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Sean Smith - Christmas

Sean Smith
Christmas

I think it's not possible to not mention John Fahey in a post about solo acoustic guitar music. This guy just worked through the whole spectrum of music and translated it to 6 steel strings strapped on a hollow piece of wood. The story of Fahey's chr …
Billy Torello - Il Passato ha gli Zoccoli

Billy Torello
Il Passato ha gli Zoccoli

Billy Torello is the alter ego of Angelo Bignamini from Italy. He's a drummer in the psych band The Great Saunites and records grinding noise with the Lucifer Big Band. While this is all heavy and grim stuff, his recordings as Billy Torello is superb …
Joost Dijkema - Sacred Revelations

Joost Dijkema
Sacred Revelations

Dutch singer-songwriter Joost Dijkema debuts with a wonderful and diverse album of folk, americana and primitive guitar magic. The cover artwork is the first thing that gives you a hint where this album will take you. It's an adaptation of Robert Cru …
dfbm #92- Morning­ Raga­ Pt.­ XIII

dfbm #92
Morning­ Raga­ Pt.­ XIII

Welcome back to another two hour mix of all strings considered. Again I was able to unearth recordings that have been rarely heard before. Old private press releases, inspired by the wonderful collection on Tompkins Square Records Imaginational Anthe …
Seabuckthorn - I Could See The Smoke

Seabuckthorn
I Could See The Smoke

British guitarist Andy Cartwright, also known as Seabuckthorn just released an new album on the American label Lost Tribe Sound from Arizona. Looks like the waves of previous album They Haunted Most Thickly washed him over the Atlantic ocean in into …
dfbm #91 - Songs of Wild Nothing Pt. V

dfbm #91
Songs of Wild Nothing Pt. V

A new edition of my mix(tape) series “Songs of Wild Nothing”. Two hours of vernacular electronica, psych folk, fake world music and desert blues. Initially I planned this to be a pure drone, ambient mix, but I fell asleep while compiling …
Elkhorn - Tour Diary

Elkhorn

Follow psych folk duo Elkhorn around on their summer tour 2016 and learn about a Stonehenge of amps, a Jimi Hendrix bootleg and the places and people they met. Thanks to Drew and Jesse for documenting their road trip. …
J.H. Guraj – Underrated Glances At The Edge Of Town

J.H. Guraj
Underrated Glances At The Edge Of Town

2016 # solo guitar, italy
J.H. Guraj is the alter ego of Dominique Vaccaro from Bologna, Italy. In the past he was working as a visual artist and electro-acoustic musician in the field of musique concrète with analog devices and tape recorders or playing in the avant-blues p …
Joe Bethancourt - Joe Bethancourt's String Concert Album

Joe Bethancourt
Joe Bethancourt's String Concert Album

One of my favorite releases this year is Tompkins Square Imaginational Anthem Vol. 8 – The Private Press3. Compiled by record collectors Michael Klausman and Brooks Rice, the 8th installment presents rare and almost never heard before solo guit …

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