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Various Artists: Six Degrees Records' Psychedelic Planet
by Chris M. Slawecki
Comprising new remixes of recent tunes from the label's catalog, Six Degrees Records' Psychedelic Planet colorfully spins and orbits around its electronic global beat. Psychedelic Planet seems to offer as many different styles and sounds as there are stars in the sky. Jef Stott's ethereal horn floats through the murky “White Tara (Vlastur Remix)" ...
Troker: Crimen Sonoro
by Chris M. Slawecki
It's curious how the exact same things that attract one person to music will repel another. For example, I'm at my friend Mike's birthday party and we start talking about music we're listening to, and I bring up Crimen Sonoro, the new release by Troker, which my wife and I listened to in the car driving ...
What a Wonderful World (of Music)
by Chris M. Slawecki
Wil Blades Field Notes Royal Potato Family 2014 It's good to know that no matter how many things change around us, there's still nothing that kicks out the jams like a good old school B-3 organ, guitar and drum trio. Wil Blades provides an excellent case study ...
A Celebration of Lindsay Cooper (1951-2013)
by Duncan Heining
Lindsay Cooper Barbican London Jazz Festival November 21, 2014 I confess I'm less familiar with the work of the late composer and multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Cooper than I might be. On the basis of this gig, that's very much my loss. What brought me here was the fact that I did know ...
The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!
by Vic Albani
La Big Band di Ed Palermo ha iniziato a suonare le composizioni di uno dei più grandi musicisti del secolo scorso, Frank Zappa, per puro e immenso amore nei confronti di quel genio poco dopo la sua scomparsa avvenuta il 4 dicembre del 1993. A parte la risaputa difficoltà tecnica ed esecutiva delle ...
Rory Gallagher: Irish Tour '74
by Maurizio Comandini
Sono passati oltre quarant'anni dal tour irlandese del gruppo di Rory Gallagher che toccò Belfast, Dublino e Cork fra fine dicembre del 1973 e l'inizio del nuovo anno. La Sony Music fa un bellissimo regalo ai tanti fan del focoso chitarrista irlandese e pubblica un cofanetto quadrato (è un insolito formato di 24x24 centimetri) che contiene ...
Jazztopad 2014, Three World Premieres
by Ian Patterson
Jazztopad Wroclaw, Poland November 13-15, 2014 Jazztopad enters its second decade with confident stride. The festival has come a long way in the first ten years, evolving, experimenting and growing as any good festival should. In 2014, Jazztopad stands as an internationally renowned festival with a clearly defined ethos, one that combines ...
The Cellar and Point: Ambit
by Vic Albani
Due chitarre, violino, violoncello, vibrafono e ritmica. Curiosa line-up per uno dei gruppi più interessanti del momento, capace forse di rispondere alla domanda “dove sta andando la musica?." Molti recensori e critici festeggiano la strada di The Cellar and Point chiedendosi che razza di musica proponga questa formazione. New jazz o new pop? ...
Frank Zappa, due decenni dopo
by Mario Calvitti
Il 4 dicembre 2013 cadeva la ricorrenza del secondo decennale dalla scomparsa di Frank Zappa. Sono passati venti anni da quando una delle maggiori personalità musicali del XX secolo è venuta a mancare, stroncato da un male incurabile, lasciando un vuoto incolmabile nel mondo dell'arte contemporanea. Anche se la sua musica ha avuto un'enorme influenza su ...
Television, J Spaceman, Kid Millions, Thurston Moore & Adrian Belew
by Martin Longley
Television/J Spaceman & Kid Millions Skirball Center For The Performing Arts October 25, 2014 New York University's performance theatre has turned into a regular home for these Joshua Light Show mini-seasons. This was the last of three evenings where the veteran old-school psychedelic light outfit was playing host to ...
