Osborn, Richard / Endless
| Album: | Endless | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Osborn, Richard | Added: | Sep 2017 | |
| Label: | Tompkins Square | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2017-09-27 | Pull Date: | 2017-11-29 |
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| Week Ending: | Nov 12 | Oct 22 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 10, 2017: | Traditions
The King Walks By |
2. | Oct 20, 2017: | Traditions
Streets Of Laredo, A Pastorale |
Album Review
Be Sharp
Reviewed 2017-09-13
Reviewed 2017-09-13
MEDITATIVE ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Bay area based Richard Osborn plays spiritual, meditative, raga-style pieces on acoustic guitar. In the 1960s Osborn studied with guitarist Robbie Basho, who in turn had studied under sarod master Ali Akbar Khan. The album presents a nice variety of style & length.
RIYL: finger-style acoustic guitar (John Fahey, Leo Kottke); world influences (Paul Winter, Shakti); New Age (William Ackerman); Indian classical music.
No FCC issues.
1 Slow. Apparently improvised; some lovely passages. Disconcerting fret squeak. (3:51)
2 * Mid-tempo. Variations on a much-loved American cowboy song. (4:34)
3 Mid-slow. Intricate rendering of an old English folk song on 12-string guitar. (6:22)
4 Mid-slow. Osborn sings (not well) a sad prayer to finger-style accompaniment. (4:33)
5 ** Mid-tempo. Melody on guitar is accented by tabla. Pleasing & interesting. (2:35)
6 Very slow with gradual accelerando. Much like a classical raga. Guitar, drone, tabla. Beautiful & tranquil. (11:06)
7 ** Slow intro, then mid-fast. Based on a raga by Ali Akbar Khan. Guitar, drone, tabla. Cheerier and bouncier than #6. Really quite nice. Fade out. (8:01)
Bay area based Richard Osborn plays spiritual, meditative, raga-style pieces on acoustic guitar. In the 1960s Osborn studied with guitarist Robbie Basho, who in turn had studied under sarod master Ali Akbar Khan. The album presents a nice variety of style & length.
RIYL: finger-style acoustic guitar (John Fahey, Leo Kottke); world influences (Paul Winter, Shakti); New Age (William Ackerman); Indian classical music.
No FCC issues.
1 Slow. Apparently improvised; some lovely passages. Disconcerting fret squeak. (3:51)
2 * Mid-tempo. Variations on a much-loved American cowboy song. (4:34)
3 Mid-slow. Intricate rendering of an old English folk song on 12-string guitar. (6:22)
4 Mid-slow. Osborn sings (not well) a sad prayer to finger-style accompaniment. (4:33)
5 ** Mid-tempo. Melody on guitar is accented by tabla. Pleasing & interesting. (2:35)
6 Very slow with gradual accelerando. Much like a classical raga. Guitar, drone, tabla. Beautiful & tranquil. (11:06)
7 ** Slow intro, then mid-fast. Based on a raga by Ali Akbar Khan. Guitar, drone, tabla. Cheerier and bouncier than #6. Really quite nice. Fade out. (8:01)
Track Listing
| 1. | In A Monastery Garden | 5. | The King Walks By | |||
| 2. | Streets Of Laredo, A Pastorale | 6. | Your Eyes | |||
| 3. | Still I Will Be Merry | 7. | The Open Road | |||
| 4. | Breton Fisherman's Prayer | . |