Guitarist Bill MacKay and percussionist Michael Zerang are players of long time standing in the Chicago music scene. In their small part of eternity, they have led bands, played in others and played alone, hundreds of musical years flying beneath their hands. In recent memory, their duo playing has revealed: sturdy formulations in both players’ minds, their appreciation of similar strains of acoustic music and the habit of composing with the freedom to freely improvise composition. And vise-verse! You will find all that and a pleasurable lot more on their debut LP, Scarlet Hour.