Sunday, February 20, 2005
I like it when legendary musicians make albums that reach out to other societies and traditions, collaborate with their musicians, break cultural boundaries. A prime example would be Paul Simon's Graceland. I've been listening to The Magic Box by John Williams (the guitarist, not the Star Wars composer), and East Meets East by Nigel Kennedy (isn't he just called Kennedy now? I don't know). All of these albums are pure and amazing, they have this sort of timeless, placeless, immortal feeling. I used to hate fusion music, but albums like this have taught me that all musics have possibilities that defy their genres and transcend their cultural egos.
