"How good are they LIVE?" in the last 12 months on 100 (as of 9/23/24)
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Real Live Certified
Artists are Real Live Certified if their live shows have broad critical acclaim
Critic Consensus
Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Terry Riley is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Terry Riley concert reviews describe live shows and performances as mellow, pleasing, and chaotic.
Riley’s music is, in the best possible way, often much messier than that of his peers, and it seems to have become even more gleefully chaotic in recent years.
This appearance opened with some of his more recent music in which the uncompromising ostinati of yore have mellowed into a more conventional jazz-inflected mode.
As he celebrates his 80th birthday it’s something of a shock to see him on stage – fulsome beard pink scarf grey tweed blazer – playing a key role in proceedings.
Four hundred electric guitars! At least this was what was whispered as the crowd were led into the choir seating at the back of the Usher Hall facing the stage and with the main auditorium hidden by a curtain.
Sometimes, the most astute career move a veteran cult musician can make is to stay active and wait for tastes and perceptions to move to a position that is favourable to them.
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