 Ben Reynolds
Ben Reynolds is a songwriter, solo steel string guitarist and
improviser from Glasgow, Scotland. His recent solo work has focused on
his unique take on folk-derived acoustic guitar styles, though his
background also includes everything from ambient electronics to
avant-garde improvisation. Outside of solo work, he is a member of UK
folk-rock supergroup Trembling Bells,
whose 2009 debut album Carbeth has met with enthusiastic reviews; and
he has been a collaborator/contributor to various musical
projects including Motor Ghost (duo w/Alex Neilson), Baby Dee, Ashtray
Navigations, Nalle, and Directing Hand amongst others.
Reynolds' latest solo release is How Day Earnt Its Night, on the esteemed Tompkins Square label, who describe it thusly: "In his solo instrumental works, Reynolds draws upon the vast well of musical
inspiration native to the British Isles as well as that found across
the Atlantic and beyond. 'How Day Earnt Its
Night' consolidates his interest in British and American folk guitar
traditions in concise and intensely melodic pieces as well as longer,
expressionist improvisations. The intricacies of British guitar
luminaries such as Bert Jansch and Davy Graham are found alongside the
stark grandeur of John Fahey's 'American primitive guitar' stylings."
benreynolds.net
listen on MySpace
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 Mike Tamburo
Mike Tamburo is a 21st century Renaissance man who has forged his way
into the consciousness of the American underground music community. For
the past 13 years, Tamburo has been relentlessly releasing records (31
releases and counting) under different monikers and projects including
Meisha, Arco Flute Foundation & various imprints under his own
name. He has performed over 500 shows all over the United States,
traveling to every nook and cranny, searching for some kind of an
understanding of what America truly is. Though always considering
himself a multi-instrumentalist, he gained fame and notoriety with his
fingerstyle guitar playing and his idiosyncratic use of effects; only
to swear himself off of the acoustic guitar, eventually setting it on
fire and hurling it off of Pittsburgh's 40th Street Bridge. His effects
soon followed. Tamburo is a man who continues to reinvent himself,
recently finding his new musical passion in the hammered dulcimer;
building upon his own unique compositional stylings, he has developed a
voice for the instrument that is very much his own. He is greatly
inspired by American folk and minimalist music traditions as well as
Indian classical music, but often expands outward to include influences
from avant-garde to noise to modern compositional music. A Tamburo
performance is always a very transportive experience. Tamburo is also
an artist, film maker, writer, instrument builder, curator of the
Fantastic Voyagers Festivals, Kundalini Yoga and Pranayama devotee, and
inner state researcher; exploring alpha and theta states, floatation
tanks, ethnobotany, orgone energy, and ecstatic states of being. He
also runs the New American Folk Hero label, which continues to release
an eclectic roster of creative and experimental musics.
miketamburo.com
Mike Tamburo on Myspace |
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