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Loren Connors & Jim O'Rourke: Are You Going To Stop...In Bern?

Read "Are You Going To Stop...In Bern?" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Recorded in 1997, this 2010 reissue--featuring guitarists Jim O'Rourke and Loren Connors--imparts a prismatic view of where experimentalism and Americana intersect folk-jazz, minimalism and improvisation. Connors' prolific discography hearkens back to the 1970s, releasing over 50 albums amid recordings with guitar legend John Fahey and Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore. Coupled with O'Rourke's worldly permutations as a collaborator, producer and solo artist, this album looms as a match made in heaven. The closing “You Can ...

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Loren Connors / Jim O'Rourke: Two Nice Catholic Boys

Read "Two Nice Catholic Boys" reviewed by Kurt Gottschalk


Musicians who collaborate with Loren Connors have to be prepared to enter his world. Connors is fixed firmly in his own distended blues, in wandering, mournful melodies and heavy quiet noise. The meeting won't be based on rhythm or key or swapping chops but waves of emotion laid bare. Nobody (save Connors' wife, singer Suzanne Langille) has met that challenge as well, or as often, as Alan Licht. But running a close second is his guitar duo ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Are You Going to...

Hat Hut Records
2011

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Are You Going To...

Hat Hut Records
2010

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Two Nice Catholic Boys

Family Vineyard Records
2009

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