Dit is niet het eerste nevenproject van Hal Cannon, die richt na een ontmoeting met Greg Istock en de jonge violist Eli Wrankle in Zion National Park in Utah 3hattrio op, een muzikaal verbond dat geïnspireerd door weidse panorama’s en spectaculaire natuurelementen en de woestijn een in een mystieke sfeer gehuld muzikaal experiment creëert. Langspelers […]

For Hal Cannon, life should be very simple – love the place you live, love the ones you know, if you’re needy, why not give, then see if you’re still low. Words to live by, extracted from his eponymous first of three albums, recorded in 2011 in Utah. Cannon is 76 and doesn’t want to waste his time on frivolous projects, and his third album (

An album repurposing traditional tunes as contemplative, moving meditations on the Old West. The cover of Hal Cannon’s latest solo album finds him seated as a Hindu deity floating gently and serenely awaiting enlightenment. The image was created by renowned artist Edward Bateman. Cannon says: “I’m privileged to have collaborated with Ed Bateman on several album covers and music videos. Ed is a brilliant, artist, photographer, friend, and teacher and I’ve always felt grateful our work resonates together.” And the image is entirely appropriate.