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WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS

PITTSBURGH

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Artist
STEVENS, MATTHEW
Format
CD
Label
WHIRLWIND RECORDINGS
Released
Nov 12, 2021
Catalog #
WWIR4779.2
UPC
655498297908

About

He may not have known it before, but Toronto-born, New York-based guitarist Matthew Stevens, prized for his forceful, distinctive electric sound was an ideal candidate to make an album fully devoted to solo acoustic guitar: the intimate, unadorned, straightforwardly titled 'Pittsburgh'. September 2020, Stevens was hunkering down in his wife's family's hometown of Pittsburgh, while navigating his way through the crisis. He had with him a vintage Martin 00-17, a small-body mahogany guitar. Practicing daily on the Martin, he began generating a series of short song "starts" - ideas and sketches he thought might lead somewhere. Then one rainy Pittsburgh day, Stevens' bike slid out from under him and he broke his right elbow. Rather than getting derailed musically, he became immersed in a creative process that led straight to 'Pittsburgh': a document of those short song "starts" from the notebook, now hatched as completed compositions. "Playing this music became a big part of my rehab," Stevens recalls. As the album took shape, it became clear to Stevens that he was headed in the direction of a wholly unaccompanied recital, with no overdubs or sound layering of any kind. Just him and this special Martin, two Neumann U89 mics and enough peace of mind across two separate sessions to make 'Pittsburgh' the triumph that it is. 1. Ambler 2. Purpose Of A Machine 3. Buckets 4. Can Am 5. Foreign Ghosts 6. Northern Touch 7. Cocoon 8. Ending Is Beginning 9. Blue Blues 10. Broke 11. Miserere

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Ambler 03:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ambler
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  2. 2 Purpose of a Machine 02:22
    Track
    2
    Title
    Purpose of a Machine
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  3. 3 Buckets 02:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    Buckets
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  4. 4 Can Am 02:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    Can Am
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  5. 5 Foreign Ghosts 02:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    Foreign Ghosts
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  6. 6 Northern Touch 03:20
    Track
    6
    Title
    Northern Touch
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  7. 7 Cocoon 02:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Cocoon
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  8. 8 Ending Is Beginning 03:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ending Is Beginning
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  9. 9 Blue Blues 03:45
    Track
    9
    Title
    Blue Blues
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  10. 10 Broke 02:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    Broke
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens
  11. 11 Miserere 02:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Miserere
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Matthew Stevens
    Performer
    Matthew Stevens