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The Great Cascadian Jug Band Revival 5 Jun 2013 | 11:55 am
Hi Folks, It's been a year since my last post. I'm not dead, just busy in the real world. Busy making music! As you may know, I love the shit out of jug band music. I was born and bred on the stuff. ...
Derek Gripper - One Night on Earth: Music from the Strings of Mali 16 May 2012 | 09:32 am
This is totally sweet. A must-listen. Mustmustmustmustmust. Really. I can just put this album on repeat and not get tired of it. In fact, it just gets better. From a comment left on my blog: Toumani...
Béla Bartók on the Banjo 25 Mar 2012 | 10:18 am
I just realized that though I don't have the bandwidth to upload anything currently, or the time to write reviews, every once in a while I come across something that would be easy to share with you al...
A little update 22 Mar 2012 | 11:06 am
Hello, to all readers who haven't given up on this blog for the lack of updates. It's ok, you can give up now! It's been almost a year since my last post, and I'm not any closer to having either the ...
Akira Kurosawa's Dreams 30 Apr 2011 | 07:16 pm
So. I've been gone a while and you oughtn't expect much from me in the coming month, as I'll be in a cabin away from electricity for most of it. I wanted to start sharing some film on this blog, start...
Lo Ka Ping - Lost Sounds of the Tao 3 Apr 2011 | 07:32 am
Continuing along with our exploration of East Asian music, here is a totally unique and revelatory album from China. This guy is as iconoclastic as Joseph Spence, Robbie Basho, Harry Partch, or Washin...
Végh Quartet - Bartók: The Complete String Quartets 26 Mar 2011 | 11:56 am
In honor of his 130th birthday, I thought we ought to pay some heed to the music of Béla Bartók. Now for those of you who like bluegrass and John Fahey and don't think you like modern classical music,...
Gideon Freudmann & Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin - Sound of Distant Deer 21 Mar 2011 | 06:26 pm
Some more shaking shakuhachi brilliance here. This time the coldness of the flute is met by the warmth of a cello, albeit a cello that commonly masquerades as a flute. There is so little I can say abo...
Japanese Masterpieces of the Shakuhachi 21 Mar 2011 | 06:02 pm
Now we enter the void. Shakuhachi music is some of the most deeply affecting musics I have ever heard. It is suffused with presence. It requires diligence, and awareness, and a sharp will on the part...
Tomoko Sunazaki - Tegoto: Japanese Koto Music 21 Mar 2011 | 05:24 pm
Japan has been on our minds. Since I've been on a theme of music from the far-east recently, I ought to continue it with a few albums of Japanese music. This is a really beautiful, quite accessible a...
