I'm enjoying working on new imaginations of sound, art, and word. In the meantime, enjoy another from the vault of my past recordings. Thanks for those who listen. 

Better Than It Is

Kelly Haigh has created an album of surreal dreamscapes...that puts you in that special universe you exist in momentary somewhere between consciousness and dreams as you are drifting away to sleep. “Country Western Star” is an auditory equivalent of her paintings which encompass numerous elements of pop and surrealism, cuteness, terror, beauty and fear, in a cloud covered atmosphere with stories rooted on this planet but somehow not of this earth.

The intro to the liner notes tell the story well and go like this:

“Country Western Star walks in the shadowlands, singiner her songs to the critters of the forest and tending to the vast gardens filled with unmarked graves. She is the keeper of justice, guided by her trusted compass, which is not marked with the usual North, South, East or West but instead bears the letters L.M.F. & R. LOVE, MURDER, FORGIVNESS, REVENGE”

“Country Western Star starring Kelley Haigh with Frances the singing dog” is a package to behold; from Kelly’s art which adorns the cover, the eight-panel fold-out insert, the six-panel fold-out CD jacket and the music itself featuring 25 surreal musical stories.

Kelly Haigh lives, paints, and cuts hair in Vancouver, where she also sings and plays in the band, Ashley Park. She is currently obsessed with Victorian Taxidermy, and plans on turning her tiny hair salon into her own private natural history museum. There is a story on Kelly’s website, http://www.kellyhaigh.com/biography/ , which speaks of her stuffed crow, whom she’s named Jack T. Crow, and how he takes her on his back to some magical, yet sometimes terrifying places, and how he has her paint all the scenes they witness together in that surreal landscape of dreams.

02 Ballad of the Heaven Sent

Part of a collection of piano works, working title "Under the Woods We Go" - more information on that later. This piece as the others, have themes, but are always improvised. This one in particular, it's tempo changes based on how the buildings in this balanced town tilt back and forth, nearly toppling over but not. One is dislodged, and the other piano piece, "The Falling House/Room Tied to a Balloon" https://soundcloud.com/dariusgreene/the-falling-house-room-tied-to is the next sequence. I hope this incarnation is enjoyed, love and regards to all my listeners..


City On A Hat

Broken Record

Cowboy Toy

Band practice, Kelly Haigh, Jimmy Roy, James Lillico (The MURDERBIRDS)

HelloTROUBLE

Here is Carolyn Mark & Her New Best Friends performing at the always annual, Little Miss Vintage Xmas party in Vancouver, @  Little Miss Vintage store.  Like Carolyn indicates: features Jack Garton on the trumpet https://soundcloud.com/heart-squadron-leader, as well as Kathleen Nisbet playing the fiddle (https://soundcloud.com/kathleen-nisbet) .   Also, there's Terri Upton on the back vocals and Dennis Siemens on the upright bass. 

**I don't actually know the real name of this song..


...all by myself (PARTY...), by Carolyn Mark

Hunting covers Sparklehorse "Gold Day" for upcoming new album, due out via Nevado Music on November 1 2019. For more: http://ffm.to/hunting

02 Ballad of the Heaven Sent

Kelly Haigh

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