May 21st, 2009
Head on over to Klang Industries to pick up a copy.
From Klang:
Raw and rocking collaboration between Jack Rose and the Black Twigs with some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose’s solo playing has always had a tough edge, with his prodigious technique often employed in the service of dropping right-hand bombs – his use of a thumbpick originates from his years of duets with Twig Mike Gangloff, struggling to make his guitar heard over Gangloff’s crashing banjo. The front line of Rose and Gangloff’s strings are joined by Isak Howell’s no-nonsense guitar and harmonica and Nate Bowles’ variety of expert percussion. The four players lock together with a sure-footedness honed by frequent touring and a singularity of intent to rock. Gangloff takes the vocals, howling out standards like “Little Sadie” firmly in the old-time tradition – without reserve. A few of the tracks here are updates of Rose & family classics, with the group turning the stately “Kensington Blues” upbeat and an issuing an assured take on “Bright Sunny South,” first recorded by Pelt (w/Rose and Gangloff) back in 2001 on their gonzo classic double “Ayahuasca.”
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March 28th, 2009
Marcy Saude filmed this super-8 video for “Sister Alchemy” in San Francisco in 2008. Features Donovan Quinn, Grace Cooper, and Jason Quever. Cameras by Marcy Saude and Michael McWay.
The song appears on the limited 7″ single of the same name (which can be purchased here), as well as on the Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month self-titled album (here).
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February 10th, 2009
MV & EE‘s newest studio album, Drone Trailer, is now available for purchase online and at finer record stores everywhere. I had the privilege to hear it live last week. What an unforgettable experience it was.
Flying through space, blissful noise conjures galaxies and nebulas while beautiful electric leads guide the mind through. Matt Valentine and Erika Elder emerge from the shimmering dust in sunny fields, the country air blowing past on its way towards the pine trees in the distance.
Is it the earth and nature that channels the cosmos, or does the cosmos manifest itself in nature? Is it the void which creates the tangible?
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February 5th, 2009
Jack Rose’s new LP, The Black Dirt Sessions, will be available in March or April on Three Lobed Recordings in an (LP only) edition of 2000. The album contains six original compositions by Rose, with Hans Chew contributing piano on “Fishtown Flower”. Also, Klang Industries will release Jack Rose And The Black Twig Pickers in May in an LP edition of 1000, with a CD to follow later in the year. The album consists of traditional songs and two of Jack’s originals, “Revolt” and “Kensington Blues”.
The Black Dirt Sessions
side 1
dusty grass
cross the north fork
side 2
fishtown flower
song for the owl
box of pine
the world has let me down
recorded by jason meagher westtown, ny aug-oct 2008
Jack Rose And The Black Twig Pickers
side 1
little sadie
sail away ladies / i shall not be moved
hand me down my walking cane
soft steel piston
some happy day
ride old buck
side 2
revolt (rose)
kensington blues (rose)
special rider blues
bright sunny south
goodbye booze
recorded in ironto, virginia 2008
mike gangloff- banjo, fiddle, vocals
issak howell- guitar, harmonica
nathan bowles- percussion, vocals, banjo
jack rose- guitar
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