The post Santana’s Abraxas Still Casts a Mystical Spell Half a Century Later: Review appeared first on Consequence of Sound. To fully appreciate Abraxas — that is, to believe it’s some portended, ...

The post New Season of The Opus Conjures Up Some Black Magic with Santana’s Abraxas appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Following the release of their self-titled debut and their subsequent ...

For Carlos Santana, the Woodstock spirit is as strong now as it was 55 years ago, when he and the band that bears his name played the famed festival in upstate New York. “It’s a spiritual frequency, a ...

Music is a profoundly spiritual experience for Carlos Santana, who refers to his distinctive tone as “God’s grace through my fingers,” since before he even learned to play. In 1969, the young ...

Abraxas — originally released Sept. 23, 1970 — was a game changer. Santana's second album refined the raw, Afro-centric energy of its debut, released just one year before, into a cohesive set of songs ...

In the days before my call with Carlos Santana, I spent a lot of time convincing myself I'd be totally cool. And I was! Really! Until Santana, the man whose Woodstock performance I watched dozens of ...