Edward Guglielmino

THE GIN CLUB, MEXICO CITY, EDWARD GUGLIELMINO, LION ISLAND

THE ZOO: 27.11.09
It’s a strangely quiet start to The Gin Club’s first proper hometown show in quite a while. To a smattering of attendees, local up-and-comers Lion Island kick off their set. Eight members strong and incorporating banjo, double bass, ukulele, trumpet and violin into their line-up [...]

ED GUGLIELMINO / BRIAN CAMPEAU / COWPER
Alhambra Lounge – Wed Nov 21
Alhambra Lounge is such a pretty venue on nights
like this, when the bands are quieter and the crowd
more subdued. The tables are lit with little candles
and dim lamps hang from the ceiling, creating a soft,
shadowy atmosphere. Cowper is the fi rst of three acts
and [...]

Kathleen Noonan
October 23, 2009 11:00pm

LOUNGE
room shows offer a fresh approach to performing that works for artist
and concert-goer who meet and talk about how the music is made.
iN New York, they are called loft concerts. Here, singer/songwriter Deborah Conway likens them to Tupperware parties.

In Mark Cryle’s old Queenslander at Dutton Park, the music bounces
off the timber [...]

Edward Guglielmino
Late At Night
10 Track, LP (2009, Independent)
Related: Edward Guglielmino.
Late At Night is a nocturnal soundtrack, not just in name but in the moody streetlamp photo on the back case and the lyrics of almost every song (“Late at night I feel all right,” is a typical example). It’s gentle, largely acoustic music for solitary [...]

Art Brute
EDWARD GUGLIELMINO
MANY MUSICIANS argue on unconvincing grounds that there’s something unique about their musical endeavors. That they are artists – when, in fact, they’re merely conformist mouthpieces perpetuating the commercially-oriented status quo. These are the people that ensure that actual artists are reduced to scraping and scratching for the attention their art deserves.
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