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Curious Melodies from the Lost Travel Diaries of Sir Albus Manchild

Label: Art Hurts Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Zautreg; Otoku; Port-de-la-Bonne-Mort; Delola City; Gia Mang; Mmabandjouma; Kocediq; Praz'k; Al-Tanaabanna; Home.

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Beston Barnett Quartet: Curious Melodies from the Lost Travel Diaries of Sir Albus Manchild

Read "Curious Melodies from the Lost Travel Diaries of Sir Albus Manchild" reviewed by Jim Santella


The lost travel diaries of Sir Albus Manchild had been tucked away in an old trunk in Beston Barnett's grandmother's attic for many years, and their discovery led to this worthwhile project: an attempt to interpret these unfinished snippets logically. According to the story, Sir Albus Manchild (1842-1914) was a composer who traveled to ...

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The Beston Barnett Quartet: Curious Melodies from the Lost Travel Diaries of Sir Albus Manchild

Read "Curious Melodies from the Lost Travel Diaries of Sir Albus Manchild" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Curious Melodies is an interesting, even prophetic recording by guitarist Beston Barnett that combines intelligent musical composition with a fun fictional narrative, making a story that doubles as its own soundtrack. The overriding theme is the discovery of compositions by the fictitious widely traveled Sir Albus Manchild, a polymathic wanderer. A narrator introduces the musical document ...


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