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KEVIN KASTNING & CARL CLEMENTS – A Far Reflection

June 11, 2016

Greydisc 2016 Adventurous sadness for guitar and reeds that, not trying to mirror each other, focus on one’s inner world. Following down the path of their “an album a year” pattern to land on its fourth element, polymaths KK and … Continue reading →

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KEVIN KASTNING & MARK WINGFIELD – Eleven Rooms

April 18, 2016

Greydisc 2015 Aural allusions of Johannes Vermeer’s work as treated in Transatlantic strokes – luminescent and elusive – by two six-strings stalwarts. Englishman Wingfield and American Kastning’s fifth collaborative album in five years is very difficult to grasp and very … Continue reading →

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KEVIN KASTNING – Otherworld

November 22, 2015

Greydisc 2015 Instruments designer of note breaks out from collaborations delight to shine on his own. Former student of Pat Metheny and partner-in-crime for the sophisticated likes of Mark Wingfield, Kansas-born Kevin Kastning may be better known for multi-strings guitars he designs than … Continue reading →

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PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO – Penumbra

June 10, 2015

Mesa BlueMoon 2014 Exquisite guitar hypnotism from one of Leo Kottke’s favorite composers. Light and darkness have been part of the Sicilian six-string maestro for more than four decades now, so there’s no surprise he inhabits a shadowy world. Admired … Continue reading →

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PAUL GILBERT – Stone Pushing Uphill Man

February 20, 2015

Shrapnel 2014 MR. BIG axeman goes on a covers rampage: no casualties reported despite the notes overkill. “That’s the most important shit you’re gonna hear in your life,” warns bluesman Rick Estrin before “Shock Absorber” starts to dissipate its funky … Continue reading →

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