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Amadou of Miriam & Amadou (Mali blues musicians are some of the best around) - this act has me especially interested seeing as how the Malian government has issued a ban on secular music
02/08 Tool 02/11 Jeff Mangum 02/17 of Montreal 02/29 Blind Pilot 03/31 The Naked & The Famous 05/14 M83 and I Break Horses 05/19 Flaming Lips, Young the Giant, Dawes and AWOLNATION 06/07 Bonnaroo 2012!!! 06/13 Roger Waters 07/28 Toadies
Annie shreds. I've said it before but it's really the only word for what she does. She was my favourite show on the farm last year and I'm beyond excited to see her again, especially as she's been described as the focal point of the shows with Byrne.
Annie shreds. I've said it before but it's really the only word for what she does. She was my favourite show on the farm last year and I'm beyond excited to see her again, especially as she's been described as the focal point of the shows with Byrne.
Annie shreds. I've said it before but it's really the only word for what she does. She was my favourite show on the farm last year and I'm beyond excited to see her again, especially as she's been described as the focal point of the shows with Byrne.
David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors - awesome guitar player who loves funky rhythms oft-inspired by African music
Agreed. I caught the Dirty Projectors on a whim a few months ago and was absolutely blown away by their musical prowess. They were able to hold my attention the entire time they were on stage. You don't want to miss them.
Also, a little embarrassing to admit, but I'm not familiar with John McLaughlin. A few minutes of digging and he's now on my Must-See list. Thanks everyone. Any recommendations for new ears?
Also, a little embarrassing to admit, but I'm not familiar with John McLaughlin. A few minutes of digging and he's now on my Must-See list. Thanks everyone. Any recommendations for new ears?
Well, I have lots of stuff to recommend with John McLaughlin, but if he sticks with playing a lot of the 4th Dimension stuff, I'd go with one of his most recent, Now Here This, to get a sense of his sound now. Then go back and sample his Mahavishnu period with Birds of Fire, his Shakti period with A Handful of Beauty, and then back to the more recent stuff with Industrial Zen and To The One.
I really hope he's still closing with A Love Supreme.
Also, a little embarrassing to admit, but I'm not familiar with John McLaughlin. A few minutes of digging and he's now on my Must-See list. Thanks everyone. Any recommendations for new ears?
Well, I have lots of stuff to recommend with John McLaughlin, but if he sticks with playing a lot of the 4th Dimension stuff, I'd go with one of his most recent, Now Here This, to get a sense of his sound now. Then go back and sample his Mahavishnu period with Birds of Fire, his Shakti period with A Handful of Beauty, and then back to the more recent stuff with Industrial Zen and To The One.
I really hope he's still closing with A Love Supreme.
Definitely John McLaughlin and nels cline. John is a legend. One of the best, ever. nels is up there, too. He's unbelievable. Not sure what his actual name is, but the tallest man on earth is a pretty damn good finger style guitarist.
Post by theologians on Apr 26, 2013 11:22:34 GMT -5
This is such a hard question to answer. My initial reaction would have to be Nels, more for his work with The Nels Cline Singers and the Nels Cline trio, which if I'm being fully honest is probably a little to avante garde than most people would really care for outside academia. That being said Nels' technique is incredible. I've seen Wilco 18 times and I didn't really think he was going to work in Wilco originally due to what I had heard of his playing prior. But, Nels kills it live with wilco. Check out this if you haven't listened to him with the singers, which ironically don't have any singers.
John McLaughlin is also such a killer guitarist. His compositions really blow my mind sometimes. He does so much unexpected things in terms of form and tonality that I don't always get to hear.
Does this make them the best guitarists at the farm? Who knows? What makes that decision is different for everybody. There are a ton of killer guitarists this year with such varying styles its hard to say who.