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Music to Quarantine by — vol. 5 (wk of 4.13)
I assure you, this is much more pleasant than the daily COVID-19 updates.
13 April 2020
Michael Hedges
Aerial Boundaries
1984
Upon first listen, you’ll find yourself asking “How the f is all of that coming from one guitar?”
It. Is. Incredible.
While the genre New Age isn’t for everyone — it’s a little soft, a little trippy, a little odd, a little spacey but some of it, like Michael Hedges Aerial Boundaries, is hella good.
I had a friend who was all into this sort of music and I was way into my snob stage. Naturally, I poo-pooed his suggestion that I listen to Michael Hedges.
I can’t explain why, but one day I was at the record store and picked up two CDs, The Replacements Let It Be and Michael Hedges Aeriel Boundaries. Having both been released in 1984, I was a bit behind the curve here.
The ‘mats are the ‘mats…but Michael Hedges was a revelation. I had never heard anything like it before…or since.
I am not a guitar player but I can recognize a good guitar player pretty easily. Aside from lyrics, it’s the thing in music that hits me most viscerally. Since there are…
