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Gyan Riley: Mobettabutta Part 3
by Mike Jacobs
It might be a tad predictable that the guitar-playing scion of celebrated minimalist composer Terry Riley might be hard to pigeon-hole stylistically but this only adds to the mystique and adventure of Gyan Riley's music. A conservatory-trained classical guitarist, he nonetheless exhibits eclectic (and electric) tendencies that do well to encompass jazz, classical. avant-garde and fusion traditions, but mainly by transcending them. From Riley's second album, Melismantra (Self Produced, 2007) ...
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by Hrayr Attarian
Documentarian Ken Burns is an accomplished storyteller and on Hemingway he tackles the life of another masterful author, Ernest Hemingway. For the soundtrack of this intriguing, three-part film a group of genre-bending modern virtuosos perform nine mesmerizing originals. Released on award winning violinist Johnny Gandelsman's In A Circle label the album features, in addition to Gandeslman, several notable artists. The Latin flavored Un Gitanito En La Habana, composed by Venezeulan keyboardist Gonzalo Grau, mixes Afro-Cuban motifs with hints ...
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