecVar's heart to ours.”
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