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Though recorded in Beirut, the distinct flavours of Cairo permeate every note on this adrenaline rush-inducing 1974 instrumental album by Egyptian guitarist Omid Khorshid. Omar Khorshid, GIANT + GUITAR (Wewantsounds), ★★★★★ Barn is hardly electrifying, but it is a cut above merely pleasant. Many American “legends” from that period are producing late-in-life albums that are pleasant and well-crafted (such as those from Jackson Browne and David Crosby), but not electrifying. Another is the grungy Human Race, with its terrifically wonky, bludgeoning guitar solo.īetween 19 this man was responsible for some of the greatest works in rock history – a fact emphasised by the quality of the fascinating archival recordings and live bootlegs, from various career points, that he continues to release (the latest being the truly magical Carnegie Hall 1970). One is the eight-minute Welcome Back, a slow, loose, drifting track with echoes of the hazy brilliance of Zuma (1975). A wistful take on ageing is the softly autumnal, piano-led Tumblin’ Thru the Years, while Canerican reflects on his recently acquired dual nationality, and, as ever, several tracks bluntly espouse environmental causes.Įlsewhere, there are examples of what fans might regard as classic Neil Young & Crazy Horse. Barn offers meditations on his youth, with Heading West repeating the story of his Canadian upbringing and 1966 move to Los Angeles. This is a key preoccupation of Barn, as it has been in much of Young’s music as he negotiates his senior years. That is until the weathered, lived-in vocals arrive, and deliver a song that contemplates the relentless, but also beautiful, passing of time. The introduction to the alluring opening track, Song of the Seasons, with gentle acoustic guitar and piercing harmonica, could fit neatly on any of the folkier albums from across Young’s six-decade career. For the follow-up to 2019’s Colorado, also with Crazy Horse, the 76-year-old took his band to the Rocky Mountains to record in this LP’s titular building, and the result maintains the signature style and themes of late-period Young, yet feels like a softer, sunnier work than the somewhat dark Colorado.