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March 15, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Sir Richard Bishop: Tangier Sessions
Sir Richard Bishop Tangier Sessions Drag City Here’s the latest from Sir Richard Bishop, recorded across a week in Morocco – it’s the continuation of his exploratory guitar style, moments of John Fahey there obviously, but Bishop has carved out his own sound while adhering to folk and desert-blues idioms; you could just as soon […]Archive
September 22, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Ryley Walker: All Kinds of You
Ryley Walker All Kinds of You Tompkins Square Take a look at that cover for starters – you could believe this was some LightInTheAttic reissue, some long lost/forgotten record, a thrift-store find touched up and newly pressed on CD, liner notes to tell you that this is the real life story of another Dave Van […]Archive
January 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
William Tyler: Impossible Truth
William Tyler Impossible Truth Merge Records William Tyler has already shown his gifts as a guitar player for hire (Will Oldham, Kurt Wagner, Silver Jews, Candi Staton) and with his impressive if slightly hesitant solo debut, Behold The Spirit. That album is still worth hearing – and having – but it’s his latest, Impossible Truth […]Archive
August 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman
Steve Gunn: Time Off
Steve Gunn Time Off Paradise Bachelors/Southbound You might know Steve Gunn as a hired gun, one of the guitar layers in Kurt Vile’s sound, or perhaps you know his Gunn-Truscinski Duo (drummer John Truscinski is present on this album too) or his experimental noise outfit, GHQ. So, several strings to his bow and for the […]Archive
April 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman