Greg Keelor Aphrodite Rose. Release Date : October 10, 2006. Label: Warner. Rating: True gem. (Screw points. To each his own!) You can't deny a Canadian classic, and Keelor is definitely one of our national treasures. Easy flowing tunes - well you know the style, right? You should all be familiar to some degree with the bumpkin-Canadiana-folk that is Blue Rodeo and that branches out into the members' respective solo careers. While Keelor and Blue Rodeo bandmater Jim Cuddy have very distinctive sounds, they nonetheless have obviously fallen from the same tree. The opening of "Dragonfly" makes me giggle - sounds like me in classical guitar practice when I was starting to learn all the strings. Just a bunch of binky guitar plucks, clumsy and stilted. And then a small understated electronic beat. It's just a brief musical interlude though. It's followed by "Prisoner," a stunningly sexy song that turns into this sort of swimmy Doors-esque swirl. Sarah McLachlan's gentle vocals mingling in "Miss You" are a beautiful touch. Song of choice : Absolutely the sexy "Prisoner" -Andy Scheffler Elsewhere Greg Keelor website Published : January, 2007.