Famous In Mongolia
Reviews
Fo
Reviewed 2006-03-10
Reviewed 2006-03-10
MICHAEL WATERS – “Famous in Mongolia”
Ladybird, 2005
ACOUSTIC GUITAR – Solo instrumentals album by a Canadian player with a really distinctive style. He says he was influenced heavily by the remoteness of his British Columbia home and traditional Peruvian music, along with players like Leo Kottke and Mike Oldfield. That can indeed be heard but this is above all a very personal album, relaxing but compelling.
Fo’s picks: 1, 2, 4, 7
1. 04:12 – a beautiful bell-like pattern reflected in meditative passages
2. 12:58 – bluesy themes separated tumbling breaks, intensity rises and falls, but the middle section is quiet and peaceful
3. 03:11 – melody flutters and rolls over steady pulse, starts quiet, louder middle
4. 05:16 – spare, grows heavy with a steady, rustic rhythm, then spacious
5. 14:45 – slow, meditative, mostly very quiet: explores a series of little rolling thematic patterns, surges at the end
6. 06:29 – slow and spacious, with a latin touch: melodic lines against deep tones
7. 05:53 – nice backwoods feel, open & friendly, turns introspective later on
[Fo] 3/10/06
Ladybird, 2005
ACOUSTIC GUITAR – Solo instrumentals album by a Canadian player with a really distinctive style. He says he was influenced heavily by the remoteness of his British Columbia home and traditional Peruvian music, along with players like Leo Kottke and Mike Oldfield. That can indeed be heard but this is above all a very personal album, relaxing but compelling.
Fo’s picks: 1, 2, 4, 7
1. 04:12 – a beautiful bell-like pattern reflected in meditative passages
2. 12:58 – bluesy themes separated tumbling breaks, intensity rises and falls, but the middle section is quiet and peaceful
3. 03:11 – melody flutters and rolls over steady pulse, starts quiet, louder middle
4. 05:16 – spare, grows heavy with a steady, rustic rhythm, then spacious
5. 14:45 – slow, meditative, mostly very quiet: explores a series of little rolling thematic patterns, surges at the end
6. 06:29 – slow and spacious, with a latin touch: melodic lines against deep tones
7. 05:53 – nice backwoods feel, open & friendly, turns introspective later on
[Fo] 3/10/06
Recent airplay
two Shamans
Multiple Personality Disorder — May 14, 2006
Robinsong
Radio Of Imagination — May 09, 2006
Shining Bird
to heavy for titanium — Apr 22, 2006
Earthgate
Multiple Personality Disorder — Apr 16, 2006
Earthgate
Mr. S's Wild Ride — Apr 05, 2006
Atahualpa Yupanqui, Earthgate
eclectica — Apr 04, 2006
Charting
2006-03-12 — 2006-05-14
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 14 | 1 |
| Apr 23 | 2 |
| Apr 9 | 2 |
| Apr 2 | 3 |
| Mar 26 | 1 |
| Mar 19 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | Earthgate | ||
| 2. | Atahualpa Yupanqui | ||
| 3. | Shining Bird | ||
| 4. | Big Dave | ||
| 5. | two Shamans | ||
| 6. | Saudade | ||
| 7. | Robinsong |