Terry Riley & Gyan Riley - Live (2011) {Sri Moonshine Music SMM005}

Terry Riley & Gyan Riley - Live (2011) {Sri Moonshine Music SMM005}

Well this is nice isn’t it? Famed musical genius Terry Riley has become all the more relevant in the last few years with just about everyone from The Alps to Emeralds to Sufjan Stevens pointing him out as a reference, and here we find the man performing with his son Gyan. Gyan is a guitarist, and his near-flamenco inflections sit comfortably alongside his father’s well studied North Indian-influenced piano melodies. The recordings have been culled from a series of live performances yet sound as haunting and personal as if they had been recorded in the bedroom. The interplay with father and son is magical and gloriously resonant; both players are unconcerned with useless technicality, instead heading straight for the heart. Terry Riley noted that these songs had given him more pleasure than anything in his life, and it shows.

Musicians
Terry Riley (piano, vocals)
Gyan Riley (classical and electric guitars, harmony vocals on Emerald Runner)

Track LIsting
01 - Las Puertas
02 - Work Song
03 - Turning
04 - Mongolian Winds
05 - Emerald Runner
06 - Ebony Horns