“Strumming in opposition to the towers.” Tashi Dorji strums his guitar with raw, primal abandon and absolute intention. The strings may clang and buzz but the notes are given room to linger, pausing for reflection, space, and understanding. On We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit, the latest album from the Asheville-based Bhutanese guitarist, Dorji renders ten improvised acoustic pieces, his winding and mesmerizing works played with a conviction that feels weighted and true, even as they wander into swathes of uncertainty.
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On the Duo Format: An Interview Series :: Chris Corsano, Bill Orcutt, and Tashi Dorjii (Pt. 2)
Bill Orcutt, Chris Corsano, and Tashi Dorji join Aquarium Drunkard to discuss the lasting appeal of the two-piece band in improv and experimental music.
Tashi Dorji :: The AD Interview
Tashi Dorji’s music exists in the now, the exact moment when it leaves his fingers. Playing is, for him, a kind of spiritual practice, as necessary as eating and breathing and just as instinctual. His latest album, Stateless, was recorded in about an hour and a half, Dorji laying down track after track, pausing only to retune in idiosyncratic ways between bouts of playing.
VDSQ 2016 :: Michael Chapman, Sarah Louise, Tashi Dorji and Kristin Thora Haraldsdottir
Vin du Selecte Qualitite’s founder Steve Lowenthal literally wrote the book on John Fahey ( Dance of Death: The Life of John Fahey, American Guitarist , 2014), but don’t assume that the artists on his label are mere Fahey imitators. […]
Tashi Dorji / Marisa Anderson
Footfalls Records , the new label from Wooden Wand’s James Toth and Leah Hutchison Toth, has come right out of the gate with a stellar first release — a split LP highlighting […]
Tashi Dorji :: Appa
Describing Tashi Dorji’s music makes it seem pretty esoteric. The Bhutan-by-way-of-North Carolina guitarist creates improvised solo guitar pieces made up of skittering runs, buzzing strings, gamelan-like harmonics and other possibly […]