Lanterna is the performance vehicle of guitarist Henry Frayne. He used to play in the shoegaze bands Area and The Moon Seven Times, but as Lanterna he makes an instrumental music that seems to rise off the heat of the American plains and travel down a surf guitar highway.
Tag: Ambient Americana
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Ambient Americana Landscapes
It’s a different sound of America for Independence Day weekend. It’s a sound steeped in the landscapes of the US from the Grand Canyon to the forests of Maine, all steeped in the sound of Ambient Americana, that unique sound merging country twang and ambient atmospheres. This soundscape for July 4th is one of twangquility, only at Echoes On-Line.
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Lanterna in Echoes Podcast
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Henry Frayne has put out a string of wonderful albums bder the name Lanterna. It’s been nine years since he released an album, but he’s finally returned with Backyards. Frayne talks about his time away and the music it helped produce, a sound that was born on acoustic guitar.
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Lanterna’s Backyards Echoes March CD of the Month
An Excursion in Ambient Americana from Lanterna is Echoes March CD of the MonthLanterna’s Backyards opens with the rollicking title track, a screaming ride down the Pacific Coast highway kind of song that you might expect to hear from the Eagles in their rare instrumental moments. It’s a great song with the twangy guitar and…
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Richard Leo Johnson’s Alien Guitars in Echoes Podcast
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Ambient Americana and Aliens from Fingerstyle Guitar Masterhttps://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-RichardLeoJohnson2014.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSRichard Leo Johnson is an idiosyncratic guitarist who pushed the limits of Michael Hedges-style extended technique before going completely out there with an Americana music of the imagination. His new album, Celeste, posits the idea of an alien abduction as one…
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Carl Weingarten in Echoes Podcast
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Interview: Carl Weingarten. https://media.blubrry.com/echoespodcast/echoes.org/podcasts/EchoesPodcast-CarlWeingarten.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSAn Americana Journey from Carl Weingarten on July 4 Weekend. From ambient guitar to dobro, Carl Weingarten has fused his own musical path over the last 30 years. He talks about his travelogue of Americana, ambient and electric jazz on Life Under Stars, the Echoes…