Revolt of the ILX Brigade: New Post-Fahey Folk For PPL that post in the Takoma & Tompkin's Square Threads

listening to the new bachman right now.

it's good. he's a really great player. that said, i'm beginning to think he doesn't quite know how to expand his palette or make records like some of his contemporaries.

then again, a lot of things would suffer in comparison to that cian nugent track you posted tyler...wow. such range and done with such aplomb.

the old timier stuff on the new bachman works really well for me -- the stuff with the fiddle?

yeah i like those

i mean i like the whole thing, i'm not dissin'

UMS I feel what you are saying. I do think Bachman takes some small steps on this one towards some outwards expansion, but he is also 23 or something, so I imagine that he might have a lot of stuff in the works over the next few years (hope so at least, so much potential there). I wonder how old the songs on this new one are, it came out with very little warning/fanfare (at least compared to a lot of the similar records that have come out this year), so maybe it wasn't labored over too much. Might not have been a big deal for the label or Daniel, just a collection of stuff he had in the bag, but I have no idea if that is the case.

I at least feel like there is a little more air/space on this one, though really I should listen to it again.

Huh, listening to a D. Bachman interview right now where he says that the new record was specifically a set of songs that he had been wanting to record for a while, it is not his latest batch of compositions at all. He has another in the works that is going to be "different", which who knows what that means in the context of his catalogue, but it does seem that this record was specifically made as a collection of more trad stuff done in a way he hadn't before, i.e., very straight and with a limited paleyte in mind from the get-go.

yeah that's cool. that's def what it sounds like. and he's a good player, i can always listen to him play. i agree w/tyler that the more trad fiddle stuff is the best i think.

yeah, pretty sure he has wide ranging tastes, wouldn't be surprised if he's got some more psych-y/experimental thangs coming in the future.

Here is a recording of Daniel Bachman and Ryley Walker on Freeform Radio WBAR on Oct. 7th.
http://dyingforbadmusic.tumblr.com/post/63666878835/daniel-bachman-ryley-walker-wbar-jurassic-snark
And as download: https://db.tt/hRhfLf0a - Ryley is a pretty good player too methinks.

Regarding to the new one. I like the traditional stuff too - but hardly can't hear a difference between this: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Black_Twig_Pickers_and_Steve_Gunn/NATCH_1/ and e.g. Chattanooga. But I guess there is no need to make a difference :).
At all it sounds less coherent and as mentioned before, like a collection of songs thrown together.
Seven Pines is still my favorite track/song.
Looking forward to have them here again.

Sam Moss' coming album is pretty good too. http://sammoss.bandcamp.com/album/no-kingdom

there was new bachman track posted by PRTLZ https://soundcloud.com/prtls/daniel-bachman-we-would-be

'ey all, greetings. Glad to find a new home. Fangs & Arrows was my old spot, slowly dried up over the years sadly. Revolt of ILX was like a great star to spotted on a random nite. I'm from Richmond, Virginia and I know that I've seen references or people here from that area as well too, great stuff.

Good buds Dan Bachman and Ryley Walker had their tour dates tacked onto Dan's new Tompkins Square album. Hell yes for the dude, I believe he will have a Three Lobed release near soon, not sure when. Also, Ryley's gonna have a Tompkins release soon - which is incredible cuz the guy is puttin down some good good tunes. His 7" was a complete departure from his instrumental tape on Plus Tapes.. Davey and Drake comparisons aside, Ryley's got some pipes, and dropped picks for nails. Seek out his single on soundcloud somewhere, real nice.

Here's the run down of Dan's Tompkins press release, tour dates with Ryley at the bottom:

'Jesus I'm a Sinner' is the 4th LP by Daniel Bachman, the follow up to last year's acclaimed 'Seven Pines'. It was recorded in Rappahannock County Virginia at Forrest Marquisee's studio inside his father's woodshop in May of 2013 after spending 8 months on the road.

The first song 'Sarah Anne' is for one of his best friends and sister, Sarah Anne Bachman, and it's also his first full song for the lap guitar. 'Honeysuckle Reel' is a springtime tune, for that first day when the heat and humidity sets in and the smell of the honeysuckle bloom creeps in your open windows driving. 'Happy One Step' is a guitar/fiddle duet with Sally Morgan of the Black Twig Pickers/The Freight Hoppers. It is a Cajun tune by Dennis McGee. 'Jesus I'm a Sinner' is for cutting loose. 'Variation on Goose Chase' is a version of Virgil Anderson's 'Goose Chase'. Although attempted to adapt to the guitar, playing it on the banjo was the only way to keep the feel of the original version.

'Under the Shade of the Trees' has the undertone and drone of the 17 year cicada hatch that hit Virginia summer of 2013. The title is taken from Stonewall Jackson's last words on his deathbed, "Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees". 'Chattanooga' is played by Sally Anne Morgan (fiddle) and Charlie Devine (banjo). This version was taken from Blaine Smith. 'Blenheim' is the name of the Latané family's property in Westmoreland Co. Virginia. It's a song for good food, drinks and solid company nestled on the banks of the Potomac River. 'Leaving Istanbul (4 AM)' is a frustration song - the feeling of being very tired thousands and thousands of miles away from home.

'Jesus I'm A Sinner' Available on LP (TSQ2950), CD (TSQ2943) and DL
Distributed by INgrooves in the US, Cargo UK for Europe, FUSE for Australia

Tour dates (w/ Ryley Walker) :

OCTOBER
10th - Antwerp - Audio Plant
11th - Koln - Bastille Kalk
12th - Weisbaden - Fragmente
13th - Berlin - Monarch Berlin
14th - Berlin - Normans House Party
15th - Schwarzenburg - Galerie Rademann
16th - Ceske Budejovice -Horka Vana
17th - Vienna - Mo.e
19th - Genoa - Garage 1517
21st - Marseille - Grim
22nd - Cafè El Cercle, Girona
23rd - Barcelona - Heliogabal
24th - Madrid - La Faena Bolos
25th - Paris - les Instants Chavirés
27th - Louvain La Neuve - Ecuries de la Ferme du Biéreau
28th - Brussels -Bonnefooi
29th - Leiden - Hannah And Leos
30th - Den Hag - Villa Te Kuip
31st - Amsterdam - Occi

NOV/DEC solo dates :
15th - Durham - Pinhook
16th - Ashville - Apothecary
17th - Nashville - Bang Candy Company
18th - Louisville - TBA
19th - Urbana - Indigo
20th - Oberlin - Fairchild Chapel
21st - Pittsburgh - Acoustic Music Works
22nd - Charlottesville - Tea Bazaar
29th - Seattle - Gallery 1412
30th - Portland @ Little Axe
12/1 - Eugene - TBA
12/2 - Arcata - Missing Link Records
12/3 - Davis - Rock University
12/4 - Oakland - The Night Light w/ Common Eider, King Eider
12/5 - SF - Hemlock Tavern w/ Michael Beach
12/6 - LA - TBA
12/7 - San Diego - Craftlab Gallery w/ Octagrape

tylerw
"yeah, pretty sure he has wide ranging tastes, wouldn't be surprised if he's got some more psych-y/experimental thangs coming in the future."

His Sacred Harp tape was pretty psych and collage leaning, same goes with the original Sacred Harp LP. Probably heard these people, maybe not, but knowing Dan, and that Feeding Tube Records tape "Taman Shud" I put up on Broadcasts From Poor Farm, he's got it going in lotsa directions.

Neal? Matt?

Yass yass, it's me. My screen name everywhere across forum world is always Neal Cassady - nice to run into you here!

Hi Neal :)

Yeah hi Neal! I live in Charlottesville, just down the road. A bunch of good shows coming up here if you get the hankering: Marisa Anderson on Sunday Oct. 20, Nathan Bowles and Scott Verrastro (and my band Grand Banks) on Nov. 8, and then Daniel Bachman and Nathan Bowles on Nov. 22. If you head this way I may see you at one of those shows.

Just catching up here, digging that D. Bachman "We Would Be Building" song, which I have definitely seen live. Nice slow and simple one, really pretty.

haha neal you had to go and show up all us amateur pickers

that's really great

hey neal cassady, we are frenz on facebook! been loving your egypt photos!

Yeah Neal, that is some really nice playing. Feel free to post some more, we are not adverse to sharing here. I for one had never heard your stuff, nor Ragtime Ralph, so glad to have it thrown my way.

Also, hope Egypt is treating you well. Maybe we'll cross paths in VA sometime.

I am in ATL/Georgia next month and can send stuff on domestic way. But ordering overseas in Europe still isn't that expensive than the other way around :P.
And since Neal already drew the connection, I released 2 new things last week:
Wes Tirey - Singer Songwriter and at least two lengthy guitar instrumentals (When you eyes see the valley and On Winter...)
http://dyingforbadmusic.com/dfbm19-wes-tirey-i-stood-among-trees.phtml

and Sean Proper from Florida with guitar only stuff: http://dyingforbadmusic.com/dfbm18-sean-proper-design-engine.phtml
read also the interview where he made some interesting statements about playing this kind of music on the sunny side of life
http://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2013/09/sean-proper-interview.html
And the interview with Matt/Neal/Rag Lore is pretty interesting too:
http://dyingforbadmusic.com/blog/post/2013/02/the-poor-farm-rag-lore-of-matthew-russell-boteilho-interview.html

(Sorry for the advertising, but... it's somehow related so forgive me :)

I think I messed up that former youtube clip of Ralph Johnson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fclQmN7VOVQ

Lets see if it works.

listening to the Ragtime Ralph Vol 4....damn too bad this never came out, really great stuff....

I had Daniel Bachman and Ryley Walker over here in the Ore Mountains and it was absolutely stunning to see them play and listen to their music live.

Ryley's set is up on bandcamp now. Daniel's recording will follow.

https://f0.bcbits.com/img/a0380690692_2.jpg
Ryley Walker - The Bootleg – Live at Galerie Rademann, Schwarzenberg / GER, 15​-​Oct​-​2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFG2NHVOu4w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDHN6zdkVl4

nice! sounds like he's got the jansch/renbourn/graham style down.

wow he's great....he even looks like someone from 1971!

but it's cool, i mentioned thousands of posts ago, i really like the graham/jansch school as much as the takoma school but there just seems to be more people mining the takoma thing nowadays.

yeah, you checked out the new nathan salsburg album yet? definitely more of a UK folk thing happening there.

yeah i really need to check that out....i like that Avos record a lot, though he seems like one of those guys that's gonna end up verging into something too slick maybe? i don't know how this one is.

went to an open mic night last night. first time i'd played out with fingerpicks. showed up late and it was a pretty long list but the guy let me get on for one song right at the end. played the song pretty well and a bunch of older dudes came up to me after and said they liked it and asked if it was mine or a cover. it was in open C and a bunch of them asked what tuning it was in. so seemed to go over well which felt good and definitely good to get over the fear of playing with fingerpicks.

oh i forgot to make a zip and upload that Bill Holt thing tyler i'll try to do that today.

Yeah, Ryley can really play, interested to see where he takes that sound. Still feel like the Salsburg is a little airless/slick as well, but I also need to spend more time with it. Really I am imagining that I will dig it more over time, but I definitely lean towards a looser feel these days.

UMS, glad those picks are working for you. I may give them a shot again sometime, and certainly will if I start leaning on the acoustic more, but I just found it so hard to get a feel for them. I could not get any kind of touch going, it just felt so awkward.

getting used to them just sucks, no two ways about it. but i just keep plugging away and it sucks a little less each time i play.

though i've been doing A/B comparison on recording something with fingers and picks and it definitely helps you get a clear/clean recording sound and last night at the coffee shop it really cut through a lot better.

Oh I am sure. I have been playing more finger-style(ish) stuff on my electric, and even there with amplification I can see at times that I am getting very little projection, which is cool if things are very quiet, but I could see being able to play the same figures/patterns with that projection being pretty cool. I'll get back on the train at some point. Part of it might have been the thumb-pick I was using, which is just a plastic one that seemed way too stiff, but I haven't tried any other kinds.

something fun - a "bootleg" mix chris forsyth puth together for aquarium drunkard: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/10/21/diversions-chris-forsyth-bootleg-mix - Tetuzi Akiyama, Fahey, The Dead, Television, others...

Yeah, saw that posted earlier today, excited to trawl through those clips etc. Haven't checked out much Akiyama, but if Chris's opinion of him is anything to go on seems like I need to dig in.

the john martyn 91 clip seems beamed in from some alternate reality.

Not there yet, trying to get through a bunch of stuff today, but yeah that one looked like it was gonna be something else.

does anyone in this thread dig the stuff Zachary Hay does? he keeps putting out records under different names, starting with Bronze Horse, then the Dove Azima, and now Green Glass. More outside/avant-garde in feel than a lot of what is on this thread, but he delves into the 'americana' sound as well from time to time. i really like his stuff, personally.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W4U_0t25Eg&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL5FFB4988942C174C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdByFSStRNw

Some of it was posted above, and yeah, I dug it. I said something silly like it sounded like early Sonic Youth going acoustic, but still, it was cool. As I dig through the pile I will listen to these clips you've posted. Somebody else cool was repping for this guy recently too, but my mind is to overloaded to remember who right now.

the Ragtime Ralph - Vol. 4 linked to upthread has really stuck with me...shame Takoma never ended up putting it out, I think it's as good as anything the label released.

lost blues was my fav ragtime ralph i think, but there's so much. even tho he's a bit narrow as a player he does some stuff so well & effortlessly, hard not to love him

was away for the alert, but quite like the tashi dorji. the prepared stuff is hard to well, worth keeping an eye on.

listening to blind willie johnson as you have to from time to time. god moves on the water was always my fav, fizzing & popping. such an incredible player.

Yeah, I definitely like that Zachary Hay stuff, it has a very cool feel to it. He gets some almost piano-like hits from his strings at times. Ian, what's your favorite Hay record/project (if using a different name counts as a project).

Ogmor, glad you checked out that Dorji. I think he has a pretty good mix of prepared/extended technique stuff juxtaposed against some slightly more straightforward musicality/playing, which as you state is hard to do well. Definitely interested to see where he takes it.

If anyone is so inclined, here is the latest live set from my duo Grand Banks:

https://grand-banks.bandcamp.com/album/grand-banks-live-10-18-2013

Slow-burning improv stuff for the most part, but there is some "guitar as guitar" playing in there. Decent fall/lead-up to Halloween kinda music if you are looking for some instrumental jams to add to the listening pile.

Anyone want to come along? No limit on seat reservations:

http://www.puffinculturalforum.org/events/event/282-william-tyler.html

If I lived up that way I would be there. Still never seen W. Tyler live.

I'm pretty excited! I love seeing favorite musicians in more-relaxed-than-typical-venue settings, too.

Nice Aquarium Drunkard write-up of the new Chris Forsyth record by Tyler, with a full 12 minute track to stream. There really is just some fantastic playing all over this record:

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2013/10/22/chris-forsyth-solar-motel/

Agree on the relaxed venue thing too. It really makes a difference seeing the type of stuff this thread mainly focusses on in the right kind of room.