Zan Zone: It’s Only Natural

I recently reviewed the Zan Zone CD Shorts (will be posting shortly) which I quite enjoyed. Well, the Brooklyn based guitarist Zan Burnham is back with his latest effort titled It’s Only Natural. Burnham has assembled a pretty fabulous band for this effort mostly in the melodic rock/singer/songwriter niche with forays into jazz and blues. Burnham is a good singer and an excellent guitar player with a strong sense of melody. These songs are all pretty catchy starting with the instrumental “For The Rising Sun� where the rhythms are irresistible and the fiery guitar solo never loses the melody. Next is the uplifting spirit of “It’s Only Natural�. The multiple vocals works very well and is a definite highlight. The retro ‘70s rock of “Where There’s Smoke� with its burning guitar and soulful vocals, the smoky ballad “He’s Coming Home� and the lazily floating “Mystery� featuring great playing from Burnham are more stand out tracks. For some blues you can’t go wrong with “Dem Blues Is Bad� and for pretty acoustic guitar “Things That Make Me Cry� should do the trick. It’s a heartfelt and emotive track straight from the heart. The disc ends with the jazz inflected retro pop of “Champagne Enthusiasm� featuring the best vocal arrangement on the disc.

It’s Only Natural is a very nice follow up to Shorts. If singer/songwriter retro pop rock with forays into blues and jazz is in your wheelhouse you really should give this one a spin. Very nice indeed.

Track Listing:
1. For The Rising Sun (2:45)
2. It’s Only Natural (3:37)
3. Where There’s Smoke (4:40)
4. He’s Coming Home (3:38)
5. Here I Go Again (3:53)
6. Mystery (4:20)
7. Things That Make Me Cry (4:30)
8. Dem Blues Is Bad (7:42)
9. Let It Go (3:05)
10. These Dreams (4:42)
11. Champagne Enthusiasm (4:13)

Added: May 6th 2019
Reviewer: Jon Neudorf
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