Esthema The Hereness and Nowness of Things

Apr 1 2010 1:00AM
As their press states, this Boston-based quintet is “a world fusion ensemble mixing elements of Eastern European/Balkan and Near/Middle Eastern music with jazz and progressive rock.” Led by the exceptional guitarist More...

Quick Hit SANTI PICÓ amp ADRIÀ GRANDIA Loop Project

Feb 25 2010 5:50PM
This intriguing disc of masterfully effected and looped electric guitar and hurdy gurdy—yes, you read that correctly—music successfully avoids most (but not all) clichés within the genre and would likely bring big smiles to the More...

GIANNI GUARRACINO Gypsyland

Jan 25 2010 5:30PM
Although virtually unknown in the United States, Italian guitarist Gianni Guarracino is a significant player on the Neapolitan music scene and widely recognized throughout Europe. More...

FRANK ZAPPA Oeuvre Easy

Dec 8 2009 1:00PM
MAKING YOUR WAY through the more than 70 titles in Frank Zappa’s catalog is a daunting prospect, but those recordings—representing a career that spanned nearly 44 years—contain some of the most outrageous music you will ever hear. More...

Audio Nation Sack

Nov 1 2009 1:20AM
When I heard that my favorite 6-string sociopath Greg Koch had a new band called Nation Sack, I understandably thought the name was a scrotacular play on words. Silly me. The blues historian Dr. Koch informs that it is actually a More...

Audio Bert Jansch LA Turnaround reissue

Nov 1 2009 1:15AM
LEGENDARY SCOTTISH folksinger and fingerstylist Bert Jansch recorded three LPs for Tony Stratton Smith’s The Famous Charisma Label during the 1970s that have long been out of print and never previously released on CD. More...

MARK HANSON GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOR GUITAR

Sep 11 2009 4:10PM
MARK HANSON, GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK FOR GUITARHanson’s fine acoustic playing is brought to the fore on this album of classics from the golden age of American songwriting. His instrumental arrangements of tunes like “Body and More...

CHRIS AYER Don39t Go Back to Sleep

Sep 11 2009 3:40PM
Breezy singer songwriter pop that is firmly in the Jason Mraz Colbie Caillat camp. More...

ROGER FILGATE Worlds Within

Sep 11 2009 3:10PM
ROGER FILGATEWorlds WithinFilgate was a member of Wishbone Ash during the mid and late ’90s, and more recently recorded and performed with Chubby Checker. This album features a dozen tracks of instrumental guitar o licious More...

CHICKENFOOT Chickenfoot

Sep 11 2009 3:00PM
CHICKENFOOTChickenfootYeah, it’s a supergroup. You got your guitarslinger (Joe Satriani), your strutting vocalist (Sammy Hagar), your rocksolid bassist and angelic backup singer (Michael Anthony), and your slammin’ drummer (Chad More...

THE DEAD WEATHER Horehound

Sep 11 2009 3:00PM
THE DEAD WEATHERHorehoundJack White’s latest band, the Dead Weather, features vocalist Alison Mosshart (the Kills), bassist Jack Lawrence (the Raconteurs), guitarist Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age), and White on drums. The More...

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