News: 9th issue of department of virtuosity

News:
11-08-2008:
The 9th issue of Department of Virtuosity has been published!

There you will find 92 reviews most of whom are virtuoso-oriented albums: Konstantine Andeson, Philippe Ansari, Archeon, Yann Armellino & Chris Caron, Balkan & Beyond, George Bellas, Blotted Science, Srdjan Brankovic, Charles Brown, Cosmics, Cassandra Cross, Marcos De Ros, Jose Del Rio, Kevin Ferguson, The Franklin-Neumann Project, Marty Friedman, The Great Kat, Oleg Gurtovoy & Vega Group, Justin Hellman, Chema Herrero, Emir Hot, Inner Gypsy, Ron Jarzombek, K3, Laura Kaye, Lale Larson, Gary Willis, Sebastiaan Cornelissen, Daniele Liverani, Paul Lowe, Made Of Hate, Mattsson, Misa Micevski Group, Ronny North, Mario Parga & Tony Martin, Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik, Stefan Rosqvist, Jorge Salan, Bob Savage, Jeff Scheetz, Marco Sfogli, Atanas Shishkov, Six Minute Century, Ken Snyder, Spastic Ink, Spiraless, Michael Stollaire, Tangria Jazz Group, Two Of A Kind, VA - Northwest ShredFest 2008, Juan M. Valero, Vio7, Jeff Watson, Mark Wood and Phi Yaan-Zek.

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Jose Del Rio: acoustic evolution

News:
19-05-2008:
Thanks to Hawk for pointing out Jose Del Rio's MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/josedelrio



Check his MySpace for some really quite beautiful acoustic pieces from his latest CD. Acoustic Evolution & Selected Pieces, which you can order on line from lion music and CD baby



1. Cape Horn Sonata in F Major F. XV, 4 (A. Vivaldi)
2. Siciliano
3. Allemanda
4. Aria di Giga
5. Minuet in A Minor (H. Purcell)
6. The Dialogues of Alhazred
7. Fairy Knowe
8. Dû bist mîn
9. Prelude from Cello Suite N°1 BMV 1007 (J.S. Bach)
10. Deep-sea Voyager
11. Lute Prelude BMV 99 (J.S.Bach)
12. Dead Man's Hand
13. Largo from the Concerto in D Major for Lute Rv 93 (A. Vivaldi)
14. Farewell, Tartufo Rex
15. Españoleta (G. Sanz)
16. Aurora Borealis
17. Sight of Ma' bar
18. La Higuera del Diablo
19. Settlers from Gaia
20. Arioso (G.P. Telemann)

Jose del Rio: neo phantom shadows

News:
11-09-2006:
You can now buy "Journey Into The Fourth Dimension" from guitar9

17-08-2006:
You can here snippets of this hot shred release on theendrecords.com and gothtronic CD review

07-08-2006:
An interview with Jose’ L. del Rio on www.axehound.com

03-08-2006:
Jose’ L. del Rio has released his CD on Lionmusic label:



The track listing:
01. Introduction
02.Phantom Shadows
03. Battlefields Of Glory
04. Oriental Fantasy
05. Through The Darkness
06. Dreams of Wisdom & Prophecy
07. Epic Dramatic
08. Psychophony
09. Journey Into The Fourth Dimension
10. Nel Mezzo Del Cammir
11. Beyond The Pillars Of Hercules
12. Flight Of The Bumblebee (bonus trk)

Background:
Jose’ L. del Rio was born in Chile. He does not currently have a web site so bio information is a bit limited.



He is releasing a his first solo album on Lion Music featuring keyboard work of Vitalij Kuprij and highlights Mrs Pilar Aguilera, a multi-award winning Soprano with a vast experience working at the Opera. Also fans of over –the-top intense shredding need to check out the 300 bpm version of “Flight of the Bumble-Bee”.