On Air (John Fahey album)
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ReleasedAugust 23, 2005
LabelTradition & Moderne
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| Released | August 23, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | March 20, 1978, Bremen, Germany | |||
| Genre | American primitivism | |||
| Label | Tradition & Moderne | |||
| Producer | Henry Kaiser | |||
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On Air is a live album by American fingerstyle guitarist and composer John Fahey, recorded in 1978 and released posthumously in 2005.
The tracks from On Air come from a performance on Radio Bremen in Germany in 1978. The tapes were assembled and sequenced by producer Henry Kaiser.
Reception
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| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
AllMusic critic Thom Jurek wrote "Fahey spins out a musical universe that straddles musical worlds, dips into them, and carries the detritus somewhere else to make something entirely new yet rooted in time immemorial. This document is a welcome addition to the Fahey shelf and a must for fans."[1]
