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David Maranha / Rodrigo Amado: Desolation Row

Read "Desolation Row" reviewed by Kevin Poindexter

by Kevin Poindexter
August 30, 2026

David Maranha and Rodrigo Amado's Desolation Row seems to invite you into its world, offering you a front-row seat on a transcendent journey, an opportunity to bear witness to the wonders that are about to transpire. Desolation Row is the duo's second album, and like its predecessor,Wrecks (Nariz Entupido, 2024), it was also recorded live before an audience. Similar to Wrecks, Desolation Row is a 40-minute composition that blends free jazz, drone, and pure improvisation into one spiritual, meditative experience. ...

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David Maranha / Rodrigo Amado: Wrecks

by Mark Corroto
December 5, 2024

There was a children's television show that aired every Saturday morning in the 1960s where the host faced the camera while holding up a looking glass. He would say something to this effect: “Hello friends, today I see Billy, Allison, Teddy, etc." Those watching thrilled to hear their name or the name of a sibling or friend. In some eerie way, viewers might have the same reaction listening to Wrecks by the Portuguese duo of saxophonist Rodrigo Amado and electric ...