Ava Mendoza - The Circular Train CD Reissue or with a good dose

or with a good dose of garage band charm

devising choreographed performances with Simone Forti

Pure poetry in sublime

Couple that with the nyatiti’s infectious rhythms and it is easy to see why so many people turned out to see these guys play

Virtually ignored upon its initial release

Ava Mendoza - The Circular Train CD Reissue or with a good doseAva Mendoza has never made an album quite as personal as her second solo full length, The Circular Train. Through her decades of collaborations with Nels Cline, Carla Bozulich, William Parker, Fred Frith, Matana Roberts, and Mick Barrplus years leading her power trio Unnatural Ways and playing in Bill Orcutts quartetthe guitarists name has become synonymous with virtuoso technique, raw passion, and visceral resonance, a player pushing the edges of the