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

I really like that Green Glass song posted above, going to have to track that down at some point. Something about the tunings that guy uses, and his phrasing, that really resonates with me. I mean, I like bleak for sure, and his acoustic shit is doomy/heavy without using obvious (to me at least) tools to get there.

I also really enjoyed that M. Blue Smaldone electric tune! I am a fan of the Cerberus Shoal/Big Blood/Smaldone crew for sure (I lived in Portland, Maine for a couple of years) and I am glad they are still putting records out. Had no idea that that record existed though, had only heard the acousic Smaldone stuff. Reminds me of the Richard Thompson songs I have heard, any fans here should check it out.

that "new" peter walker is definitely pretty strange, but also great, I think. still trying to wrap my head around it actually.
listened to basho junghans' song of the earth over the weekend - man, that guy really needs to start making records again, he was way ahead of the curve. do we know why he hasn't done anything in a while? i know he suffered from carpal tunnel at some point...

Have to get to that Walker still, going to give it a listen today. Ogmor probably already suggested what happened to B. Junghans, but maybe he is just taking a break for a while. Maybe the time is ripe now for him to get something out.

pretty intriguing review of william tyler's full band show over the weekend:
"We heard lots of influences coming to the surface during Tyler’s set: the acerbic blues licks of Captain Beefheart’s Strictly Personal, The Byrds and the groove of Nashville ‘70s rock. Area Code 615 themselves — who of course played the tune "Stone Fox Chase" — would have been impressed by the combination of Tyler & Co.'s versions of Bobby Charles’ 1972 “Tennessee Blues” and Neu! guitarist Michael Rother’s 1977 “Karussell.” On the Charles tune, the band abstracted the original’s 6/8 groove, with Tyler showing off his ability to play skronk guitar. Essaying Rother’s kraut-rock classic, they emphasized the song’s melodic contours."

http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2014/01/06/william-tyler-and-band-wadia-victoria-and-lylas-1413#more

Well that sounds pretty great. Hell yeah, hope recordings pop up.

Oh, btw Tyler, can get you a copy of the Bowles/Verrastro duo set from here in Charlottesville if you want it. Let me know how to get it to you (can put it up on soundcloud for a day or two or something ....)

I saw this guy William Rees last night, he was so full-on it was a bit fatiguing over time but it's nice stuff, kind of a James Blackshaw vibe where it leans much more Basho than it does blues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr9vR6KXfLw

Luke Hirst from the UK released a new digital album.
4 dark lengthy tracks.
http://lukehirst.bandcamp.com/album/breaking-the-hex
it's more consistent than the one from last year: http://lukehirst.bandcamp.com/album/farewell-adventures
which is good too and got also featured on the NPR's dude massive "american primitive" list (if that means something).

oldie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdjaoY7i7j0

Dylan Golden Aycock is a great dude. He's got going quite a few different projects that all lend a hand to some of the best examples where guitar playing and modern drift + drone (of the Stunned Records variety) are crossing.

One of my favorite things he does is Talk West. There's a couple people doing ambient lap steel stuff, but Talk West does it in a way that mostly avoids avant leanings and instead puts in heavy mid-western environs. Talk West has been out on tape through No Kings (Lee Noble's label), Avant Archive (Black Eagle Child's label), Tape Drift (Rambutan's label), and a brand new one on Australia's Preservation.

He has quite a few straight(er) forward guitar recordings. Had good press a year back for a lathe that was cut into copies of his father's chest x-ray. A really nice, somewhat recent one of 12 string playing is here on Unknown Tone's Bandcamp.

He also runs Scissor Tail Editions. They re-released that amazing Bruce Langhorne soundtrack of Peter Fonda's "The Hired Hand". That one got a lot of deserved press.

Either way Scissor Tail Editions and Aycocks releases + contributions are an integral part in a smaller family of the best cassette and experimental labels doing work right now. His visual work too and the great craft of Scissor Tail Editions' releases.

I think a lot of people of this thread, if they haven't heard it yet, would really like the Bruce Langhorne "The Hired Hand" soundtrack. A western movie of 1971, Langhorne recorded it to tape in his living room as he had an advance copy of the Fonda movie on loop.

You can stream it here:
http://scissortail.bandcamp.com/album/the-hired-hand

He was a big contributor to things happening in Greenwich Village, and was a performer on lots of Dylan recordings.. many others, Peter Walker's Vanguard LPs. Stefan Wirz's amazing discography site has a list here:
http://www.wirz.de/music/langhfrm.htm

always meant to check out langhorne...

i did another couple open mic nights...went ok but god it's kinda depressing waiting around by yourself.

though i did have one of those happenstance events that makes things worthwhile...later in the night a younger African kid got up and played an instrument called the kirar, an open string west african instrument (his is outfitted with an EMG humbucker)...anyway pretty hypnotic stuff, he doesn't really know anyone so he just goes around to coffee shops and open mics i'm going to try to help him get some shows...

grabbed a little video of him:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRv590rF6yw

also
i haven't recorded in awhile but wanted to at least get a demo of this new song....kind of a halting performance and still not totally perfect with playing with fingerpicks

https://soundcloud.com/matthew-lee-helgeson/somewhere-outside-frost

hmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRv590rF6yw

Hey UMS, really like the new tune. The pacing and melodies remind me of Glenn Jones a bit, and seems like you are pretty much there with the picks. Thanks for sharing.

Also, the kirar is a cool-sounding instrument. Not sure I had ever heard one before.

I second Chasny's repping of that beautiful Head of Wantastiquet LP that seemed to sink like a stone upon release (label troubles, iirc). I like all of Paul's stuff, but that one was a constant go-to in our house all of last year. Also, beautiful gatefold worth the price alone.

And FWIW, I'd put The Hired Hand soundtrack on my list of all-time favorite albums. It's probably the most played (non jazz) instrumental album I own. It helps that my wife loves it, too.

Also good, re: Scissor Tail label, that Nathan McLaughlin cassette titled Karen Studies. That one knocked me out.

Is the Head of Wantastiquet guy ex-Sunburned Hand of the Man? Just curious, but yeah Ben's list had quite a few things I will try to check out at some point. Still trying to catch up with a bunch of stuff from this thread.

kinda different, but y'all will dig it if you don't already know it: https://soundcloud.com/soundohm/luciano-cilio-interludio-da
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18845-luciano-cilio-delluniverso-assente/
& yeah, the Hired Hand soundtrack! It is too bad Langhorne didn't do a dozen records in that vein. guess it makes the Hired Hand all the more special, but it's so fleeting.

hey are you guys voting in the ILM poll? i'm giving high placing album votes on a bunch of "post-fahey folk" lps.

Haha we should troll and have everyone put all our points on like Chuck Johnson and have a surprise no.1
Grandavis - thank you, being even compared to Glenn is a huge honor. Been listening to him a lot lately. He has such a sense of ease and calm about his playing, he's seems so comfortable with the guitar like he's never straining, just pulling out these great melodies

CJ was my #4!

yeah I am voting in that poll, I guess I need to start paying attention again. any recommendations appreciated, the only ones on my radar right now are Bachman and Hughes

xps

Haven't even looked at the ILM album poll, but will at some point. Not really my thing, but glad it happens.

Agree with all that UMS, Glenn's batch of tunes from his last record have really stuck with me. I actually get his melodies stuck in my head all the time, unlike a lot of the recent folks playing from a similar angle (many of whom I also like of course, they just don't manage to nail a tune like Glenn). But yeah, it was a sincere impression I got from your tune.

Agreed, I noticed he wasn't on that top 10 American primitive albums of the year list which I thought was kinda odd but I think he's so consistently good and unassuming that's he's easy to underrate

Oof Sleeve, there is a lot to recommend from this year depending on what you are in the mood for. The Desert Heat/Chris Forsyth "Solar Motel"/Cian Nugent "Born With The Caul" records are all supremely good electric guitar workouts that could be someone's favorite depending on their inclination. Glenn Jones "My Garden State" would definitely be near or at the top of my list. Chuch Johnson record is really great for straight acoustic dynamism. Marisa Anderson "Mercury" is a personal highlight too, but shit, a quick scan of this thread would recommend dozens of things to check out, cause this is just stuff off of the top of my head.

Love that Lena Hughes record as far as reissues go.

that zachary cale album made my ballot, along w/bachman, johnson, jones, and marisa anderson.

cool, thanks y'all, most of those are on the Spotify playlist I think

I mean obviously I need to leave spots for the half dozen Legendary Pink Dots albums that came out in 2013, but I definitely have room for some of this stuff

Hard for me to imagine leaving Glenn Jones off of that kind of list, but at this point maybe he is just taken for granted a bit based on "lifetime achievements". I mean, when you have made a record with Fahey etc. I guess you are playing in a different arena somewhat.

hey if anyone itt wanted to take a break from the acoustic and go in the more raga-rock/noodly/noisy/groovy direction, just for fun, consider joining me for this low-stakes ilx comp? ILX Compilation v6: FREESTYLER - rock your microphone

no pressure!

That is my direction La Lechera, but still no reliable home-recording setup for me. Hope to hear that you have teamed up with some other jammers to take this comp into some cool territory.

oh, i have no setup either. all i have is my phone to record things with-- i'm kind of into lo-fi shitty home recordings though. it's in my blood!

i just thought i would post that here in case anyone was like well, ok.

Hah I don't even have a smartphone (I guess all phones can record a little, but mine is particularly crappy). Goal of 2014 is to get a decent home recording setup, so we'll see when that becomes a reality.

grandavis - my set up is just this very reasonably priced USB mic (Blue Yeti), it's under $100...then using a modest Dell PC laptop with the freeware recording program Audacity

the stuff i posted earlier today was recorded with it, and i know jackshit about recording and all things considered it doesn't sound too bad

http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Microphones-Yeti-USB-Microphone/dp/B002VA464S/ref=sr_1_1?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1389306864&sr=1-1&keywords=blue+yeti

Thanks man. I think a friend is gifting me a preamp and usb interface, so I am going to try that out once I get it. I have some SM57s, so we'll see how that turns out, but if it sounds crappy I may go down the USB mic route. Will check the link out though, not a bad price.

oh well if you have a 57 and you're getting an interface you should be fine....i've found audacity pretty easy to use if you haven't checked it out...totally free

Is the Head of Wantastiquet guy ex-Sunburned Hand of the Man? Just curious, but yeah Ben's list had quite a few things I will try to check out at some point. Still trying to catch up with a bunch of stuff from this thread.

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Yeah, it's Paul LaBrecque, who played in Sunburned for a bit, and was also in Astral Blessing, Aether Myth'd / Other Method, Trees Chants & Hollers and a buncha other things. Consistently underrated dude but the Dead Seas LP is a peak imo

Hey thanks Jimmywine, going to try to check that out at some point. Can see that their is some other stuff on bandcamp, so maybe I'll start there.

UMS, thanks for the tip on Audacity as well. Will try it out.

hey guys - i guess when i started this thread i didn't know if it would even get that many posts at all but since it sorta turned out to be a rolling type thread, should i make a new one?

the thread is pretty dang long at this point...what y'all think?

& also it sounds corny to say but this thread has made me very happy and exposed me to so much music in the past year i really appreciate y'all

this thread altered the course of my record collection, thanks guys. My wife also ls when I bring something home that I explain is "like fahey" bc I've done that 50 times in the past calendar year.

yeah definitely the most fun and consistently interesting thread around!
a 2014 one would be aight, I suppose....

yeah I support a new thread since we like our youtube links around here

UMS, I am fine with whatever you wanna do. Hard to let this thread go because I have spent so much damn time here, but a new one makes sense at this point. Can always revisit this one if there is something I want to dig back into.

By the way, just saw that Daniel Bachman has the masters for his next record, due April 2014. That is like an album every 6 months kind of territory.

yeah i guess i'll let it be for awhile unless ppl feel like it's getting way out of hand or something. i'm pretty good about bookmarking usually.

Speaking of Peter Walker, just got this news, incl shows coming up (some of yall may have seen this on Rolling Reissues 2014, but suspect not everybody goes there)
CELEBRATED 60'S RAGA/PSYCHEDELIC/FOLK ACOUSTIC GUITARIST, PETER WALKER, ANNOUNCES FIRST TOUR IN SIX YEARS, PERFORMING SHOWS IN SELECT MARKETS IN FEBRUARY TO SUPPORT THE RELEASE OF LONG LOST 1970 STUDIO SESSION AND FIRST SOLO GUITAR/VOCALS RECORD,
"HAS ANYBODY SEEN OUR FREEDOMS?"

Peter Walker is an American original, as eclectic and enigmatic as the songs he writes.
The legendary seventy-five year old raga/psychedelic/folk acoustic guitarist, and Woodstock resident, who was schooled by masters such as Ravi Shankar, and Ali Akbar Khan, has been described by Larry Coryell as, "One of the most original practitioners of contemporary music" and proclaimed by the Beatles' press agent Derek Taylor as "Perhaps the greatest guitarist in the world."His music, celebrated by the late Jack Rose, James Blackshaw, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Thurston Moore, and Greg Davis, all contributed original compositions to the 2006 tribute album, "A Raga For Peter Walker".In the mid-'60s, while musical director to Timothy Leary's LSD explorations, Walker released the classic "Rainy Day Raga" LP in 1966, and 1968's influential "Second Poem to Karmela or Gypsies Are Important", both on Vanguard Records. Following that, he disappeared from recording for almost forty years, but never stopped practicing, learning, reaching. Now, to celebrate the recent release of Walker's lost studio session from 1970, and his first solo guitar record with vocals, "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?", on Delmore Recording Society, he is proud to announce that he will be embarking on his first tour dates in six years in select markets in February.

You can catch Peter here:

FEBRUARY 4 - MONTREAL, QC - CASA DEL POPOLO

FEBRUARY 6 - BROOKLYN, NY - BABY'S ALL RIGHT

FEBRUARY 7 - HARRISBURG, PA - TBC

FEBRUARY 8 - BALTIMORE, MD - THE WINDUP SPACE

FEBRUARY 9 - CHAPEL HILL, NC - NIGHTLIGHT

FEBRUARY 10 - ASHEVILLE, NC - MOTHLIGHT

FEBRUARY 11 - KNOXVILLE, TN - THE PILOT LIGHT

FEBRUARY 13 - LEXINGTON, KY - NATASHA'S

FEBRUARY 14 - LOUISVILLE, KY - KENTUCKY MUSEUM OF ART AND CRAFT

FEBRUARY 15 - COLUMBUS, OH - WILD GOOSE CREATIVE

Recorded at Mercury Studios in NYC, "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?", which was described by the "New York Times" as "...rough, passionate and often raga-like..." and "All Music Guide" raved that the record "...adds immeasurably to his musical and cultural legacy, and is a must for any fan of American guitar music", and was included on their list of "Favorite Folk Albums of 2013", is Walker's manifesto. It could have been Peter's classic third album had it been released at the time (Peter had been storing the reels in a converted bread truck for decades). While his previous two records are incredible collaborative efforts - the playing of Bruce Langhorne, Jeremy Steig, and John Blair as important to the final product as Peter's - this album solely Walker. A requiem to the 1960s, chronicling lovers on the run, anti-war movement adventures, and living off the grid in Mexico, California, Detroit, and NYC.

The record begins gently, with love and war songs, (and a version of the traditional "Pretty Bird," that is unlike any other), before going on the rough and urgent ride of "Fifty Miles," (on two flat tires, a story detailed in the liner notes), and culminating with "Wonder," a song where Peter summons all the elements into one long journey, bringing us back down at the end as if we were at one of Timothy Leary's "celebrations." Peter's wondrous guitar playing and intimate, otherworldly vocals create the effect of a record encoded with some deeper wisdom being channeled directly to your ears.

You can stream the new album track, "Early In The Morning" from "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?" here:

Streaming link:

http://delmorerecordings.bandcamp.com/track/early-in-the-morning

At the time of the session, Peter was living in the infamous Garwood Mansion near Detroit, working as incumbent opening act for their weekly, all night concerts / parties (as he had been at the Café Au Go Go throughout the '60s, and the Joyous Lake in the 70s). William Kunstler stopped by to speak about the John Sinclair trial, and the two had an immediate rapport. Kunstler was a major influence on Peter's anti-war movement involvement and leadership, and on his later decision to get a para-legal degree and represent immigrant taxi drivers in NYC in the 1970s. The two of them are pictured together on the album cover.

The beautifully crafted packaging for the CD and the limited edition vinyl version of "Has Anybody Seen Our Freedoms?" features a twenty-page booklet with exclusive images as well as a 4300 word essay by Peter, which was condensed from forty pages he sent to Delmore founder, and Executive Producer of the record, Mark Linn. While it's not exactly clear how every wild adventure discussed in the essay relates to each song on the record, knowing that these adventures occurred helps us imagine their evolution. The notes reveal a man of mystery. A man who rubbed elbows with Karen Dalton, Sandy Bull, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and John Barrymore. A man who possesses endless energy, drive and passion for the instrument he holds and the fearlessness to explore and reach for new sounds with a childlike curiosity.
The previously mentioned limited edition vinyl version also includes a full album DL code, plus bonus track, tip-on jacket, and an exclusive 8 1/2" x 11" Matrix handbill reproduction. The CD / DL bonus track is Peter doing his best Lord Buckley, from the same studio session.

Walker's colorful past reveals a man equally at home in legal discourse with Kuntsler, as he is sitting at the feet of Ravi Shankar, soaking up the Sitar. He disappears for months to Peru and comes back sunbathed and dappled by the waves, his head full of new sounds and ideas. He makes regular pilgrimages to the caves of Grenada and Spain, the only gringo allowed into the dangerous and exciting world of the gypsy masters of Spanish guitar, where he is now considered a peer.

As previously mentioned, Peter was reinstated to public consciousness with the critically-acclaimed 2006 tribute album, "A Raga For Peter Walker". The ensuing years have included two beautiful new albums of mostly Spanish guitar music, and a previously unissued collaboration with Maruga Booker, Badal Roy, and Perry Robinson, which was recorded at Levon Helm's barn in 1970.

An artist in the truest sense of the word, Walker uses the world as his canvas, distilling his experiences into the neck and body of his guitar, where they are transformed into a cacophony of sounds...dark, brooding, complex, atypical in rhythm and form, an experimental expression captivating the listener's ear, piece after piece.

Also, there's more of his stuff online than I'd thought likely.

Put me in the 'pro new thread' camp - the Youtube links make this one slow-loading page