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From The Desk Of Jonathan Wilson: Transcendental Spirit Musician You Should Listen To Now To Feel What It’s Like Out There Rubbing Elbows With The Cosmos (Terry Riley)

Gentle Spirit, Jonathan Wilson’s critically acclaimed 2011 solo debut, sounded like Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young getting high on The Dark Side Of The Moon. The new Fanfare sets the Wayback Machine for a slightly more recent vintage—roughly 1975. The Sopwith Camel cover and occasional jazz flute filigree notwithstanding, Fanfare sounds like Crosby, Stills & Nash crashing the recording sessions for Wish You Were Here, only to find out that Steely Dan has already done all the blow. Tin soldiers and Nixon have come and gone. Jimmy Carter’s in the White House and Cecil Taylor is on the lawn. Wilson will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him.

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Wilson: Persian Surgery Dervishes: Start here for a journey that you may listen to a few hundred times before it starts sinking in that it’s a live performance. Unreal. Terry Riley is the renowned minimalist western classical composer, who still performs occasionally. He plays music that is truly his own language. It’s so inspiring and calming, so beautiful and mesmerizing. I play this particular album before my shows on tour-