The great improvisational guitarist, who has worked with a number of prominent Indian musicians, believes music is the sum of our life story. A few weeks ago, just before Israel started bombing Gaza, British-born guitar virtuoso John McLaughlin played a concert in Ramallah. This was the second time that he’d performed in Palestine since 2012, reiterating...
Read MoreAs elder statesmen in a world class league of guitar innovators, John McLaughlin, Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie have seen the instrumental music crafted under their care over the past four decades marketed under the somewhat deceptive banner of jazz. But on their newest releases, the ingenuity of their playing relishes in the blurring of stylistic...
Read MoreWe’re in a paradoxical era when many pioneers of high-volume electric music are now in their 70s, from Mick and Keef to Paul and Ringo. By the time you read this, even the eternally youthful Jeff Beck should have turned the big 7-0. Read more here...
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The Palestinian territories are rarely a destination for jazz musicians let alone stars of an art form that is more at home in big cities such as New York and Chicago. Read more here...
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John is on the Cover of Rolling Stone...
Read MoreRecorded live last June at Boston’s Berklee Performance Center, « The Boston Record » (Abstract Logix) links John McLaughlin to his early days as a jazz-fusion pioneer. It includes a new take on « You Know You Know, » which appeared on his Mahavishnu Orchestra’s 1971 album, « The Inner...
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