Surprised by how much I enjoyed it on first listen.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 25 June 2017 19:26 (six years ago) link
it veers into the drone/avant territory so subtly. wasn't a fan of sally morgan's vocals on the releases with mike gangloff but they work really well here.
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 26 June 2017 16:32 (six years ago) link
Dig the House and Land record a lot. Good stuff. Really enjoying what I have heard of the new Orcutt as well.
― grandavis, Monday, 26 June 2017 16:36 (six years ago) link
Couple of nice guitar-based releases on Cabin Floor Esoterica just came out.
Rootless (good analogy is maybe Danny Paul Grody side of acoustic action, but need to listen a bit more to drive the larger picture): https://cabinflooresoterica.bandcamp.com/album/cfe-66-sculptures-deep-within-the-cave
― grandavis, Monday, 26 June 2017 16:48 (six years ago) link
East of the Valley Blues: https://cabinflooresoterica.bandcamp.com/album/cfe-63-rivereto-de-konscio
Duo of brothers who improvise on acoustic guitar. Has a pretty free flowing minimal approach but gets into some cool interplay. Really into the sound generally, and they hit some real sweet spots.
― grandavis, Monday, 26 June 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
east of the valley blues is great, would like to hear more stuff like this- not a ton of americana signifiers but still fits here well
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 26 June 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
Yeah, I am really into it. Their previous record is really good too.
― grandavis, Monday, 26 June 2017 21:21 (six years ago) link
I got a friendly email from Paradise of Bachelors on Friday about this, which I had no clue was getting released until that very moment:http://media.paradiseofbachelors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/06014624/PoB-34-LP-jacket-web.jpg
Listening now, and I really sort of love it a lot. Has a very Bert Jansch-esque stateliness to it that I didn't expect at all. Really wonderful.
― Austin, Sunday, 2 July 2017 15:49 (six years ago) link
Oooh I didn't know that was out, very excited
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 2 July 2017 16:44 (six years ago) link
I love his voice, so it's especially nice to hear him singing again.
― Austin, Sunday, 2 July 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
Finally found out where my buddy Alexander (well, David when not playing solo guitar) has his tapes stashed on bandcamp. Really love his playing:
https://davidalexanderguitars.bandcamp.com/album/the-pale-light-over-the-dark-hills
― grandavis, Friday, 21 July 2017 18:53 (six years ago) link
Also, hey everyone. Long time no posting.
― grandavis, Friday, 21 July 2017 18:54 (six years ago) link
Dig Alexander because a) he is not afraid to play slow and stately (though he can pick when he decides to) and b) he hits some cool intervals and phrasing that seem kinda unique to him (though I mean it ain't reinventing the wheel or anything). Just a feel I can really really hang with. Also plays in the out guitar duo Nagual, but mainly he gets up to acoustic jams when he goes solo.
― grandavis, Friday, 21 July 2017 18:57 (six years ago) link
I saw a Ryley Walker and Bill MacKay yesterday play some songs that'll be on an album that comes out in October. Beauteous harmonics.
― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 22 July 2017 18:24 (six years ago) link
erm -- I saw a Ryley Walker and Bill MacKay...
― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 22 July 2017 18:25 (six years ago) link
erg...does formatting not work anymore? sorry.
― john. a resident of chicago., Saturday, 22 July 2017 18:26 (six years ago) link
i like the alexander. never trust a guitarist with no slow tracks
― ogmor, Sunday, 23 July 2017 09:52 (six years ago) link
yeah this Alexander is lovely! so goodbeen listening to Eric Schoenberg's Steel Strings a lot lately and thinking about how the love of cultish dudes really causes guys like this from the more music biz Grossman axis (signed to Rounder, has his own signature guitar etc) to be underrated, people love the whole "recorded in one weekend in an abandoned church, this former member of the Universal Meaning commune pressed only 100 of this outsider gem" thing so muchthis Schoenberg album is do great, though I think I have a higher tolerance for the pro/cornier side of this spectrum than most
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, 23 July 2017 14:13 (six years ago) link
You are correct Ogmor. I can assure you that Alexander is both a good and trustworthy sort. Has the right attitude about things, and is a young dude who likely has a lot of good music ahead of him. Love that most recent release though.
Interesting fact: Alexander built the guitar he plays himself, and it is a really cool parlor-sized one that projects and rings out like a much larger-bodied guitar. Made me want one!
― grandavis, Monday, 24 July 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
i appreciate some stefan grossman from time to time but you can't deny that him chiming in with 'play that rag!' and 'bring it on home now!' in this is corny as fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMICKJQMldA
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 24 July 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link
I contest that anybody saying such phrases, in any circumstance, is corny as fuck.
― he doesn't need to be racist about it though. (Austin), Monday, 24 July 2017 23:00 (six years ago) link
Schoenberg isn't that corny!
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 24 July 2017 23:12 (six years ago) link
frank hutchison pulls it off imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-UFhQIN528
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 24 July 2017 23:14 (six years ago) link
in case anyone is in Berlin, I'm jealous
Cian Nugent @ciannugent1mPlaying guitar in the @ryleywalker band this week. Playing a last min show in Berlin tomorrow at Tiefgrund. I'm opening solo too!
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 July 2017 16:57 (six years ago) link
thanks for posting that Alexander; it's great!
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 31 July 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link
Very cook nerve_pylon, glad you enjoyed it! He is a great dude and quite young, so perhaps many years of good music to come. Very good live too if you get a chance to see him.
― grandavis, Monday, 31 July 2017 17:54 (six years ago) link
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, July 31, 2017 12:57 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hahaha I literally just got back from Berlin yesterday! UGH oh well
― Evan, Monday, 31 July 2017 18:47 (six years ago) link
damn, so close
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 July 2017 20:36 (six years ago) link
born with the caul is classic, that new one not so much IMO
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 31 July 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
i hope a boot shows up, him playing in ryley's band should be fantastic
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 31 July 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
yeah i've been a fan of how often he shares his live stuff, some serious jammers going on
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 31 July 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
speaking of live stuff, did y'all check out this bachman / elkhorn double bill tape? great stuff: https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/162940697142/daniel-bachman-elkhorn-rhizome-washington
― tylerw, Monday, 31 July 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
updated the playlist and added a bunch of stuff. also relistened to that o'rourke "fast car" which makes me feel like I'm gonna fall through the floor, it's just so MUCH
ILM's Rolling Folk Thread 2017 Spotify Playlist
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Thursday, 3 August 2017 18:56 (six years ago) link
Steve Gunn's Pickathon set commencing on the LiveStream now: vocals okay, mostly getting into acoustic and electric guitars so far--this might or might not take you there: https://livestream.com/pickathon/pickathon2017?origin=stream_live&mixpanel_id=138c362e53432-0be39e05d-6f1b264b-c0000-138c362e535e&acc_id=4906583&medium=email
― dow, Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link
Oh, Elkington's one of the guitarists digging in there.
― dow, Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:30 (six years ago) link
This is just what I wanted to hear rn.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Sunday, 6 August 2017 21:33 (six years ago) link
picked up the second glenn jones album against which the sea continually beats which has just been issued on vinyl, would be worth it just for the teething necklace
― ogmor, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 14:06 (six years ago) link
It feels like just a few weeks ago I was hoping they'd get to reissuing that one as well. It was the only one I was missing. Not sure how I missed the release announcement entirely!
― Evan, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 14:38 (six years ago) link
From Drag City News:
MACKAY & WALKER BACK IN THE RING
Bill MacKay and Ryley Walker's inspired collaboration continues with a 2nd volume of freshly baked tunes: they call it, SpiderBeetleBee! It's been nearly two years since their much-admired 2015 debut, Land of Plenty (Whistler Records), and SpiderBeetleBee more than makes up for the long wait with a rich, resonant batch of performances that elevate the guitar duo's sound into an ever-widening panorama of styles.
Their first album was developed over a month-long live residency at Chicago's Whistler, reflecting MacKay and Walker's joy in their newly found playing relationship. As kindred spirits, they found in their playing the ability to wordlessly finish a phrase or suggest a direction while speaking solely through their guitars. SpiderBeetleBee continues fluidly through and beyond a similar path of psych-folk-blues-raga, brewing further explorations in mixed-and-matched idioms, turning composed melodies inside-out via improvisation, and finding in the blend a shared Walker/MacKay pasture, serendipitously located somewhere between Appalachia and the Highlands.
SpiderBeetleBee radiates forth with equal parts austerity and whimsy, as evidenced in the lead single "I Heard Them Singing". Generating a nimble tempo with the aid of MacKay's requinto (a kind of 5-string Mexican guitar), Walker's rolling chords and the percolating tabla of Ryan Jewell, "I Heard Them Singing" suggests an unknown short-cut from Brazil to India!
LISTEN TO "I HEARD THEM SINGING" NOW! https://billmackayryleywalker.bandcamp.com/track/i-heard-them-singing
SpiderBeetleBee is out October 20th (preorder it, yo!), with a U.S. tour to follow! But before that, on a related and sufficiently important note, Bill MacKay tours the UK on the back of Esker for the first time later this month! And dig this, all dates are solo, supportingRyley Walker! Makes ya think what may happen, don't it? Well, don't think any longer, feel it out and get yourself to those shows, mates!
WALKER/MACKAY TOUR!
October 20 at ACME Records in Milwaukee, WI October 25 at The Mothlight in Asheville, NC October 21 at Constellation in Chicago, IL (Record Release)October 22 at Magnetic South in Bloomington, IN October 23 at Al's Bar in Lexington, KY October 24at Pilot Light in Knoxville, TN
BILL MACKAY UK TOUR:
August 25 at The Musician in Leiscester, EnglandAugust 27 at The Band Room in Farndale, EnglandAugust 28 at Stereo in Glasgow, ScotlandAugust 29 at St. Mary's in Chester, EnglandAugust 30 at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, EnglandAugust 31 at Mama Roux's in Birmingham, England
― dow, Monday, 14 August 2017 00:34 (six years ago) link
alexander & rob noyce played at global's house it was awesome
listening to john fahey for the first time in a long time, the transfiguration of blind joe death, wow he was something
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 August 2017 19:34 (six years ago) link
gotta check this fahey guy out ... that noyes record is really solid, holds up nicely. you bootleg the show or what?
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 August 2017 19:36 (six years ago) link
taped on reel-to-reel by housemate. ums had a digital recorder i think
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 17 August 2017 19:43 (six years ago) link
my stupid card ran out of space halfway through your set, i have to check out much i got...
looked like the reel to reel got everything
both super nice guys and fun to talk to as well
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 17 August 2017 20:24 (six years ago) link
New LP coming from UK solo electric guitarist Dean McPhee: https://soundcloud.com/deanmcphee/four-stones-lp-preview-1
One side of remastered material originally released on the Folklore Tapes label and one side of new music
― (((())))(((()))), Thursday, 17 August 2017 20:33 (six years ago) link
oh yeah, i like McPhee! there's actually a kickstarter for the record: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hoodfaire/dean-mcphee-four-stones-lp
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 August 2017 20:43 (six years ago) link
Live session by House and Land: https://folkadelphia.bandcamp.com/album/house-and-land-folkadelphia-session-7-23-2017
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Saturday, 19 August 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
Don't know Rob Noyes, but Alexander (David) is a super nice and interesting guy. Glad that show turned out well.
― grandavis, Monday, 21 August 2017 19:31 (six years ago) link
Wish that tour had come through here, would like to see Rob as well.
― grandavis, Monday, 21 August 2017 19:33 (six years ago) link
i must confess i got a little lifted w/david and it was a great convo :)
― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 21 August 2017 20:58 (six years ago) link
Hah hah is that what the kids call it these days? Sounds like a good time though.
― grandavis, Monday, 21 August 2017 21:18 (six years ago) link