Articles tagged "guitar"

Capsule Reviews

Les Triaboliques: Rivermudtwilight

by Deanne Sole

[1.Oct.09] :. Exhilarating and earthy.

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Ben Reynolds: How Day Earnt Its Night

by Deanne Sole

[23.Jun.09] :. A thoughtful conversation between him and the guitar.

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Guitar: Honeysky / Saltykisses

by Timothy Gabriele

[3.Apr.09] :. Reissued for the first time in America, Guitar's two best albums are strongest when they deliver what listeners tune in for.

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Suarasama: Fajar di Atas Awan

by Deanne Sole

[5.Sep.08] :. Fajar di Atas Awan is an album that cools and balances the brain.

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Group Doueh: Group Doueh

by Deanne Sole

[2.Jul.08] :. The songs on Group Doueh were recorded by the group itself, “at home", say the liner notes, “on modest cassette recording equipment". But you don’t need to read the packaging to know that.

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Various: Bollywood Steel Guitar

by Deanne Sole

[12.Jun.08] :. The elevator music of India.

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Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles

by Deanne Sole

[3.Jun.08] :. This is an excellent disc, one that rewards multiple visits.

 

Puerto Plata: Mujer de Cabaret.

by Deanne Sole

[31.Oct.07] :. Not like the Cuban music familiar to Buena Vista fans but brisker, tangier, rougher, more earthy.

 

Aroah: El Día Después

by Deanne Sole

[25.Oct.07] :. The music seems to look inward, as if the singer is addressing herself before considering us, but it doesn't have the fierce self-absorption or the lack of humour that the word 'intensity' can suggest.

 

Oliver Mtukudzi: Tsimba Itsoka

by Deanne Sole

[19.Sep.07] :. He’d be the man who sets a hand on your arm, telling you, “People should be decent to one another,” and you’d know that he wasn’t saying it just to make small talk.

 

Bob Brozman Orchestra: Lumière

by Deanne Sole

[7.Sep.07] :. There is no Orchestra. Lumière is what happens when a virtuoso decides to enjoy himself.

 

Son de la Frontera: Cal

by Deanne Sole

[27.Jul.07] :. Here, fusion spritzes flamenco without changing it in any fundamental way.

 

Guitar: Dealin with Signal and Noise

by Mike Schiller

[23.Jul.07] :. The most rewarding tracks on Dealin with Signal and Noise are the noisiest ones.

 

Papa Noel: Café Noir

by Deanne Sole

[18.Jul.07] :. Papa Noel's songs sound even more Cuban than you would expect from the doyen of a music scene inspired by Cubans.

 

The Trucks: The Trucks

by Alan Brown

[4.Apr.07] :. The all-female, electro-punk quartet the Trucks don't want to "sit nice and be quiet" on their self-titled debut. Damn right!

 

Crooked Still: Shaken by a Low Sound

by Alan Brown

[19.Mar.07] :. Mandolin? No. Guitar? Sparingly on two tracks. Cello? You bet your arse.

 

The Antiques: Nicknames and Natives

by Alan Brown

[2.Jan.07] :. The Antiques are the musically serene country cousins of the raunchy Americana-fuelled folk-rock sound brought to the indie stage by bands like My Morning Jacket and the Kings of Leon.

 

Guitar: Tokyo

by Mike Schiller

[2.May.06] :. How did such a lovely-sounding experiment turn into rudimentary trip-hop with fancy guitars?