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reverb-drenched guitar shines on a wide variety of pop-rock hits

usually from the artists who Ben Redjeb also met with for detailed research

leading to collaborations with the likes of John Fahey

I was too young to hear silence

it’s layered with elements from Ken Lazarus

Ava Mendoza - New Spells CD xx1958 reverb-drenched guitar shines on aAva Mendoza plays these songs. She makes them sing. Her technique is impeccable, but her playing is astonishingly expressive. She doesn't just bend blue notes; she wads them up into a ball and throws them up against a wall. She manipulates raw lightning, giving us a sound that is fluorescent and powerful enough to leave a trace of ozone in the air. Mendoza knows what she does better than almost anyone else on the planet, which is tell stories with her