DIE LIKE A DOG - Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler DLP French Pop Johnson started Rose City Band

Johnson started Rose City Band as an outlet nimble enough to match the pace of his writing as well as to explore songwriting styles apart from Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo

If this collection of ten covers probably comes closest to the latter in its late night renditions of actual standards

Multi-instrumentalist Sally Anne Morgan’s rich

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though decidedly not straightforward cookie cutter punk

DIE LIKE A DOG - Fragments of Music, Life and Death of Albert Ayler DLP French Pop Johnson started Rose City BandPeter Brtzmann alto & tenor saxophone, tarogato Toshinoro Kondo trumpet William Parker double bass Hamid Drake drums As opening salvos go, this one ranks pretty high. The first release from an incendiary all world quartet billing themselves as Die Like a Dog, this record stuns at first listen, and retains its ability to fascinate even after prolonged exposure. Taking inspiration from the "music, life and death of Albert Ayler,' these four masters use