Opium Musick
(Eclipse) Used LP $30.00
“An eclectic 2003 collection with pieces for 12-string, 6-string, and lap guitar. The raga-ish ‘Yaman Blues’ is a stand-out, featuring Mike Gangloff (Pelt, Black Twig Pickers) on tanpura, and echoes the extended modal work on the contemporaneous Pelt album, Pearls from the River.”
Raag Manifestos
(Eclipse) Used LP $25.00
Rose’s rawest and most experimental album cuts across various acoustic styles, with a jagged and aggressive attack. “Black Pearls from the River” and “Hart Crane’s Old Boyfriends” are dense, serious assaults on the 12-string, with the intensity of the latter enhanced by Ian Nagoski’s roaring electronic backdrop. With subtle tabla accompaniment by Eric Carbonara, “Crossing The Great Waters” is another epic modal journey in the style of Pelt’s “Road To Catawba.” The traditional “Blessed Be the Name of the Lord” finishes off the LP on a calming note. Sealed
Red Horse, White Mule
(Eclipse) Used LP $35.00
“Rose’s 2002 solo debut was a bit of an outlier in the underground gestalt, coming just before the wave of releases from the new generation of Takoma / Fahey-inspired players. It balances the epic side-long raga title track against a second side of shorter pieces, including the ragged slide style of ‘The Colonel’s Blues.’ His technique doesn’t have the refinement that it would quickly find, but the compositions and performances have a rough hewn charm.”
Via St. Louis
(Drunken Fish) Used CD $5.00 (Out-of-stock)
A Charalambide and a Pelt guy stare into the white dot at the center of the sun for this cosmic gunfight at the four-track corral. Tense.