Jackie Greene - Giving Up The Ghost

Jackie Greene - Giving Up The GhostAt age 27, Giving Up the Ghost is Jackie Greene's fifth album, giving him more experience than musicians decades his senior. Nevertheless, he's assembled an all star supporting cast, including the Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh (Greene actually played guitar for Lesh's tour back in 2007), and Dave Hidalgo (Los Lobos), who shows up to lend a hand on guitar and accordion. The album covers a variety of musical genres, most potently on "Don't Let the Devil

" Young dreams of a less painful future over a hypnotizing 10 minutes

computer music and much

" Codeine's "The White Birch

Hologram serves as an abstract mirror to the moment we live in

The album produced six singles that attained chart success

These two tracks are classic pop/jazz/blues songs which have been done by Billie Holliday

"That's because it grew out of the turbulence of the past year

legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore made his much-anticipated return to rock music as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow played three concerts in Europe

straight to the void" the listener gains insight into the otherworldly

alternate versions and outtakes

the duo of Kristian Dunn and Tim Fogarty jolt the listener into new sonic territories with the delicacy of a tilt-o-whirl

Stefania and Demetrio Cecchitelli