CD: Greg Herriges, Telluric Currents Label: New Folk Records Release date: 2009 World/Folk/Ambient Poet Who Stands at the Place Where the Streams of Vibration Converge “Imagine all things/ As an expression / Of universal / Imagination / Sending out a true smile / To the ones who’ll see it / Throwing out a true kiss… Read more »
Greg Herriges is a Minnesota-based composer and player of many world instruments who brings together a wide range of musical traditions to create imaginative, stirring musical pieces. His recently released album Telluric Currents is an exquisite tapestry of exotic sound (read Voice review here). Recently Greg spoke with Wanda Waterman St. Louis. ?Imagine All Things… Read more »
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Spookey Ruben is a recording artist, composer, and filmmaker, a singular talent infamous for having written songs in the style of progressive rock, among other ?70s genres. (See the Voice piece in this issue on his new CD, Mechanical Royalty.) While touring in Saskatchewan, Spookey took some time to chat with Wanda Waterman St. Louis…. Read more »
CD: Spookey Ruben, Mechanical Royalty Label: Hi-Hat Recordings/Sonic Unyon Release date: 2009 Written and produced by Spookey Ruben He Revived WHAT?! ?Drawing circles in the sand with open-minded hands The magic castle in your eye touches the sky New companions mark the triumph on Magnetic Hill Another chapter in our lives passes us by …. Read more »
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CD: Lawrence Blatt, The Color of Sunshine Label: LMB Music Release date: 2009 Produced by William Ackerman at Imaginary Road Studios in Vermont A Sweet Shimmering Spectrum of Acoustic Guitar Invention ?It is interesting that a musical scale consists of seven notes ascending in wave frequency and the light spectrum consists of seven colors also… Read more »
Conrad Praetzel is the wizard behind Clothesline Revival, an enterprise devoted to remixing songs from field recordings in a way that revives and exalts the primitive genius of American folk music. Recently, Conrad took the time to answer Wanda Waterman St. Louis’s questions about some of Clothesline Revival’s past recordings, many of which can now… Read more »
CD: Rah Rah, Going Steady Label: Young Soul Records Release date: 2008 Would It Help if Love Songs Weren’t Just Meant to Get You Into Somebody’s Pants? ‘Many years ago Somebody else stood right where I’m standing now. Somebody drank the water that I drink. Now that It’s the new millennium You just gotta stop… Read more »
Little Foot Long Foot is a Toronto-based rock duo comprising vocalist-guitarist Joan Smith and drummer Isaac Klein. On May 26 they released Harsh Words, an album of bluesy, hard-driving songs in classic rock style. The band is currently on a tour of Canadian cities. The following are notes from a conversation between Wanda Waterman St…. Read more »