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

yeah I will check that Vampire Belt out, thanks LL

this is sounding pretty nice - https://tornlightrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bowles-turner-duo
The couple of Nathan Bowles and Ma Turner could not have meshed any better. Field recorded banjos, guitars and an omnipotent praise to the land these pieces were recorded in. Two delicate pieces filtered through the mountain's sounds.

oooooh

this is cool stuff

https://sahelsounds.bandcamp.com/album/abba-gargando

yesss, sounding killer.

This Joan Shelley is gorgeous. Thanks for the heads up.

that abba gargando is a nice little treat

man, yeah, really happening.

<3 Sahelsounds

yeah it's so good. on my like third listen today

on a sahelsounds note, mdou moctor is in the middle of a uk tour atm http://www.belmontbookings.nl/mdou-moctar-will-tour-europe-this-november/

sahelsounds! wow!

Abba Gargando still rockin it in this household

hey FYI from chris forsyth:

Continuing the Bandcamp updating and the final LP copies of Solar Motel (2013), Paradise of Bachelors) are now available. This record is technically out of print, sold out at POB, so these are the last copies I have (tho you might find some sitting in stores or online here or there). I've got 17 copies** with your name on them, including DL card. Then, bye, bye, no more copies. Buy direct or cruise over to POB's Bandcamp for CD or digital:

http://chrisforsyth1.bandcamp.com/album/solar-motel-3

**make that 16 because i just bought one

killer record still -- though i might actually prefer the Solar Live release (which is up on bandcamp now too!)

Yeah I bought that on vinyl when I was at the show wish the sound was better

is the sound not good? i might be so used to audience tapes that it seems solid to me.
speaking of audience tapes: http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/11/chris-forsyth-the-solar-motel-band-november-12-2015-the-bowery-ballroom-new-show-announcement/

they had a gut-punch sound live that i don't think many bootleg-ish recordings can match.

couple of the new tracks have vocals, that's interesting

I shouldn't have said bad, just I think I bought it at a particularly epic show and it felt small when I heard it at home

I would like to upgrade my praise of the abba gargando release on bandcamp, it's fantastic

Nice to see some action here! Looks like Abba Gargando is top of the list.

glad people dig! very much a fit with the volk guitar spotify playlist that ogmor made, which you should hop on if you haven't already

A friend recently passed away and as I was tearfully going through his old YouTubes, this one made think of this thread.

Hopefully that link works.

Yay, it did.

that's a great clip
sorry your friend passed away austin

yeah that is nice! just came across an old recording by a long-gone friend that i'd never heard and it was pretty heavy.

ok, just going to spam a couple of relevant threads with this
https://40.media.tumblr.com/7fd50f07edb289f65c8cd293e7b8dc4b/tumblr_nyorda4Q2J1qzy30io1_1280.jpg
if you can't read my chicken scratch, that's tywilc AT gmail.com

NICE! Perhaps you have finally created the pipeline and all the shows will come to you. Enjoy!

haha, well, we'll see if anyone shows up...

Who cares? You get to see it!

Maybe we could all Skype in

sounds dangerous ...
in other news, chuck johnson has a "band" record coming out early next year -- here's the PR spiel:

“Velvet Arc” finds Johnson returning to territory he explored in bands like Idyll Swords and Spatula, utilizing an expanded lineup of like-minded musicians to augment his captivating guitar stylings including drummer Alex Vittum & bassist Ben Bracken on most tracks.

“Velvet Arc” fades into view with the opening track “As I Stand Counting”, it’s desert-dusted guitar raga appearing like a mirage as the rhythm section rises in the mix. Similarly, “Everything at Once”s picks & strums hang in the air buoyed by the steady swells of crashing cymbals & bass. Side A closer “Anamet” may sound familar to fans - the tune is a re-working of “Private Violence” from “Blood Moon Boulder”, with added cello, a long synth outro, and a more psychedelic mix overall. Johnson’s tenacity & constant evolution as a musician is representative in this track alone; he is an artist constantly in flux, refining & reworking like any good craftsman. Side B features more of Johnson’s lauded fingerpicking style on tracks like “Velvet Arc”, “Roadside Auspice” & “The Pace”, while album closer “Middle Water” hums along contentedly with violin by Marielle Jakobsons.

“Velvet Arc” is an album finding Johnson playing at the top of his game, unafraid to re-evaluate & redefine himself any chance he can get.

that is exciting

blood moon boulder is such a fantastic record

Yeah man, Blood Moon Boulder is great. Just listened to it again the other night.

Interested to see what the fuller band action will be like.

Three Lobed is having a holiday sale
http://threelobed.com/tlr/holiday2015.html

Dangerous.

Are Shelley/Salsburg headed west? I see a Colorado date (plus Tyler's house show) but that's it...

Many thanks to whoever mentioned Matthew Mullane some time ago in this thread. Hut Variations is gorgeous.

You're welcome. I actually still need to pick that record up myself! I've just been jamming to the VDSQ one this whole time.

soundcloud discovery:

Tyler Nicholson, from up in Onatario, never heard of him, I messaged him and said I liked his stuff, he says he doesn't tour or anything but yeah this track is great, with the synth or reed organ line that comes in, real UK feeling and dark

http://soundcloud.com/tylernicholsonmusic/wordandwill

ha the name looked familiar -- i guess i'm facebook friends with him (feels like in a year's time my facebook feed will be entirely random music people i haven't met irl). haven't checked anything out but will do so!

feels like in a year's time my facebook feed will be entirely random music people i haven't met irl

i know that feeling... can't tell if it's helpful/cool or annoying. a little of both. that's facebook in general i guess tho.

haha yeah. increasingly when I'm over there I'm thinking "who the hell is this?"

You guys just gotta stop being so "like"-able.

Any discussion of Stara Rzeka here yet? I nominated it for metal poll but duscussion probably belongs here more than anywhere

Yeah, I'm getting a Six Organs+neofolk+some other stuff vibes more than I do metal here. It's good stuff tho.

Will check that out, think I listened to a track (Stara Rzeka) at some point and liked it OK, but I didn't dive into the whole thing. That description is definitely a good one for getting my attention though.

NPR Music is really into the Joan Shelley album, and Stephen Thompson even ranked it as his top album of the year. Which is amazing and awesome!

www.npr.org/sections/allsongs/2015/12/09/458939744/stephen-thompsons-top-10-albums-of-2015

revisiting this today, think it's a bit underrated/slept-on. nicely eerie originals and takes on fahey classics:

http://delta-slider.blogspot.com/2012/04/rc-johnston-fahey-project.html