Legendary Guitarist Carlos Santana’s New Album Sentient Is Out Today

new and dramatic story to emerge. As is often the case when the spark of musical magic strikes, Santana was surprised, delighted and receptive. “I’m always driven by passion, emotion and inner instinct,” he says. “When I first heard these tracks floating around in the house, I said, ‘Why don’t we put these all in one place?’”

The songs that make up Sentient are complex compositionally, but they float by like a dream. There are brilliant collaborations with Michael Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Miles Davis, Paolo Rustichelli, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and Cindy Blackman Santana, but no matter the mood or genre – whether it’s lush pop or high-intensity cosmic jazz – it’s all part of a common thread. As Santana says, “From Stravinsky to James Brown, it’s all the same song, meaning it’s all connected to the umbilical cord of humanity and planet Earth.”

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And “Please Don’t Take Your Love,” a heavenly slice of funky, soulful seduction that pairs Santana with the incomparable Smokey Robinson. The original version, featured on Robinson’s 2009 album, Time Flies When You’re Having Fun, saw Santana contrast Robinson’s shimmering vibrato with searing, soul-shaking soloing. The alternate take on Sentient is no less emotionally wrenching, but as Santana notes, it boasts a never-before-heard guitar performance.

With the album release today, fans will get to hear “Coherence” for the very first time.  It’s a tantalizing preview of Cindy Blackman Santana’s next album.  A remarkable musical exchange between two peerless players – Carlos reaching for points unknown with wah-drenched, fearlessness, and Cindy locking down an epic groove while also breaking out lethal jabs, uppercuts and hooks.

“Get On,” a jazz-groove masterpiece from renowned composer Paolo Rustichelli’s lauded 1996 album Mystic Man, featuring the extraordinary collaboration of Santana with the iconic Miles Davis, was #2 Most Added at Smooth Jazz Radio.

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Santana’s Oneness tour kicks off in Highland, CA, at Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel on April 16 making stops in Phoenix, AZ; Albuquerque, NM; San Antonio, TX; Sugar Land, TX; Thackerville, OK; Tulsa, OK; and Nashville, TN. The Europe and UK portion of the tour begins on June 9 in Lodz, Poland with stops throughout Europe and the UK, ending in Copenhagen, Denmark on August 11. Full tour dates are below.

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2025 Oneness Tour North American Dates:

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 – Highland, CA – Yaamava’ Resort & Casino at San Manuel

Friday, April 18, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Saturday, April 19, 2025 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater

Tuesday, April 22, 2025 – San Antonio, TX – Majestic Theatre

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land

Friday, April 25, 2025 – Thackerville, OK – Lucas Oil Live at WinStar

Saturday, April 26, 2025 – Tulsa, OK – River Spirit Casino Resort

Tuesday, April 29, 2025 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle

Thursday, May 1, 2025 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival @Jazz Fest

2025 House of Blues Las Vegas Residency Dates:

• May 2025: 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25 – on sale now
• Sept. 2025: 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28 – just added!
• Nov. 2025:  5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16 – just added!

2025 Oneness Tour Europe & UK Dates:

Monday, June 9, 2025 – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena

Wednesday, June 11, 2025 – Budapest, Hungary – MVM Dome

Friday, June 13, 2025 – Berlin, Germany – Uber Arena

Sunday, June 15, 2025 – Hamburg, Germany – Barclays Arena

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro

Thursday, June 19, 2025 – Manchester, UK – Co-op Live

Saturday, June 21, 2025 – London, UK – The O2

Monday, June 23, 2025 – Paris, France – Accor Arena Paris

Tuesday, June 24, 2025 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Ziggo Dome

Thursday, June 26, 2025 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis

Saturday, June 28, 2025 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion Zürich *ON SALE 4/11/25

Monday, June 30, 2025 – Vienna, Austria – Wiener Stadthalle

Wednesday, July 2, 2025 – Mantua, Italy – Piazza Sordello – Mantova

Thursday, July 3, 2025  Lucca Summer Festival  Lucca, Italy

Wednesday, July 16, 2025 – Rosenheim, Germany – ROSENHEIM SOMMERFESTIVAL 2025, Mangfall Park

Friday, July 18, 2025 – Montreux, Switzerland – Montreux Jazz Festival

Saturday, July 19, 2025 – St. Julien, France –  Guitare en Scène

Monday, July 21, 2025 – Nimes, France – Festival de Nîmes

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 – Monte-Carlo, Monte-Carlo Summer Festival

Friday, July 25, 2025 – Marciac, France – Jazz à Marciac Festival

Saturday, July 26, 2025 Barcelona, Spain (Palau Sant Jordi (event name: Guitar Bcn 25)

Monday, July 28, 2025 Madrid, Spain (Noches del Botánico)

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Madrid, Spain (Noches del Botánico)

Thursday, July 31, 2025 Valencia, Spain (Auditorio Marina Norte)

Friday, August 1, 2025 Muricia, Spain (Plaza de Toros)

Sunday, August 3, 2025 – Marbella, Spain – Starlite Occident Festival

Monday, August 4, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain (Bodegas Tío Pepe (event name: Tio Pepe Festival)

Friday, August 8, 2025 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena

Saturday, August 9, 2025 – Hanover, Germany – ZAG Arena

Monday, August 11, 2025 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena

About Carlos Santana:

For more than five decades – from Santana’s earliest days as a groundbreaking Afro-Latin-blues-rock fusion outfit in San Francisco – Carlos Santana has been the visionary force behind artistry that transcends musical genres and generational, cultural, and geographical boundaries. To date, Santana has won ten GRAMMY Awards and three Latin GRAMMY Awards, with a record-tying nine GRAMMY Awards for a single project for 1999’s Supernatural (including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for “Smooth”). He has received the Billboard Century Award (1996), was ushered into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1998), received the Billboard Latin Music Awards’ Lifetime Achievement honor (2009), and was the recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors Award (2013).

Among many other distinctions, Carlos Santana has been cited by Rolling Stone as #11 on their list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time;” and has joined the Rolling Stones as one of only two bands to have an album reach the Top 10 in every decade since the 1960s. In 2018, he released his first MasterClass, and celebrated two epic milestones: the 50th anniversary of his legendary performance at Woodstock, and the 50th anniversary of his masterpiece Abraxas.

In 2024, he celebrated the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking album Supernatural. Santana’s most recent release, “Let The Guitar Play” (feat. Darryl “DMC” McDaniels), follows on the heels of his powerful, energy-infused Blessings and Miracles (2021) that features collaborations with Rob Thomas, Chris Stapleton, Steve Winwood, and many others. The epic feature documentary CARLOS, produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Imagine Documentaries, is a celebration of Carlos Santana’s life and career. It had its World Premiere at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival and is now available to stream worldwide. Santana has been in residency in Las Vegas for over 15 years and will continue to perform at House of Blues Las Vegas, where he recently celebrated his 10th anniversary in the intimate venue.

For more information, please visit: https://www.santana.com