Jazz Articles about The Howard Hughes Suite

The Howard Hughes Suite: High & Lonesome

by Mark Sullivan
July 26, 2022

Despite the group impression the name makes, The Howard Hughes Suite is the recording identity of a solo English pedal steel player, and High & Lonesome goes beyond his earlier recordings as an exercise in utilizing the recording studio as an instrument. The album presents the pedal steel guitar as an experimental instrument, sharing creative DNA with previous efforts such as the “ambient country" band SUSS and the playing of Daniel Lanois on albums like Brian Eno's Apollo: Atmospheres and ...