Album Album of the Month November 19, 2019 by Diego Olivas Kip Hanrahan: Days And Nights Of Blue Luck Inverted (1987) American Clavé. What a name. Kip Hanrahan is one of those musicians that deserves, mightily, to be a large household name, but… November 19, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month November 15, 2019 by Diego Olivas Syun (旬): Landscapes (1994) Sometimes certain albums force you to ponder just how the heck that certain something was created. Syun’s Landscapes speaks of using fractal… November 15, 2019
Album Album November 12, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mark Nauseef: Wun-Wun (1984) Is it jazz? That’s a repetitive refrain that I’ve been proposing lately to this blog. Native New Yorker, Mark Nauseef’s Wun-Wun is… November 12, 2019
Album Album of the Month October 29, 2019 by Diego Olivas Clement/Deschamps: Wolfsong Night (1994) There’s something I truly love about Tim Clément and Kim Deschamp’s Wolfsong Night that I can’t quite pinpoint. Atmospherically, it just puts… October 29, 2019
Album 音 Album October 22, 2019 by Diego Olivas Lou Harrison: La Koro Sutro (1988) Can you ever have too much gamelan? Not with Lou. Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro isn’t exactly what you expect. Known for… October 22, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month October 18, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mayumi Miyata, Midori Takada: 「星雲」~サウンド・フォレスト・シリーズ (Nebula) (1987) If we can thank the heavens for something today, it is for bringing together Mayumi Miyata and Midori Takada. Released as part… October 18, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month October 15, 2019 by Diego Olivas David Friesen: Inner Voices (1987) Here’s hoping this writeup lasts not much longer than David Friesen’s meditative Inner Voices. What exactly was David Friesen’s Inner Voices? Much… October 15, 2019
Mix 音 Mix October 11, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mix: 30. Moods For Digital Gardening (Guest Mix By Paradise Is A Frequency) Mix Cover by Huiqian Wu For the longest, I’ve badgered a record label based out of St. Louis, Missouri — Paradise Is… October 11, 2019
Album 音 Album October 1, 2019 by Diego Olivas Dagobert Böhm: Acoustic Moods (1987) One of my favorite things to see on an album are liner notes listing guitar tunings used within. As a musician myself,… October 1, 2019
Album 音 Album September 24, 2019 by Diego Olivas Mario Rosini: Mediterraneo Centrale (1992) For those still clinging on to their last bit of summer, there’s always a bit of it near the Mediterranean. Somewhere near… September 24, 2019
Album 音 Album of the Month September 20, 2019 by Diego Olivas Hiroki Miyano (宮野弘紀): D / I/ V /E /R /G /E (分岐点) (1988) And now some jazz… *Quietly watches all my readers’ eyes glaze over*. For those who can appreciate the bigger “jazz” picture, here’s… September 20, 2019
Album 音 Album September 17, 2019 by Diego Olivas Andreas von Wangenheim: Orlando – 12 Poems For Guitar & Ensemble (1989) We all have our palette cleansers. For me, musically, it’s “acoustic” music. I know I have a large readership that appreciates the… September 17, 2019