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Effortless Genius
A guitar player I knew described Wes Montgomery as “effortless genius”. He had a signature thumb picked guitar sound, mellow and rounded at the same time as being crisp and well-defined. His albums had an ease in the way the music was laid down, like... Read more
Approachable Snobbery
It was clear as soon as it started playing, why Aja was the kind of album that would appeal to the music connoisseur and the audiophile alike. Steely Dan or Becker and Fagen, with a wide cast of session musicians, have melded witty lyrics, jazzy stru... Read more
Igniting the Flame
It was the autumn of 2000. I popped the tape into my tape player. Barely 20 seconds into track 1, Meeting of the Spirits, I was staring agape, in disbelief, trying to figure out what exactly I was hearing. Heavy, High-pitched electric guitar, Powerho... Read more