The Imaginational Anthem series on Tompkins Square continues with this third volume, and as has become its wont, it is more adventurous than even its predecessors, yet stays closer to the vest, making it, upon first listen, more accessible but also more mysterious. Guitarist and kalimba wizard Richard Crandall's "Zocalo" opens the set. Played on an acoustic six-string steel guitar, it offers a kind of gentle but sprawling reflection on British Isles folk styles, American Primitivism à la the raga-like melodic repetitions offered in John Fahey's work, but Crandell's interested in the nooks and crannies of minor keys and manages to explore them while keeping the listener inside his circular approach to harmony and modality.

Tracklist:

Zocalo - Richard Crandell
Here Toucheth Blues - Ben Reynolds (previously unreleased)
Sleep Architecture - Greg Davis (previously unreleased)
Bold Ruler's Joys - Nathan Salsburg (previously unreleased)
Blue Mountain Raga II - Steffen Basho-Junghans (previously unrel
When the Snow Melts and Floats Downstream - Cian Nugent (previou
Sean Cycle - Matt Baldwin (previously unreleased)
Another Fine Day - Mark Fosson (previously unreleased)
Goblins - George Stavis (previously unreleased)
High Tower Bells for Loren Connors - R. Keenan Lawler (previousl
Texarkana 1971 - Shawn David McMillen (previously unreleased)

UPC: 856075001905
Label: Tompkins Square
Release Date: 4.8.08
Format: CD

Imaginational Anthem - Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 3 (CD)