AMG Review of Lights of Madrid

Dacia A. Blodgett-Williams
All Music Guide

Phil Keaggy proved to be a busy man with two releases in the year 2000. In this predominately instrumental release, he captures the Latin sound on his acoustic guitar, and the result is extremely pleasing. With 15 tracks, most of them originals by him or collaborations with other artists, he effectively captures the flavor of Latin styles, including flamenco, without sounding like a cheap knock-off. It all sounds like it was written in Spain. This is a terrific album and leaves the listener hungry for more work like this.