On this episode of Songs of Our Lives, it’s Ava Mendoza! She’s been one of my favorite guitarists for quite some time, and her latest album, “The Circular Train,” is incredible. We get into the details behind the record plus her time with the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet before Ava educates me on different Blues’ styles from various regions in Mississippi (and then some!) Then, we talk about conceptual connections between Alice Coltrane and Keiji Haino, the joy of Kid Congo Powers, Chrome’s greatness, Skip James, Loren Connors, Roy Buchanan, Earth, and more!

Listen to all of Ava’s picks HERE

The Circular Train

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Gary K. Spain on Chrome at Foxy Digitalis

Song List

Savia Andina “Danza del Sicuri”

Skip James “Devil Got My Woman” or “Hard Time Killing Floor Blues”

Kid Congo Powers and the Pink Monkey Birds “Ese Vicio Delicioso”

Albert Ayler “Truth is Marching In”

Blind Willie Johnson “Dark Was The Night”

Virus “The Black Flux”

Earth “The Bees Made Honey In The Lions Skull”

Nicki Minaj “Stupid Hoe”

Roy Buchanan “Sweet Dreams”

Keiji Haino / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi “Thinking too deeply I skipped over ¯¯ three by three”

Geraldine Fibbers “Richard”

Can “Father Cannot Yell”

Alice Coltrane “Turiya Sings”

Chrome “SS Cygni”

Cakes da Killa “Keep it Goin”

Carla Bozulich “Winds of St. Anne”

Jessie Mae Hemphill “Eagle Bird”

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