Browse archive 2015

Bill MacKay & Ryley Walker
Land of Plenty

2015 # guitar, folk, instrumental, american primitive

Land of Plenty is a phenomenal collaboration between the two Chicago based guitarists Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker. It was crafted over a month long, Friday night residency at The Whistler, a live music venue/gallery/record label in Chicago’s L …

Tyler Nicholson
Songs For Lost Years

2015 # american primitive, solo guitar

Songs For Lost Years by Candadian guitarist Tyler Nicholson is a pretty good mini album, consisting original compositions, recorded over the last three years. Nicholson layers acoustic and electric guitars and harmonium to create dense soundscapes. T …

Magnus Dewi
Three ghosts

2015 # american primitive, solo guitar

Short three track ep by french guitarist Magnus Dewi with tracks that were gathering dust. Dewi's last year debut Earth Plates made a big impression on me and I was excited to see something new popping up on his bandcamp. The opener starts li …

John Hulburt
Opus III

1972 # american primitive, fingerstyle

The Tompkins Square label is well known as an important entity for reissuing lost records and reactivating careers (Mark Fossom, Max Ochs, Don Bikoff) as well as kickstart careers for young musicians.(Frank Fairfield, William Tyler, Daniel Bachman, R …

Johnny Young
II

2015 # american primitive, folk, fingerstyle, solo guitar

Chicago based guitarist Johnny Young offers a cassette of fine old school fingerstyle guitar via the Voyager Golden Records label from Portland, OR. So far this seems to be the only release of this label, so chances are you've never heard of either o …

dfbm #76
Morning Raga Pt. V

# american primitive, folk, psych folk, mixtape

Welcome to this new Morning Jam. Expect some guitar magic embedded in full band settings, but also good old solo explorations. Slowly the fall is creeping in here in the mountains. I think this mix is a nice soundtrack to this time of year. I wou …

Anthony Pasquarosa
All Over The Place

# american primitive, interview

This interview started around a year ago with just an email exchange with Anthony Pasquarosa of Crystalline Roses, World Domination, Gluebag and many many more projects. He came up with some really interesting views on art, music and life so I decid …

Kyle Fosburgh
One Night

2015 # american primitive, solo guitar, folk

Kyle Fosburgh is the head behind the Grass-Tops Recording label, responsible for some great Robbie Basho reissues and musician himself. He just released his latest album "One Night" on CD and a vinyl and reel-to-reel edition is in the makin …

Toby Hay
Rhayader EP

2015 # american primitive, solo guitar

With his new EP Rhyander, Welsh fingerstyle guitarist Toby Hay releases a wonderful successor to his last years EP Marteg. For this release, he selected only the cream of the crop and this comes in four different flavors. The opener 12 Miles …