Daryl Hance - Hallowed Ground (2010)

Strong out the gate on Hallowed Ground is Here Tonight, which is sort of a Jimi Hendrix/Curtis Mayfield-ish self-reassurance get you ass in gear song backed by an AC/DC Back in Black-like riff romping vibe. A song like A Breath Away with its easygoingness and soaring lap-slide crescendos could as easily been an outtake from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of The Moon. The Devil is a look in the mirror at the darker side of human nature set to an ominous likeness of what sonically might have been a Black Sabbath tune with its haunting atmospheric tone and whirlpool coda of guitar-noise, flute, and wood-knocking. Referencing descriptives aside, Hallowed Ground is a record full of hard-hitting funky rock and roll diversely interspersed with layered ballad-esque movements, acoustic and electric cuts. A song inspired by a euphoric dream In The Dark , solo acoustic desolation and hopefulness Dragonfly, and a fiery distorted electric-blues drone in Through The Trees. A solid very accessible often dark record with moments of lightness and insightfulness. An unassuming thread of oneness and solitude woven throughout, though not quite a concept album. More of a striving reprieve for deliverance from ones own self, realizing that in the midst of it all... I've always been home. Whatever the case, it rocks! --Hallowed Ground-Press Release