Bali Archives · Steve Tibbetts

Things I Did (Press resources for “Life Of.”)

Things I did while I made this album. A list.

Life of–Rolling Stone, August 2018

“The effect is a seductive impressionism of fluid melodic figures and rippling arpeggios with a quietly firm, emotional undertow.”

Life Of–More Biographical Material

Some Biographical Material, including the all-important Big Influences.

Music and Trance in Bali

After a good three hours in the blazing sun we saw the gates open and villagers in trance being led out to circumambulate the temple. I’ll never forget the look on one young Balinese woman’s face: an incredible mix of astonishment, grief and transcendence.

Natural Causes–ECM Bio

The making of “Natural Causes” took place in a period when Tibbetts was reconsidering some fundamental aspects of his art and craft – in parallel with daily studies of Bach, Bartók, and music theory.

A Man About A Horse–ECM bio pt. 2

When someone opened up a guitar case and pulled out a guitar they may as well have been pulling a sword out of a stone.

A Man About a Horse–New Note Magazine

“Tibbetts operates a fine balance between sensitive acoustic shivers and heavily petted electric fuzz…”

Å–Minneapolis Star-Tribune & Playboy

“repeating fiddle phrases evolve into fresh ideas, while Tibbetts’ guitar slithers off on sympathetic tangents, and gongs and other elements chip in their own wry commentary, creating an ebb and flow of stylish nuance like mist on the fjords”

Å–Downbeat, August 1999

Steve, Turid, Knut, and Marc standing outside the church they recorded in.

“Å (just say “ah”) successfully joins the hardingfele, a.k.a. hardanger fiddle, with Tibbetts’ distinctive, often beautiful constructions.”

Exploded View–Car Stereo Review 3/95

“Ever wish you could take a ride on the Space Shuttle? Here’s the alternative: Pick up Steve Tibbetts’ The Fall of Us All instead. It’ll transport you to places in the cosmos you never knew existed.”