Curtis Hasselbring (Curha)
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- Profile
- Curtis Hasselbring is a Brooklyn-based trombonist, guitarist and composer. He leads the groups The New Mellow Edwards, Decoupage, and the Curha-chestra. Curha is Curtis's alias/nickname and is his sample-based project involving a stack of LPs, a wide variety of instruments, and a general disdain for sunlight.
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- http://curha.com
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- Review: Curha - I (Jon Davis 2018-07-31)
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Feature: Decades of Amazing —
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2019-04-24
Help MoonJune Bring Great Music to Life –
Like many music lovers around the world, we’ve been thrilled and amazed to hear the recordings that have been released by MoonJune from sessions at La Casa Murada in Spain. Such label stalwarts as Mark Wingfield, Markus Reuter, Asaf Sirkis, Tony Levin, Dusan Jevtovic, Vasil Hadzimanov, and many more have gathered in various combinations at the studio to produce some of the most creative music in recent years. Now, label head Leonardo Pavkovic is offering a compilation, La Casa Murada - MoonJune Sessions, Volume One, as a fundraiser for upcoming sessions. »
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2019-04-10
The Pineapple Thief to Tour North America –
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2019-03-25
Scott Walker RIP –
Noel Scott Engel, better known as Scott Walker, was one of the most intriguing and enigmatic musical figures in the second half of the 20th Century. His strange career started with The Walker Brothers, an American pop group that featured no one named Walker and no brothers. After moving to England in 1965, they had a series of hit singles. Scott's solo work started with Scott in 1967. Starting in the 80s, his work took an increasingly avant-garde turn. »
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2019-03-20
Freedom to Spend Unearths June Chikuma's Archives –
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2019-03-03
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