Robbie Basho – Venus in Cancer (1969)

January 10, 2025

I know nothing of this genre or artist so please do not expect an in-depth review. The sounds are quite magical and enrapturing however. As a fan of folk and neo-folk music I can appreciate a twinkling acoustic guitar as much as the next man, but Venus in Cancer is so much more, with additional elements created by far more worldly instruments than my limited knowledge can decipher. Basho’s vocals are like chalk and cheese at first over the laid-back instrumentation, but it all clicked for me in the end; creating something truly beautiful.

“Eagle Sails the Blue Diamond Waters” is something else.