ILX Gonna Shine in My Backdoor Someday (new post-Fahey folk for ppl posting in Takoma/Tompkins Square threads Pt II)

Vaccari is very pleasant-sounding.

A friend of mine just released his solo debut: https://jonasmeersmans.bandcamp.com. I think it's lovely (but I am obv not 'objective'). Would love to know what you think about it.

just listening to this for the first, time but 2 songs in this is quite nice thanks for sharing

the last song on this the 8 minute one is really amazing

yeah this is great

Enjoyed it.

ANother vote here - particularly the closing track.

From Drag City News (adjust your shades):

SIX ORGANS ON TOUR, BEN CHASNY BREAKS TO SCORE PLAY

Fresh from conquering the West Coast, Six Organs of Admittance are about to embark on a massive tour of the middle and Eastern USA! In trio format with Elisa Ambrogio and Donovan Quinn (killer band alert!) flanking, Ben Chasny will surely have some tricks up his wizard sleeves beyond the normal six string madness that accompanies each and every Six Organs show. Get that finger out of your nose and make sure you get there, chappy, or forever miss out on a potentially life-affirming experience!

Speaking of wizards and illusion: just beyond this tour, an ace is truly hidden up the 6OOA sleeve - Master Chasny has been commissioned to score music and perform it for Things As They Are, a play written by David Todd which premieres in Cleveland, OH, at Reinberger Auditorium! Running from the 12th through the 28th of May, Things As They Are is a dramatic exploration into the life and work of poet Wallace Stevens, including licensed works written by Stevens himself. Combining multimedia projections, commedia dell'arte, and movement into an incredible portrait of Stevens' life and work, it should make any thinking person with even partial lobe intact all set to drive, fly or run for the city of Cleveland! Remember, Wallace Stevens has always been a source of inspiration for Ben, and on the new Six Organs of Admittance album, Burning The Threshold, the influence is tangible: the opening track is also called "Things As They Are," and it's naturally about Wallace Stevens!

But that's not all! The tour's set and so is the play, but Six Organs of Admittance have also just announced two freebies for the record consuming public. On Monday, March 27th, Six Organs play a free instore at Grimey's in Nashville. Then on Thursday, April 13th, another free in-store at Reverberation Records in Bloomington! Pick your flower, this spring is blooming Six Organs of Admittance at an all time high!

600A ON TOUR!

03/25/17 Sat in Knoxville, TN at Big Ears Festival
03/27/17 Mon in Nashville, TN at Grimey's
03/28/17 Tue in Atlanta, GA at The Earl
03/29/17 Wed in Asheville, NC at Mothlight
03/30/17 Thu in Raleigh, NC at Kings
03/31/17 Fri in Washington, DC at DC9
04/01/17 Sat in Brooklyn, NY at Union Pool
04/02/17 Sun in Boston, MA at Great Scott
04/03/17 Mon in Portland, ME at Space Gallery
04/05/17 Wed in Philadelphia, PA at Johnny Brenda's
04/06/17 Thu in Pittsburgh, PA at Club Cafe
04/07/17 Fri in Cleveland, OH at Beachland Tavern
04/08/17 Sat in Detroit, MI at Third Man Records
04/09/17 Sun in Chicago, IL at Empty Bottle
04/10/17 Mon in Minneapolis, MN at 7th St. Entry
04/12/17 Wed in Milwaukee, WI at Collectivo Coffee
04/13/17 Thurs in Bloomington, IN at Reverberation Vinyl
04/14/17 Fri in St. Louis, MO at Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
04/15/17 Sat in Louisville, KY at Zanzabar

just saw that Suni McGrath passed away -- his Cornflower Suite is a great early guitar soli LP:
http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2017/04/06/harold-j-suni-mcgrath-in-memory/

dangit i'm leaving town the day before 6OA

not familiar w/McGrath will check out, always bummed when i learn of people as they pass away which seems to have happened too much lately

I might become a Suni McGrath truther and suggest that it's another pseudonym for The Representative from Corwood Industries

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3307077516_10.jpg

this is great btw

haha yeah, the resemblance is striking. i don't think i've heard his two 70s records, not sure why none of them have been reissued. he put out an album a few years back that was pretty solid.

^ All three of those early records were put out by Adelphi Records and its been suggested before that Gene has no intention of re-releasing them. Such a shame; Cornflower Suite was one of those records you would stumble across in the late 00's on one of those rar/zip/folk/exp blogspots, it's a really good record and something to defiantly check out if you haven't yet! If you made a definitive top ten Takoma/60s/70s list, it would be on there.

a friend passed along this 1975 lp over the weekend, and I was digging it -- very Kottke-inspired jams, some great 12-string / pedal steel action. Seems to be grabbable for cheap:
https://img.discogs.com/Kci7zC-KQf3VPP7xbPL0WkhTvb4=/fit-in/320x320/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5329776-1443363508-4192.jpeg.jpg
https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Wendling-Theres-Something-About-The-Arco-Desert/release/5329776

hey this is a good treatise on guitar playing
i wonder if the guitar player is running down the hill, does that mean the rhythm section is the hill? idk but i liked it
http://www.talkhouse.com/past-future-future-past-shred/

great piece. don't see why the rhythm section couldn't also be running down the hill

it's hard to run down a hill and hold hands, which is i guess where the challenge lies when you have a rhythm section?! you have to move in the same direction at the same pace, or at least a mutually complementary way. i like the weaving analogy too. his teaching philosophy is solid imo!

the rhythm section is gravity

gravity!
i like that

Digging this. Apparently the album goes in a bunch of directions, but I definitely like the array of moves on this one (solo acoustic shifting between knotted/"out" and melodic passages):

http://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/156636276394/eric-arnorphic-resonance-feeding-tube

oh thanks for the reminder -- been meaning to check this one out.

oh and hey, i just ordered that great gimmer nicholson LP via light in the attic's spring sale -- 50% off! just had the mp3s previously since the physical version was weirdly overpriced. http://lightintheattic.net/shelves/Spring%20Cleaning%20Sale%202017

That's a good sale. Lots of cool stuff there. I recommend the Bobby Charles and Willie Thrasher LPs, for starters - those are no-brainers at that price if you don't have 'em already (ditto Gimmer). I love that Songs From Suicide Bridge LP but it's probably not for everybody...

yeah, some good deals on some good records -- i also got that vega / chilton / vaughn live double LP, which is pretty killer. $9!

Oh, I've been following Arn on Soundcloud for a little while. Intrigued that there's a new album.

ILM's 2017 Rolling Folk Thread Spotify Playlist

looks cool, thanks!
checked out the Arn record, and you're correct, grandavis --extremely eclectic approach, but pretty much all of it is very good. the throat singing took me by surprise, haha.

Is ian lurking around here?

Anyone want a ticket to Michael Hurley tonight at Union Pool? My wife got sick so I'm going solo

Me and a friend had great interview/talk with Michael Chapman and Steve Gunn earlier this week: Michael Chapman on working with Gunn and Nathan Bowles, how fond he is of Paradise of Bachelors, writing songs like Walker Evans' photographs, the famous fish story and working with Lucinda William as a dream coming true. Gunn on working with Chapman and a very nerdy 5 min talk on how to start fingerpicking (incl Stefan Grossman, John Fahey lessons on VHS,...).

Together with some fragments of their acoustic solo-sets that night right in the beginning of this radio show: https://www.mixcloud.com/Sterrenplaten/sterrenplaten-14-april-2017-steve-gunn-michael-chapman/

saw the first ever show by my new fave power trio the other night. rob and john (bass and drums) from sunburned and willie lane on guitar. instrumental electric jams for crazy horse fans. if they ever decide to play out of town go see them. so much fun.

that's quite a lineup. Hope they record!

Anybody pick up that new Tom Armstrong reissue on Tompkins Square? Bought it but it hasn't arrived yet. Looking forward to it

Gah skot u might have described my in theory favorite band.

Alan Sparhawk from Low has a Neil & Crazy Horse cover band called Tired Eyes with these brothers the Glen & Rich Matson who have been around forever, Rich in Glenrustles and Ol' Yeller and Glen was once married to Kat from Babes and in his post Babes band Katastrophy Wife.

They were insane when I saw them

Listening to Armstrong on Soundcloud now, via the new link on Tompkins Square thread---nice, but no surprises so far. Oh speaking posting as I was re Drag City news, this just in:

BISHOP ON DISPLAY, KNIGHTLY

Sir Richard Bishop and his transcendental guitar are at it once again! Since the early days of Sun City Girls through 2015's critically acclaimed Tangier Sessions,
Sir Rick's virtuosic playing and influences have led him all over the world - but we're happy to say, that beginning early next month Rick will be performing stateside for an impressive 21 dates! Traveling from the west coast to the south, to the east coast to the Midwest and back again, Bishop's surely making a stop nearby your humble abode!
Armed with an electric guitar this time, Sir Richard Bishop will be performing various songs from his storied career with his renowned prowess and mastery of the instrument. Don't miss out on your chance to see a divine sorcerer at work, get to the dates below!

SRB TOUR DATES

5/1/17 at Gold Lion Arts in Sacramento, CA
5/2/17 at The Lost Church in San Francisco, CA
5/4/17 at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles, CA*
5/5/17 at 191 Toole in Tuscon, AZ*
5/8/17 at Hotel Vegas in Austin, TX*
5/9/17 at Siberia in New Orleans, LA*
5/10/17 at Syndicate Lounge in Birmingham, AL*
5/11/17 at The High Watt in Nashville, TN*
5/13/17 at The Mothlight in Asheville, NC*
5/14/17 at The Camel in Richmond, VA*
5/15/17 at The Ottobar in Baltimore, MD*
5/16/17 at First Unitarian Side Chapel in Philadelphia, PA*
5/17/17 at Park Church Co-op in Brooklyn, NY*
5/18/17 at Flywheel in Easthampton, MA *
5/19/17 at The Dock in Ithaca, NY
5/20/17 at Array Music in Toronto, Ontario, Canada*
5/21/17 at El Club in Detroit, MI *
5/22/17 at Schuba's Tavern in Chicago, IL*
5/23/17 at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, MN*
5/26/17 at The Bartlett in Spokane, WA*
5/27/17 at Sunset Tavern in Seattle, WA*

*w/ Robert Millis

*w/ Robert Millis

awesome!

Anybody pick up that new Tom Armstrong reissue on Tompkins Square?
yeah it's great -- definitely not yr run of the mill takoma school kind of thing. pretty eccentric overall approach, but everything sounds nice to my ears.
speaking of sir richard, just listened to this pretty interesting podcast with him (mostly about his bookselling/collecting pursuits): https://expandingmind.podbean.com/e/expanding-mind-talismanic-bookseller-041317/

JAMES ELKINGTON ANNOUNCES DEBUT SOLO RECORD, WINTRES WOMA,
OUT JUNE 30TH VIA PARADISE OF BACHELORS

WATCH VIDEO FOR DEBUT SINGLE, “MAKE IT UP”
http://youtu.be/EOlAInFxXsk

"guitar king” —The FADER

“Jim is a great guitarist and a tremendous, empathetic listener.” – Richard Thompson

James Elkington announces his debut solo record, Wintres Woma, out June 30th via Paradise of Bachelors, and shares the video for lead single, “Make It Up,” directed by Timothy J Harris. Taking off at breakneck speed, "Make It Up" is propelled by the snaking rhythm section as Elkington pointedly recounts the time he almost crashed his car trying to get to a séance on time (mostly fiction).

Elkington (an Englishman living in Chicago) is an inveterate collaborator who has toured, recorded, and/or collaborated with Jeff Tweedy, Richard Thompson, Steve Gunn, Joan Shelley and most recently Tortoise, amongst others. His assured debut, Wintres Woma—Old English for “the sound of winter” — draws from British folk, avant-rock, and jazz traditions alike. Recorded at Wilco’s Loft, it’s baroquely detailed and beautifully constructed, featuring both his baritone vocals and some of Chicago’s finest musicians.

Somewhere around 2011, Elkington stopped writing songs. He had been the leader of a band called The Zincs; a partner in a band called The Horse’s Ha; and had released an album of guitar duets with Nathan Salsburg, but the question of what he was going to do next loomed large. After a few years of playing in other people’s bands, Elkington found that contributing his energies to the music of others had revived the energy for his own. Part of that renewed creative vitality came from exploring the acoustic guitar in a new tuning, by working to hone his guitar skills and lyrical techniques in the downtime between tours, and by investigating his own musical heritage, which informed both his outlook and output in a profound way.

The resulting album at times conjures Kevin Ayers delivering a Dylan Thompson poem over a Bert Jansch song, all the while speaking in Elkington’s singular voice. The title, Wintres Woma, resonates in the icy limpidity of the arrangements, the snowy tumble of guitars and strings, and with Elkington’s gnawing consideration of how much cultural upbringing can bring to bear on one’s own creativity. Many of the album’s lyrics contend with the continuing strangeness of living in a different country. “For the most part it’s very liberating, but England is old, and there is a weird energy that comes from that country, an energy that doesn’t seem to feel the same in America. It took me moving away from home to feel it at all. I was so used to it that I didn’t know I was feeling it until I didn’t feel it anymore.”

Wintres Woma was recorded in five days with engineer Mark Greenberg. Elkington played and arranged all the instruments, with the exception of upright bass from Nick Macri, percussion from Tim Daisy, and string performances from Macie Stewart and Tomeka Reid, all veterans of Chicago’s collaborative improvised music milieu.

Wintres Woma Tracklisting:
01. Make It Up
02. Hollow In Your House
03. Wading the Vapors
04. Grief Is Not Coming
05. When I Am Slow
06. The Parting Glass
07. The Hermit Census
08. Greatness Yet to Come
09. Sister of Mine
10. My Trade in Sun Tears
11. Any Afternoon

James Elkington Tour Dates:
Thu. July 27 - Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room w/ Steve Gunn, Heron Oblivion
Sun. July 30 - San Diego, CA @ The Space Bar w/ Steve Gunn, Heron Oblivion
Fri. Aug. 4 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern w/ Steve Gunn

i did not know elkington was english!

Haha yeah I was surprised when I heard him speak on his tour with Nathan.

Dig this tune. One of my favorite contemporary guitar players (along with Salsburg, actually). Record should be good.

yeah, this sounds very good — and a pull quote from richard thompson!
i liked that zincs record, i'll have to dig it out again ...

Horse's Ha were way underrated too imo

New song by House and Land, incl. Sarah Louise: https://sarahlouise.bandcamp.com/album/house-and-land

Other House and Land-er is Sally Ann Morgan from the Black Twig Pickers! Excited for this.

ohhh yeah

a friend passed along this 1975 lp over the weekend, and I was digging it -- very Kottke-inspired jams, some great 12-string / pedal steel action. Seems to be grabbable for cheap:

https://www.discogs.com/Michael-Wendling-Theres-Something-About-The-Arco-Desert/release/5329776

― tylerw, Monday, April 10, 2017 11:17 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wholeheartedly second this recommendation. Though two songs with full band (including drums) break the spell somewhat (though if you're a fan of country boogie in the vein of Area Code 615 / William Tyler, these may hit you just right), the rest is great. Definitely Kottke-inspired, with most songs played on 12 string. The gorgeous title track alone is definitely worth hearing if you dig this sound (which, if you're on this thread, you probably do).

It's amazing how many great players from this period are still out there, never reissued, never anthologized, rarely discussed. This guy, from a technical standpoint, sounds as good Kottke was around the same time (Greenhouse, Ice Water, etc).

yeah, it's a nice one -- and yeah, it's sometimes hard to tell why some players get underground buzz/reissues and some players don't. fine by me, though, glad not to have to pay silly amounts of cash for a record. here's another cheap one the same friend gave me. french guitar soli! with moebius cover art!

https://img.discogs.com/ten2O9Tk2UWYVESsUG1HGqJ8QMA=/fit-in/416x416/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-4627510-1370376428-2808.jpeg.jpg

https://www.discogs.com/Marcel-Dadi-Dadis-Folks/release/4627510

DOPE cover

Pretty nice long-form pieces here from our man Neal. Enjoyed this quite a bit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtjKy1vXIcQ&feature=youtu.be