Carlos Santana positive about 2006

Carlos Santana ends 2006 with another successful album release in All That I Am, which debuted at Number Two on the Billboard Top 200 chart in November. It's Santana's third set of all-star collaborations, but he told us that the album also conveys the spirit of positivity that the quitarist holds dear:
[ click here to listen if you have a Backstage Pass] "I walk away form this CD very proud because we created a consciousness that I believe the media needs, which is more of a positive perception about who we are instead of just running with the same fear, anger, suspicion, Halloween, and always criticizing and just seeing the darkness. You know we have to validate the light."

All That I Am features collaborations with Michelle Branch, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, Los Lonely Boys, Mary J. Blige, Joss Stone, will.i.am of Black Eyed Peas, OutKast's Big Boi, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and others.

Santana returns to the road on March 9th, starting in South America and then moving to Europe. North American dates are expected for the late spring and summer.