the 1st day of school...seems like a languid, melancholy tune would suit it well, so we've got Loren MazzaCane Connors, master of the 'venusian blues', for you today.
Loren (and he's got a few permutations on his last name) started out as an acoustic guitar player, very folky, out of southern CT (new haven) w/ singer Kath Bloom. along the way he started to play very improvisational pieces under the name Guitar Roberts, and then morphed into an electric blues player and started a long collaboration w/ partner Suzanne Langille.
don't think delta blues; he's a master of monochrome and minimalism, and won't be most people's cup of blues. but he's been able to carve out (deeply, i must) a very impressive, singular body of work and was hugely prolific in the 90s (parkinson's has slowed him down). most of his work is imbued w/ strong emotion, and he ties back constantly to his irish heritage via album titles, cover art, and linter notes (it's mostly instrumental work, but there are some lyrics when suzanne sings).
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Loren (and he's got a few permutations on his last name) started out as an acoustic guitar player, very folky, out of southern CT (new haven) w/ singer Kath Bloom. along the way he started to play very improvisational pieces under the name Guitar Roberts, and then morphed into an electric blues player and started a long collaboration w/ partner Suzanne Langille.
don't think delta blues; he's a master of monochrome and minimalism, and won't be most people's cup of blues. but he's been able to carve out (deeply, i must) a very impressive, singular body of work and was hugely prolific in the 90s (parkinson's has slowed him down). most of his work is imbued w/ strong emotion, and he ties back constantly to his irish heritage via album titles, cover art, and linter notes (it's mostly instrumental work, but there are some lyrics when suzanne sings).
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