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The most brilliant self-destructive Scottish acoustic folk-jazz guitarist-singer you've never heard of.
Watch John burn.
The post 166: John Martyn, ‘Bless the Weather’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Betcha you’ve never heard of Sandy Bull, the crossover fingerpicker bridging the Kingston Trio and Ornette Coleman via India and Arabia.
Don't feel bad, almost no one has.
Betcha if you listen to him a bit you’ll really like him.
The post 275: Sandy Bull, ‘Blend’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Remember Paul Simon's 'Anji'? Remember Pentangle?
Call it what you want--New Acoustic, Fingerpicking, American Primitive, Folk Baroque--there's a whole world out there of intelligent and sophisticated. virtuosic guitar music fingerpicked on a steel string guitar, using old blues and country techniques, full of fascinating directions.
The post 276: Leo Kottke, ‘Eggtooth’ (New Acoustic) appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Some of the most exciting music I’ve heard in years. Oh, do give it a listen.
The post 278: The Danish String Quartet, ‘Sønderho Bridal Trilogy – Part II’/Dreamers’ Circus, ‘Kitchen Stories’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Alchemy 101:
Take a jazz banjoist, a classical double-bassist, and a percussionist of traditional Indian music, toss in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, mix vigorously. Waddaya get? A ménage a trois of a centaur, a mermaid, and a Toyota Prius? Nope! "The Melody of Rhythm" is as natural as the petal of a daisy -- unforced, convincing and absolutely lovely.
The post 092: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, ‘Babar’ (“The Melody of Rhythm”) appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
This is what the kids call, I believe, a “mind-fuck.”
You hear it, you see it, but you can't believe it.
The post 296: Jon Gomm, ‘Passionflower’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
You don’t need Thile and Mehldau to justify the standing of Dylan or Mitchell. But their fresh new readings may still amplify and even enhance the originals.
The post 259: Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau: ‘Marcie’ (Joni Mitchell), ‘Don’t Think Twice’ (Dylan) appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Guilty pleasures.
Could we keep this just between us?
The post 257: Alison Krauss/Brenda Lee: ‘All Alone Am I’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
The most brilliant self-destructive Scottish acoustic folk-jazz guitarist-singer you've never heard of.
Watch John burn.
The post 166: John Martyn, ‘Bless the Weather’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Children – anyone under thirty – should be seen, not heard. It’s unreasonable that Newgrass whippersnappers as young as Nickel Creek should absorb entire traditions, from bluegrass to country rock, and forge a mature, refined, sophisticated style all their own. And they’re just the tip of the ice cream cone.
The post 131: Nickel Creek, ‘Somebody More Like You’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
A classical string quartet and a roots trio. Six (sic) shaggy, hunky young Danish musicians exploring their roots with such panache and skill and joy that you can’t not love it. I guarantee you.
The post 278: The Danish String Quartet, ‘Sønderho Bridal Trilogy – Part II’/Dreamers’ Circus, ‘Kitchen Stories’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Remember Paul Simon's 'Anji'? Remember Pentangle?
Call it what you want--New Acoustic, Fingerpicking, American Primitive, Folk Baroque--there's a whole world out there of intelligent and sophisticated. virtuosic guitar music fingerpicked on a steel string guitar, using old blues and country techniques, full of fascinating directions.
The post 276: Leo Kottke, ‘Eggtooth’ (New Acoustic) appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Betcha you’ve never heard of Sandy Bull, the crossover fingerpicker bridging the Kingston Trio and Ornette Coleman via India and Arabia.
Don't feel bad, almost no one has.
Betcha if you listen to him a bit you’ll really like him.
The post 275: Sandy Bull, ‘Blend’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Alchemy 101:
Take a jazz banjoist, a classical double-bassist, and a percussionist of traditional Indian music, toss in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, mix vigorously. Waddaya get? A ménage a trois of a centaur, a mermaid, and a Toyota Prius? Nope! "The Melody of Rhythm" is as natural as the petal of a daisy -- unforced, convincing and absolutely lovely.
The post 092: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Zakir Hussain, ‘Babar’ (“The Melody of Rhythm”) appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.
Chief Deadhead Jerry Garcia and Reb David Grisman merrily plucking their newgrass cover of Miles.
The post 003: Garcia/Grisman, ‘So What’ appeared first on Jeff Meshel's World.