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Guitarists in the Age of Isolation
by Geno Thackara
The Joel Newton Situation New Now Self Produced 2022 Since the first year of Covid had left everyone suddenly making music alone, of course it was inevitable that the trend of isolation albums would eventually give way to the out-of-isolation album as the world moved into partial circulation. For the Joel Newton Situation, that turns out to be more of a halfway step than a full revival. After Out Of and Into (Self Produced, 2020) ...
read moreJoel Newton Situation: Out Of and Into
by Geno Thackara
If Joel Newton was stuck at home in isolation during the time of Covid, his imagination apparently never got the message. Exploration and travel still make a bright and refreshing theme on this largely solo affair. Thankfully the feel of adventure and open trails has not left him; Out Of and Into has his guitar work sounding fun and as jaunty as ever, even in a context noticeably smaller than usual. Doing the one-man-band thing at home is ...
read moreJoel Newton Situation: Crying and Laughing
by Donald Elfman
How about this--a band that works together regularly, playing music that is an astounding mix of free and composed with dashes of dance, minimalism and group improvisation? Guitarist Joel Newton is the composer here, and he has done up half-a-dozen ways for his band members to show off their best stuff as well as to give life to his rich creations. Let us direct listeners first to the gorgeous “New Day. It's a hymn, it seems, to ...
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