#2900: Guitar Music from L. A.

New Sounds | May 24, 2010

There's plenty of new guitar music from the Los Angeles area to be heard on this edition of New Sounds. From his latest release, "Coward," Wilco guitarist Nels Cline remembers his murdered friend and colleague Rod Poole with a nearly symphonic piece for microtonal guitar called "Rod Poole’s Gradual Ascent to Heaven." Plus, listen to Poole’s own "Dark Light Approaching Reason," also for microtonal guitar. There's also pedal steel guitar music from fellow L.A. composer Chas Smith, and more.

PROGRAM # 2900, Guitar Music from L.A. (First aired on February 11, 2009)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Nels Cline	Coward	Rod Poole's Gradual Ascent To Heaven [18:30]	Cryptogrammophone #141** www.cryptogrammophone.com*
Rod Poole	Dark Light Approaching Reason	Dark Light Approaching Reason, excerpt [14:00]	Download from Emusic.com
Chas Smith	Nakadai	A Judas Within Seduction, excerpt [7:00] A Judas Within Betrayal, excerpt [9:00]	Cold Blue #0029 www.coldbluemusic.com*

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