Tag Archives: folk rock

VALERIE GRACIOUS, STEVE UNRUH, PHIDEAUX XAVIER – 71319: Live At Monforti Manor

August 5, 2021

Bloodfish 2020 Stripping glamor and glimmer from progressive rock panoramas, three masters of the genre veer away from the obvious to serve delicious surprises for aficionados. The latter-day art-rock seems to be obsessed with amplification and drill down to essentials … Continue reading →

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SCOTT JEFFERS / TRAVELER – Symphonia

August 4, 2021

Scott Jeffers Traveler 2015 Eastern adventures of ensemble from Arizona evoke the spirit of ancient past and post it to the present. “Parochial” might be the worst word to describe Scott Jeffers’ approach to music, the very name of his … Continue reading →

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SCOTT JEFFERS / TRAVELER – Winds Of Ksar Ghilane

July 22, 2021

Scott Jeffers Traveler 2014 From Arizona to the great wide open, folk-rock’s globetrotter ties invisible sonic threads to weave an arresting tapestry. A journey must mean measuring a physical distance for Scott Jeffers, his overseas voyages covering half the globe, … Continue reading →

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ASHLEY HUTCHINGS – Ninety-Nine Impressions

July 20, 2021

Talking Elephant 2021 Refracting his life via viva voce lens, English folk-rock doyen painstakingly paints existentialistic image of one’s inner world. Camus and Toulouse-Lautrec, Pushkin and Tarkovsky, Godard and Ochs, Blake and Wilde: these are but a few of a … Continue reading →

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SPIRITS BURNING – Evolution Ritual

July 16, 2021

Noh Poetry 2021 Leaving cosmos for a simpler pastorale, pursuers of progressive pleasures locate delights closer to home. Despite their famous sci-fi leanings, all the participants of this project have always had a soft spot for folk music, and it … Continue reading →

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