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Description: Reviews of guitar CDs, from jazz and folk to rock and new age. Emphasizing acoustic, independent and obscure releases.
Minor 7th: Acoustic Guitar Music Reviews / Acoustic Guitar Artists / Guitar Players Reviewing the best in non-mainstream acoustic guitar music , "Travel Guide," ECM Records 2013 In 2005 a guitar trio with the somewhat ego-less name of MGT was born, releasing a CD on an obscure label, Material Records. Though accolades from the guitar community followed, there was poor distribution of that CD entitled "From a Dream," and it saw little of the commercial success it deserved. The three guitarists have now wisely decided to step soundly into the limelight, thankfully flaunting their names rather than just their initials: Ralph Towner, Wolfgang Muthspiel and Slava Grigoryan. The trio has also aligned themselves with a heavyweight label commensurate with their talent this go-around, ECM Records, releasing "Travel Guide" in October. Ralph Towner long ago firmly entrenched himself into an esoteric circle of exceptional jazz and classical composers for guitar, and it appears that his élan for the craft is fast rubbing off on Wolfgang Muthspiel. Muthspiel's compositions match Towner's on "Travel Guide," not only in number, but in spirit, such that each composer is difficult to identify without stealing a glance at the liner notes. The opening track "The Henrysons" comes from Muthspiel's pen, and has the same unhurried simple elegance recognizable from Towner's body of work. "Father Time," a Towner composition, is poignant especially given that Towner recently celebrated his 73nd birthday, though his creative vitality is that of a young man. The song mood is reminiscent of Oregon's "Take Heart" but the evocative chords are punctuated by a chiming tick-tock of nylon strings marking off the regrettable passage of time. "Duende," loosely translated, is the physical or emotional response to art, that which makes you smile or cry within the context of an authentic performance. The title is apt for this Towner tune,
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