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Gongfarmer 18

Label: Nine Winds Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: Dark Blooming; Stately Chords; Blues for Wally Blanchette (1); Eyelids of Buddha; 1+2; Nika's Waltz; Kneebounce; Sulustar Sipsihiilere (Whisper of Stars); Before Thought; Blues for Wally Blanchette (2); Stone Cone.

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Jim McAuley: Gongfarmer 18

Read "Gongfarmer 18" reviewed by Rex  Butters


For a musician whose formidable technique and imagination require denials of overdubbing, guitarist Jim McAuley has long maintained a low profile. Thanks to Vinny Golia, that's about to change with Nine Winds' release of Gongfarmer 18, an explosive calling card that vaporizes notions of what an acoustic guitar can do beautifully. McAuley accomplishes his transformations via ...

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Jim McAuley: Gongfarmer 18

Read "Gongfarmer 18" reviewed by John Eyles


My only previous experience of Jim McAuley's guitar playing was via an Acoustic Guitar Trio record on Incus. McAuley was the dominant voice in that trio. He showed himself to be adept at improvising melodic lines, and he frequently instigated lines that the other two members--Nels Cline and Rod Poole--picked up on. This (inexplicably ...


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