Loren Connors - Sails (2006)

Guitarist Loren Connors was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1949. Best known as a composer and improviser, Connors has issued over 50 guitar records on his own imprints (Daggett, St. Joan, Black Label) since the late 1970s and over two dozen on other labels across the globe. He has recorded under the names Guitar Roberts, Loren Mattei, Loren MazzaCane Connors and other variations.

Connors' singular adaption of the blues is a distinct personal vision combining the Delta bottleneck sound and the ancestral blues voice (appearing as distortion, baying hounds or multi-tracked guitar), with hauntingly unexpected sounds.

Outside of Connors' three decades of solo work, he has collaborated with Suzanne Langille, Jim O'Rourke, Alan Licht, Christina Carter, Keiji Haino, Rafael Toral, Ikue Mori, Jandek and many others, as well as leading the group Haunted House. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.

This is the sort of record that is incredibly hard to do justice to over a few lines of banal text. One of the highlights of this expansive two disc set is the wonderful collaborative track with the late Americana legend John Fahey which sees the two venture into dark, intimate territory; abrasive guitar sounds drenched in reverb and grit. Stunning.

Get this wonderful double-cd-album here:
Loren Connors - Sails (320Kbps)

Enjoy !

PS: Get his collaboration with Alan Licht down here !