Horne + Holt, the instrumental duo of guitarist Jonathan Horne and cellist Randall Holt, sound simultaneously expansive and stark, at least they do on their latest album, Wires. The pair are masters at soundscapes and weirdness in assorted groupings (they've even graced the pixels of Nextbop together before alongside Thor Harris in the group Knest) and it is through these … [Read more...]
Knest – ‘Honorary Bachelors of Arts’
Knest -- the trio of multi-instrumentalists Thor Harris, Randall Holt, and Jonathan Horne -- say they did not make a jazz album. This is to a certain degree true-- the songs on their debut album, Honorary Bachelors of Arts, were freely improvised in a one-day recording session; they don't have heads or definitive solos. Yet somehow, these three very talented musicians found … [Read more...]