So, what do you do when you’re in a side project band loaded with talent and your debut album had those in the know saying in unison, “WOW this is good?” You make a second album that, if anything, is even better, one stuffed to the gills with an inventive passion that yields superb rewards for those up to the challenge. The band is SiX BY SiX, the album is “Beyond Shadowland,” and it is an absolute winner.
SiX BY SiX is a trio with an unimpeachable track record. Start with bassist/keyboardist/lead vocalist Robert Berry, whose resume boasts of time spent among prog rock legends such as Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer, with whom, under the band name 3, Berry hit the Top Ten in 1988 with “Talkin’ Bout.” Guitarist Ian Crichton’s well-earned reputation as a six-string slinger of liquid fire stems from his lengthy tenure in Canadian progressive rock stalwarts Saga. Drummer…
