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Jim Connolly

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Jim Connolly and The Gove County String Quartet

Label: pfMentum
Released: 2007
Track listing: Even Dust Sparkles on the Moon; Pinocchio; Forgetting the Names of Trees in the Polish Woods; On Rue Clark; Patience Makes the Ocean Blue; Noodling for Flatheads; Hymn for John; Peter and Amy; Crows would steal the Stars if they could fly that high; Time Rides the Ferris Wheel; Once, For the Last Time.

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Jim Connolly and The Gove County String Quartet: Jim Connolly and The Gove County String Quartet

Read "Jim Connolly and The Gove County String Quartet" reviewed by Troy Collins


Jim Connolly and The Gove County String Quartet is the debut of the Santa Barbara-based composer's newest ensemble. Leader of the mercurial chamber music septet The Gove County Philharmonic, contrabassist Connolly largely eschews the Philharmonic's eccentricities in favor of a more refined approach. While the larger Philharmonic tends towards cinematic flourishes and a circus-like ...

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Time Stops To Visit...

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2002
Track listing: Satan

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Jim Connolly: Time Stops To Visit...

Read "Time Stops To Visit..." reviewed by Mark Corroto


The music of the Gove County Philharmonic, a seven piece chamber ensemble, reminds me of a scene from the film Fight Club. In it, Brad Pitt works as a movie projectionist in children’s theatre. He splices split-second violent and pornographic images into the movie so they only appear in the subconscious mind of the viewer. While ...

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The Circus Doesn't Stop At Gove

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Released: 2000

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Jim Connolly & The Gove County Philharmonic: The Circus Doesn't Stop At Gove

Read "The Circus Doesn't Stop At Gove" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Just like today’s DJs and rappers, Jim Connolly’s disc opens with the crackle of a diamond needle on vinyl. The rappers use it to signify authenticity; Connolly employs scratchy sounds to set the scene, as in a play. Maybe it’s Musicman, or Oklahoma. A closer inspection reveals this play to be closer to a Jim Jarmusch ...


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