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Feb 20, 2015The Tangier Sessions' sound is warm and steeped in passion, wonder, and fascination.
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Apr 3, 2015You almost can’t grudge Bishop for his globe-hopping, 9-5 shirking, guitar-buying existence when it produces music as wonderful as this.
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The WireMar 4, 2015The music shines with solitary delight. [Feb 2015, p.46]
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Feb 18, 2015Bishop’s elaborate flights celebrate what his instrument can do, and express by example the notion that having an interesting time along the way matters more than where you’re going.
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Feb 17, 2015At a time when guitars serve more often as props than as centerpieces, this album is a wondrous reminder that the simplest palette can be used to paint the most profound results.
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MojoFeb 13, 2015All told, a spellbinding journey. [Mar 2014, p.100]
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UncutFeb 11, 2015Mostly, though, it reasserts Bishop's status as wide-ranging guitar master, gently amused by any such assumptions of grandeur. [Mar 2015, p.71]
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Feb 11, 2015It’s the unhurried nature of these improvisations which are their greatest strength. Couple this with his sharp ear for melody, not to mention his frequently unbelievable fingertips, and this album emerges as another incredibly strong outing for Sir Richard Bishop in a truly interesting and consistent discography.
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Feb 11, 2015The conceit of Bishop's new album, Tangier Sessions, is some serious guitar-dork lore that would make any bedroom noodler salivate.
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MagnetFeb 19, 2015It's a pleasure to hear him unpacking his toy, stretching out and exploring this new set of voices. [No. 117, p.61]
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Feb 13, 2015He’s spent decades getting musical vocabularies from all over the world under his fingers, and even when his improvisations begin to meander, what he creates from his well of options is remarkable and wholly his own.
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Feb 20, 2015These improvised pieces are intricate and certainly stand up to repeated listens, and the album makes a good companion piece to Bishop's previous, rather fine, acoustic recordings.
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Feb 11, 2015The result is a beguiling--albeit, at seven tracks, rather short--set of intricate, finger-picked songs.
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Feb 17, 2015Bishop’s self-indulgence stunts any suggestion that anyone other than a serious aficionados is going to express anything more than passing interest.