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

anybody know what Cian Nugent has been playing this recent tour? Bummed to see that NYC Taper set from earlier in March had nothing off Born With The Caul. the new album is pretty okay but nothing close to that record... i dunno how interested i'd be in going if it were the more 'songwritery' things.

Maybe "American Primitivism" is a totally fake genre invented by proficient guitarists who are actual singer-songwriter hopefuls that wanted an easy "in" so they could later transition into what they actually wanted to do all along now that they already have a contract with a label + evidence of fans.

Bachman came through Houston and played some new material. He craftily wove it in so well with his material from the Three Lobed record that it was difficult to tell when an old song ended and a new one began. It was a good set. Fact fun I learned over dinner that night: "Cosmos" is actually a part of Cian's name, though I can't remember if it's Cian Cosmos Nugent or Cian Nugent Cosmos...

New material includes some killer slow dirges; with pauses so long that the audience would sometimes think the song ended. Sounds similar in it's tone to the Three Lobed stuff.

Had no idea Gunn's new one is going to be on Matador.. June 3rd!

joanna newsom was playing this before she came on stage for her show in Dublin in Olympia

https://soundcloud.com/paradise-of-bachelors/james-elkington-nathan-2

she also played the sandy bull version of carmina burana before one of her previous shows here

hey all - this album isn't totally core ILX brigade stuff but the new Olivia Chaney album - The Longest River is out and boy is it gorgeous, like a new Sandy Denny, and plenty of really great fingerpicking on it

Is this the only Olivia Chaney reference on ILM? I saw her twice at Big Ears last week, and she was great. Beautiful voice, nice songs, and a great, fluid guitarist and pianist (and harmonium player). The album isn't as transfixing as the live show, but it's very good.

http://mie.limitedrun.com/products/567649-tashi-dorji-shane-parish-expecting

this is lovely

saw Ryley Walker at an in-store before his date opening up for the band Deer Tick (which was sold out anyway)...so I know I was kinda down on him but he seemed more just goofy and amiable live...also he kept asking if anyone knew of anything going on that night which it occured to me (also after seeing William Tyler's new album trailer) that touring the whole country with a guitar and just yourself might make a person kinda loopy after awhile.

in any case, he played wonderfully, was a small but attentive crowd of about 20...got good video of two songs (both I think unreleased?) one a very American Primitive instrumental another a vocals song with some really great playing that makes you imagine what his last album would sound like stripped down...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d5_-hffFrk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlkpC8J7y38

Vocal track there sounds almost exactly like Steve Gunn to me. Love the guitar playing. I really hope I can get somewhere near that level myself, someday.

I say the more performers trying to sound like Michael Chapman the better.

These are lovely - thanks for sharing. I think he's good, but I can't help thinking once Walker's shed all his influences, he'll be brilliant. I hope so.

Just listening to Chuck Johnson's Velvet Arc now. 'Anamet' is gorgeous (and very Tyler in its scope).

new glenn jones sesh : http://folkadelphia.bandcamp.com/album/glenn-jones-folkadelphia-session-3-6-2016

and some samples of the upcoming vdsq releases: https://soundcloud.com/vdsq-1

that vocals song is also in band format on this- it's good:

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/10/ryley-walker-october-9-2015-rough-trade-nyc-tompkins-square-10th-anniversary/

http://www.npr.org/2016/04/15/474208743/songs-we-love-sarah-louise-floating-rhododendron?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nprmusic&utm_term=music&utm_content=20160415

:)

yeah i love that one.

This VDSQ batch is really shaping up to be a doozy, but yeah the Sarah Louise tracks I have heard are the ones I am most into right now. They have all been good though!

Nice! I had some great video of Sarah Louise from global's house but she not to be recorded it cuz it was stuff from the vdsq release so I deleted it, but that should be great

Beautiful song, looking forward to this

Yeah that "Floating Rhododendron" track is awesome. Something cool about her arrangements that really works for me.

Have you folks heard Global's tape on Cabin Floor Esoterica by the way? Awesome stuff. Really nice mix of guitar + various complimentary moves and serious sonic detritus. Really into it:

https://cabinflooresoterica.bandcamp.com/album/cfe-58-slow-clarity

Really love the way the tape moves through the sounds and sets a mood without sitting on anything for very long. Just a really nicely sequenced set (things operate kind of as suites as opposed to straight runs through songs).

Oh I love the album art!!

"Floating Rhododendron"
sounds a lot like 'global tetrahedron' haha!

Hah hah it does, doesn't it! Homage?

homage when you need one

homage ... or diss track? #takomabeef

sounds delicious

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYCKjJ3xs_4

Nice interview with Cian Nugent by a guitar shop here in Dublin, includes acoustic versions of Lost Your Way and Lucy.

Another Guild player. Is Guild a thing? I suppose Buckley and Drake played Guilds.
I'm a pretty decent fingerpicker, but watching these videos reminds me I've still a lot to learn...

this is the stuff i want to hear more of... wow:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzv9Sw94CyE

oh yeah that's nice

Neil Young played Guilds. Aren't they pretty much up there with Martin and Gibson for quality?

Yeah, sometimes it feels like all the contemporary people play Guilds, or at least have one in the lineup. People seem to dig them because they are relatively affordable compared to the other makes, while still having great sound and proportional quality. There's a Steve Gunn video with him explaining his reasons for playing one, the Guitar Power series maybe?

Yeah the market prices for old Martins and Gibsons are so nuts. If you'd put all your money on acoustic guitars in the mid 90s I'd bet you'dve beat the stock market... I have as couple Seagulls best value in guitars IMO if you can deal with the dorky headstock

Saw Glenn Jones recently and he played 85% of his set on a Guild

You weren't at the Union Pool show yesterday, were you?

No, this was a few weeks ago. How was Union Pool?

He was great! Laura Baird and Anthony Pasquarosa opened. Anthony and Laura were both super nice to talk to and it was great to catch up with Glenn since the wedding. Obviously Laura joined him on stage for Across the Tappan Zee.

sorry to do the mid-00s ilx-as-nyc-show-discussion-board thing BUT speaking of union pool anyone going to ryler walker/charles rumbach tonight?

damn you nyc-ers and your endless cool shows.
glenn jones performance/interview from last night on WFMU is archived here: http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/66113

I hadn't planned on/known about the Union Pool show tonight, but I probably won't I don't think. Don't feel like going into BK right now, sorry Ryley!

cmon it's 4/20 man

Did that sound spoiled or what? Yup... cracks fingers plenty of local shows to choose from, I'll catch the next one...

Took a break from blasting Polvo records to listen to the Danny Paul Grody cassette mentioned above.

https://geographicnorth.bandcamp.com/album/sketch-for-winter-vi-other-states

Really nice halfway through. "On Leaving" in particular sounding pretty lovely. I mean, if you dig his stuff you will definitely dig this.

been listening to Death Adder by Rod Poole, if anyone fancies some just intonation guitar you should check it out

Playlist updated for April.

ILM's Rolling Post-Fahey Folk Thread 2016 Spotify Playlist

So, William Tyler follows up on Lost Colony---mentioned way back at the beginning of this thread, I believe---with one about a county that seceded from Mississippi when Mississippi seceded from the Union, like Alabama's Winston Country declaring itself the Free State of Winston. Not terribly successful, ditto counties in Tennessee, though West Virginia did come out of Virginia etc.: divisions of the Civil War South=largely untapped, still-fresh material for musos, and especially as WT's fellow Southerner, I say, "Rat on, go, son!"

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Today, William Tyler shares “Kingdom of Jones” from his forthcoming new album Modern Country. William describes the album as “a love letter to what we’re losing in America, to what we’ve already lost” which is explored visually in the stark, lovely album trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHzr4rJ9guA&feature=youtu.be

Listen to & share "Kingdom of Jones" now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDV2tJI3CMU

William shared the inspiration behind the song: “Kingdom of Jones” is dedicated to the memory of the people of Jones County, Mississippi, a small county in the southern portion of the state that seceded from the Confederacy during the Civil War. The county became a haven for Confederate deserters and those opposed to the War. I like the idea of it, a tiny kingdom in the heart of the Deep South that fought actively against “The Cause” and gives a more complex tint to the reality of what the War was about. As someone who is proud to be Southern but struggles constantly with the weight of the history of my homeland, I like thinking about the people of Jones County during the War. They must have realized something that a lot of people still haven’t figured out.

Modern Country features an ensemble backing group consisting of multi-instrumentalist Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger, Blind Boys of Alabama), bassist Darin Gray (Tweedy, Jim O’Rourke), and percussionist Glenn Kotche (Wilco). The album was tracked at April Base Studios in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and finished in Nashville, recorded and mixed by Jon Ashley, and produced by Tyler and Brad Cook.

Modern Country is available for pre-order now on CD or LP with an exclusive t-shirt available only in the Merge store, or digitally via iTunes. William Tyler just finished a run of dates with the Mountain Goats and will perform at the Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival and at shows with Wilco in August, with more dates to be announced soon.

William Tyler on tour:
Jul 13 Durham, NC – Sarah P. Duke Gardens
Aug 12-13 Eau Claire, WI – Eaux Claires Festival
Aug 14 Moorhead, MN – Bluestem Amphitheater w/ Wilco
Aug 16 Kansas City, MO – CrossroadsKC w/ Wilco
Aug 17 St. Louis, MO – The Fabulous Fox Theatre w/ Wilco.

More, from the Merge site (should've been incl. on above press sheet, but maybe they didn't have it yet for that)
While there is never a comfort zone in instrumental music, Tyler attempts to leave any perceived one behind with Modern Country. His first album for Merge, 2013’s Impossible Truth, found Tyler exploring the boundaries of composition for solo guitar in a manner that paid homage to everyone from Leo Kottke to Brian Wilson. It was an epic song cycle that veered from cathedral-like psychedelic hymns to pastoral folk melodies. In contrast, Modern Country finds Tyler exploring more focused melodic themes rather than ethereal wanderings. These aren’t pop songs, per se, but they are closer in spirit to Neu!, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, and Bill Frisell.

Primarily written while Tyler was on sabbatical in Oxford, Mississippi, where he stayed at the cabin of a family friend within a stone’s throw of William Faulkner’s house, Modern Country is a collection of songs about the vanishing America that still exists on back roads, in small towns, on AM radio stations. In an election year when so many certainties and assurances have vanished, Tyler doesn’t offer optimism or pessimism but rather a calm and measured commentary in our age of anxiety.

Preorders will ship to arrive on or around the release date of June 3.