Sixty Strings, by Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara

Sixty Strings

by Jesse Sparhawk & Eric Carbonara

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	1.	A Patient Promise 17:15
	2.	The Entwined Twin 17:27

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Sixty Strings is an album of two epic duets by Eric Carbonara (22-string upright Chaturangui guitar) and Jesse Sparhawk (38 string lever harp). While Eric has studied Chaturangui extensively with Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya in Kolkata, and Jesse was classically trained by major figures of the harp world in his formative years, the music here is their own - not a mashup of quasi-orientalism and conservatory bloodlessness. Both side-long tracks lay out a spacious framework, with the two players working to support simple but elegant melodies that recall "Brüder des Schattens"-era Popol Vuh and various modal/devotional styles. While the sound of the Chaturangui's sympathetic strings provides a constant electric blanket of comfort, Eric's playing is concise and restrained, forgoing the kind of melismatic ornamentation that is a stylistic tic of much Indian-inspired music. Jesse, whose expert playing adds so much to Fern Knight's complex orchestrations, steps out and extends his instrument using various techniques - fingerpicking guitar-like patterns that interlock with Eric, and using sharply-struck attacks at the upper register for a piano-like effect. On "The Entwined Twin," the dry crack of a snare drum (played by Julius Masri) enters after a few minutes, ratcheting up the urgency and adding an unexpected texture to the proceedings. The excellent recording captures both instruments in detail, with a strong aura of closeup, intimate feel.

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released February 16, 2017

Jesse Sparhawk plays Lever Harp
Eric Carbonara plays Upright Chaturangui
Julius Masri plays Snare Drum on The Entwined Twin

Recorded at The Isokon by Eric Carbonara
Mixed at Nada Sound Studios by Eric Carbonara
Mastered by Carl Saff
Photography by Noah Levey
Design by Stephen Schneider

All music written and performed by Jesse Sparhawk and Eric Carbonara (ASCAP, Nada Sound Studio, @ 2011)

Thank you to Daniel James Goodwin, Eli Walker, Bill Kellum, Carrie Levy, Noah Levey, and our families and friends.

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