Jin De-Zhe (金得哲): Those Were The Dreams (半梦) (1996)
How many intersectional studies can one make? Yes, all of them, it seems for Jin De-zhe. It’s not often you get to…
November 23, 2021
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Marek Grechuta: Śpiewające Obrazy (1981)
Certain music and musicians feel like they were born in the wrong era. Usually, for many that time is delineated in years…
October 26, 2021
Lion Merry (ライオン・メリィ): Don Quixote’s Squire (ドン・キホーテの従者) (1992)
It’s rare to find someone bridging the gap between Jethro Tull, Marc Bolan’s T-Rex, The Orb, and Toumani Diabate, but it seems…
August 13, 2021
Moshiri & Akira Sakata (モシリ+坂田明): Kamuychikap (God’s Bird) (第１集 カムイ チカ) (1991)
What is a protest song? Hopefully, as our musical tastes have evolved, one can recognize how the best protest songs are those…
June 25, 2021
Hidetaro Honjoh (本條秀太郎): 散華 (Sange) (1990)
Trying to find a nexus point for anything can seem like a fool’s errand at times. Usually, the lines of history get…
April 30, 2021
Licia Consoli – Giuseppe Leopizzi: Lighea (1993)
If you’ve followed this blog for a while now, you’ve probably realized that I make no bones about my love for and…
October 20, 2020
Kazue Sawai (沢井 一恵): Eye To Eye (1987)
Editor’s note: Ayuo was kind enough to email some corrections to my review. I’ve included them inline for readers to take in.…
October 16, 2020
Mix: 40. Galinhas Do Mato (Portuguese Fourth World Special I)
How long ago was the Age Of Discovery? Six centuries ago, in 1418, the story of Portugal began under the leadership of…
May 22, 2020
Ayuo Takahashi (高橋鮎生): Nova Carmina (1986)
Certain albums just sound special from the get-go. When I put on Ayuo Takahashi’s Nova Carmina instantly I hear something that takes…
May 15, 2020
Ayuo Takahashi (高橋鮎生): Silent Film (1985)
Some of my favorite artists are those that fluctuate along the same wavelength as yours truly. One of these is the incomparable…
May 8, 2020
Franco Mussina: Racconti Della Tenda Rossa (1991)
Isn’t it wonderful when you can skip just whole bits of history and get to the pertinent parts? Such is the case…
April 21, 2020
Doug Smith: Order Of Magnitude (1990)
Time for another palette cleanser. You already know mine: folk music. Doug Smith’s Order Of Magnitude is more of that same vein.…
January 21, 2020