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Jim Kimo West: More Guitar Stories

Read "More Guitar Stories" reviewed by Mark Sullivan

by Mark Sullivan
September 10, 2020

Guitarist Jim Kimo West (aka Jim West) is probably best known as the guitarist in musical satirist “Weird Al" Yankovic's band. Anyone familiar with Yankovic's music knows that is an eclectic gig, but West is even more eclectic on his own. He jokingly describes this album--a sequel to Guitar Stories: Slack Key & Beyond (Westernmost Records, ...

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Carsten Rubeling: Volk // People

Read "Volk // People" reviewed by John Bricker

by John Bricker
November 23, 2019

It is not often that production on an explicitly jazz release blends synths reminiscent of '90s video-game sound effects with drunken hip-hop rhythms. Despite a few rough spots, Carsten Rubeling's Volk//People deserves a healthy dose of praise for that. The Canadian trombonist's debut album on lo-fi hip-hop and ambient-music label Inner Ocean Records strikes ...

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"Weird Al" Yankovic guitarist Jim Kimo West pays homage to Hawaii with sublime slack-key instrumentals

December 1, 2011

As the longtime guitarist for Grammy-winning satirist "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jim Kimo West has heard a lifetime of good-natured laughter. However, West's own discography is light years apart from Yankovic's inventive and often hilarious pop-music parodies. In fact, West's latest solo record, Na Lani O Maui-Maui Skies, is even miles away from the mainland as he ...