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

So this Chuck Johnson ambient pedal steel album hits stores soon, right? I need it! Was going to just pick it up at a local shop if I could.

think it came out last week? beautiful record.

lanois's ambient pedal steel record from last year is great too
ambient pedal steel is as hot as lil yachty

yeah cbesinger played me a heather leigh pedal steel album, so good

that show sounds amazing

― Universal LULU Nation (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, June 13, 2017 4:11 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah I rep hard for her solo record I Abused Animal love it. I kind wish she sang as well when playing with Brotzmann, esp cuz I love hearing Brotz against a wide, expressive voice, a la Haino, but so the two Brotzmann/Leigh records are absolutely some of my most favorite music of late. He really has found a new gear I think playing with her. When I saw them last yr he uncorked an amazing flurry of notes that could have been fucking David Sanborn they were so smooth & pretty and then dipped back into his raw tone. So fucking good.

And yes Brotzmann is an underrated fashion icon.

Ok end wind instrument rant, as you were -X CB

sarah louise/sally anne morgan project House and Land out tomorrow!

https://sarahlouise.bandcamp.com/album/house-and-land

House And Land is not what I expected, vocal-heavy with minimal guitar work

I think it's quite wonderful, Kossoy sisters gone microtonal

Surprised by how much I enjoyed it on first listen.

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.

Dig the House and Land record a lot. Good stuff. Really enjoying what I have heard of the new Orcutt as well.

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

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.

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

Yeah, I am really into it. Their previous record is really good too.

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.

Oooh I didn't know that was out, very excited

I love his voice, so it's especially nice to hear him singing again.

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

Also, hey everyone. Long time no posting.

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.

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.

erm -- I saw a Ryley Walker and Bill MacKay...

erg...does formatting not work anymore? sorry.

i like the alexander. never trust a guitarist with no slow tracks

yeah this Alexander is lovely! so good

been 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 much

this Schoenberg album is do great, though I think I have a higher tolerance for the pro/cornier side of this spectrum than most

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!

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

I contest that anybody saying such phrases, in any circumstance, is corny as fuck.

Schoenberg isn't that corny!

frank hutchison pulls it off imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-UFhQIN528

in case anyone is in Berlin, I'm jealous

Cian Nugent @ciannugent
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Playing guitar in the @ryleywalker band this week. Playing a last min show in Berlin tomorrow at Tiefgrund. I'm opening solo too!

thanks for posting that Alexander; it's great!

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.

in case anyone is in Berlin, I'm jealous

Cian Nugent @ciannugent
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Playing 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, 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

damn, so close

born with the caul is classic, that new one not so much IMO

i hope a boot shows up, him playing in ryley's band should be fantastic

yeah i've been a fan of how often he shares his live stuff, some serious jammers going on

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

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

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

Oh, Elkington's one of the guitarists digging in there.

This is just what I wanted to hear rn.

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

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!

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, supporting
Ryley 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, England
August 27 at The Band Room in Farndale, England
August 28 at Stereo in Glasgow, Scotland
August 29 at St. Mary's in Chester, England
August 30 at The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, England
August 31 at Mama Roux's in Birmingham, England

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

gotta check this fahey guy out ...
that noyes record is really solid, holds up nicely. you bootleg the show or what?

taped on reel-to-reel by housemate. ums had a digital recorder i think

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