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Scofield, whose seamless improvisational fluidity and cerebral guitar playing have made him one of the most respected jazz guitarists of this era, has recently recorded a tribute album to the late Charles entitled “That’s What I Say,” and is now touring in support of the record...
...kora’s range and volume seem to blast Ali into the background, a far cry from the loud and lyrical guitar so prominent on his other albums...
...whether through ignorance or acute perception (is there really always a difference?), Touré’s fabled guitar and Diabaté’s kora (which is, to my understanding, a stringed Malian instrument rather like a harp) come together much more wholly than I had expected. The result of this cooperation has an undeniably island flavor, belying Diabaté’s familial ties to the island of Guinea and offsets the Malian traditions both musicians share...
Melodically speaking, the song is average pop-country fare: the acoustic guitar is nice and twangy, there’s the requisite solo fiddle wailing in the background, and the snare drum is mixed nice and loud. The track really would have benefited from a stronger bassline, however—as “Give a Damn,” unlike Messina herself, really doesn’t have much of a bottom...
...spent the whole show singing with eyes closed, and when he wasn’t huddled over his guitar with an E-Bow, he stood straight up and clenched his little hands like a child, squealing out meditative old standards like “Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása” and stunning new post-rockers like “Saeglópur.” He’s like the most earnest third-grader you’ve ever seen sing a Disney song at the talent show...