loren connors

loren connors - night through singles and collected works 1976-2004 (family vineyard, 2006)

"Essential 3CD collection of singles by avant blues guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors, one of America's most unique and challenging voices. Night Through spans four decades of Connors' recordings from the earliest acoustic session and first solo 7" -- 'Ribbon o' Blues on St. Joan' -- to rare singles issued By Table Of The Elements, Road Come, Father Yod, Menlo Park, Gyttia, Union Pole, and others, to his late '90s band Haunted House and recent acoustic recordings. Overall, three and half hours of music: 12 7" singles, private CD-R releases, collaborations with Suzanne Langille, Robert Crotty, and Haunted House, compilation appearances, and 22 unreleased pieces including a 1959 recording by Connors' mother Mary Mazzacane. 24-page color booklet contains detailed notes and cover art for each single, never before seen photographs, an essay by renowned blues scholar Dr. William Ferris and commentary from Connors, Langille, Road Cone's Mike Hinds and others. Remastered from the original tapes by Jim O'Rourke, this is the definitive overview of Connors' journey as the consummate solo artist from embryonic origins in New Haven, CT to the rise as a monumental presence and spirit channeler. Whether considered avant garde or pure spirit haunt, Connors' guitar speaks purely from the soul in solo settings or with his revered collaborations with the likes of Alan Licht, Jandek, Keiji Haino, Christina Carter, Langille, O'Rourke, Kath Bloom and John Fahey."

The Departing of a Dream vol. I Part IV

The Departing of a Dream Vol. II Part II

The Departing of a Dream Vol. III: Juliet Her Death

arreglos flotantes, notas de guitarra que arropan en vez de sonar y esa peculiar cadencia melódica. poco importa que haya acompañado a Kath Bloom en algunos de los discos más bonitos del mundo y que Kath Bloom sea sólo recordada por incluir Come Here en Antes del Amanecer. es probable que dentro de veinte años haya quien le recuerde como hoy se recuerda a Nick Drake o John Fahey, pero ahora mismo Loren Connors y sus grabaciones desoladas al aire libre repartidas por innumerables discos y colaboraciones siguen siendo el calmante infalible para las horas bajas y las noches de insomnio. una y otra vez, y las veces que haga falta, It's so hard to come home es tan tan tan especial que merecería ser mil veces la canción del día