Guitarist/vocalist Ava Mendoza‘s Alive Alone, Alive Together is out now on Burning Ambulance Music.
The album features eight tracks of Mendoza’s trademark bluesy electric guitar and heartfelt vocals, four of which also feature legendary drummer Hamid Drake.
Recorded live across the US and Europe in 2025, it includes radically transformed versions of tracks from Mendoza’s albums New Spells and The Circular Train, as well as brand-new music. The album was mixed by electronic musician Submerged, which gives it a powerful psychedelic edge.
Ava Mendoza (guitar, vocals) has recorded and performed in a broad range of contexts over the last two decades. In addition to working solo and as a leader/co-leader of Unnatural Ways and Mendoza Hoff Revels, she has worked with James Brandon Lewis, William Parker, and others, and is a member of the Bill Orcutt Guitar Quartet.
Mendoza’s last Burning Ambulance release, 2025’s Mama Killa, was a collaboration with violinist gabby fluke-mogul and drummer Carolina Pérez that earned rave reviews from The Wire, Last Rites, Bandcamp Daily, and I Care If You Listen, among others.
Limited edition of 500 CDs in heavy-duty tip-on style gatefold mini-LP sleeve.
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