Tag Archives: instrumental

HENRIK CEDERBLOM – Zobop

April 1, 2020

Kakafon 2019 Starting on a solo path, Gothenburg guitarist opens delightful vistas for the whole world to marvel at. It’s not so often that fusion and folk – given the former’s fixation with funk – make comfortable bedfellows, but this … Continue reading →

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ANTHONY PHILLIPS – Strings Of Light

March 28, 2020

Esoteric Antenna 2019 English guitarist unleashes aural luminosity to look through the haze of our times. The talent for making most complex pieces feel effortless is but one of ‘ multiple abilities, as is his penchant for puns, and this … Continue reading →

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PEPPINO D’AGOSTINO – ConneXion

March 16, 2020

Peppino D’Agostino 2020 “X” marking the spot, Sicilian axeman’s exquisite pieces seek out a route to one psyche. It’s telling that, decades after his crossing the Atlantic, Peppino D’Agostino is still perceived as Italian musician, because European classical tradition still … Continue reading →

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DAMO SUZUKI & LAPIS LAZULI – Live At The Ramsgate Music Hall 21.09.2019 / Louis Padilla’s Muzak Uzi

January 26, 2020

Lapis Lazuli 2020 Improvising on-stage and in the studio, Canterbury modernists rope in CAN warbler for a joint jaunt to face audience and fly free. It’s an oxymoron yet “intrepidly cautious” might well be LL’s MO, because they don’t seem … Continue reading →

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BILL BRUFORD’S EARTHWORKS – Heavenly Bodies: An Expanded Collection

January 14, 2020

Venture 1997 / Summerfold & Winterfold 2019 The beat master’s well-grounded, but often celestial, oeuvre gets an anthology treatment to tease the unitiated. Despite his soild prog credentials, Bill Bruford has never been a rock drummer per se, and that’s … Continue reading →

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