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  • Mason Lindahl 'Kissing Rosy in the Rain' Vinyl LP

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    Mason Lindahl is a guitarist and composer originally from Northern California residing in New York City.

    Growing up in folk and country music, originally learning guitar from his father at a young age. 

    'Kissing Rosy in the Rain' was recorded with long time friends Jay Pellici (Dilute, 31 Knots, Natural Dreamers) and Robby Moncrieff ... and a bit in Brooklyn with Ben Greenberg (Uniform/ Hubble).
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  • Robbie Basho 'Song of the Avatars : The Lost Master Tapes' 5CD

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    Release Date: 04/12/2020

    (Gold Foil Inlay ; Poster ; 5CDs ; Booklet)

    Robbie Basho (1940-1986) is widely regarded as one of the progenitors of what's commonly known today as American Primitive guitar. Growing up in Maryland alongside neo-traditional guitar explorers John Fahey and Max Ochs, Basho's path would take a decidedly different turn, bringing Hindi, Indian, Japanese and Native American musical traditions into his work.

    His albums for Takoma and Vanguard have left an indelible trail of influence across generations of musicians, from William Ackerman and Pete Townshend to Ben Chasny and William Tyler. Liam Barker first became aware of Basho having purchased Tompkins Square's reissue of Venus in Cancer, released in 2006.
    This led him on an incredible fact-finding expedition, unraveling the many layers of mystery surrounding Basho's life and death, all deftly compiled and depicted in his documentary film, Voice of the Eagle : The Enigma of Robbie Basho. During the research process, Barker came across a large cache of unheard Basho tapes recorded throughout his career, ranging roughly from 1965-1985.

    By arrangement with Basho's Estate and the original custodians of the tapes, Tompkins Square is set to release Song of the Avatars : The Lost Master Tapes, a 5CD set of previously unreleased material. The label will release a single disc vinyl LP on Record Store Day '20 as well. The set includes notes by Barker, Henry Kaiser, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Glenn Jones and Richard Osborn, as well as many unseen photographs.

    Tracklisting:
    Disc One:

    1. Hari Kari, Kali Style
    2. If I Had Possession
    3. Bengali Prayer
    4. Brahmanís Blues
    5. Tatanka
    6. Medieval Nocturne
    7. Autumn Child
    8. Priest Spring Jazz
    9. Hippy Song
    10. Swamp Song
    11. Rosey Bush

    Disc Two:
    1. Gypsy Rosary
    2. Himalayan Highlands
    3. Rising Sun Song
    4. Song of the Avatars
    5. Mehera my Love
    6. Mehera's Lament
    7. Hymn for the Warriors of the Rainbow
    8. White Buffalo
    9. Walla Walla
    10. Crazy Horse Soliloquy
    11. Come to Me

    Disc Three:
    1. Symphonic Quisada for the Prophet
    2. Cry of the Nightingale
    3. Song of God
    4. Le jandin (Ballet)
    5. Libation
    6 House of God
    7. Breeze in the Palace
    8. Queenís Ride
    9. Bhupali

    Disc Four:
    1. Golden Palomino
    2. Memorial
    3. Great Depression Blues
    4. American Sunday
    5. Bride of Thunder
    6. Ride the Buffalo
    7. Majnun's Lament
    8. Omar Khayaam Country
    9. Four Ladies Across the Water
    10. Tears of Teresa
    11. Blues from Lebanon
    12. The Song of Leila
    13. Califia

    Disc Five:
    1. Tree of Love
    2. Lady Fair
    3. Wonder Song
    4. The Fortunes of War
    5. Hindu Christmas Carol
    6. Shepherd of the Stars
    7. Baba Boy
    8. Murshidaís Wally
    9. Sea of Light (Babaís Ship Song)
    10. Lord of Roses
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  • Gwenifer Raymond 'Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain'

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    Gwenifer Raymond 'Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain'

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    Welsh musician Gwenifer Raymond's 2018 debut album, You Never Were Much of a Dancer, introduced a new voice on acoustic guitar, receiving 5 stars in The Guardian, big spreads in MOJO and UNCUT, and airplay on multiple BBC programmes. This led to months of touring on the European festival circuit.

    Her latest, Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain, finds Raymond ranging into unexplored experimental territory, drawing from her Welsh roots. In her own words : My new album, 'Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain', has eight songs in it. All were recorded in a basement flat in central Brighton, locked-down amidst a global pandemic. I recorded them myself and neither I, nor any of the songs saw said outbreak coming.

    Coronavirus may have dictated the circumstance under which the album was recorded but it did not otherwise inform any of the compositions that run through it; like I said, we didn't see it coming. Growing up in Wales was not a theme strongly present in my first record (perhaps not too surprising in an album of 'American Primitive'), but I feel as though my memories of that time have started to insinuate themselves in the tunes here. In my opinion, landscape does a lot to shape a community's folk music; from my childhood I recall tall, spooky trees, black against the grey sky, breath misting in cold air, and I have tried to take something of Welsh folk horror to make my own 'Welsh Primitive'.

    Whilst this isn't the only theme present in the album, childhood memories do form the background for a couple of tracks: coal trains steaming along the foot of our garden, rattling the glasses on the kitchen table; and the titular 'Strange Lights...' dancing above the peak of the mountain which loomed over the house where I grew up. Dead men also feature prominently, as well as personal tragedies and the madness of touring.

    It's possible this album is leaning more into the left-field than the first - the songs are longer and more 'compositional' for lack of a better word, rather than deriving so heavily from the folk and blues traditions, though, they're still there - all of those dead men are hard to shake. Some parts go fast and others go slow.

    Sometimes I play more aggressively than I intend to and other times I play exactly as aggressively as I intend to. I still say it's punk music and I have no idea what key the last tune is in.

    For fans of Erik Satie, Master Wilburn Burchette, and Ruben the dog.
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  • Wall Matthews 'Spine River:The Guitar Music Of 1967-1981' Vinyl LP

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    Wall Matthews 'Spine River:The Guitar Music Of 1967-1981' Vinyl LP

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    Guitarist Wall Matthews is surviving member of experimental 70's collective, Entourage. Sampled by Four Tet, their name whispered in reverence through the decades, Entourage forged bold musical ideas on their two rare '70s Folkways LPs.

    Tompkins Square released 'Ceremony of Dreams : Studio Sessions and Outtakes, 1972-1977', in 2017 to wide acclaim. 'Spine River : The Guitar Music of Wall Matthews, 1967-1981' is a collection of unreleased or obscure music by the master guitarist.

    This volume will be released as a limited edition LP, along with four other digital volumes of Wall's music, chronologically mapping his career.

    Praise for Entourage :
    "A three-hour stream of instrumental riches, whether you're looking to find samples or get lost in a trance....These 30 tracks alternately conjure the ecstatic minimalism of John Cale and La Monte Young, the billowing clouds of Arvo Part, the aleatory intrigue of Derek Bailey, and the strange guitar beauty of Sandy Bull" - Pitchfork

    "As seriously as they clearly took their playing, the music never lost its sense of playfulness and joy" - PASTE (8.7/10)

    "This is essential and irresistible vintage American weirdness." - All Music Guide (4.5) 

    "...it's transporting stuff." - Rolling Stone 

    "Erring between Alice Coltrane-esque spiritual jazz, Steve Reich's minimalism and stunning instrumental folk, Ceremony of Dreams highlights 30 tracks from a fiercely creative period between 1972 and 1977 that did not appear on the two Folkways albums released at the time." - Vinyl Factory 

    "New age gongs, drones, sax, pastoral guitar, scraped violas - ¦ Think Third Ear Band's druid rock meets early Popol Vuh with the obvious chops of a less slick Weather Report" - Record Collector (4 stars)

    Release Date: 10/04/2020
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  • Sam Burton 'I Can Go With You/I Am No Moon' Vinyl 7

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    Sam Burton 'I Can Go With You/I Am No Moon' Vinyl 7"

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    Sam Burton is a singer/songwriter from Salt Lake City, now based in Los Angeles. After several years circulating homemade cassettes on labels like Chthonic and embraced by blogs like Cassette Gods, Sam has recorded his first proper debut album with producer Jarvis Taveniere (Purple Mountains).

    Due in mid-2020, Sam's debut LP will be preceded by two limited edition 45s, one which will be available exclusively for Record Store Day in the UK.

    Sam is slated to tour the UK and Europe in 2020 with fellow Tompkins Square artist Gwenifer Raymond.

    Release Date: 31/01/2020


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  • Various 'No Other Love : Midwest Gospel (1965-1978)'

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    Various 'No Other Love : Midwest Gospel (1965-1978)'

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    This collection of rare black gospel from the Midwest'featuring church congregations, basement recordings sessions, family bands and children's choirsis drawn together by two threads.

    The first hope which holds fast and unchanging, even in the most trying of circumstances. The second circumstance the way these recordings fell into the hands of producer, Ramona Stout, in Chicago at the dawn of the Obama era, when she had just about lost hope in her American Dream.

    Over the course of five years (2006-2011) of vinyl hustling in Chicago's South and West Sides, these 45s came into Ramona's hands, mixed up in milk-crates stacked with Northern Soul, water-damaged jazz and Hall and Oates LPs. After much travel and time, Ramona has articulated the spirit that drove this music forward. In this collection, she writes of this music and its relationship to the struggling communities where the records were found.

    Sourced from exceedingly rare 45s'many of which were vanity pressings of less than 100 copies'all of the tracks found on this collection appear for the first time since their original release. Remastered by Grammy-winning producer Christopher King, these recordings have been resurrected for a new generation of listeners.

    With art direction by Grammy-winning graphic designer Susan Archie, this collection is a tangible, immersive experience in the struggles'the victories, the failures and the lingering hope'that defined Chicago in the post-Civil Rights era. No Other Love is a singular, impressionistic journey into music that expresses faith, despair and exuberance. It is also a profound exploration of the very meaning of hope.

    Tracklisting:
    1. It's Going to Pay - Bro. Randy Wilson
    2. I Want You to Help Me - The Travelers of Zion
    3. No Other Love - Messiahs of Glory
    4. Christmas in Heaven - Rev. H.H. Harrington
    5. Try Jesus - Gospel Carolets
    6. The Number - Wondering Gails
    7. Journey - Joanne & Sonny
    8. You Can't Make It - The Georgia Brooks Singers
    9. God is Using Me - The Harmony Five
    10. Christ Rose - Rev. John Thomas and the New Christian Fellowship Church Choirs
    11. Black Pride - Rev. H.H. Harrington
    12. I'm Gonna Stand Still and Do My Master's Will - Sunday Night Service, New Home Baptist Church Rev. Mack McCollum w/ Combined Choirs -
    13. Rocky Road - Joanne & Sonny
    14. Why - Sister Mary Lucas and The Harambee
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  • Harmony Rockets with Special Guest Peter Walker 'Lachesis/Clotho/Atropos'

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    Harmony Rockets with Special Guest Peter Walker 'Lachesis/Clotho/Atropos'

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    - ¦this small town (Woodstock), housing as it did so many maverick talents, fostered a scene of damage and dysfunction that endures to this day. It pulled in all manner of wannabes and hangers-on, alcoholic philanderers, dealers in heroin and cocaine, and left at least one generation of messed-up children with no direction home." - from 'Small Town Talk' by Barney Hoskyns.

    Longtime Woodstock resident, guitarist Peter Walker recorded two albums for the Vanguard label in the late Sixties in a style best described as American folk-raga. He studied with Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan, and was Dr. Timothy Leary's musical director, organizing music for the LSD advocate's 'celebrations.'

    He was also a close friend of fellow Woodstock resident, the late folksinger Karen Dalton, and helped produce 'Remembering Mountains : Unheard Songs by Karen Dalton' (Tompkins Square), which features unrecorded Dalton compositions brought to life by Sharon Van Etten, Patty Griffin, Lucinda Williams and others.

    Rediscovered by Tompkins Square in 2006 after decades out of sight, Walker has remained active into his 8th decade, recording for Jack White's Third Man label, and now, collaborating anew with fellow Upstaters, Harmony Rockets.

    Joined in a mighty super-session with Harmony Rockets (Mercury Rev), Martin Keith, Nels Cline (Wilco), and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth), 'Lachesis/Clotho/Atropos' is a mind-melting inter-generational collaboration that could only have coalesced around the wool-sweaters, warm teacups and moldering bookstores of "Old Old Woodstock", both the real and mythologized versions.

    Release Date: 14/09/2018

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  • Tom Armstrong 'The Sky Is An Empty Eye'

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    Tompkins Square's recent double-LP, Imaginational Anthem vol 8 : The Private Press shed light on forgotten, impossibly rare guitar recordings spanning several decades.

    Tom Armstrong's The Sky Is An Empty Eye is the first of several reissues planned by Tompkins Square of full albums by artists featured on IA8.

    Armstrong's self-released LP from 1987 sports blissed out acoustic numbers like the one featured on IA8, along with some electric workouts and even a deep pysch vocal tune. Tom's main mode of distribution for the album was handing the LP to drunken patrons at a bar in Pinos Altos, NM. Now Tompkins Square makes it a bit easier to acquire.

    In his own words, today : I was born in Elmhurst IL, lived there 29 years.  Had a brief career playing open mikes and bars for tips, drinks and nominal cash payments, even gave some guitar lessons. In 1984 I was offered a half partnership in an engineering firm in Dallas, so I moved to Texas.  Made a big pile of money. 

    My wife bought me a Tascam 4 track recorder for my birthday, I went crazy with it.  Recorded a bunch of melodies that had been rattling around my brain since I was 8 years old.  Liked what I heard, decided to make an LP. It wasn't too hard to track down a studio to master my 4 tracks.  By this time I was an old hand at graphic design for promotional material, so I designed the cover myself. 

    Handed the albums out to business associates, as promotional material for other business interests, at a drunken open mike at a bar in Pinos Altos, NM. I continued to record for about another 10 years, blues rock, pop. Really refined my recording skills. Still play once in while, but I'm an old fart now, with all the baggage that entails.
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  • Brigid Mae Power 'The Two Worlds' - Cargo Records UK

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    'The Two Worlds' was produced by Peter Broderick and recorded at Analogue Catalogue in County Down, Ireland.

    Q Magazine listed the album as a "Top Tip" for 2018, stating "(The Two Worlds) is full of droning ballads laced with defiance."

    The sadly topical first single, "Don't Shut Me Up (Politely)", seems to express what's on the minds of many women right now.

    Tompkins Square's Josh Rosenthal noted on social media, "I don't usually have the opportunity to say something political about the music I put out, but in the case of Brigid Mae Power's new single, I think this song may resonate with any woman who's been gaslit, mansplained to, paid less, bullied, sexually harassed by a C-List celebrity or famous movie producer, had her birth control systematically taken away, or told she had to go to another country or across state lines to get an abortion."
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  • Richard Osborn 'Endless' - Cargo Records UK

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    First-generation American Primitive guitarist Richard Osborn studied with Robbie Basho in the late 60's.

    40 years later, Osborn finally recorded, appearing on Tompkins Square's 'Beyond Berkeley Guitar' comp in 2010.

    'Endless' is his first widely available solo guitar album. "[Osborn has] an unhurried, quiet spirit of adventure, a love of ringing strings and slowly revelatory meditations on the natural world."- Acoustic Guitar

    "He's a student of mine and he's better technically than me or Fahey." - Robbie Basho
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  • Philip Lewin 'Am I Really Here All Alone?' - Cargo Records UK

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    1975 Private-press LP now remastered from the original tapes. In his own words, today : I was once told that one should first write about one's own experiences, then, expand to documenting the observed experiences of those around, and, finally write about what one imagines.

    Am I Really Here All Alone?encompasses all of the above. Something else I realized in writing lyrics is that sometimes it is good to be transparent about the meaning and others times, not so much. "Unusual Day" is an example of me being honest struggling to develop and maintain a relationship, but ultimately realizing it was not going to succeed.

    "Watercolours" documents a crushing experience, but is couched in metaphor. I hope that listeners will relate through their own experiences, and because my reality is implied, not specified, will not be limited to mine.

    "Sweet Georgia" is an example of me, as a writer, leaving my personal space. I think of it as an attempt to clone William Faulkner to Bobbie Gentry.

    "The Magic Within You" is actually a commission where I was asked to write a song for a benefit to be performed by Doug Henning, the groundbreaking stage magician and friend. I once heard John Prine complain that there was no point in writing a 'train song' because Steve Goodman had already written the perfect one with "City of New Orleans".

    Naturally, I had to write "Back Home, To You", my idea of a train song where I tried to capture the movement of the train in the rhythm of the guitar. As for the other six songs, to me, they all reflect realities, experienced, observed and imagined.

    Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." However my question is, "Am I Really Here All Alone?" - Philip Lewin, 2017

    "Phil Lewin's homespun debut is a loner folk masterpiece; accidentally psychedelic, lit by heartbreak and timeless in its sadness and hope."
    - Jeff Conklin, WFMU
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  • Harvey Mandel 'Snakepit' - Cargo Records UK

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    Harvey Mandel is among the most innovative guitarists to emerge from the Chicago blues scene of the late 1960s.

    His career began at Twist City and other local hotspots, sharing stages with Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy. He came up in that scene alongside Charlie Musselwhite, Mike Bloomfield, Barry Goldberg and Steve Miller, leading to an invitation from Bill Graham to open for Cream at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium in August 1967.

    Mandel was a member of Canned Heat, appearing with them at Woodstock. He played on numerous John Mayall albums, and on the Rolling Stones' 1975 LP Black and Blue ("Hot Stuff", "Memory Motel"), having auditioned for Mick Taylor's job, which ultimately went to Ron Wood.

    Known for his "tapping" technique and sinewy, sustain-driven phrasing (thus his nickname, "The Snake"), Mandel's solo albums such as Cristo Redentor, Baby Batter and Righteous have been sampled and drooled over by guitar geeks, DJ's, and fans of funky, soulful, otherworldly composition.

    Harvey's fifteenth studio LP and his first widely distributed album in 20 years, Snake Pit was recorded in two days at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, CA. Harvey teamed with fellow Chicago-based musicians Ben Boye (keys), Ryan Jewell (drums), Brian Sulpizio (guitar), and Anton Hatwich (bass), who have all played with singer/songwriter Ryley Walker.

    Harvey and the band had not met previously, nor had they rehearsed. He played snippets of song ideas for the band on his iPhone, and then they would lay down a track in one or two takes. Hard to believe when you hear the album, but that's exactly how it went down.

    Minimal overdubs with strings and percussion were added, but mostly what you hear is what happened spontaneously in the studio. The album contains six new original compositions by Mandel and two revisited songs : "Baby Batter" from his 1971 Janus LP of the same name, and "Before Six" by Larry Frazier, which appears on his first album,Cristo Redentor.

    Snake Pit marks a spirited return in a career that now spans six decades -- all the more intense and poignant given Harvey's recent battle with cancer. Read more about Harvey Mandel via Aquarium Drunkard.
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  • Brigid Mae Power 'Brigid Mae Power' - Cargo Records UK

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    Irish singer/songwriter Brigid Mae Power has shared stages with Lee Ranaldo, Alasdair Roberts, Richard Dawson, and Ryley Walker.

    Born in London to a big Irish family, she moved to Ireland (Galway) when she was twelve years old. In addition to the guitar, she plays accordion, baritone ukulele, piano and harmonium; creating hauntingly dreamlike soundscapes.

    Her self-titled debut album, recorded with Oregon-based musician Peter Broderick, will be released worldwide by Tompkins Square on LP, CD and digital on June 10th, 2016.
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  • Various 'Imaginational Anthems Volume 7' - Cargo Records UK

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    Tompkins Square's very first release was 'Imaginational Anthem Vol. One' in 2005, featuring American Primitive guitar pioneers like Sandy Bull, Harry Taussig, Max Ochs, Steve Mann and Suni McGrath, alongside new jack players like Jack Rose, Brad Barr (Barr Brothers), and Kaki King. The album received wide praise via Rolling Stone, NPR and MOJO, who called the album "Groundbreaking." The pairing of old and new would continue through vols. 1-3. The first three volumes are collected as a box set.

    Volumes four and five focused solely on all new players, giving many folks their first taste of Chris Forsyth, Steve Gunn, William Tyler and Daniel Bachman. The first five volumes were collected in a box set, along with a bonus live disc by William Tyler. 'Imaginational Anthem Volume 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar' stretched the timeline all the way back to the first recorded solo acoustic guitar performances of the 20's & 30's. Artists like Sylvester Weaver, Sam McGee, Riley Puckett and Lemeul Turner created the template for John Fahey, and all who followed.

    Imaginational Anthem Vol. 7' is compiled by 20 year old guitarist Hayden Pedigo, from Amarillo, TX. Hayden has recently been featured in Vogue and The FADER behind his own recent album release, 'Five Steps'. Hayden's curation represents a balanced cross-section across the modern solo acoustic guitar spectrum. As with previous volumes, this one truly represents the state of the art - an area of evolving musical expression that is very vibrant and healthy indeed.

    Tracklisting :
    1. On a Slow Passing Through a Ghost Town-Chuck Johnson
    2. Culverts-Sean Proper
    3. Enchiridion-Norberto Lobo
    4. Trees Return to Soil-Simon Scott
    5. Sea Retreat-DBH
    6. Araucaria-Jordan Norton
    7. The Great North American Wilderness-Kyle Fosburgh
    8. Something, or Oil Paintings-Christoph Bruhn
    9. USA Self-Michael Vallera
    10. Red Bud Valley-Dylan Golden Aycock
    11. 0/3-M.Mucci
    12. Shadow Study at 6 am-Mariano Rodriguez
    13. Olympic Peninsula Blues-Andrew Weathers
    14. My Grandfather's 12 Gauge-Wes Tirey

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  • James Blackshaw 'Fantomas: Le Faux Magistrat' - Cargo Records UK

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    In celebration of the centenary of Louis Feuillade’s Fantômas silent film series, James Blackshaw was invited by Yann Tiersen to perform a live score to the fifth and final film, Le Faux Magistrat, at the beautiful and prestigious surroundings of the Thétre de Chtelet, Paris on October 31st 2013. Fantômas – a master of disguise and symbol of terror – is one of the most popular characters in French crime fiction, as well as a favourite with the avant-garde, particularly the surrealists.


    Tim Hecker, Amiina, Yann Tiersen and Loney Dear also performed during the event (which was broadcast live on the European ARTE channel) each bringing their own unique sonic perspective to the other installments in the series.

    Written during the course of a few months, Blackshaw drew influences from French impressionist composers, Brazillian guitar music, musique concrete and the works of other film composer such as David Shire and Pino Donaggio, to create a noirish score that is in turns sinister, quietly profound and thrilling.

    Personally invited by James Blackshaw, experimental musicians Duane Pitre and Simon Scott (also of Slowdive) contributed drums, electronics, synth, bowed guitar, bass and more to Blackshaw’s nylon string guitar and grand piano, with multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Glasson adding violin, vibraphone and several wind instruments to the 75 minute long work.

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  • Lucinda Williams / Michael Chapman 'That Time Of Night' - Cargo Records UK

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    Limited edition of 1000.

    Tracklisting:
    Side A:
    Lucinda Williams- That Time Of Night

    Side B:
    Michael Chapman - That Time Of Night

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  • Americas Legendary Coffee House 'Live At Caffe Lena : Music From America's Legendary Coffeehouse, 1967-2013' - Cargo Records UK

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    Unreleased performances by Dave Van Ronk, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Kate McGarrigle, Rick Danko, Anais Mitchell, Sleepy John Estes, Arlo Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie, and more.

    Nestled in the quaint upstate town of Saratoga Springs, New York is Caffè Lena, the oldest continuously operating folk music coffeehouse in the US. Opened by Lena Spencer in 1960, this tiny room has played host to influential artists across diverse genres of music; traditional folk, blues, singer-songwriters, jazz and bluegrass. Luckily, many performances were caught on tape through the years, offering the listener a thrilling seat inside this hallowed venue. 'Live At Caffè Lena', a 3-CD box set, the result of years of investigative research, contains 47 tracks, all released for the very first time, alongside previously unpublished photographs. Images include selections from the archive of esteemed photographer Joe Alper, who captured many iconic, intimate portraits from the folk era of the 1960s.

    'Live At Caffè Lena' documents an important folk universe that was and is still happening in upstate New York, a story heretofore largely untold. The release of this collection comes at an auspicious time in light of renewed interest in the New York folk scene of the 60s as depicted in the forthcoming Coen Brothers film, 'Inside Llewyn Davis.' The film is loosely based on Dave Van Ronk's 2005 memoir 'The Mayor of Macdougal Street.' Van Ronk, a Caffè Lena regular, served as a mentor to many artists, some who would go on to eclipse his fame. His 1974 recording of "Gaslight Rag"featured on the box set references the Gaslight Café, a famed Greenwich Village venue that along with Caffè Lena was a catalyst for the folk music revival.

    Caffè Lena embodied the spirit of the folk boom, the era and its artistry, building a reputation as a hotbed of creativity and connection. It was also a safe haven and nurturing space for artists, its atmosphere cultivated personally by Lena Spencer herself. She would graciously house wayward artists, sometimes for months at a time. But she was not merely a host. She championed artists, from Bob Dylan as early as 1961 all the way through the 80s until her passing. Her passion for identifying and promoting talent is evident throughout this 3-CD set. That Caffè Lena is still open for business tonight is a testament to her legacy.

    'Live At Caffè Lena' is an important visual and audio document - 40+ years of our collective music history unearthed from dozens of "lost" tapes - night after night, show after show, through the decades - captured on tape in a tiny room in Saratoga Springs, New York.

    DISC 1:
    1. Intro by Lena Spencer / Guy Carawan Cripple Creek 1970
    2. Hedy West Shady Grove 1968
    3. Intro by Lena Spencer / Sleepy John Estes Holy Spirit 1974
    4. Frank Wakefield and Friends Will The Circle Be Unbroken 1971
    5. Jean Ritchie West Virginia Mine Disaster 1969
    6. Billy Faier Hunt The Wren 1967
    7. Greenbriar Boys Hit Parade of Love 1968
    8. Mike Seeger O Death 1971
    9. Jacqui and Bridie Hello Friend 1974
    10. Tom Paxton Morning Again 1968
    11. David Amram Little Mama 1974
    12. Patrick Sky Reality Is Bad Enough 1971
    13. Rosalie Sorrels Travelin' Lady 1974
    14. Smoke Dawson Devil's Dream 1968
    15. Utah Phillips The Green Rolling Hills of West Virginia 1974
    16. Michael Cooney Thyme It Is A Precious Thing 1974
    17. Kate McGarrigle and Roma Baran Caffè Lena 1972

    DISC 2:
    1. Intro by Lena Spencer / Dave Van Ronk Gaslight Rag 1974
    2. Jerry Jeff Walker Mr. Bojangles 1968
    3. Barbara Dane Mama Yancey's Advice / Love With a Feeling 1968
    4. Roy Book Binder Ain't Nobody Home But Me 1974
    5. Intro by Lena Spencer / David Bromberg The Holdup 1972
    6. Ramblin' Jack Elliott Pretty Boy Floyd 1992
    7. Arlo Guthrie City of New Orleans 2010
    8. Aztec Two Step The Persecution and Restoration of Dean Moriarty 1989
    9. Happy And Artie Traum Trials Of Jonathan 1974
    10. Rick Danko It Makes No Difference 1988
    11. Paul Geremia Something's Gotta Be Arranged 1989
    12. Robin and Linda Williams S-A-V-E-D 1987
    13. John Herald Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1991
    14. Pete Seeger Somos El Barco (We Are the Boat) 1985

    DISC 3:
    1. Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion Folksong 2013
    2. Anais Mitchell Wedding Song 2013
    3. Bill Morrissey The Last Day Of The Furlough 1990
    4. Patty Larkin Island Of Time 1992
    5. Greg Brown Flat Stuff 1989
    6. Mary Gauthier I Drink 2013
    7. Sean Rowe Old Black Dodge 2013
    8. Tom Chapin Cats In The Cradle 1987
    9. Intro by Lena Spencer / Christine Lavin It's A Good Thing He Can't Read My Mind 1987
    10. Bill Staines Sweet Wyoming Home 1990
    11. Bucky and John Pizzarelli I Like Jersey Best 1989
    12. Rory Block That's No Way To Get Along 1989
    13. Chris Smither Killing The Blues 1989
    14. Tift Merritt Traveling Alone 2013
    15. John Gorka Down In The Milltown 1990
    16. Lena Spencer Dear Little Cafe 1972

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  • Various Artists 'Turn Me Loose : Outsiders Of Old Time Music' - Cargo Records UK

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    Various Artists 'Turn Me Loose : Outsiders Of Old Time Music'

    £12.99

    Frank Fairfield curates another reissue of 78 rpm records - this time with the help of a few of his collector friends. The collection focuses on some of the most seldom acknowledged varieties of Anglo-American vernacular music. You'll hear unusual performers, uncommon instrumentation and great fiddlers from California to Ohio, New Mexico to West Virginia.

    Forget "Americana", this collection shows Anglo-American down-home music as it actually was and in many cases (although largely unrecognized) still is. With painstaking audio restoration by the great Michael Kieffer (Origin Jazz Library).
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