American primitive guitar goes east when Buck Curran plays live. Formerly one-half of the psychedelic pop duo, Arborea, Curran goes more rustic, but still trippy when he plays live on Echoes.
Behind Suzanne Ciani’s sweet, classically-derived melodies is an avant-gardist who came of age with the Buchla modular synthesizer in the 1970s. We hear both sides when she plays live.
Michael Hewett is a finger-style guitarist inspired by Michael Hedges, but he has found his own way, creating a deeply melodic music, using processing to create an enveloping sound.
Hear Ry X’s complete live session on Echoes streaming now. RY X is a musician from Australia who sings like he’s singing to you from the other side of consciousness.
The California Guitar Trio returns to play live on Echoes. They perform pieces from their most recent album, Komorebi, which marked a return to a pure acoustic guitar sound.
We hear the enchanting chamber pop of Gracie and Rachel live. Their music is like a meeting of Erik Satie and Max Richter, topped by your favorite singer-songwriter.
Suzanne Ciani is known for her romantic keyboard compositions, but she started out as an avant-garde electronic composer. You can hear that side on a new album, Buchla Concerts 1975. John Diliberto looks back at this seminal work and time.
Julia Holter released her album “Have You in My Wilderness” earlier this year. Now she has a new video of a stark live performance of “Betsy on the Roof” which she takes into Cecil Taylor territory.