Loren Connors
Loren Connors was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1949. Best known as a composer and improviser, Connors has issued over 50 guitar records on his own imprints (Daggett, St. Joan, Black Label) since the late 1970s and over two dozen on other labels across the globe. He has recorded under the names Guitar Roberts, Loren Mattei, Loren MazzaCane Connors and other variations. Connors' singular adpation of the blues is a distinct personal vision combining the Delta bottleneck sound and the ancestral blues voice (appearing as distortion, baying hounds or multi-tracked guitar), with hauntingly unexpected sounds. Outside of Connors' three decades of solo work, he has collaborated with Suzanne Langille, Jim O'Rourke, Darin Gray, Alan Licht, Christina Carter, Keiji Haino, San Agustin, Jandek and many others, as well as leading the group Haunted House. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.
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Family Vineyard Discography
FV02 The Lost Mariner (with Darin Gray) CD/LP+7" FV06 This Past Spring (with Darin Gray) CD FV11 The Departing of a Dream CD FV22 The Departing of a Dream Vol. II CD FV33 Moon Gone Down 7" FV34 The Departing of a Dream Vol. III: Juliet CD FV36 Night Through: Singles & Collected Works 1976-2004 3CD FV47 The Hymn of the North Star LP FV54 As Roses Bow: Collected Airs 1992-2002 2xCD FV59 Two Nice Catholic Boys CD (with Jim O'Rourke) FV61 The Moon Last Night LP FV64 The Curse of Midnight Mary LP/CD FV69 The Rescue CDFV74 Aki Onda's Cinemage - Lost City LP
FV75 Into The Night Sky (with Alan Licht) CD