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Article: Album Review

Mercury Falls: Quadrangle

Read "Quadrangle" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


It begins with a stark electric drone, an eerie, throbbing repetition from which the familiar cry of a saxophone emerges. The tune is “Spring Pools," and it sounds like music that swells out of the quiet after the Apocalypse. The group is Mercury Falls, a saxophone/guitar/bass/drums ensemble with some deft electronic embellishments. The music could be ...

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Article: Live Review

Brian Blade & Friends at Highline Ballroom

Read "Brian Blade & Friends at Highline Ballroom" reviewed by David Miller


Brian Blade & FriendsHighline BallroomNew York, New YorkJune 24, 2009Brian Blade took the Highline Ballroom stage on a humid Wednesday night to mark the release of his singer-songwriter album, Mama Rosa (Verve Music Group, 2009). There was relatively little fanfare, appropriate given Blade's humble disposition and the no-frills content of Mama ...

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Article: Interview

Jon Hassell: Fourth World and Balancing the North and South of You

Read "Jon Hassell: Fourth World and Balancing the North and South of You" reviewed by John Kelman


He may well be one of the most insidious influences in modern music. Trumpeter, composer and deep thinker Jon Hassell may not have the same name recognition as, say, Miles Davis, but his unmistakable approach to music—he calls it Fourth World music—has affected musicians around the globe, ranging from now friend/co-conspirator Brian Eno, British post-rock crooner ...

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Article: Interview

Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart

Read "Brian Blade: Songs From His Heart" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Known in the jazz world for his slick and superlative drumming skills, Brian Blade is engaged in making other musical statements these days. Statements that are outside the jazz genre, but are an essential part of this enlightened man and serious musician whose musical tastes run “between Bela Bartok and Wayne Shorter to Al Green," who, ...

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News: Recording

"Mama Rosa" Brian Blade Coming in April

"Mama Rosa" Brian Blade Coming in April

BRIAN BLADE * MAMA ROSA * The debut singer/songwriter recording On Tuesday, April 21, 2009, Brian Blade will release Mama Rosa, his first recording as a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. The album is a revealing journey through a thirteen-song cycle about family, loved ones, travels and a sense that these things have to be ...

Album

Acadie Goldtop Edition

Label: Diverse Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Still Water; The Maker; O Marie; Jolie Louise; Fisherman's Daughter; White Mustang II; Under A Stormy Sky; Where The Hawkwind Kills; Silium's Hill; Ice; St. Ann's Gold; Amazing Grace; The Maker (early bass and lyrics); The Maker (calypso demo); Still Water (from Eno's house); Jolie Louise (before Dublin); Early Dourado Sketch; The Source Of Fisherman's Daughter.

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Article: Extended Analysis

Acadie Goldtop Edition

Read "Acadie Goldtop Edition" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Although Daniel Lanois' production and engineering wizardry have secured his place in the musical hall of fame, his own debut album Acadie (Warner Bros., 1989) revealed another talent—songwriting. The album is about as perfect a debut as an artist could hope for, containing every single aspect of what makes Lanois so special, presenting him as both ...

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Article: Film Review

Daniel Lanois: Here Is What Is

Read "Daniel Lanois: Here Is What Is" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski


Daniel Lanois Here Is What Is Red Floor Records 2008 Sharing the Process: The Film Daniel Lanois' film, Here Is What Is, is one of those miraculous movies, a picture that seems to have come together by laws unto itself. It merely exists, like some inexplicable ...

Album

Rockets

Label: Unknown label
Released: 2005
Track listing: Power Of One; Sweet Soul Honey ; JJ Leaves LA; Sometimes; Rockets; Devil's Bed; The Maker; Panorama; Stormy Sky; Space Kay

Album

Belladonna

Label: Anti-
Released: 2005
Track listing: Two Worlds; Sketches; Oaxaca; Agave; Telco; Desert Rose; Carla; The Deadly Nightshade; Dusty; Frozen; Panorama; Flametop Green; Todos Santos.


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