Canterbury Sans Frontières: episode 60

Canterbury Sans Frontières: Episode 60

Something almost fifty years old from Caravan, something very Caravanesque from Elvin Jones, an ancient song idea revived by a later-era Gong, Soft Machine struggling with a festival power supply in 1969, a slice of gorgeousness from Robert Wyatt's last album, National Health with Alan Gowen live in Holland in '79 and Kevin Ayers reading the news. Also, an Eno gem, brassy minimalism from Ellen Arkbro, an Ethio-jazz instrumental and something profoundly heavy from NYC's Ex Eye. From the Canterbury of today, a rather abstract Lapis Lazuli remix, oblique beats from Humble Pious and the latest release from Boot Lagoon bassist Cam Dawson's Vels Trio project. The middle hour of this episode features a guest mix from freeform WFMU DJ Tony Coulter, a collection of Canterbury-sounding Belgian prog and fusion from the 1970s.