Jenny Hval and Mark McGuire at Bunk Bar

Mark McGuire doesn’t necessarily want to be categorized as new age, but he’s willing to accept the acknowledgement. With a strongly sculpted fluidity, he manages to take listeners into an ambient soundscape dreamland while still keeping their feet from floating too far off the ground. Pedal-delayed synths, guitars, drum machines, and even a mandolin are craftily combined on his most recent album, Along the Way, which... read more