Philip Montoro, Reader music editor
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Abana Ba Nasery, Classic Acoustic Recordings From Western Kenya This trio was famous in Kenya in the 60s and early 70s for playing a Luhya style called omutibo, whose instrumentation usually consists of two acoustic guitars and a ribbed glass Fanta bottle scraped with a nail. The sweet, jaunty, intricately entangled guitars, the crickety rhythm of the bottle, and the sad-happy three-part harmony singing are just the thing for a summer night you know will end too soon.
Seth Sher, Drummer for Ga’an and Zath and guitarist for Oakeater
Conrad Schnitzler,Gelb Conrad Schnitzler passed away August 4. Although an early member of Tangerine Dream and a cofounder of Kluster, Schnitzler was really an artist, using sound as his canvas. I browsed through my collection for a suitable tribute; housed in an unmarked cardboard jacket is this 1981 LP, playable at either 45 or 33 rpm. Musically, I’m sure it parallels Schnitzler’s journey into the vast cosmos of the hereafter.
