Bill Wells & Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Osaka Bridge album cover. The band playing, with Bill Wells on piano to the left hand side of the photograph.
'Some records alter you forever, and it was with this record that Tori Kudo executed his heist on me, from which I have never really recovered.'
(With Bill Wells) – ‘Tipsy Cat’ from Osaka Bridge (2006) - The Strange World Of #MaherShalalHashBaz
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Maher Shalal Hash Baz - blues du jour album cover. Naive style painting of power pylons?
'Kudo sings lines from the Jehova’s Witness New World Translation of the book of Daniel with solo guitar, punctuated by a despondent brass herald for Kudo’s pronouncements'
‘King of The North’ from Blues Du Jour (2003) - The Strange World Of #MaherShalalHashBaz
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Maher Shalal Hash Baz portrait courtesy of Domino
'The band’s name is a Hebrew Bible phrase roughly translating to: “Be quick if you steal something”. He says he just liked the sound of it, but I hold that Tori Kudo is the greatest thief in experimental music...'
The Strange World Of… #MaherShalalHashBaz
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Maher Shalal Hash Baz - from a summer to another summer album cover. Woodcut style illustration of a tree with green canopy.
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Blues du Jour album cover.
Ahead of Counterflows festival, Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks to Tori Kudo to offer ten points of musical entry to his extensive back catalogue. Well, nine points of musical entry and one pair of ceramic shoes
The Strange World Of… #MaherShalalHashBaz
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