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Track Listings
| 1. The Falconer's Arm |
| 2. Lost Lagoon Suite |
| 3. Pavan Hindustan |
| 4. Song Of The Snowy Ranges |
| 5. Pasha |
| 6. A North American Raga |
| 7. Roses And Snow |
| 8. The Hajj |
| 9. Khatum |
Product Description
CD Compilation Of 60'S + 70'S Tracks By Guitar Virtuoso
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Yokuba
Format:Audio CD
This is wonderful music and I am amazed that none of Basho's albums have been reviewed on this website until now. Truly a neglected but great talent. If you like Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourne etc you will love this.
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4.8 out of 5 stars
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21 of 27 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Music of substance: the story of a soul
27 Dec 2002
By Richard S. Osborn
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
Must admit from the outset that I studied and performed with Basho in the late 60's, early 70's. Still, he is the hidden progenitor of the fusion of world music with the spiritual for all today. He studied with the matchless sarod master Ali Akbar Khan. This album has some of his greatest compositions, but shows some flaws also. Robbie was an intuitive: always put vision first & technique a far second ("Guitar Soli" has several of his greatest early compositions, but also some downright funky messes from the first recordings). "Pavan" is among his most raga-like; "Pasha" is most santur-like. At the risk of sounding New Agey (Robbie was a true wayfarer, not interested in channeling entities or sweet substitutes) I hope you might approach his music with the expectation of meeting a person of deep heart and pure intention, trying to see the highest peak man can aspire to, and let his wings help you up a ways....
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Let Bashovia Wash Ovia
3 Nov 2007
By Green Manalishi
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
The music defies description. How do you explain a peyote trip, for example? From the liner notes inside by John Fahey himself "The mood is neither Oriental nor Occidental, male nor female, human nor alien, young nor old, live nor dead, traditional nor contemporary, hip nor unhip, yin nor yang, apples nor oranges, plus nor minus, electric nor accoustic..". Bashovia is unadulterated bliss. I haven't heard anything like it before.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
An epiphany
22 Dec 2012
By The Great Penguin Adventure
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This just arrived. I just listened to it straight through. This is heady and I'm still recovering.
I don't know enough about guitar to say anything insightful about Basho's playing, but this is some of the most wonderful music I have heard in a long time. I found this via Fahey, but instantly realized that I would have no way in to this album with Fahey as my reference point. Basho's guitar was pouring over me in waves and an hour plus was gone in a flash.
There is an almost trance inducing quality to this album. It drones - and that's not a negative - and pulls you in. Basho's voice is distant but powerful, and finds its way into the same hum and vibration of the guitar it accompanies.
The guitar work is impossibly strange and familiar all at once, and it feels like I'm remembering this music as I'm hearing for the first time.
I don't think I can describe it more clearly or in more detail. This strikes me as the sort of music that just has to be experienced. If you've found your way here, you should definitely listen to this album.
I don't know enough about guitar to say anything insightful about Basho's playing, but this is some of the most wonderful music I have heard in a long time. I found this via Fahey, but instantly realized that I would have no way in to this album with Fahey as my reference point. Basho's guitar was pouring over me in waves and an hour plus was gone in a flash.
There is an almost trance inducing quality to this album. It drones - and that's not a negative - and pulls you in. Basho's voice is distant but powerful, and finds its way into the same hum and vibration of the guitar it accompanies.
The guitar work is impossibly strange and familiar all at once, and it feels like I'm remembering this music as I'm hearing for the first time.
I don't think I can describe it more clearly or in more detail. This strikes me as the sort of music that just has to be experienced. If you've found your way here, you should definitely listen to this album.
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