Kishi Bashi is known for innovation, for using pedals and effects to take his violin, his voice, and his ideas into the electronic pop-rock stratosphere. But a traditional singer-songwriter ethos has always been part of the mix, and on his […]
When does earnest musicianship and exuberant joy billow over into straining grandiosity and sonic overreach? How many layers are too many layers? And when should a performer perhaps cool it with the strings? When an artist sincerely aims for a […]
