On BLESSINGS AND MIRACLES music legend and guitar master Carlos Santana delivers one of the
most ambitious inspired and flat-out magical records of his storied career. There’s thrilling
feats of bravura musicianship that pair the guitar master with fellow icons like Chick Corea
and Steve Winwood knockout rockers with Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and Living Colour’s Corey
Glover and genre-bending hook-filled celebrations featuring Rob Thomas Chris Stapleton
G-Eazy American Authors and Ally Brooke among others. The album’s first single Move ” is the
long-awaited reteaming of SANTANA and Matchbox 20 vocalist Rob Thomas and it’s a sensation.
Thomas is dynamic and magnetic and he’s ably backed by the punchy vocal talents of American
Authors (especially the band’s Zac Barnett who takes the lead spot in the second verse).
SANTANA matches these supreme performances as only he can with scintillating solos that
explode with tectonic force. On the second single She’s Fire ” a hypnotically soulful ballad
that works its way into your body chemistry SANTANA wraps his exquisite guitar melodies in and
around an enticing narrative spun by the rapper G-Eazy – collaboration as conversation and
truly riveting. SANTANA partnered with country titan Chris Stapleton on Joy ” a soul-enriching
marvel that blends country reggae blues and gospel with a widescreen sing-along chorus. And
on America for Sale ” a gnashing metal-blues bruiser theguitarist is joined by Death Angel
singer Marc Osegueda and Metallica axeman Kirk Hammett. Anybody expecting hair-raising guitar
voodoo won’t be disappointed. SANTANA immersed himself in the creation of BLESSINGS AND
MIRACLES over a two-year period serving as Producer and collaborating with record makers and
writers such as Diane Warren Narada Michael Walden Chris Stapleton Peter Stengaard and Gregg
Wattenberg. It’s an album full of revelations and epiphanies – through songs guaranteed to
light up both radio playlists and concert stages.
