Curlew was an American avant-rock/jazz band from NYC that debuted with an eponymous release on Landslide Records in 1981, followed by the album North America on the German Moers Music label in 1985. The band’s 1988 release Live in Berlin kicked off a seven-disc run on Cuneiform over the ensuing 15-year period. Members: George Cartwright […]
Nimal was a Swiss chamber-rock/folk band from Neuchâtel that released a 1987 self-titled album on local ReR-subsidiary RecRec Music, followed by the 1990 disc Voix de Surface. The band’s third and final album, DisTanz, appeared in 1992 on the French ReR branch Ayaa. Members: Jean-Maurice Rossel (guitar, hurdy-gurdy, bouzouki), Tom Cora (cello), Bratko Bibič (accordion), […]
The Hat Shoes were a multinational avant-rock super-project assembled in 1990 by English musician Bill Gilonis (The Work) with drummer Charles Hayward (Quiet Sun, This Heat, Camberwell Now), Belgian vocalist Catherine Jauniaux (Aksak Maboul), and American cellist Tom Cora (Curlew, Skeleton Crew, Nimal). The project yielded the 1991 album Differently Desperate on RecRec, the Swiss […]
