Fri Playlist: Instrumental Gold

SOMETIMES NO WORDS ARE NECESSARY

In February the Friday Playlist series will be exploring instrumental flavors of many kinds. We’re probing into what stories can be told sans words, and begin this week with a hauntingly beautiful piece from Armenian duduk master Djivan Gasparian and travel through jazz and electronica spaces with the likes of Robert Walter, Four Tet and Tortoise, while taking excursions with past masters like Yusuf Lateef and Astor Piazzola. We hope this helps soundtrack some fine moments for you folks this weekend.

And check out our The Rock Life (Pt. 3) Playlist from last week, with touring world insights from Boston, Skynyrd, Backyard Tire Fire and more! Playlist assembled by JamBase Associate Editor Dennis Cook, who is rarely at a loss for words…