TASHI DORJI & JOHN DIETERICH bio While the hypothetical range of what the listener might expect from a record of free-improvised guitar playing is understandably gigantic, it’s not very often that what is heard so easily navigates across such a vast terrain. In their most often observed environments (Dorji’s relentlessly frequent solo and collaborative releases, …
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tashi dorji
TASHI DORJI Instagram Globe bio Tashi Dorji is a celebrated free-form/improvisational guitarist. Born and raised in Bhutan, but transplanted to Ashville, NC in the early 2000’s. He is a musical force that is in a caliber of his own. The amount of originality in his playing could have only been summoned when one is forced …
maher shalal hash baz
MAHER SHALAL HASH BAZ Twitter bio Tori Kudo and an ever-changing cast of musicians is known as Maher Shalal Hash Baz. Tori has been called a “naive” composer—assuming that title came from his use of amateur musicians—however, Tori is far from “naive.” He knows exactly what he’s doing. He created his own path, and has …
little wings
LITTLE WINGS Facebook-f Twitter Instagram Globe bio Little Wings is the project of Kyle Field, a living legend among the inner workings of those in-the-know. As a celebrated musician and painter for a mystic “outsider” style of art, Kyle infuses a magical and surreal quality to everything he touches. But don’t get too comfortable. Just …
tori kudo
TORI KUDO Twitter bio Tori Kudo is a musical pioneer from Japan whose inspired a unique cult following since the late 1970s. His music has often included elements of avant-folk, psychedelic, art pop and free jazz, and perhaps his most exclaimed musical characteristic is his openness to error in performance. Tori has cited this characteristic …
strobe talbot
STROBE TALBOT bio Strobe Talbot formed in 1999 in Portugal. Its members have never lived anywhere near each other at any point since then, yet they remain friends. Through its 18 years as an ensemble, Strobe Talbot has only become itself to ever-greater degrees. Their latest album, Funland, provides ample evidence to support this assertion. …
gene tripp
GENE TRIPP Twitter Instagram Bandcamp bio Gene Tripp is the world that artist and composer, Jay Hufman created for his words and sounds to exist in. You can hear his low and trembling voice echoing through the six realms of existence, and delivered by a spell. A melancholy landscape storied with failure and escaped dreams. …
lonna kelley
LONNA KELLEY Facebook-f Instagram bio Lonna Kelley is undoubtedly the queen of the underground. I am sure anyone that is in-the-know would agree. She has been self-releasing albums since the early 00’s. Quietly developing into a singular voice. These years have been littered with co-fronting the short lived (but celebrated) psych outfit, Cherie Cherie, and …
flower festival
FLOWER FESTIVAL Facebook-f Bandcamp Instagram Soundcloud Photo by Ben Peck bio While the idea of an album being born of finding peace with oneself is nothing new, in Micah Dailey’s hands it’s a beautifully symbolic harmonizing of past and present. Beginning with an instrumental opening, Flower Festival’s latest album ‘Age’ offers up an invitation to …