James Blackshaw
Sunshrine
Digitalis 2005
01. Sunshrine
02. Skylark Herald's Dawn
Two tracks, the first an extended 26 min. epic, a lush and completely gorgeous steel string raga, huge dense sweeps of intricately picked guitar, high on reverb, accompanied by sarod, harmonium, Farfisa organ, glockenspiel, bells and bowed cymbals. Overwhelmingly beautiful and impossibly otherwordly. Expressive and aggressive but completely delicate and introspective at the same time. The end of the track is especially powerful when the guitars fade out and all that is left is the thick wheezing drone of the harmonium and a cloud of tinkling bells. Skylark Herald's Dawn is a three minute steel guitar workout, simple and so lovely. Nothing "freaky" or "weird" about this record, just incredibly rich and entrancing acoustics for anyone who's curious and wants some good relaxing music.
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1 comment:
might be cruel when I say this, but when your music revolves around life, there are moments when certain music tags along in your daily shifting moods.. if Lovage titled their album "music to make love to your lady by", Sunshrine might just be the best when you need to get all the dirt out of your mind and end up with a nice, clean, stringy daydream.
"music to soulwash yourself, by"
harmonium stands for harmonious, so thank you for the gorgeous thoughts.
over and fade out.
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