It wasn’t going to be easy for guitarist Elijah McLaughlin to outdo his brilliant 2020 debut album, but he certainly achieved that feat with this majestic LP of improvised chamber folk music Available this Friday on good ol’ Tompkins Square Records, Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble II features the trio of musicians (Joel Styzens on hammered dulcimerContinue reading “Elijah McLaughlin Ensemble – II”
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Powers/Rolin Duo – The Nightland
Much like the billboard on its cover, the music of the Powers/Rolin Duo’s The Nightland is a gleaming light in the oppressive darkness that seems to be filling our world right now, providing us a little hope and illuminating a path out of the gloom. Comprised of two side-long pieces, this album finds Jen PowersContinue reading “Powers/Rolin Duo – The Nightland”
Powers/Rolin Duo – S/T
As bad as things get in this mixed-up, battered world of ours, at least we have music like the uplifting debut LP by the Powers/Rolin Duo to help get us through. Jen Powers and Matthew J. Rolin (who’s own self-titled record was a major highlight of 2019) take their hammered dulcimer and 12-stringed guitar (respectively), andContinue reading “Powers/Rolin Duo – S/T”
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