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Rajiv Jayaweera: Pistils
by Dan Bilawsky
While London-born, Melbourne-reared, New York-based drummer Rajiv Jayaweera's work is naturally colored by his experiences spanning those points on the map, it's his Sri Lankan heritage that most greatly informs and influences this debut. Drawing inspiration from memories of nature, sounds and scents surrounding his grandparents' garden there, Jayaweera creates a musical sanctuary and wonderland painted ...
Jeff Ballard: Fairgrounds
by Roger Farbey
The overture to Fairgrounds, Grounds Entrance," involves an engaging percussive soundscape leading into Yeah Pete!," which despite its exclamatory title is a laid-back feast of drums, electric piano and guitar on a similar wavelength to Miles Davis' In A Silent Way (Columbia, 1969). But The Man's Gone" introduces a funky shift with irrepressibly upbeat wah-wah guitar ...