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Alex de Grassi

Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho

by Jakob Baekgaard
May 24, 2020

Voice of the Eagle: The Enigma of Robbie Basho A film by Liam Barker Liam Barker Film Production2015/2019 Acoustic guitar music wouldn't be the same without the pioneering effort of John Fahey, but If Fahey became the face of what he dubbed American Primitive music, a genre of advanced acoustic guitar ...

Impariamo a suonare la chitarra fingerstyle

by Mario Calvitti
January 28, 2015

Nell'accezione comune contemporanea, la chitarra fingerstyle è la più moderna evoluzione della chitarra fingerpicking, ovvero quella tecnica strumentale per suonare la chitarra con le dita (o con dei plettri speciali) nata in ambito prevalentemente folk-blues fin dagli anni '20 dello scorso secolo. Col tempo, le tecniche si sono allargate parallelamente agli orizzonti musicali dei chitarristi che ...

Lost Tribe: Lost Tribe

by John Kelman
January 14, 2015

Lost TribeLost TribeWindham Hill Jazz1993 Today's Rediscovery ultimately jumpstarted the careers of five young musicians who have since gone on to varying degrees of greater fame and exposure. While not necessarily household names, few who follow the contemporary jazz scene will be unaware of saxophonist David Binney, guitarists Adam Rogers and ...

Take Five With Mark Egan

by Mark Egan
August 22, 2014

Meet Mark Egan:Over the past 30 years, Mark Egan's ability to groove, perfectly complement the music in any situation and solo expressively has made him one of the most in-demand bass players on the international music scene. While racking up credits with the likes of the Pat Metheny Group, saxophonists Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Stan ...

Bassist Mark Egan Releases "About Now" on Wavetone

April 17, 2014

Bassist-Composer Mark Egan Showcase his Fretless Voice on About Now New Wavetone release reunites bassist with colleagues Danny Gottlieb and Mitch Forman Over the past 30 years, Mark Egan’s ability to groove, perfectly complement the music in any situation and solo expressively has made him one of the most in-demand bass players on the international music ...

Losen Records: New Norwegian Sounds

by Jakob Baekgaard
September 3, 2013

Mention the phrase “the Norwegian sound" and many listeners will get an image in their head. An image of a natural, deep echoing sound influenced by the mountains and hills of the Norwegian landscape. Such an image is, of course, a cliché, but to some critics it has stuck and distorted the rich fertility of the ...

Ozella Music: Nordic Beauty and Beyond

by Jakob Baekgaard
October 1, 2012

It is always tempting to explain one story in the light of another, and in the case of guitarist and composer Dagobert Böhm's Ozella Music label, it is inevitable to be reminded of Windham Hill, the record company started by the guitarist William Ackerman in 1976. Like Windham Hill, Ozella started out as one-man project run ...

Ben Tyree: Thoughtform Variations

by Mark F. Turner
June 20, 2012

In stark contrast to the psychedelic funk rock of re: Vision (2010, Sonic Architectures), Brooklyn-based guitarist Ben Tyree eschews pyrotechnic effects and performs literally naked on his solo acoustic debut, Thoughtform Variations, showing enough imagination and finger-picking stylizations to satisfy both six-string enthusiasts and casual listeners. These original pieces were conceived eight years ...

Shortwave Postcard

By Alex de Grassi

Label: Auditorium
Released: 2002
Track listing: Always Falling; Small Talk; Map of the Night; False Bottom; Heavy Lifting; While You Were Sleeping; Subway Incident; Shortwave Postcard; Behind the Sun; Robot Shiva; Demon Crossing; Signal Drift; Slanted Morning; Tin Can Necklace; Exposed Bottled Up; Some Have Departed.