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Blues is the root, the foundation - the undercurrent churning beneath nearly all strains of popular music. ''It's a vocabulary you have to have in order to play really anything,'' explains guitarist and composer Oz Noy. ''If you don't understand the blues, I just don't think that what you're playing will sound as good.''Available via Abstract Logix, Noy's latest album, Twisted Blues Volume 2 continues to mine the blues-tinted vein first tapped in the widely acclaimed first volume, which was released in 2011. By tapping into that elusive blues feeling and exploring its potential to inform and enrich a variety of musical settings, Noy - a native of Israel who moved to the U.S. in 1996 -has emerged as a compelling new voice in a crowded field.To help realize his expansive vision of a blues-based music that still embodies the power of rock and the exploratory zeal of jazz, Noy has called upon an impressive roster of supporting musicians and fellow soloists.