The Mandelbear's Musings

Okay; it's a day late, but the tag still works and it's not as though I haven't done this before. And it's not as though this is my first purely instrumental s4s, though it doesn't look like I've been tagging them as such.

Today's song is Bob Dylan's "All along the watchtower" -- performed on gayageum by Luna Lee.

The gayageum (가야금) is a traditional Korean instrument in the same family as the Japanese koto and Chinese guzheng (there are others -- watch out for rabbit holes). What Luna does with it, however, is anything but traditional -- she does rock covers, taking full advantage of the gayageum's note-bending and glissandos.

She also multitracks, and sometimes shows the backing tracks in sidebars -- there are good examples in AC/DC's "Thunderstruck" and her version of "Hallelujah".

There's a lot more on her YouTube channel, and her artist page on Domo Music Group.

... and a tip of the hat to @siderea for the link that got me started.