A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music

Gier Jenssen has been making chillingly beautiful ‘arctic ambient’ music since 1983, and has released albums which are not only stark in terms of listening, but in packaging as well. Whoever does his graphic design should be commended. He has recorded under the name Biosphere since 1991. This particular track comes from a compilation called …

Never in the wildest dreams of my youth did I ever thing that bagpipe music would ever have the potential of being sexy. Cristina Pato, once a green-haired mohican, has metamorphosized herself into a Celtic enchantress, playing a bagpipe in a manner that could easily remind one of …

It’s not often that either myself or my readers have a chance to sample a slice of vintage Turkish psychedelic music. Here is a track from Anatolian legend Barış Manço, along with his band. A hat tip goes out to my dear friend, Yasen Kazandjiev, for posting this video.

Breton harpist Alan Stivell has done more than many to spread his and other Celtic cultures. Here is a clip of him performing a Welsh standard. The title, “Land of My Fathers,” is a translation from the Welsh “Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau” and the Breton “Bro Gozh ma Zadoù.”

John Carpenter is originally from New Jersey, but has become a breath of fresh air to the sometimes stagnant Los Angeles indie music scene. He performs frequently, and has been seen at Spaceland and The Las Vegas Shakedown Festival in (where else?) Las Vegas, Nevada. His music is a combination of Scott Walker, The Velvet …

I’ve become a bit of a classical guitar nut recently, thanks to a rather lovely woman inspiring me to delve into the genre a bit deeper these days. Some years ago, I took in on consignment the records of a Los Angeles-based label called MA Recordings. One of the artists I listened to was Serbian-American …