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Cakewalk: Transfixed
by Glenn Astarita
The Scandinavian band ignites memories of early, unconventional space rock explorers Can and Faust, but integrate a neo-psychedelic imprint with their second album for Norway-based, Hubro Records. Here, the musicians navigate through murky passages and flights of fancy via Stephan Meidell's steely electric guitar permutations and Oystein Skar's poignant electronic effects textures atop drummer Ivar Loe Bjornstad's pounding medium-tempo rock pulses. At times, the trio projects conceptions of a slow-moving doomsday machine, obliterating everything in its path. The ...
Continue ReadingCakewalk Tells History Through Mystery
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Michael Ricci
Cakewalk is an historical novel destined to be a new classic not only because of its riveting murder mystery, but also because it unlocks a deeply hidden chapter of American musical, cultural and business history. In the 192-page book, debuting April 17 at Marcus Books, 1712 Fillmore Street in San Francisco during Jazz Appreciation Month, author John William Templeton overcame his own skepticism to go against the grain of a century of conventional wisdom about the origins of jazz music. ...
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