D3U@PSUVM.BITNET (01/03/85)
In regard to the interest in new acoustic music, here are some
recommendations. They are of a variety of styles, and some of them may
not be exactly what the enthusiast of the new acoustic music means by
that term; but they all may be of interest anyway, and are all worth
listening. Please pardon that I do not give more detailed information,
but, first, I do not wish to list tedious descriptions, and second,
the descriptive detail could not give the impressions thet only can be
had from hearing the music itself, some of which is in a class by itself
Most of these artists have a fairly consistent sound from album to album
suggestions for listening:
Laraaji-- Day of Radiance (no.3 in Eno's Ambient series)
Steve Tibbets--YR- an excellent mix of bluegrass, Eastern, rock, space, etc.
David Darling- records on ECM ethnic influenced third stream jazz
New Grass Revival--Bluegrass, rock, jazz mix
Do'a-- nondescript mix of ancient and modern
Flairck--probably doesn't belong in this list, great mix of classical,jazz,folk
The Roches--ditto, but they combine folk, rock, and work with Robert Fripp
Popol Vuh--German, sometimes like hearing folk, classical, Eastern, rock all at
once, excellent band but some of their music is for the initiated only. Try
"Hosianna Mantra" on Celestial Harmonies (appropriately enough) or maybe
"Seligpriesung" or "Aguirre" or "Coerre de Verre (stk to Heart of Glass d.
by Werner Herzog) for more familiar folk influences. They also did the music
for Herzog's remake of the film Nosferatu the Vampire (music titled Brothers
of the Shade Sons Of the Lights, which is haunting and classical) Most of
these are available only as obscure imports in the U.S.
Urubamba (or something like that) is a group Paul Simon was involved with, but
is more of a nondescript flavor and does not sound like Rhymin Simon Is mor
like Do'a (mentioned above) and also came out in early Eighties
This list has variety and should keep a serious explorer of new acoustic
music busy for a while
"Cosmic" Ray