Paul Robicheau
Folk On both exceeded and tempered expectations.
This re-release features 72 minutes of unreleased music. Nearly every track on the two-hour set pushes the 20-minute range, with results more exhilarating than exhausting.
If you’re up for a lofty challenge, the experimental British rock outfit Black Midi is more than poised to fill the void.
Free from the stress of leading a major-label band on the road, Mark Sandman could always return home to Hypnosonics, an alternate vehicle for his elastic vision.
It’s rare to find a band that so naturally assimilates its individual voices to strike a collective palette.
This surprisingly seamless record belies its logistical shuffles and players’ cultural differences with a relaxed sonic identity.
The best thing about Holy Calamavote may be that it presents Run the Jewels in a live presentation of RTJ4 that rivals the atmospheric might of the record itself.
Charles Lloyd and Julian Lage and Zakir Hussain served a loose, flowing 65-minute set with complementary facility that belied the novel circumstances.
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