Bill MacKay Chicago, Illinois
Bill MacKay is a Chicago based guitarist-composer-vocalist-improviser. He has energized the experimental folk, rock, and avant-garde scenes with his radiant songs, and creative and unpredictable approach to the guitar.
Bill MacKay recommends:
Purple Mountains
by Purple Mountains
David Berman's swansong is a brilliant return. The music & words are poignant, moving, powerful, absurdly funny and it hits the heart & soul in a way few recent records have.
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Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest
by Bill Callahan
Bill Callahan also makes a grand reentry in the land of recorded music with this excellent two-disc opus. He goes a lot of great places, and takes you with him. Top-notch songwriting & true flair.
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Plastic Ono Band
by Yoko Ono
This companion to Lennon's album of same name also came out in 1970. The two are a primal pair and fit together like a puzzle. Ono's art-punk majesty and inventive avant-garde-ism in great form..
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Course In Fable
by Ryley Walker
supported by 53 fans who also own “Fountain Fire”
Just discovered Ryley Walker and am completely blown away by this record. He is a tremendous guitarist.
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New Vanitas
by William Tyler
Honey Badger
by Dorcha
With their blend of playfulness and graduate-level instrumentation, Dorcha deftly prove that improvisational zeal and conservatory-level precision aren't mutually exclusive.
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