Another Pandemic episode comes and goes, this time starting with a jam behemoth (42 minutes!) by 'The Master', Bevis Frond (aka Nick Saloman), and working our way thru prog and some jazzier material to end up in an acoustic headspace with a new release on Chant Records, Ben Holmes' Naked Lore.
Homemade Traditional Electric Jam Bevis Frond - White Numbers |
Jam 12 Øresund Space Collective - Give your Brain a rest from the Matrix |
Saturday Papir - Stundum |
Clearly Invisible Simply Saucer - Half Human, Half Live |
The Sense of Life Present - Certitudes |
Part of the Dance Matching Mole - Matching Mole |
Dreams Wide Awake National Health - Of Queues and Cures |
Baroque Mahogany Frog - On Blue |
4-12 Hughscore - High Spot Paradox |
Deepest Night Scattered Clouds - The First Empire |
Tropic of Anodyne Roy Montgomery - RMHQ Headquarters |
Full Moon Dogs Steve Tibbetts - The Fall Of Us All |
This Is My Name Sun City Girls - Funeral Mariachi |
Safe House Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions |
New on Chant Records, Naked Lore is the brainchild of Ben Holmes, a trumpeter/composer who has worked with artists including Slavic Soul Party!, Vampire Weekend, Gogol Bordello and Cynthia Hopkins. Featuring master musicians Brad Shepik on guitar (Paul Motian, Dave Douglas, Charlie Haden, Carla Bley) and Shane Shanahan on percussion (Yo-Yo Ma, Bobby McFerrin, Aretha Franklin, Philip Glass). |
Swamplands Chusidl Ben Holmes - Naked Lore |
Interlude on Avenue J Ben Holmes - Naked Lore |
Invocation II The Dust of Unremembering Ben Holmes - Naked Lore |
Two Oh No!s and an Oh! no No! Ben Holmes - Naked Lore |