Transcript for the Piece Audio version of Two artists from different musical worlds travel an interior journey together

Incue: [sonar sound] + This is an Echo Location: Soundings for New Music.
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PHIL KEAGGY IS A LEGEND AMONG GUITAR PLAYERS, A MUSICIAN’S MUSICIAN WHO HAS BEEN RECORDING SINCE THE 1960S AND ACQUIRED A CERTAIN RENOWN WITH A POST-PSYCHEDELIC GROUP CALLED GLASS HARP.
BUT HE'S BECOME BETTER KNOWN AS A ECLECTIC ARTIST IN THE CHRISTIAN MUSIC SCENE WHO EMBRACES ROCK, COUNTRY AND NEW AGE SOUNDS.
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KEYBOARDIST JEFF JOHNSON ISN'T AS WELL KNOWN BUT IS ALMOST AS PROLIFIC WITH RECORDINGS ON WINDHAM HILL AND HIS OWN ARK LABEL AND MUSIC THAT EMBODIES, CLASSICAL, FOLK, MIDDLE EASTERN AND CELTIC.
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THE TWO MUSICIANS GOT TOGETHER LAST YEAR AFTER A MEETING AT THE LAITY LODGE ON THE FRIO RIVER IN TEXAS. INSPIRED BY THE LANDSCAPES THERE AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF KATHY HASTINGS, THEY'VE ORCHESTRATED A TONE POEM CALLED FRIO SUITE, THAT BRINGS JEFF JOHNSON'S ATMOSPHERIC SOUND DESIGNS AND MELANCHOLY THEMES TOGETHER WITH KEAGGY'S CHAMELEON GUITAR-WORK.
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IT'S COMMON FOR MUSICIANS TO WORK REMOTELY, AND THAT'S THE CASE HERE. JEFF JOHNSON WAS IN WASHINGTON STATE AND PHIL KEAGGY IN NASHVILLE AND THE TWO WERE NEVER IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER. YET THE SOUND OF THE ALBUM, ESPECIALLY ON INTRICATE TRACKS LIKE "AN ANCIENT CONTINUO" IS OF MODERN ELECTRIC CHAMBER GROUP PLAYING TOGETHER. IT'S JUST COMPLETELY VIRTUAL.
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ALTHOUGH JEFF JOHNSON AND PHIL KEAGGY'S COMPOSITIONS COULD BE REFLECTING THE LANDSCAPE OF THE FRIO RIVER IN TEXAS OR HASTINGS' DETAILED MACRO-PHOTOS, IT PLAYS LESS AS A ENVIRONMENTAL AMBIENCE AND MORE AS AN INTERIOR JOURNEY FULL OF GENTLE TWISTS AND TABLEAUS AROUND EVERY CORNER.
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FRIO SUITE IS ONE OF THE MOST PERFECT ALBUMS OF THE YEAR, FROM BEGINNING TO END, FIRST PIANO NOTES TO LAST GUITAR STRUM, JEFF JOHNSON AND PHIL KEAGGY HAVE CAPTURED A RAREFIED MOOD, A GENTLE MASTERPIECE OF DEEPLY MOVING CHAMBER MUSIC. IT'S OUT ON ARK RECORDS. I'M JOHN DILIBERTO AND THIS HAS BEEN AN ECHO LOCATION.
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