V/a / We Are All One, In The Sun - Tribute To Robbie Basho

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In ROBBIE BASHO’s lifetime he set out to champion the steel string guitar as an expressive and dignified concert instrument. His guitar playing was first brought to light in 1965, when JOHN FAHEY released Basho's debut The Seal of the Blue Lotus on Fahey's own Takoma Records. Armed with a unique and powerful singing voice, his 6 & 12 string guitar and a collection of special guitar tunings that he created (even originating a unique chart titled 'The Esoteric Doctrine of Color and Mood' denoting a color and mood for each of his special tunings). Basho's output was prodigious, but after three decades of recordings and touring, this unique American musical voice went largely unnoticed and in 1986 his voice was forever silenced by a tragic accident. We Are All One, In the Sun: a Tribute to Robbie Basho, represents a humble tribute to this truly original and passionate American guitarist, musician and composer. This labor of love curated and realized by musician, producer, and acoustic guitar maker BUCK CURRAN (along with his wife SHANTI performs as the duo AROBREA. With tracks from STEFFAN BASHO-JUNGHANS, HELENA ESPVALL, MEG BAIRD, GLENN JONES, CIAN NUGENT, RAHIM ALHAJ, and FERN NIGHT.