A new piece by me for @popmatters.com exploring the act of solo improvisational musical performance through the lens of the photography of Garry Winogrand. It features insights and stories from guitarists Bill MacKay, Douglas Andrew McCombs, and Tashi Dorji
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A new piece by me for @popmatters.com exploring the act of solo improvisational musical performance through the lens of the photography of Garry Winogrand. It features insights and stories from guitarists Bill MacKay, Douglas Andrew McCombs, and Tashi Dorji
www.popmatters.com/street-photo...
Bill MacKay, Douglas McCombs, and Tashi Dorji's improvisational music mirrors Garry Winogrand's street photography.
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Bill MacKay, Douglas McCombs, and Tashi Dorji's improvisational music mirrors Garry Winogrand's street photography.
All One Song :: Matt Valentine on “Berlin”
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Dylan’s World Gone Wrong liner notes are great for a million reasons but an underdiscussed one is the subtitle here. Thanks Bob. Very helpful addition.
I haven’t read this piece, but listening to the album now and it’s disassembling my brain; hoping the article contains instructions on how to put it back together
Full co-sign on Bark Culture and VVB, a few of Philly's finest...
Recliner Notes
Here to talk about “Berlin” with us today is someone we've been fans of for a long time now—the mighty Matt Valentine. MV has been making beautiful noise for over three decades now, from Tower Reco...
Today on ALL ONE SONG — Matt Valentine (@childofmicrotones.bsky.social) and I go deep on Neil's Trans-era deep cut "Berlin." talkhouse.com/all-one-song...
Guy Forget
I reviewed The Giant is Awkward, the new album by Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture. The thrilling hall of funhouse mirrors jazz of Bark Culture is filled with enthralling, mysterious, intelligent, disconcerting, and beautiful flourishes and ideas.
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Victor Vieira-Branco’s Bark Culture :: The Giant Is Awkward
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A new voice enters the conversation. Enthralling, mysterious, and beautifully disorienting, The Giant is Awkward finds Bark Culture widening its range and sharpening its identity ..