Cooper,Mike / & Friends Beach Crossings / Pacific Footprints CD

A trip into the exotic worlds of the great British slide guitarist and singer. A large and varied ensemble playing a fluid mixture of textural improvisation, poetry, ambient sounds, blues and hawaiian songs. Among the musicians, the maverick composer Alvin Curran on piano and shofar and Richard Nuns on traditional Maori instruments.

1. Conch 2. The Welcome 3. Fahey 4. Red Balloon No. 1 5. Beaches 6. Po Mihana 7. Three Bones 8. Sky Burster 9. New Hard Times Killing Floor 10. Dolphin at Tahiti 11. Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right 12. Dolphin at Tahiti 2 13. Beach Crossing 14. This Music 15. West Papua 16. Dead Spirits 17. Una Oscura Leggenda 18. Bengawan Solo 19. Cornelius 20. Pearl Harbour 2005 21. Xmas in Hawaii 22. Hiroshima 2005 23. Masters of War 24. War Coda