{"id":571,"date":"2018-10-05T00:55:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T05:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/?page_id=571"},"modified":"2018-10-14T13:44:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T18:44:43","slug":"brief-reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/brief-reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n\t\t\t\tDesign is a funny word<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/h1>\n<p>Click on the CD graphic for more extensive reviews and mp3 samples.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/life-of\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve-tibbetts-life-of-770.jpg\" alt=\"Life Of by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Life Of<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/washington-post-may-2018\/\">Washington Post<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/downbeat-5-star-review-life-of\/\">Downbeat: 5 stars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/life-of-by-steve-tibbetts-stereophile-review\/\">Stereophile\u2019s Recording of the Month<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/natural-causes\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/natural-causes-600.jpg\" alt=\"Natural Causes by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Natural Causes<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u2026this is the sound of music contemplating itself.\u201d <em><a href=\"http:\/\/jazztimes.com\/articles\/26523-natural-causes-steve-tibbetts\">Jazz Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/selwa\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/selwa-tibbetts-drolma-500c.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00f6ying Drolma and Steve Tibbetts: Selwa\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Selwa<\/h3>\n<p>\u201c\u2026a heartbreakingly stunning record\u2026 If two worlds have ever met without clich\u00e9, Selwa is the language they will speak.\u201d<em><a href=\"http:\/\/ethnotechno.com\/selwa.php\">EthnoTechno.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/a-man-about-a-horse\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Horse-CD-cover-600x526.jpg\" alt=\"A Man About a Horse, album cover\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>A Man About A Horse<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cPure audio ecstasy.\u201d <em>Audiophile<\/em> January 2003 Disc of the Month<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrilliant, individual musicmaking.\u201d <em>BBC<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/a\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CDA.jpg\" alt=\"\u00c5 by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>\u00c5<\/h3>\n<p>It is rare that one finds a recording like no other: music with such a unique texture and sensibility that it offers a new landscape for the mind. This is music deeply rooted in a place, even if that place is ephemeral. Remarkable. <em>All Music Guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Like fishermen slowly freezing to death. <em>Straits Times<\/em>, Singapore 6\/99<\/p>\n<p>Like fiddler Vassar Clements playing an Indian raga after his dog has died. <em><a href=\"..\/a-reviewed-on-amazon-com\/\">Amazon.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/cho\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/cho-tibbetts-drolma-500.jpg\" alt=\"Ch\u00f6 by Steve Tibbetts and Ch\u00f6ying Drolma\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Ch\u00f6<\/h3>\n<p>At times, hearing the group chant together is like being present at the creation of something fragile and miraculous. <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If any one album deserves to be seen as the world music discovery of the year, it is this haunting collection of tranquil, meditative chants from the Buddhist monasteries of Tibet.\u00a0<em>Essex Newspapers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/the-fall-of-us-all\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-fall-of-us-all-steve-tibbetts-500.jpg\" alt=\"The Fall of Us All by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Fall of Us All<\/h3>\n<p>(4 1\/2 stars) &#8230;his best and wildest work &#8230; the clearest, most concentrated version of his ideas to date. <em>Downbeat<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(4 stars) Rolling Stone<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(4 stars) &#8230;his solos fracture every guitar cliche. <em>The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Veering from ambient dreamscapes to violent, post-industrial rave-ups, from spellbinding acoustic webwork to apocalyptic electric fretburn, this album is an emotional and sonic tour-de-force. It&#8217;s hard to imagine a more cliche-free player. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. <em>Guitar Player<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/big-map\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/big-map-idea-600.jpg\" alt=\"Big Map by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Big Map<\/h3>\n<p>(4 1\/2 stars) This is dream music. <em>-Downbeat<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/exploded-view\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/exploded-view-steve-tibbetts-400.jpg\" alt=\"Exploded View by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Exploded View<\/h3>\n<p>(Five stars) Steve Tibbetts seems intent on producing music that doesn&#8217;t have a name. <em>Downbeat<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; his broken-glass approach to electric is utterly incendiary. <em>Musician<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/safe-journey\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/safe-journey-500.jpg\" alt=\"Safe Journey by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Safe Journey<\/h3>\n<p>&#8230; a kind of ambient Electric Ladyland&#8211;it liquefies the expressionist pastels of post-Eno art rock with crystalline Oregon-like folk impressions and startling streaks of heavy acid wail. <em>Musician<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Record of the Month April 1984\u00a0 <em>Stereoplay <\/em>(Germany)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/northern-song\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/northern-song-steve-tibbetts-400.jpg\" alt=\"Northern Song by Steve Tibbetts, Marc Anderson\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Northern Song<\/h3>\n<p>Those who can allow themselves to be transported in the few moments a struck chord endures against the power of silence should find it captivating. <em>Stereo Review<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/yr\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/yr-steve-tibbetts.jpg\" alt=\"Yr by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Yr<\/h3>\n<p>&#8230; a masterpiece of brilliant guitar orchestration and multi-track sorcery&#8211; acoustic ragas spiked by Hendrixian banshee screams, overdubbed choral riffing erected into high cathedral spires. <em>Rolling Stone<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/album-1\/\" target=\"_self\"  itemprop=\"url\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CD1st-Album.jpg\" alt=\"Album #1 by Steve Tibbetts\" itemprop=\"image\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Album #l<\/h3>\n<p>A deluge of cryptic beauty. <em>I\/E<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of brief reviews of recordings by Steve Tibbetts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Brief Reviews &#183; 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