Chill Summer Guitars

I few weeks ago the good folks over at The Slow Music Movement sent me a couple tracks by Wiki Chaves. After listening I immediately knew I had to construct a mix around the laid back guitar style. A style The Slow Music Movement calls - "Perfect for all your beach lying, garden barbecuing, hammock slouching, sunbathing, holiday taking soundtrack needs."

Here's a link to the latest Wiki Chaves release: https://wikichaves.bandcamp.com/

From there I listened to guitar music for a couple of weeks, collecting tracks with a similar vibe. There were some artists I knew right away that I would include like Khruangbin, Bill Frisell & William Tyler. Some were new discoveries like Tommy Guerrero & Jeffrey Silverstein. While others were older tracks I was happy to rediscover such as Steve Hiett, Pat Metheny, Durutti Column and Yo La Tengo.

I like how the mix takes a more acoustic turn about half way through. Starting with new music from The Phonometrician then an old track from Calexico to even older tracks from Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny and Yo La Tengo.

Many of the mixes I do tend to focus on new music because that's what I'm listening to at the time. This mix, however, hits on 5 decades of music and it's pretty cool how they mesh together.

Artist/album links:

• https://wikichaves.bandcamp.com/
• https://khruangbin.bandcamp.com/album/mordechai
• https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/
• https://tommy-guerrero-too-good.bandcamp.com/
• https://jeffreysilverstein.bandcamp.com/
• https://theslowmusicmovement.bandcamp.com/album/future-folk-friendly-faces-different-spaces
• https://trondkallevag.bandcamp.com/album/bedehus-hawaii
• https://thephonometrician.bandcamp.com/
• https://casadecalexico.bandcamp.com/
• https://yolatengo.bandcamp.com/
• https://thegreenkingdom.bandcamp.com/
• https://efficientspace.bandcamp.com/album/down-on-the-road-by-the-beach
• https://store.unseen-music.com/album/eingya

Cheers!

T R A C K L I S T :

• 00:00    Wiki Chaves - Pleasure Point (Raiz 2021)
• 04:16    Khruangbin - Father Bird, Mother Bird (Mordechai 2020)
• 07:17    Steve Hiett - Blue Beach (Down on the Road by the Beach 1983)
• 11:21    Bill Frisell - The Shortest Day (Guitar in the Space Age! 2014)
• 14:05    William Tyler - Highway Anxiety (Modern Country 2016)
• 19:27    Tommy Guerrero - Sun Rays Lie Stilts (Perpetual 2015)
• 21:15    Jeffrey Silverstein - This and Also (Future Folk: Friendly Faces; Different Spaces 2021)
• 25:15    Durutti Column - Sara E Tristana (Amigos Em Portugal 1983)
• 28:03    Bexar Bexar - n.r.o.t. (haralambos 2003)
• 31:17    Trond Kallevåg Hansen - Bedehus og Hawaii (Bedehus & Hawaii 2019)
• 36:15    The Phonometrician - Campos de Trigo (El Mar Convertido en Oceano 2021)
• 39:45    Calexico - Above the Ranch (Tool Box 2007)
• 42:50    Charlie Haden & Pat Metheny - Cinema Paradiso (Beyond The Missouri Sky 1997)
• 46:33    Yo La Tengo - Green Arrow (I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 1997)
• 51:40    The Green Kingdom - Sol 1 (Solaria 2021)
• 55:09    Steve Hiett - Standing There (Down on the Road by the Beach 1983)
• 58:27    Helios - Emancipation (Eingya 2006)
• 60:50    Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - September Fifteenth (As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls 1980)
• 62:47    end