#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)

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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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