Sasanian Woman and Buffalo Silver Rhyton, 6th–7th century CE

This remarkable silver rhyton, decorated with mercury gilding and glass inlays, combines the head of a woman with that of a water buffalo—blending artistic traditions from both Iranian and Greek ceremonial vessels. Designed as a drinking or pouring vessel, it features a filling hole at the top and a spout at the front.

Currently preserved at the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Reclined In The Haze by J. R. Bohannon & Dave Shuford, released on Barchan Dune Recordings in 2024.

This gift of an album finds Dave Shuford (No Neck Blues Band, D. Charles Speer, Rhyton, et al) and J.R.Bohannon conjuring a sequence of duets for a variety of stringed instruments. The nine tracks, no matter their length (they run from two-and-a-half to eight-and-a-half minutes), function simultaneously as delicate miniatures and as explorations of colossal expanse. The playing throughout, even when the mood is languid, is sharp and focused, a blending of vibe and technique that at times recalls the fried synaptic tunnels traveled by Sandy Bull...

Matt Krefting
Holyoke MA 2024

https://jrbohannondaveshuford.bandcamp.com/album/reclined-in-the-haze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sue70-rsNI&list=RD7Sue70-rsNI&start_radio=1

#DaveShuford #NoNeckBluesBand #DCharlesSpeer #Rhyton #JRBohannon #Music #Guitar

Animal, Surrender! by Animal, Surrender!, released in 2024 on Ernest Jenning Record.

“Animal, Surrender!” is Peter Kerlin (Sunwatchers and Chris Forsyth & Solar Motel Band) and drummer Rob Smith (Grey/Smith, Rhyton, Pigeons, D. Charles Spear). Kerlin leads the duo through a set of bass-driven compositions and interpretations, incorporating spare electronics through a post-rock/weird-folk trance with intricate and sometimes blasted interplay between the rhythm section. The project’s title refers to the ambiguous creatureliness of the human animal: How in trying to kill the animal within we eradicated all wildness on the planet; How in our never-ending evasion of any discomfort we guaranteed the destruction of all that sustains us. It's about other things too, like falling outs among friends and how even if it's the end it's not the end.

https://animalsurrender.bandcamp.com/album/animal-surrender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Su1EjEMJIhs&list=OLAK5uy_kzUm_dspokxfx8xvN6OvnwQMTXXdO9U0A

#AnimalSurrender #PostRock #WeirdFolk #NickDrake #Music #Sunwatchers #Rhyton

Rhyton by Rhyton, released on Thrill Jockey in 2011.

Clifford Allen wrote for Tiny Mix Tapes:
Deriving its moniker from a wide-mouthed chalice used in ancient Greek ceremonies, the heavy astral psych trio Rhyton grew out of the sessions for guitarist David Shuford’s Arghiledes LP (Thrill Jockey, 2011), a personal exploration of contemporary Greek folk and “other” music. For their debut, in addition to Shuford’s baritone guitar, electric saz, and mandolin, the trio consists of drummer Spencer Herbst (Messages) and bassist Jimy SeiTang (Psychic Ills) on five group improvisations. Greek music — in the loosest sense — isn’t really the main thrust of Rhyton, nor is the group a contemporary answer to Aphrodite’s Child. Rather, the trio builds on Shuford’s Middle Eastern modal explorations laid atop the monstrous pulse of bass, drums, and loops...

https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/rhyton-rhyton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBl4Ixu-eVc&list=RDzBl4Ixu-eVc&start_radio=1

#rhyton #thrilljockey

Pharaonic Crosstalk by Rhyton released on Feeding Tube Records in 2021

"...Pharaonic Crosstalk was recorded at Gary's Electric studio in Greenpoint in bits and pieces, when it wasn't being used otherwise. The process was begun about four years ago, and really only got finished when the Plague shut things down. The sound this time has evolved as Shuford suggests. Drummer Rob Smith shows some of the lessons he must have learned while studying with Bernard Purdie, lending even the zoniest sections a groove-oid bottom that won't stop. And this does not infer boogie tendencies, so much as a solid new approach to fundamentals. Shuford's multivalent string aktion, combined with Jimmy SeiTang's wonderful bass/keyboard dualism and Smith's provocative percolation make this an album of crazy hybridized stoned space-funk-psych-fusion while still manifesting experimental highlights.." --Byron Coley, 2021 Edition of 400.

https://feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/album/pharaonic-crosstalk

#rhyton #psychedelia #2021inmusic

The Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton is a stunning merger of cultures, showcasing artistic mastery from the Indus Valley to Persian traditions. Does it represent Durga, the goddess of strength, or something more? Dive into this artistic enigma!

#ClevelandArt #ArtHistory #Rhyton #IndianArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.96

Behold the exquisite Woman and Water Buffalo Rhyton, a stunning interplay of form and function that bridges cultures and traditions. Could this unique vessel serve as both art and ritual, connecting human experience with divine symbolism?

#ClevelandArt #ArtHistory #Rhyton #CulturalHeritage
https://clevelandart.org/art/1964.96