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The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis: Deface the Currency
by Kevin Poindexter
The distance between the underground rock scene and the genre-bending free jazz movement of the 1960s is shorter than it appears. On their second full-length collaboration, Deface the Currency, The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis have managed to erase that distance by uniting the post-punk precision of the Washington D.C hardcore scene with the high-octane energy ...
Ignition of the Ages: Sonny Sharrock’s Seismic Siege of the Detroit State Theatre
by Dave Kaufman
Sonny Sharrock was a singular force in music, a brilliant and volcanic guitarist who bridged the jagged divide between the visceral power of Jimi Hendrix and the spiritual depth of John Coltrane. In 1991, he released his masterpiece, “Ask the Ages," a record that remains a high-water mark of modern jazz. Tragically, it would serve as ...
Ask the Ages
Label: M.o.d. Technologies
Released: 2016
Track listing: Promises Kept; Who Does She Hope to Be?; Little Rock; As we Used to
Sing; Many Mansions; Once Upon a Time.
Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages
by Chris M. Slawecki
In 1994, guitarist Sonny Sharrock died from a sudden heart attack at age 53, leaving behind a body of cutting-edge jazz guitar compositions and recordings that still sounds ahead of its time.Ask the Ages (1991, Island), Sharrock's last official release, literally was one for the ages, recorded with an amazing quartet which teamed the ...
Ask the Ages
Label: M.o.d. Technologies
Released: 2015
Track listing: Promises Kept; Who Does She Hope to Be?; Little Rock; As we Used to
Sing; Many Mansions; Once Upon a Time.
Sonny Sharrock: Ask the Ages
by C. Michael Bailey
Guitarist Sonny Sharrock had been recording since 1969, in a variety of formats. In 1991, he recorded his masterpiece, Ask the Ages for Axiom records. The recording was produced by Sharrock and MOD Technologies founder and bassist Bill Laswell. Axiom Records was a precursor to Laswell's MOD Technologies. It is fitting that Laswell resurrect Sharrock's magnum ...
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