Dying For Bad Music

08/12/2023

Here is a secret mix that sits in the shadows for quite some time and I'm not sure if I'm going to really publish it (here, not many people will see it anyways so I feel save :)). It's mainly Tri-State Gospel Esoterica from the late 60s and early 70s. Most of it is downloaded off youtube, because the records are hard to come by and so many haven't made it into the digital age yet. Anyways. Maybe you'll find it interesting.

New online mixtape series with my favorite songs.--- Credits: Thanks to all the collectors, archivists and music lovers who shared their collection online. N...

08/12/2023

NTS' "European Primitive Guitar" is the counterpart to Numero Group's "Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli" or Tompkins Square's "Imaginational Anthem VIII".
Obscure solo guitar material from the 70/80's recorded in the old world and influenced by the new world. It's a great mix of Takoma School material and more European sounding material (whatever that means).

Album comes out in January 2024, in the meantime listen to the 3 preview tracks and find some on youtube.

16 track album

30/11/2023

The iconic Dobro guitar was invented in part by Slovak emigrant John Dopyera. Now Michal Berec, hailing from Slovakia, playing American steel string guitar. Circle closed.

6 track album

21/11/2023

Found this rare, private press solo acoustic guitar by 18 year old Frank Benn from Essen, Germany. Imagine Hayden Pedigo, but inspired by Wernherr von Lämmerhirt, Leo Kottke und Bob Dylan.

26/12/2022

Finally finished a new mix. All acoustic guitar and a banjo. Hope you'll enjoy.

A new mix of solo acoustic guitar music has been long overdue. This year has seen the release of some great new music as well as the rediscovery of some older, lesser known recordings that are worth presenting. For example Gerhard Baum's album "Scrambled Eggs" and Wolfgang Barthel's "Magic Guitar Ri...

11/12/2022

Phantastic debut by U.K. based guitarist Robert Bromley.

> Into the Ether—Robert Bromley's debut LP—explores hybrid and evocative sound-worlds which come together to communicate personal and, at times, highly critical narratives. Exploring the convergence of country-blues guitar methods and an array of disparate and heterogeneous practices ranging from musique concrete to Hindustani classical music—taking influence from American primitive pioneers such as John Fahey, Glenn Jones, and Daniel Bachman—Into the Ether makes no effort to conform to reductive taxonomies. Instead, it embraces hybridity and the communicative and creative potential of sonic resources.

Highly recommended!

15 track album

20/03/2022

Alex is good. He has a unique voice in the solo steel sting guitar field. Check out his new album!

13 track album

13/12/2021

Here is the 24th booster shot of steel-string solo acoustic guitar from North America and Europe. The shots are more spaced out these days, and there is no immunity in sight for me... I mean for making these mixes. I still love this music.

Vintage Zip Archive or Mixcloud, ( ) with Bandcamp links if available.

Artists included:

Gregory Rago
Kadonnut Manner & Joakim Oinas
RC Johnston
SAMULI NÄSI
Woody Harris
C.Strøm
J.R. Bohannon
Martin Kolbe + Ralf Illenberger
Son of Buzzi (Sebastian Bischoff)
Roberto Menabò
JB Demouy
Xisco Rojo
Alexander Möckl
Tomáš Niesner
Bryan Rahija
Golden Brown
Paolo Boschi
Urthsla
Seven Rivers of Fire
Aurélien Mouss Garrin
Anthony Pasquarosa
Drew Fitchette
Cody Lee George
Hayden Pedigo
Rowland Taylor
Liam Grant
Rob Noyes
David Dunovský

https://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2021/12/dfbm-112-morning-raga-pt-24.html

Here is the 24th booster shot of steel-string solo acoustic guitar from North America and Europe. The shots are more spaced out these days, and there is no immunity in sight for me... I mean for making these mixes. I still love this music. It's another two hours of old and new, somewhat known and le...

08/12/2021

From Czechia with love - an interview with guitarist and sound artist Tomáš Niesner who hopefully is already known for his work in the guitar duo Šimanský Niesner (with a gorgeous contribution to Imaginational Anthem Vol X and a superb debut album)

Interview conducted by Jakub Ďuraško (Stoned To Death Records), translated by Jiří Štěpán (of the band Národní Divadlo)

https://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2021/12/interview-with-tomas-niesner.html

Tomáš Niesner, along with his buddy Jakub Šimanský is one of the few solo acoustic guitar artists from a country that should get more attention musically. After a gorgeous guitar album with Šimanský, a contribution to Tompkins Square records solo guitar compilation Imaginational Anthem Vol. X ...