Credited as the inventor of American Primitivism , guitarist John Fahey fused open tuning finger picking with traditional folk and blues sounds, influencing the likes of Leo Kottke, M. Ward and Jim O'Rourke. You can also add Glenn Jones to that list. The guitarist founded the post-rock act Cul de Sac, who played a particularly complicated brand of noisy instrumental sound collages that's recommended for fans of both Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo. When Jones released his first solo album in 2004, the [...]
Whew! What a weekend. Wait, was it what a weekend? I don't even remember what I did Friday night! I know I worked late…but after that…Oh, right, I stayed in. That wasn't at all exciting, was it? And last night I went across town to cash in on a dinner bet and hang out in [...]
Every week, a different FADER editor compiles a playlist to highlight a new release and give you a guide to that artist’s web of influences and peers. These Staff Selects live in our Spotify app, ... read more
La edición 2013 del BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente), que tendrá lugar desde el 10 y hasta el 21 de abril en distintas salas de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, trae consigo una gran variedad de rockumentales y filmes que acompañan la vida y obra de compositores, así como revisa la historia de espacios icónicos y géneros musicales. A nivel internacional, una de las más destacadas es Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012), de [...]
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Don't ask me why Ron Burgundy, it's just because, alright? This really is just one of those days, a real blue Monday, and I have no idea why because the sun has been shining, the label is ticking over nicely, we have a fine Toad Session to publish this week, the gig on Saturday went really well, and basically, in short, things are just dandy. Still, sometimes these things happen I guess. Maybe some Mongrels will cheer me up. Actually, as I've been going on about Archer for the last little while, Chris Devotion and the [...]
Here's a repost of my Christmas mix from 2009. One of these years I'd like to create a new mix for the season rather than reposting this one over and over. Until then, this one still seems to get the job done. "Miriam" (מרים) is Hebrew for "Mary." Download (ZIP) 1) The Harvesters • "Virgin Mary" • 1961 2) Shirley Collins • " The Cherry Tree Carol " • 1959 3) Alan Mills • "The Angel Gabriel" • 1957 4) Rakhel Hadass [...]
We've started poking around in locals' iTunes, iPods, Spotify playlists, CD players, cassette decks, turntables and brains with one question in mind: What are you listening to? We don't even care... Continue reading "T. Tex Edwards Digs Up John Fahey, The Hangmen" >
Today the latest letter of John Peel 's alphabetised online record collection went live, and it seems the legendary DJ had a bit of a soft spot for John Fahey and Fairport Collection. You can view the collection by heading here , and to get you in the mood we suggest you check out a couple of the records below, courtesy of Spotify.
Last year, Cian Nugent came to a lot of people's attention with his full-length album Doubles. With just two songs at 45 minutes long, the album was no hop skip and jump easy release. It was an album of steely guitar music inspired by the American fingerstyle legend John Fahey with a spot-on full-band diversions over its running time. This new 73 is much more easily digestable but no less impactful. A tense and taut acoustic rendition of Black Flag's 'My War' brings punk and folk into the same hands and hinting at [...]
Hi friends. I hope each of your individual weekends were eventful. Mine sure was. Wait, what did I do on - oh, right. I celebrated my five-year LA anniversary on Friday night (sure it was a night early, but who cares?) at El Chavo. It was a pretty good time until it wasn't, at which [...]
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Tweet My mentor for mind liberty and overall follow-your-heart, and guitar maestro Robbie Basho has a new album. Well, not exactly, he's been dead for 25 years, but about a month ago, the Smeraldina Rima label had reissued his brilliant 1984 ... Continue reading
In plaats van rustig aan te kloppen trap ik vandaag gelijk de deur in: Ocean Parkway is mijn favoriete album van dit moment. Het beste van American Primitivism , blues, ragas, improvisatie en expressief percussiewerk worden op dit tweede album van het duo Steve Gunn en John Truscinski verzameld. Zo, bent u meteen klaar met lezen. Steve Gunn zou gekwalificeerd kunnen worden als een gitarist die het typische geluid van John Fahey najaagt, maar dat zou hem te kort doen. Hij kan zich qua fingerpicking meten met de oude meester, [...]
FARE FORWARD VOYAGERS (SOLDIER'S CHOICE) JOHN FAHEY (EUA) Edição original: Takoma Produtor(es): John Fahey discogs allmusic wikipedia Com "Fare Forward Voyagers (Soldier's Choice)", John Fahey deixava a experiência na Reprise para trás e voltava à sua própria Takoma. Três peças abundantemente influenciadas pela música clássica indiana, ainda que naquela perspetiva muito faheyana. Dedicou o
AFTER THE BALL JOHN FAHEY (EUA) Edição original: Reprise Produtor(es): John Fahey, Denny Bruce discogs allmusic wikipedia Segundo e último álbum pela "major" Reprise, "After the Ball" apresenta Fahey numa curiosa (e arriscada) aventura pelos terrenos mais acessíveis aos ouvidos do grande público. Tal como no anterior disco para a Reprise, "Of Rivers and Religion", há aqui muito dixieland, com
Photo: Dagmar Gebers Bonobo by HANS REICHEL In Europe, Hans Reichel is revered as an innovator and guitarist on par with folks like Derek Bailey and John Fahey. He invented his own unique language on the instrument - but he didn't stop there. He radically modified and created wild new hybrid guitars that produced sounds like the koto, organ, harpsichord, chimes, and even electronics. All of this in the service of extending the expressive possibilities of his music. We're slightly embarrassed to [...]
Al Hansen * Viking Dada * 3rd Rail (New York City) Oct. 5, 1967!!! Non-Verbal Action Lecture Manifesto Tribute To Viennese Cocks THIRD RAIL PROVO PROGRAM Memo: Provo Cation; Hommage to the Vienna Institute for Direct Art and a Manifesto… ‘Ono Super Zock’-Otto Muehl, Hermann ‘Blood Bath’ Nitsch, Guenther-‘Meckie Messer’ Brus, Kurt ‘Flicker’ Kren, and [...]
John Fahey and Peter Lang - Freight Train (by peterwlang ) Two masters at work here, covering Libba’s Freight Train on Minnesota Public Television in the Fall of 1977.
Ho ho ho, assholes! With the Christmas holiday coming up this weekend and we're already two days deep up on the Hanukkah tip, it's very much time to drop the annual The Decibel Tolls Holiday Mixer . You know the deal - a carefully curated collection of skewed, brain-burning, monolithic Christmas gems that totally sleigh. Get it?! Sleigh? Slay? It's a homophone, you guys! Ugh... never mind. Tough crowd. Anyway, these yule-time canticles exalted on high can crush shopping malls and magically spike egg nog, true story. For this year's mixer, you'll recognize you'll recognize some jams from previous year's mixers, [...]
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