28.06.2014 - 02:31 [ soundcloud ]

Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara – Tributes & Diatribes (vhf#134 cd)

Lovely second set of tracks from the entirely unusual duo of Jesse Sparhawk (38 string lever harp) and Eric Carbonara (22 string upright Chaturangui guitar, banjo, nylon string guitar). The four tracks here are restrained and unhurried, letting the elegant string flow breathe and build over each cut. Like on their debut Sixty Strings (vhf#129), there‘s tons of virtuoso playing, but it‘s not showy and crass. The guys are more mood builders (deep, cosmic, meditative) than doodlers.