About 3/4 of the way through Hayden Pedigo's brand new "Live in Amarillo, Texas" --- which is exceptional. So the next track on my morning playlist in the making:

Hayden Pedigo - "Nearer, Nearer/Tints of Morning"

https://haydenpedigo.bandcamp.com/track/nearer-nearer-tints-of-morning

Fans of "primitive" fingerpicking a la #JohnFahey or, more recently, folks like #BillMckay or #NathanSalzburg should enjoy, but really anyone who likes instrumental guitar work.

As Pedigo says at the start of his album, the pieces feature a lot of "long pauses." If that perks your ears, like it does mine, check out the full album.

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Two tracks from a new release on International Anthem by an artist named #Tomin:

"Come Sunday Bass (for Ellington and Dolphy)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TDFfVlPRoE

"Naima"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuHK3GuU9nw

The album is called *Flores para Verene / Cantos para Caramina*. About half of the album are miniatures like this, sketches of standards, or tunes that should be standards, set for small reed/brass ensemble played entirely by Tomin himself.

These are quiet takes on these tunes, even of the more ebullient songs, and the recordings are close enough to catch breath. Very warm and intimate.

Read more about the album here:
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/album/flores-para-verene-cantos-para-caramina

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Good follow-up to the Shaw::

Haco - "A Fragment (Live)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjISRPjVxc

From the reissued version of their eponymous album, originally issued in 1995 but reissued this year. The track is a bonus.

I love the slow build on this one: built largely out of simple, repetitive layers of synth-strings and guitar, and an ethereal vocal line floating among it all. Like the Shaw, it has that combination of sparseness and lushness that I just love.

I don't remember at this point how I found #Haco, but I've loved everything I've listened to from her.

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