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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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