Steve Kindler: Automatic Writing (1985)
Let’s do things in reverse. Let’s revisit the work of violinist Steve Kindler. Perhaps better known for his work with John McLaughlin…
December 18, 2019
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Carla Bley (with Steve Swallow): Night-glo (1985)
I’ll be completely honest. Lately, it’s been getting harder to carve out time to write for this blog. After a long moment…
December 11, 2019
Mix: 35. Japanese Healing Music
Certain things aren’t lost on me. Whenever I look at my time slot at LYL Radio I feel a sense of responsibility.…
December 6, 2019
Lucio Battisti: Anima Latina (1974)
Albums as unique as Lucio Battisti’s Anima Latina are rarely the product of one person’s/band single vision. It’s easy to forget how…
November 26, 2019
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
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
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
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
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
Daniel Goldberg: Out Of Africa (Swarovski Lounge Vol. 1) (2004)
Ok, I’ll faint ignorance on this one but is it enough for me to pass up this opportunity? No. For all of…
August 27, 2019
Various Artists: しおのみち (Shio-No-Michi) (1991)
Forgive my roundabout way to get back to the healing music of Japan’s Awa record label. I feel like we should go…
August 16, 2019
Júlio Pereira: Miradouro (1987)
This might sound like yet that same old story: Noted folkloric or jazz muso discovers drum machines, synths, and samplers, proceeds to…
August 13, 2019